2024 Women's Baseball World Cup

The 2024 Women's Baseball World Cup will be the 9th Women's Baseball World Cup, an international baseball tournament taking place in Thunder Bay, Canada, and one other to be determined location. The group stage will take place from 8-13 August 2023 as two separate tournaments in two separate locations. The finals will take place in Thunder Bay, Canada in 2024. This is the first Women's Baseball World Cup event to be held in two stages. It will be the third time Canada has hosted the tournament. It is also the first time more than one nation has hosted the tournament.[1] Japan are the defending champions.

2024 Women's Baseball World Cup
Tournament details
CountriesCanada
Japan
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates8 – 13 August 2024
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)

Qualified teams

TeamWorld ranking[A]Method of qualification
 Canada3rdHosts
 Japan1stHosts & 2023 Women's Baseball Asian Cup winners
 France16th2022 Women's European Baseball Championship winners
 Venezuela5thWomen's Baseball Americas World Cup Qualifier 2022 winners
 Puerto Rico9thWomen's Baseball Americas World Cup Qualifier 2022 runners-up
 Mexico12thWomen's Baseball Americas World Cup Qualifier 2022 third place
 Cuba7thWomen's Baseball Americas World Cup Qualifier 2022 fourth place
 Australia8thTop ranked WBSC Oceania team
 United States4thWild Card
 Chinese Taipei2nd2023 Women's Baseball Asian Cup runners-up
 South Korea10th2023 Women's Baseball Asian Cup third place
 Hong Kong11th2023 Women's Baseball Asian Cup fourth place

Venues

Group A & FinalsGroup B
Thunder Bay, Canada Miyoshi, Japan
Baseball CentralPort Arthur StadiumMiyoshi Kinsai Stadium
Capacity: 1,800Capacity: 3,031Capacity: 16,000

Group stage

Group A

Group A was contested in Thunder Bay during 8–13 August 2023.

PosTeamPldWLRFRARDPCTGBQualification
1  United States550712+691.000Advance to finals
2  Canada (H)5415234+18.8001
3  Mexico[a]5324325+18.6002
4  Australia5233635+1.4003
5  Hong Kong5142084−64.2004
6  South Korea5051153−42.0005
Updated to match(es) played on 12 August 2023. Source: WBSC
Rules for classification: 1) Wins/losses; 2) Head to head; 3) Head to head runs against; 4) Runs against; 5) Head to head[3][4]
(H) Hosts
Notes:

All times listed are local, EDT (UTC–4).[5]

DateLocal timeRoad teamScoreHome teamInn.VenueGame durationAttendanceBoxscore
8 August 202311:30Hong Kong  9–8  South Korea Baseball Central3:01100Boxscore
8 August 202315:30Australia  2–3  United States Baseball Central3:10250Boxscore
8 August 202319:30Mexico  1–9  Canada Baseball Central2:00255Boxscore
9 August 202311:30United States  14–0  South Korea5Baseball Central1:54150Boxscore
9 August 202315:30Mexico  16–8  Australia8Baseball Central2:53200Boxscore
9 August 202319:30Canada  22–3  Hong Kong5Baseball Central2:07410Boxscore
10 August 202311:30South Korea  3–10  Australia Port Arthur Stadium2:03124Boxscore
10 August 202315:30Hong Kong  6–16  Mexico5Port Arthur Stadium2:07145Boxscore
10 August 202319:30United States  23–0  Canada5Port Arthur Stadium1:542000Boxscore
12 August 202311:30Hong Kong  0–29  United States5Port Arthur Stadium2:00100Boxscore
12 August 202315:30South Korea  0–10  Mexico6Port Arthur Stadium1:47135Boxscore
12 August 202319:30Canada  11–7  Australia Port Arthur Stadium2:59458Boxscore
13 August 2023[note 1]11:30Australia  9–2  Hong Kong Port Arthur Stadium  Boxscore
13 August 2023[note 1]15:30Mexico  0–2  United States Port Arthur Stadium  Boxscore
13 August 2023[note 1]19:30South Korea  0–10  Canada Port Arthur Stadium  Boxcore

Group B

Group B was contested in Miyoshi during 13–18 September 2023.

PosTeamPldWLRFRARDPCTGBQualification
1  Japan (H)550417+341.000Advance to finals
2  Chinese Taipei5414616+30.8001
3  Venezuela[a]5322823+5.6002
4  Puerto Rico5233222+10.4003
5  Cuba5141939−20.2004
6  France5051170−59.0005
Source: WBSC
Rules for classification: 1) Wins/losses; 2) Head to head; 3) Head to head runs against; 4) Runs against; 5) Head to head[3][7]
(H) Hosts
Notes:

All times listed are local, JST (UTC+9).[8]

DateLocal timeRoad teamScoreHome teamInn.VenueGame durationAttendanceBoxscore
13 September 202310:30Cuba  1–9  Chinese Taipei7Miyoshi Kinsai Stadium2:27100Boxscore
13 September 202314:30France  1–11  Venezuela6Miyoshi Kinsai Stadium1:45493Boxscore
13 September 202318:30Puerto Rico  2–4  Japan7Miyoshi Kinsai Stadium1:491,605Boxscore
14 September 202310:30Chinese Taipei  10–2  Venezuela7Miyoshi Kinsai Stadium2:05615Boxscore
14 September 202314:30Cuba  0–11  Puerto Rico5Miyoshi Kinsai Stadium1:46175Boxscore
14 September 202318:30Japan  20–1  France5Miyoshi Kinsai Stadium1:44555Boxscore
15 September 202310:30Puerto Rico  6–12  Chinese Taipei7Miyoshi Kinsai Stadium2:38500Boxscore
15 September 202314:30France  1–11  Cuba6Miyoshi Kinsai Stadium2:08534Boxscore
15 September 202318:30Venezuela  4–5  Japan7Miyoshi Kinsai Stadium1:58705Boxscore
16 September 202310:00Puerto Rico  13–3  France7Miyoshi Kinsai Stadium2:25618Boxscore
16 September 202314:00Chinese Taipei  0–2  Japan7Miyoshi Kinsai Stadium1:522409Boxscore
16 September 202318:00Cuba  7–8  Venezuela8Miyoshi Kinsai Stadium2:44350Boxscore
17 September 202310:30France  5–-15  Chinese Taipei6Miyoshi Kinsai Stadium2:08633Boxscore
17 September 202314:30Venezuela  3–0  Puerto Rico7Miyoshi Kinsai Stadium2:00984Boxscore
17 September 202318:30Japan  10–0  Cuba6Miyoshi Kinsai Stadium1:572758Boxscore

Finals

PosTeamPldWLRFRARDPCTGBQualification
1  United States000000Advance to Final
2  Canada (H)000000
3  Mexico000000Advance to third place play-off
4  Japan000000
5  Chinese Taipei000000
6  Venezuela000000
First match(es) will be played: 28 July 2024. Source: WBSC
Rules for classification: 1) Wins/losses; 2) Head to head; 3) Head to head runs against; 4) Runs against; 5) Head to head[3][9]
(H) Hosts

Third place play-off

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4th Ranked Team
3rd Ranked Team

Final

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2nd Ranked Team
1st Ranked Team

Symbols

Match balls

The match balls to be used for the 2024 tournament are to be provided by SSK Corporation, which were also used in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.[10]

Notes

References