2016 Women's Baseball World Cup Explained

City:	Gijang
Country:	South Korea
Venues:	Dream Main Park, Dream Park 2, Dream Park 3
Dates:	3 September - 11 September
Num Teams:	12
Prev Year:	2014
Medal Type:	world major
Num Championships:	5
Games:	44
Attendance:	18767
Prevseason:	2014
Nextseason:	2018

The 2016 Women's Baseball World Cup was the 7th edition of the WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup, the biennial international women's baseball world championship tournament. The competition was held in Gijang, South Korea from September 3 to September 11, 2016.^[1]

Teams

For 2016, the number of qualifying teams grew from eight for its 6th edition in 2014 to twelve teams.^[2]

The following 12 teams qualified for the tournament.

Finals appearance	Previous performance	Previous best performance
7th	3rd Place	Runners Up (2010)
4th	8th place	7th place (2012)
7th	4th place	Runners Up (2008)
4th	8th place	6th place (2006,2010)
7th	2nd Place	Winners (2004,2006)
4th	6th place	4th place (2010)
7th	5th place	5th place (2004,2006,2008,2014)
4th	7th place	7th place (2006,2014)
2nd	7th place	7th place (2008)
1st		1st Appearance
7th	1st Place	1st Place (2008,2010,2012,2014)
3rd	6thPlace	6th place (2008)

Round 1

The matches were played from September 3 to 5. The top two teams from each group advanced to the next round.^[3] ^[4]

Group A

width=150px	Teams	width=50px		width=50px		width=50px	Pct.	width=50px	GB	width=50px	width=50px
align=left		3	0	1.000	-	42	2
align=left	(H)	2	1	.666	1	15	15
align=left		1	2	.333	2	18	16
align=left		0	3	.000	3	1	43

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Group B

width=150px	Teams	width=50px		width=50px		width=50px	Pct.	width=50px	GB	width=50px	width=50px
align=left		3	0	1.000	-	38	2
align=left		2	1	.666	1	27	13
align=left		1	2	.333	2	10	21
align=left		0	3	.000	3	6	45

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Group C

width=150px	Teams	width=50px		width=50px		width=50px	Pct.	width=50px	GB	width=50px	width=50px
align=left		2	1	.666	-	26	9
align=left		2	1	.666	-	27	14
align=left		2	1	.666	-	13	12
align=left		0	3	.000	2	4	35

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Round 2

The matches were played from September 7 to 10. The head to head results of Opening Round games between two nations that advanced to the Super Round carried over and counted to establish four qualified nations for the Final Round as well as overall competition standings. The same methodology applied to the consolation round. The top two teams from the Super Round will qualify for the World Championship Final and the 3rd and 4th placed teams in the Super Round will play for the Bronze Medal Game.

Super Round

width=150px	Teams	width=50px		width=50px		width=50px	Pct.	width=50px	GB	width=50px	width=50px
align=left		5	0	1.000	-	41	4
align=left		4	1	.800	1.0	26	13
align=left		3	2	.600	2.0	24	20
align=left		2	3	.400	3.0	24	19
align=left		1	4	.200	4.0	24	34
align=left	(H)	0	5	.000	5.0	2	51

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Consolation round

width=150px	Teams	width=50px		width=50px		width=50px	Pct.	width=50px	GB	width=50px	width=50px
align=left		5	0	1.000	-	73	2
align=left		4	1	.800	1.0	39	20
align=left		3	2	.600	2.0	40	29
align=left		2	3	.400	3.0	28	21
align=left		1	4	.200	4.0	22	43
align=left		0	5	.000	5.0	7	94

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Round 3

Bronze Medal

^[5]

Gold Medal

^[6]

Final standings

Lost in the final
width=25	Rk	width=170	Team	width=25	width=25
1	align=left		8	0
2	align=left		6	2
Failed to qualify for final
3	align=left		6	2
4	align=left		3	5
Failed to qualify for medal games
5	align=left		3	4
6	align=left		2	5
7	align=left		6	1
8	align=left		4	3
9	align=left		3	4
10	align=left		2	5
11	align=left		1	6
12	align=left		0	7

Rosters

Canada^[7]

Melissa Armstrong (P)
Amanda Asay (P)
Veronika Boyd (OF)
Claire Eccles (P)
Jenna Flannigan (OF)
Daphnée Gélinas (IF)
Jennifer Gilroy (C)
Katie Hagen (P)
Rebecca Hartley (OF)
Heather Healey (P)
Pascale Jalbert (IF)
Kelsey Lalor (OF)
Anne-Sophie Lavallée (P)
Nicole Luchanski (IF)
Daniella Matteucci (P)
Autumn Mills (P)
Heidi Northcott (P)
Kate Psota (IF)
Ashley Stephenson (IF)
Mia Valcke (OF)

Manager: Andre Lachance

Japan^[8]

Mirai Araki (P)
Yurika Arisaka (C)
Miki Atsugase (IF)
Chihiro Funakoshi (C)
Airi Hiraga (IF)
Yukiko Ishida (IF)
Yukiko Kawabata (IF)
Yaya Kojima (IF)
Yukiko Kon (IF)
Iori Miura (OF)
Remina Nagaike (OF)
Ayako Rokkaku (IF)
Nana Sasanuma (P)
Ayami Sato (P)
Miyu Shimizu (P)
Akiko Shimura (OF)
Mana Taguchi (IF)
Akino Tanaka (P)
Ayumi Terabe (C)
Moemi Yoshii (P)

Manager: Koichi Okura

External links

Official site

Notes and References

Web site: Preparations for Women's Baseball World Cup Nearly Complete . . July 27, 2016 . . July 27, 2016 .
Web site: New Logo, Nations unveiled for LG Presents WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup 2016 Gijang (KOR) . . February 29, 2016 . . August 8, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160903053731/http://www.wbsc.org/tournaments/2016-womens-baseball-world-cup/news/new-logo-nations-unveiled-for-lg-presents-wbsc-womens-baseball-world-cup-2016-gijang-kor/ . September 3, 2016 . dead .
Web site: LG Presents WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup 2016 set to open tomorrow . . September 2, 2016 . . September 2, 2016 .
Web site: Schedule: 2016 Women's Baseball World Cup .
Web site: Tournaments - WBSC . 2016-09-12 . 2018-12-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181209123643/http://www.wbsc.org/tournaments/2016-womens-baseball-world-cup/news/womens-baseball-world-cup-venezuela-wins-bronze-medal-in-thrilling-victory-over-chinese-taipei/ . dead .
Web site: Tournaments WBSC . 2016-09-12 . 2016-09-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160918205944/http://www.wbsc.org/tournaments/2016-womens-baseball-world-cup/news/japan-defeats-canada-in-final-of-womens-baseball-world-cup/ . dead .
Web site: Tournaments WBSC . World Baseball Softball Confederation . December 22, 2017 .
Web site: Tournaments WBSC . World Baseball Softball Confederation . December 22, 2017 .