# 2018 Women's Baseball World Cup

The 2018 Women's Baseball World Cup was the 8th edition of the WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup, the biennial international women's baseball world championship tournament. The competition was held in Viera, Florida in the United States from August 22 to August 31, 2018. The 2018 tournament was the first time that the United States hosted the event.

## Qualification

In September 2017, the Baseball Federation of Asia held the first Women’s Baseball Asian Cup, a biennial tournament to be held in odd years and serve as a qualifying tournament for the Women’s Baseball World Cup. Six teams competed in the 2017 tournament, from Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Pakistan, and South Korea. Japan won all five of their games to win the tournament and qualify for the World Cup. Chinese Taipei (2nd place), South Korea (3rd place), and Hong Kong (4th place) also qualified.

## Teams

For 2016, the number of qualifying teams grew from eight for its 6th edition in 2014 to twelve teams.
The following 12 teams qualified for the tournament.
| Australia | 6th, 2016 World Cup |
| Canada | 2nd, 2016 World Cup |
| Chinese Taipei | 4th, 2016 World Cup |
| Cuba | 6th, 2016 World Cup |
| Dominican Republic | |
| Hong Kong | 10th, 2016 World Cup |
| Japan | 1st, 2016 World Cup |
| South Korea | 6th, 2016 World Cup |
| Netherlands | 9th, 2016 World Cup |
| Puerto Rico | |
| United States | Host Nation |
| Venezuela | 3rd, 2016 World Cup |

## Round 1
### Group A

| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | RS | OIP | ORatio | RA | DIP | DRatio | TQB |
| Chinese Taipei $^{QUAL}$ | 4 | 1 | 0.800 | – | 43 | 31 | 1.39 | 14 | 31 | 0.45 | 0.94 |
| United States (H) $^{QUAL}$ | 4 | 1 | 0.800 | – | 49 | 27 | 1.81 | 6 | 29 | 0.21 | 1.60 |
| Venezuela $^{QUAL}$ | 3 | 2 | 0.600 | 1.0 | 38 | 32 | 1.19 | 23 | 33 | 0.70 | 0.49 |
| Puerto Rico $^{ELIM}$ | 3 | 2 | 0.600 | 1.0 | 41 | 31 | 1.37 | 34 | 30 | 1.13 | 0.24 |
| South Korea $^{ELIM}$ | 1 | 4 | 0.200 | 3.0 | 18 | 31 | 0.58 | 52 | 29 | 1.79 | −1.21 |
| Netherlands $^{ELIM}$ | 0 | 5 | 0.000 | 4.0 | 11 | 27 | 0.41 | 71 | 25 | 2.84 | −2.43 |
* TPE wins tiebreak over USA (H2H)
* VEN wins tiebreak over PUR (H2H)
* QUAL = Qualified for the Super Round

### Group B

| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | RS | OIP | ORatio | RA | DIP | DRatio | TQB |
| Japan$^{QUAL}$ | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | – | 46 | 30 | 1.53 | 3 | 33 | 0.09 | 1.44 |
| Canada$^{QUAL}$ | 4 | 1 | 0.800 | 1.0 | 42 | 27 | 1.56 | 16 | 28 | 0.57 | 0.99 |
| Dominican Republic$^{QUAL}$ | 2 | 3 | 0.400 | 3.0 | 29 | 28 | 1.04 | 45 | 27 | 1.67 | −0.63 |
| Australia$^{ELIM}$ | 2 | 3 | 0.400 | 3.0 | 49 | 31 | 1.58 | 29 | 31 | 0.93 | 0.65 |
| Cuba$^{ELIM}$ | 1 | 4 | 0.200 | 4.0 | 29 | 31 | 0.94 | 34 | 30 | 1.13 | −0.19 |
| Hong Kong$^{ELIM}$ | 1 | 4 | 0.000 | 4.0 | 11 | 27 | 0.41 | 75 | 26 | 2.88 | −2.47 |
* DOM wins tiebreak over AUS (H2H)
* QUAL = Qualified for the Super Round

