U-18 Women's Softball World Cup Explained

U-18 Women's Softball World Cup
Current Season:	2025 U-18 Women's Softball World Cup
Last Season:	2021 U-18 Women's Softball World Cup
Sport:	Softball
Founded:	1981
Continent:	International
Champion:	(8th title)
Most Champs:	(8 titles)
Website:	Official website

The U-18 Women's Softball World Cup is a fastpitch softball tournament for age 18-and-under national teams held by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC).^{[1] [2] [3]} Prior to the 2021 edition, the tournament was an under-19 tournament.

The latest edition of the WBSC U-18 Women's Softball World Cup was played in Lima, Peru in December 2021, with the claiming their fourth consecutive women's youth softball world title, and eighth overall, following a dramatic 1–0 win against Chinese Taipei in the final. This tournament was rescheduled due to the covid pandemic, originally scheduled for 2020.^{[4] [5] [6]}

The tournament, with a history of 42 years and 14 editions, moved to a four-year cycle and changed its competition format from 2024. The Group Stage will be held between July and September 2024 in Sao Paulo, Pingtan and Dallas. The Finals will be held in 2025 in the North American city itself.^{[7] [8]}

Classification

With the approved format of 18 national teams, the WBSC has distributed the continental quotas as follows: ^{[9] [10]}

• WBSC Africa: 2 spots
• WBSC Americas: 5 spots
• WBSC Asia: 3 spots
• WBSC Europe: 3 spots
• WBSC Oceania: 2 spots
• Wild cards: 3 spots (including hosts if necessary)

The participants will be determined through the continental championships.

Results

Year	Final Host^[11]		Medalists
			width=17%	Champions	width=7%	Final score	width=17%	Runners-up	width=17%	3rd place
Jr. Women's Softball World Championship
1981 Details	Edmonton		1–0
1985 Details	Fargo		1–0
1987 Details	Oklahoma City		1–0
1991 Details	Adelaide		1–0
1995 Details	Normal		3–0
1999 Details	Taipei		3–1
2003 Details	Nanjing		3–2
2007 Details	Enschede		3–1
2011 Details	Cape Town		4–1
2013 Details	Brampton		4–0
2015 Details	Oklahoma City		8–1
2017 Details	Clearwater		13–4
U-19 Women's Softball World Cup
2019 Details	Irvine		4–3
U-18 Women's Softball World Cup
2021 Details^[12]	Lima		1–0
2025 Details	Dallas

Notes

See also

• U-18 Men's Softball World Cup

Notes and References

1. http://www.ISFsoftball.org/english/events/past_results.asp Past results since 1990 in softball
2. Web site: WBSC U-18 Women's Softball World Cup Historic Results . World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) . World Baseball Softball Confederation . 2021-12-12.
3. Web site: Event Info . World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) . World Baseball Softball Confederation . 2021-12-12.
4. Web site: 2024-05-28 . 2021-12-13 . Beisbol . es . Mundial . Estados Unidos campeonas mundiales en softball U-18 . Beisbol Mundial.
5. http://www.elsoldemargarita.com.ve/posts/post/id:214470/La-WBSC-lanza-dos-nuevas-Copas-Mundiales-de-Softbol La WBSC lanza dos nuevas Copas Mundiales de Sóftbol
6. Web site: 2024-05-14 . Copa Mundial de Softbol Femenino Sub-18 - wbsc.org . www.wbsc.org.
7. Web site: 2024-05-28 . 2024-03-12 . es-ES . leonardo . Softbol femenino se prepara para el clasificatorio sub-18 . Noticias SIN.
8. Web site: 2024-05-28 . es . Dallas, EE.UU. será sede del grupo de la Copa Mundial de Softbol Femenino Sub-18 WBSC en 2024, Finales 2025 . World Baseball Softball Confederation.
9. Web site: 2024-05-28 . 2024-02-03 . WBSC U-18 Women's Softball World Cup groups announced . www.insidethegames.biz.
10. Web site: 2024-05-28 . en . Dallas to host WBSC U-18 Women’s Softball World Cup group in 2024, Finals 2025 . Playeasy.
11. Web site: U18 Women's Softball World Cup . World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) . 11 July 2023.
12. Originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, postponed to December 2021.