2009 Men's Softball World Championship Explained

Country:	Canada
Num Teams:	16
Medal Type:	world cup
Prev Edition:	2004
Next Edition:	2013

The 2009 ISF Men's World Championship was an international softball tournament. The final was held in Saskatoon, Canada on 26 July 2009. It was the 12th time the World Championship took place. Sixteen nations competed, including defending champions New Zealand.

In the end, Australia won over runner-up New Zealand.^[1]

First round

Group A

width=35	Place	width=185	Nation	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=30	Pts
1	style=text-align:left		7	7	0	0	14
2	style=text-align:left		7	6	0	1	12
3	style=text-align:left		7	4	0	3	8
4	style=text-align:left		7	3	0	4	6
5	style=text-align:left		7	3	0	4	6
6	style=text-align:left		7	3	0	4	6
7	style=text-align:left		7	1	0	6	2
8	style=text-align:left		7	1	0	6	2

Group B

width=35	Place	width=185	Nation	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=30	Pts
1	style=text-align:left		7	7	0	0	14
2	style=text-align:left		7	6	0	1	12
3	style=text-align:left		7	5	0	2	10
4	style=text-align:left		7	4	0	3	8
5	style=text-align:left		7	3	0	4	6
6	style=text-align:left		7	2	0	5	4
7	style=text-align:left		7	1	0	6	2
8	style=text-align:left		7	0	0	7	0

Play-offs

width=165	Nation	width=165	Nation	width=60	Score
style=text-align:left		style=text-align:left		7-6
style=text-align:left		style=text-align:left		10-3
style=text-align:left		style=text-align:left		7-0
style=text-align:left		style=text-align:left		6-4
style=text-align:left		style=text-align:left		10-6
style=text-align:left		style=text-align:left		8-1
style=text-align:left		style=text-align:left		2-0
style=text-align:left		style=text-align:left		7-3
style=text-align:left		style=text-align:left		8-5

Final

width=165	Nation	width=165	Nation	width=60	Score
style=text-align:left		style=text-align:left		5-0

Final standings

width=25	Rk	width=170	Team	width=25		width=25
1		9	1
2		9	2
3		8	2
4		7	3
5		5	4
6		5	4
7		4	4
8		3	5
Failed to qualify for Playoffs
9		3	4
10		3	4
11		3	4
12		2	5
13		1	6
14		1	6
15		1	6
16		0	7

External links

• Official website
• Final standings

Notes and References

1. Web site: Aussies near perfect for 1st MWC Gold . 2010-06-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101028172443/http://www.internationalsoftball.com/english/events/mwc09_gfinal.asp . 2010-10-28 . dead .