## Schedule Round 1

| Date | Time (EST) | Home | Runs | Away | Runs | Notes | Stadium | Location |
| 8/22/2018 | 1000 | Japan | 8 | Dominican Republic | 0 | WP:Taniyama,R (1–0) LP:Quero Hernandez,M (0–1) | USSSA Space Coast Stadium | Viera, Florida |
| 8/22/2018 | 1000 | Venezuela | 1 | Chinese Taipei | 9 | WP:Huang,C (1–0) LP:Cumana,G (0–1) | USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu II | Viera, Florida |
| 8/22/2018 | 1400 | Canada | 4 | Hong Kong | 0 | WP:Lavallee,A (1–0) LP:Lam,Y (0–1) 5inn./weather | USSSA Space Coast Stadium | Viera, Florida |
| 8/22/2018 | 1400 | Australia | - | Cuba | - | Susp-Weather B-4th – Resume @ 0900est 8/23/18 | USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu II | Viera, Florida |
| 8/22/2018 | 1800 | United States | 14 | Puerto Rico | 0 | WP:Piagno,S (1–0) LP:Zayas Rodriguez,M (0–1) 5inn./Run Rule | USSSA Space Coast Stadium | Viera, Florida |
| 8/22/2018 | 1800 | Netherlands | 8 | South Korea | 9 | WP:Kim,R (1–0) LP:Jansen,B (0–1) | USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu II | Viera, Florida |
| 8/23/2018* | 0900 | Australia | 12 | Cuba | 4 | WP:Neads,L (1–0) LP:Solano Castillo,M (0–1) | USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu II | Viera, Florida |
| 8/23/2018 | 1000 | Hong Kong | 0 | Japan | 23 | WP:Ishimura,N (1–0) LP:Ho, T (0–1) 5inn./Run Rule | USSSA Space Coast Stadium | Viera, Florida |
| 8/23/2018 | 1100 | South Korea | 4 | Venezuela | 10 | WP:Cortez Urquiola,M (1–0) LP:Jung, H (0–1) | USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu II | Viera, Florida |
| 8/23/2018 | 1400 | Dominican Republic | 9 | Australia | 6 | WP:Burgo Compres,A (1–0) LP:Tabrett,M (0–1) | USSSA Space Coast Stadium | Viera, Florida |
| 8/23/2018 | 1430 | Canada | 10 | Cuba | 7 | WP:Asay,A(1-0) LP:Goonzalez Pavon,I (0–1) 5inn./weather | USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu II | Viera, Florida |
| 8/23/2018 | 1800 | Netherlands | 0 | United States | 18 | WP:Schutte,B (1–0) LP:Bergwerff,L (0–1) 5inn./Run Rule | USSSA Space Coast Stadium | Viera, Florida |
| 8/23/2018 | 1800 | Chinese Taipei | 6 | Puerto Rico | 9 | WP:Valazquez,N (1–0) SV:Ramirez,N (1) LP:Hu,C (0–1) | USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu II | Viera, Florida |
| 8/24/2018 | 1000 | Dominican Republic | 0 | Cuba | 12 | WP:Porro Suarez,D (1–0) LP:Mercedes Cuevas,J (0–1) 5inn./Run Rule | USSSA Space Coast Stadium | Viera, Florida |
| 8/24/2018 | 1000 | Australia | 24 | Hong Kong | 2 | WP:Flanigan,S (1–0) LP:AU,H (0–1) 5inn./Run Rule | USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu II | Viera, Florida |
| 8/24/2018 | 1645 | Chinese Taipei | - | Netherlands | - | Suspended: Reschedule 08/27/18 | USSSA Space Coast Stadium | Viera, Florida |
| 8/24/2018 | 1645 | Puerto Rico | - | Venezuela | - | Suspended: Reschedule 08/27/18 | USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu II | Viera, Florida |
