USA Softball International Cup

Tournament information
Sport	Softball
Established	2005
Current champion
United States

The USA Softball International Cup previously known as the World Cup of Softball, is an annual women's softball tournament. The first eight World Cups were held at the ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The competition is governed by USA Softball, which is also headquartered in Oklahoma City. The name was changed in 2018 due to WBSC Event Name Regulations. ^[1]

History[edit]

The World Cup is a round robin format consisting of a number of teams from around the world. Each team plays each other once, then the two teams with the best records play in a one-game, winner-take-all championship.^[2] The number of teams has varied, with as few as 4 teams (in 2010) and as many as 14 teams (in 2016).

The official world competition was first held in 2005 and has been played every year since, with the exception of 2008 due to many national teams' participation in the Olympics. However, softball has since been discontinued as an Olympic sport, thereby ensuring that the World Cup will remain relevant at the international level for the foreseeable future.

Results[edit]

Year	Final Host		Champions	Final score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
2005	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma		Japan	3 – 1	United States	Australia	7 – 1	China
2006	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma		United States	5 – 2	Japan	Canada	2 – 0	Australia
2007	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma		United States	3 – 0	Japan	Canada	8 – 2	China
2009	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma		United States	3 – 1	Australia	Canada	4 – 1	Japan
2010	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma		United States	5 – 1	Japan	United States Futures	9 – 3	Canada
2011	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma		United States	6 – 4	Japan	Canada	4 – 1	Australia
2012	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma		United States	3 – 0	Australia	Canada	11 – 8	Netherlands
2013	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma		Japan	6 – 3	United States	Australia	4 – 3	Canada
2014	Irvine, California		United States	5 – 2	Canada	Chinese Taipei	3 – 1	Japan
2015	Irvine, California		United States	6 – 1	Japan	Puerto Rico	3 – 2	Canada
2016	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma		Japan	2 – 1	United States	Australia	4 – 3	United States elite
2017	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma		Japan	2 – 1	United States	Canada	3 – 0	Australia
2018[3]	Irvine, California		United States	10 – 5	Japan	United States Blue	7 – 6	China
2019[4]	Columbus, Georgia		United States	2 – 1	Japan	United States U19	8 – 0	Scrap Yard Fast Pitch

Medal table[edit]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	10	4	0	14
2	Japan	4	7	0	11
3	Australia	0	2	3	5
4	Canada	0	1	6	7
5	United States Futures	0	0	1	1
	United States U19	0	0	1	1
	Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	1
	Puerto Rico	0	0	1	1
	United States Blue	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		14	14	14	42

Participating nations and teams[edit]

• 1st — Champion
• 2nd — Runner-up
• 3rd — Third place
• # — Position
• q — Qualified
• — — Participated (Position unknown)

Teams	2005	2006	2007	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	Years
Argentina										8th					1
Australia	3rd	4th		2nd		4th	2nd	3rd			3rd	4th			8
Brazil							6th								1
Canada	5th	3rd	3rd	3rd	4th	3rd	3rd	4th	2nd	4th	5th	3rd	—		13
China	4th	5th	4th								7th		4th	6th	6
Chinese Taipei									3rd				—	8th	3
Colombia													—		1
Czech Republic						6th					13th		—		3
Dominican Republic			6th												1
Japan	1st	2nd	2nd	4th	2nd	2nd		1st	4th	2nd	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	13
Great Britain		6th				5th									2
Italy				6th											1
Mexico									5th	6th	10th	8th	—	5th	6
Netherlands				5th			4th				9th				3
New Zealand											8th				1
Peru													—	10th	2
Philippines									6th		12th	7th		9th	4
Puerto Rico							5th	5th		3rd	6th	6th	—	7th	7
United States	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	14
United States Futures/Juniors/Elite/Blue/U19					3rd					5th	4th	5th	3rd	3rd	6
Scrap Yard Fast Pitch													—	4th	2
Venezuela			5th						7th	7th	11th		—		5
No. of Teams	5	6	6	6	4	6	6	5	7	8	13	8	13	10

References[edit]