Men's Softball World Cup Explained

Current Season:2025 Men's Softball World Cup
Sport:Softball
Teams:12 (Finals)
Continent:International
Most Champs: (7 titles)

The Men's Softball World Cup, known through 2015 as the ISF Men's World Championship, is a softball tournament for the best national men's teams in the world. From 1966 to 2013 it was held every four years, first by the International Softball Federation (ISF) and from 2019 an onward it is held every two years by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), the 16 best teams in the world compete.[1] [2]

Results

Year Final Host width=1% rowspan=20 style="border-top:none;border-bottom:none;"Medalists
width=17%Championswidth=7%Final score width=17%Runners-upwidth=17%3rd place
1966
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Mexico City		6 – 0
1968
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Oklahoma City		4 – 0
1972
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Marikina		1 – 0
1976
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Lower Hutt
–
1980
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Tacoma		3 – 0
1984
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Midland		3 – 1
1988
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Saskatoon		4 – 0
1992
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Manila/Pasig		5 – 3
1996
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Midland		4 – 0
2000
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East London		2 – 1
2004
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Christchurch		9 – 5
2009
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Saskatoon		5 – 0
2013
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Auckland		4 – 1
2015
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Saskatoon		10 – 5
2017
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Whitehorse		6 – 4
2019
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Prague/Havlíčkův Brod		3 – 2
2022
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Auckland		5 – 2
2025
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Prince Albert

In 1976 the final day was rained out. New Zealand, USA and Canada were all awarded the gold medal.

Medal table

Participating nations

Teams196619681972197619801984198819921996200020042009201320152017201920222025
12th9th6th9th8th7th4th7th4th1st4thq12
7th5th7th12th3rd1st3rd4th2nd7th1stq12
6th7th3rd8th6th10th6
15th13th2
12th1
14th10th18th9th13th13th8th14th8
9th2nd1st1st2nd2nd3rd1st2nd4th2nd3rd5th1st3rd3rd2ndq18
8th5th6th4th11th9th14th15th8
10thq2
4th10th5th3
12th12th6th7th9th11th8th9th8th9th17th11
14th15th13th11th14th12th9th12th9
8th11th5th7th5th11thq7
10th1
9th8th9th11th13th5
7th6th8th10th16th5
12thq2
10th16th14th15th14th14th6
15th1
11th16th16th3
20th15th2
7th10th6th4th7th6th5th4th3rd2nd6th6th6th6th5th2nd7thq18
17th1
16th1
2nd3rd4th5th12th9th8th5th11th14th13th10th11th16th12
9th13th14th14th14th15th13thq8
11th1
3rd5th3rd1st4th1st2nd2nd1st1st1st2nd1st2nd1st4th8thq18
11th1
13th16th2
4th6th11th12th4
22nd1
9th7th2
14th17th19th3
4th5th8th7th10th10th10th15th13th16th10th18th12
21st1
6th7th2
9th15th15th 13th4
9th7th13th8th8th 12th15th12th10th12th11thq12
16th1
1st1st2nd1st1st3rd1st3rd4th3rd4th4th8th9th6th5th3rdq17
8th10th2
5th6th5th11th5th2nd3rd7th6th6thq11
13th10th2
No. of
Teams		11101071416141722161516161516161218

Records and statistics

All statistics are up to date to the end of the 2022 Men's Softball World Championship.[3] [4]

Individual

Highest batting average: 0.647, Clark Bosh (Canada, 1988)
Most Stolen Bases: 6, Brian Rothrock (United States, 1988); Marty Kernaghan (Canada, 1988)
  • Most Doubles: 7, Bob McKinnon (Canada, 1988)
  • Most Triples: 4, Redelio Cruz (Cuba, 1988); Mark Sorenson and Taifau Matai (New Zealand, 1996)
  • Most Home Runs: 8, Brian Rothrock (United States, 1988); Marty Kernaghan (Canada, 1988)
  • Most Runs Scored: 19, Marty Kernaghan (Canada, 1988)
  • Most Hits: 21, Crestwell Pratt (Bahamas, 1988); Bob McKinnon (Canada, 1988)
  • Most RBI's: 23, Brian Rothrock (United States, 1988)
  • Most Innings pitched: 59, Ty Stofflet (United States, 1976)
  • Most strikeouts: 98, Ty Stofflet (United States, 1976)
  • Most strikeouts in a single game: 32, Ty Stofflet (United States, 1976)
  • Most consecutive scoreless innings: 59, Ty Stofflet (United States, 1976)

    • Team

    Highest batting average: 0.404, Canada (1998)
  • Most Runs: 142, Canada (1998)
  • Most RBI's: 125, Canada (1998)
  • Most Home-Runs: 37, Canada (1998)
  • Most Hits: 142, United States (1998)
  • Lowest ERA: 0.19, United States (1976)

    • See also

    References

    See main article: world championships.

    See main article: world cups.

    Notes and References

    1. http://www.internationalsoftball.com/english/events/past_results.asp Past results since 1990 in softball
    2. Web site: Tradestaff ISF Men's World Softball Championships . NHSA . March 10, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130801034242/http://www.softball2013.com/ . August 1, 2013 .
    3. Web site: WBSC Men's Softball World Cup 2022: By the Numbers . WBSC . 23 November 2022.
    4. Web site: Records on the line at XVII WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup . WBSC . 7 December 2022.

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