| 8/24/2018 | 1800 | United States | 11 | South Korea | 1 | WP:Whitmore,K (1–0) LP:Cho,M (0–1) 5inn./Run Rule | USSSA Space Coast Stadium | Viera, Florida |
| 8/24/2018 | 1800 | Japan | 2 | Canada | 1 | WP:Sato,A (1–0) SV:Tanaka,A (1) LP:Gilder,E (0–1) | USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu II | Viera, Florida |
| 8/25/2018 | 0900 | Chinese Taipei | 13 | South Korea | 0 | WP:Hu,C (1–1) SV:Liang,Y (1) LP:Lee,J (0–1) 5inn./Run Rule | USSSA Space Coast Stadium | Viera, Florida |
| 8/25/2018 | 0900 | Puerto Rico | 16 | Netherlands | 1 | WP: Rivera Ramos,A (1–0) LP:Werkman,M (0–1) 5inn./Run Rule | USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu II | Viera, Florida |
| 8/25/2018 | 1200 | Venezuela | 1 | United States | 3 | WP:Sementelli,M (1–0) SV:Meidlinger,M (1) LP:Viscaya Hernandez,K (0–1) | USSSA Space Coast Stadium | Viera, Florida |
| 8/25/2018 | 1200 | Hong Kong | 1 | Dominican Republic | 19 | WP: Minier Vargas,C (1–0) LP:Fung,T (0–1) 5inn./Run Rule | USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu II | Viera, Florida |
| 8/25/2018 | 1800 | Cuba | 1 | Japan | 4 | WP: Sakahara,A (1–0) SV:Tamiyama,R(1) LP:Perez Vega,M (0–1) | USSSA Space Coast Stadium | Viera, Florida |
| 8/25/2018 | 1800 | Australia | 6 | Canada | 9 | WP: Lavallee,A (2–0) LP:Tabrett,M (0–2) | USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu II | Viera, Florida |
| 8/26/2018 | 0900 | Venezuela | 17 | Netherlands | 1 | WP:Aguilarte Lander,L (1–0) LP:Haak,M(0-1) | USSSA Space Coast Stadium | Viera, Florida |
| 8/26/2018 | 0900 | South Korea | 4 | Puerto Rico | 10 | WP:Ramirez,N (1–0) SV:Garcia Gonzalez,A(1) LP:Kim,B (0–1) | USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu II | Viera, Florida |
| 8/26/2018 | 1200 | Canada | 12 | Dominican Republic | 1 | WP:Carr,E (1–0) LP:Quero Hernandez,M (0–2) | USSSA Space Coast Stadium | Viera, Florida |
| 8/26/2018 | 1200 | Cuba | 5 | Hong Kong | 8 | WP:Hung,Y (1–0) LP:Porro Suarez,D (1–1) | USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu II | Viera, Florida |
| 8/26/2018 | 1800 | United States | 3 | Chinese Taipei | 4 | WP:Huang,C (2–0) LP:Cobb,S (0–1) | USSSA Space Coast Stadium | Viera, Florida |
| 8/26/2018 | 1800 | Japan | 5 | Australia | 1 | WP:Shimizu,M (1–0) LP:Hepburn,B (0–1) | USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu II | Viera, Florida |
| 8/27/2018** | 1100 | Chinese Taipei | 11 | Netherlands | 1 | WP:Hu,C (2–1) LP:Bergwerff,L (0–1) 5inn./Run Rule | USSSA Space Coast Stadium | Viera, Florida |
| 8/27/2018** | 1100 | Puerto Rico | 6 | Venezuela | 9 | WP:Cumana,G (1–0) LP:Paradizo Ramos,A (0–1) | USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu II | Viera, Florida |
* *Completion of 8/22/18 suspended game
* **Reschedule of 8/24/18 cancelled game

