| Country: | Ireland |
| Country2: | Italy |
| Country3: | Spain |
| Dates: | 11–26 July 2023 (groups) 15–20 July 2024 (finals) |
| Num Teams: | 18 |
| Continents: | 5 |
| Venues: | 4 |
| Cities: | 3 |
| Defending Champion: | United States |
| Prev Year: | 2022 |
| Medal Type: | world |
| Games: | 15 |
| Prev Edition: | 2022 |
| Next Edition: | 2027 |
| Updated: | 26 July 2023 |
The 2024 Women's Softball World Cup was the 18th Women's Softball World Cup, an international softball tournament taking place in Balbriggan, Ireland; Buttrio and Castions di Strada, Italy and Valencia, Spain. The group stage took place from 11–26 July 2023, held as three separate groups across three nations. The finals took place in Buttrio and Castions di Strada, Italy from 15–20 July 2024.[1] This was the first WBSC event to be held in two stages. It was the first time Ireland, Italy and Spain had hosted a major softball tournament. It also was the first time more than one nation hosted the tournament.[2]
| Team | World ranking | Method of qualification |
|---|---|---|
| 8th | 2022 Women's Softball European Championship third place/Hosts | |
| 17th | Hosts | |
| 12th | Hosts | |
| 38th | African Qualifier | |
| 43rd | African Qualifier | |
| 1st | 2022 Pan American Championship winners | |
| 5th | 2022 Pan American Championship runners-up | |
| 28th | 2022 Pan American Championship third place | |
| 4th | 2022 Pan American Championship fourth place | |
| 22nd | 2022 Pan American Championship fifth place | |
| 2nd | 2023 Women's Softball Asia Cup winners | |
| 11th | 2023 Women's Softball Asia Cup runners-up | |
| 3rd | 2023 Women's Softball Asia Cup third place | |
| 26th | 2023 Women's Softball Asia Cup fourth place | |
| 10th | 2022 Women's Softball European Championship winners | |
| 16th | 2022 Women's Softball European Championship runners-up | |
| 9th | Oceania Spot | |
| 29th | Oceania Spot | |
See main article: 2024 Women's Softball World Cup squads.
30 umpires were selected by the WBSC for the tournament.
| Confederation | Umpires |
|---|---|
| WBSC Africa | Abel Mataboge (Botswana) |
| WBSC Americas | Gabriela Elizabeth Jiménez (Argentina) |
| Marni Bodnarchuk (Canada) | |
| Trevor Topping (Canada) | |
| Juan Felipe Arteaga (Colombia) | |
| Maykel García (Cuba) | |
| Renzo Ruiz (Mexico) | |
| José Chaparro (Puerto Rico) | |
| Naomi Jenise Erdahl (United States) | |
| Steve McCown (United States) | |
| Manuel Tovar (Venezuela) | |
| WBSC Asia | Zhiling Yu (China) |
| Yu Sung Lin (Chinese Taipei) | |
| Ayaka Sasajima (Japan) | |
| Norikazu Hamasaki (Japan) | |
| WBSC Europe | Sara Dielen (Belgium) |
| Alen Magdalenic (Croatia) | |
| Jan Hora (Czech Republic) | |
| Michal Zidek (Czech Republic) | |
| Galip Sönmez (Germany) | |
| Thomas Hans-Georg Lohnert (Germany) | |
| Jana Lee McCaskill (Great Britain) | |
| Sabrina Fabrizi (Italy) | |
| Mariana Atanasova-Prins (Netherlands) | |
| Patrick Reus (Netherlands) | |
| WBSC Oceania | Jason Lewins Carter Australia |
| Anthony Kaiaruna New Zealand |
| Confederation | Umpire Director | |
|---|---|---|
| WBSC Europe | Gian Paolo Pelosi (Italy) | |
| Luis Ignacio Pardo Lozano (Spain) | ||
| WBSC Americas | Chris Drumm (United States) |
| width=25% | Group A | width=25% | Group B | Group C & Finals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balbriggan, Ireland |  Valencia, Spain |  Buttrio, Italy | Castions di Strada, Italy | |
| O'Dwyers GAA | Camp Municipal de València | Campo Cav. Gino Michelutti | Campo Comunale da Softball | |
See main article: 2024 Women's Softball World Cup Group A. Group A will be contested in Balbriggan during 11–15 July 2023.
See main article: 2024 Women's Softball World Cup Group B. Group B will be contested in Valencia during 18–22 July 2023.
See main article: 2024 Women's Softball World Cup Group C. Group C will be contested in Castions di Strada and Buttrio during 22–26 July 2023.
The ranking of the wildcard spots for the finals stage are as follows.[2]
| Rank | Team | Previous WC | Ranking | Qualification | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (H) | 7 | 8 | Qualified as hosts | |
| 2 | 10 | 11 | Qualified from previous World Cup ranking | ||
| 3 | 11 | 16 |
Italy qualified for the finals as host of that stage, while China qualified as the third placed team with the next best finish at the previous World Cup.[3]
See main article: 2024 Women's Softball World Cup Finals.
The statistics below include all group stage and finals games.[4]
There have been 34 homeruns scored in 52 matches, for an average of homeruns per match (as of 26 July 2023).
2 homeruns
1 homerun
| Day | Player | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Jul | Georgina Corrick[5] | 7 IP 3 H 0 R 1 BB 7 K | |
| 12 Jul | Kaia Parnaby[6] | 7 IP 1 H 0 R 0 BB 14 K | |
| 13 Jul | Megan Faraimo[7] | 8 IP 1 H 0 R 2 BB 10 K | |
| 18 Jul | Yanisleidys Casanova[8] | 3–3 2 RBI 3 B 5 TB | |
| 19 Jul | Yilian Tornes[9] | 7 IP 9 SO 3 H 1 R | |
| 20 Jul | Aleshia Ocasio[10] | 7 IP 8 SO 5 H 1 R | |
| 21 Jul | Yilian Tornes[11] | 7 IP 13 SO 4 H 1 R | |
| 22 Jul | Alice Nicolini[12] | 7 IP 4 SO 3 H 2 R CG | |
| 23 Jul | Marta Gasparotto[13] | 4–8 4 RBI 2 R 5 TB | |
| 24 Jul | Morgan Rackel[14] | 6.2 IP 4 SO 6 H 2 R | |
| 25 Jul | Nicole Hammoude[15] | 4–5 4 RBI 5 R HR 9 TB |
The match balls that will be used for the 2024 tournament are the Mizuno M170 balls.[20]