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U-18 Women's Softball World Cup

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U-18 Women's Softball World Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2025 U-18 Women's Softball World Cup
SportSoftball
Founded1981
ContinentInternational
Most recent
champion(s)
 United States (8th title)
Most titles United States (8 titles)
Official websiteOfficial website

The U-18 Women's Softball World Cup is a fastpitch softball tournament for age 18-and-under national teams held by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC).[1][2][3] Prior to the 2021 edition, the tournament was an under-19 tournament.

The latest edition of the WBSC U-18 Women's Softball World Cup was played in Lima, Peru in December 2021, with the  United States claiming their fourth consecutive women's youth softball world title, and eighth overall, following a dramatic 1–0 win against Chinese Taipei in the final. This tournament was rescheduled due to the covid pandemic, originally scheduled for 2020.[4][5][6]

The tournament, with a history of 42 years and 14 editions, moved to a four-year cycle and changed its competition format from 2024. The Group Stage will be held between July and September 2024 in São Paulo, Pingtan and Dallas. The Finals will be held in 2025 in the North American city itself.[7][8]

Classification

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With the approved format of 18 national teams, the WBSC has distributed the continental quotas as follows: [9][10]

The participants will be determined through the continental championships.

Results

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Year Final Host[11] Medalists
Champions Final score Runners-up 3rd place
Jr. Women's Softball World Championship
1981
Details
Canada
Edmonton

Japan
1–0
United States

China
1985
Details
United States
Fargo

China
1–0
Japan

United States
1987
Details
United States
Oklahoma City

United States
1–0
China

Japan
1991
Details
Australia
Adelaide

Japan
1–0
United States

China
1995
Details
United States
Normal

United States
3–0
Japan

Australia
1999
Details
Taiwan
Taipei

Japan
3–1
United States

Chinese Taipei
2003
Details
China
Nanjing

Japan
3–2
United States

Australia
2007
Details
Netherlands
Enschede

United States
3–1
Japan

Australia
2011
Details
South Africa
Cape Town

United States
4–1
Japan

Chinese Taipei
2013
Details
Canada
Brampton

Japan
4–0
United States

Australia
2015
Details
United States
Oklahoma City

United States
8–1
Japan

Puerto Rico
2017
Details
United States
Clearwater

United States
13–4
Japan

Puerto Rico
U-19 Women's Softball World Cup
2019
Details
United States
Irvine

United States
4–3
Japan

Canada
U-18 Women's Softball World Cup
2021
Details[R 1]
Peru
Lima

United States
1–0
Chinese Taipei

Puerto Rico
2025
Details
United States
Dallas
Notes
  1. ^ Originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, postponed to December 2021.

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States85114
2 Japan57113
3 China1124
4 Chinese Taipei0123
5 Australia0044
6 Puerto Rico0033
7 Canada0011
Totals (7 entries)14141442

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Past results since 1990 in softball Archived 5 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "WBSC U-18 Women's Softball World Cup Historic Results". World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Event Info". World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  4. ^ Mundial, Beisbol (13 December 2021). "Estados Unidos campeonas mundiales en softball U-18". Beisbol Mundial (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  5. ^ La WBSC lanza dos nuevas Copas Mundiales de Sóftbol
  6. ^ "Copa Mundial de Softbol Femenino Sub-18 - wbsc.org". wbsc.org. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  7. ^ leonardo (12 March 2024). "Softbol femenino se prepara para el clasificatorio sub-18". Noticias SIN (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Dallas, EE.UU. será sede del grupo de la Copa Mundial de Softbol Femenino Sub-18 WBSC en 2024, Finales 2025". World Baseball Softball Confederation (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  9. ^ "WBSC U-18 Women's Softball World Cup groups announced". insidethegames.biz. 3 February 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Dallas to host WBSC U-18 Women's Softball World Cup group in 2024, Finals 2025". Playeasy. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  11. ^ "U18 Women's Softball World Cup". World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Retrieved 11 July 2023.