### Standings Round 2

| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | RS | OIP | ORatio | RA | DIP | DRatio | TQB |
| Japan | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | – | 15 | 24 | 0.63 | 2 | 28 | 0.07 | 0.56 |
| Chinese Taipei | 4 | 1 | 0.800 | 1 | 16 | 29 | 0.55 | 7 | 28 | 0.25 | 0.30 |
| United States | 3 | 2 | 0.600 | 2 | 11 | 28 | 0.39 | 9 | 28 | 0.32 | 0.07 |
| Canada | 2 | 3 | 0.400 | 3 | 25 | 24 | 1.04 | 8 | 25 | 0.32 | 0.72 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 4 | 0.200 | 4 | 14 | 27 | 0.52 | 19 | 26 | 0.73 | −0.21 |
| Dominican Republic | 0 | 5 | 0.000 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 0.15 | 40 | 24 | 1.67 | −1.52 |
* Each team comes into Round 2 carrying the record earned in Round 1 against teams that qualified for Round 2
* USA wins tiebreak over CAN (H2H)

### Schedule Round 2

Super Round
| Date | Time (EST) | Home | Runs | Away | Runs | Notes | Stadium | Location |
| 8/28/2018 | 09:00 | Dominican Republic | 1 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | WP:Hseih,Y (1–0) LP:Burgos Compres,A (1–1) | USSSA Space Coast Stadium | Viera, Florida |
| 8/28/2018 | 13:00 | Canada | 5 | Venezuela | 0 | WP:Asay,A (2–0) LP:Rengel Lopez,E (0–1) | USSSA Space Coast Stadium | Viera, Florida |
| 8/28/2018 | 18:00 | Japan | 3 | United States | 0 | WP:Sato,A (2–0) LP:Piagno,S (1–1) | USSSA Space Coast Stadium | Viera, Florida |
| 8/29/2018 | 09:00 | Venezuela | 12 | Dominican Republic | 2 | WP: Segovia Alvarado,P (1–0) LP:Mercedes Cuevas,J (0–2) | USSSA Space Coast Stadium | Viera, Florida |
| 8/29/2018 | 13:00 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | Japan | 2 | WP:Hu,C (2–2) LP:Tsuru,A (1–0) | USSSA Space Coast Stadium | Viera, Florida |
| 8/29/2018 | 18:00 | United States | 5 | Canada | 1 | WP:Sementelli,M (2–0) LP:Lavallee,A (2–1) | USSSA Space Coast Stadium | Viera, Florida |
| 8/30/2018 | 09:00 | Japan | 10 | Venezuela | 0 | WP:Ishimura,N (2–0) LP:Vizcaya Hernandez,K (0–2) 5inn./Run Rule | USSSA Space Coast Stadium | Viera, Florida |
| 8/30/2018 | 13:00 | Canada | 4 | Chinese Taipei | 6 | WP:Huang,C (3–0) LP:Martensen,H (0–1) | USSSA Space Coast Stadium | Viera, Florida |
| 8/30/2018 | 18:00 | Dominican Republic | 1 | United States | 8 | WP:Whitmore,K (2–0) SV:Tsujikawa,E(1) LP:Quero Hernandez,M (0–3) | USSSA Space Coast Stadium | Viera, Florida |

## Round 3
### Bronze Medal

| 31 August 2018 | Canada | 8–5 | United States | USSSA Space Coast Stadium, Viera, Florida |
| 31 August 2018 | | Boxscore | | USSSA Space Coast Stadium, Viera, Florida |

### Gold Medal

| 31 August 2018 | Chinese Taipei | 0–6 | Japan | USSSA Space Coast Stadium, Viera, Florida |
| 31 August 2018 | | Boxscore | | USSSA Space Coast Stadium, Viera, Florida |

## Final standings

| Rk | Team | W | L |
| 1 | Japan | 9 | 0 |
| Lost in the final ||||
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 6 | 3 |
| Failed to qualify for final ||||
| 3 | Canada | 6 | 3 |
| 4 | United States | 6 | 3 |
| Failed to qualify for medal games ||||
| 5 | Venezuela | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | Dominican Republic | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Australia | 5 | 3 |
| 8 | Cuba | 4 | 4 |
| 9 | Puerto Rico | 4 | 4 |
| 10 | South Korea | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | Hong Kong | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | Netherlands | 0 | 8 |
* 2018 Women's Baseball World champions
* Japan 6th title