2016 Women's Baseball World Cup

2016 Women's Baseball World Cup
Tournament details
Country	South Korea
City	Gijang
Venue(s)	Dream Main Park, Dream Park 2, Dream Park 3
Dates	3 September - 11 September
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Japan (5th title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Venezuela
Fourth place	Chinese Taipei
Tournament statistics
Games played	44
Attendance	18,767 (427 per game)
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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]

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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.

More information Team, Finals appearance ...

Team	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous performance	Previous best performance
Australia	7th	2014	3rd Place	Runners Up (2010)
Netherlands	4th	2014	8th place	7th place (2012)
Canada	7th	2014	4th place	Runners Up (2008)
Cuba	4th	2012	8th place	6th place (2006,2010)
United States	7th	2014	2nd Place	Winners (2004,2006)
Venezuela	4th	2014	6th place	4th place (2010)
Chinese Taipei	7th	2014	5th place	5th place (2004,2006,2008,2014)
Hong Kong	4th	2014	7th place	7th place (2006,2014)
India	2nd	2008	7th place	7th place (2008)
Pakistan	1st			1st Appearance
Japan	7th	2014	1st Place	1st Place (2008,2010,2012,2014)
South Korea	3rd	2010	6thPlace	6th place (2008)

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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

More information Teams, W ...

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
Venezuela	3	0	1.000	–	42	2
South Korea(H)	2	1	.666	1	15	15
Cuba	1	2	.333	2	18	16
Pakistan	0	3	.000	3	1	43

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3 September 2016	South Korea	10–0 F/6	Pakistan	Dream Main Park Attendance: 800
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3 September 2016	Cuba	0–12 F/5	Venezuela	Dream Park 2 Attendance: 100
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4 September 2016	Pakistan	1 – 18 F/5	Venezuela	Dream Park 2 Attendance: 65
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4 September 2016	Cuba	3 – 4	South Korea	Dream Main Park Attendance: 850
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5 September 2016	Pakistan	0 – 15 F/5	Cuba	Dream Park 2 Attendance: 200
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5 September 2016	Venezuela	12 – 1 F/5	South Korea	Dream Main Park Attendance: 1,000
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Group B

More information Teams, W ...

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
Japan	3	0	1.000	–	38	2
Canada	2	1	.666	1	27	13
Netherlands	1	2	.333	2	10	21
India	0	3	.000	3	6	45

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3 September 2016	India	2 – 9	Netherlands	Dream Park 2 Attendance: 150
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3 September 2016	Japan	8 – 2	Canada	Dream Main Park Attendance: 800
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4 September 2016	Netherlands	0 – 12 F/5	Japan	Dream Main Park Attendance: 700
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4 September 2016	Canada	18 – 4 F/5	India	Dream Park 2 Attendance: 50
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5 September 2016	India	0 – 18 F/5	Japan	Dream Main Park Attendance: 550
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5 September 2016	Netherlands	1 – 7	Canada	Dream Park 2 Attendance: 250
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Group C

More information Teams, W ...

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
Chinese Taipei	2	1	.666	–	26	9
Australia	2	1	.666	–	27	14
United States	2	1	.666	–	13	12
Hong Kong	0	3	.000	2	4	35

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3 September 2016	Hong Kong	1 – 9	United States	Dream Park 3 Attendance: 50
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3 September 2016	Chinese Taipei	12 – 4	Australia	Dream Park 3 Attendance: 250
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4 September 2016	Chinese Taipei	1 – 2	United States	Dream Park 3 Attendance: 700
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4 September 2016	Australia	13 – 0 F/5	Hong Kong	Dream Park 3 Attendance: 150
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5 September 2016	United States	2 – 10	Australia	Dream Park 3 Attendance: 800
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5 September 2016	Hong Kong	3 – 13 F/6	Chinese Taipei	Dream Park 3 Attendance: 200
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Thumb — Japan and South Korea square off in the Super Round

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

More information Teams, W ...

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
Japan	5	0	1.000	–	41	4
Canada	4	1	.800	1.0	26	13
Venezuela	3	2	.600	2.0	24	20
Chinese Taipei	2	3	.400	3.0	24	19
Australia	1	4	.200	4.0	24	34
South Korea(H)	0	5	.000	5.0	2	51

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7 September 2016	South Korea	1 – 11 F/5	Chinese Taipei	Dream Main Park Attendance: 950
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7 September 2016	Venezuela	2 – 7	Japan	Dream Main Park Attendance: 550
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7 September 2016	Australia	3 – 5	Canada	Dream Main Park Attendance: 251
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8 September 2016	Australia	13 – 0 F/5	South Korea	Dream Main Park Attendance: 50
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8 September 2016	Canada	8 – 1	Venezuela	Dream Main Park Attendance: 500
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8 September 2016	Chinese Taipei	0 – 10 F/5	Japan	Dream Main Park Attendance: 150
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9 September 2016	South Korea	0 – 9	Canada	Dream Main Park Attendance: 760
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9 September 2016	Venezuela	2 – 0	Chinese Taipei	Dream Main Park Attendance: 720
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9 September 2016	Australia	0 – 10 F/5	Japan	Dream Main Park Attendance: 350
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10 September 2016	Canada	2 – 1	Chinese Taipei	Dream Main Park Attendance: 100
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10 September 2016	South Korea	0–6	Japan	Dream Main Park Attendance: 340
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10 September 2016	Australia	4–7	Venezuela	Dream Main Park Attendance: 255
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Consolation round

More information Teams, W ...

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
United States	5	0	1.000	–	73	2
Cuba	4	1	.800	1.0	39	20
Netherlands	3	2	.600	2.0	40	29
Hong Kong	2	3	.400	3.0	28	21
India	1	4	.200	4.0	22	43
Pakistan	0	5	.000	5.0	7	94

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7 September 2016	Cuba	9 – 8 F/8	Netherlands	Dream Park 2 Attendance: 210
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7 September 2016	Hong Kong	10 – 0 F/6	India	Dream Park 3 Attendance: 100
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7 September 2016	United States	34 – 0 F/5	Pakistan	Dream Park 2 Attendance: 75
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8 September 2016	India	1 – 12 F/5	Cuba	Dream Park 2 Attendance: 150
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8 September 2016	Hong Kong	12 – 1 F/6	Pakistan	Dream Park 3 Attendance: 261
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8 September 2016	United States	10 – 0 F/5	Netherlands	Dream Park 2 Attendance: 275
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9 September 2016	Pakistan	2 – 19 F/5	India	Dream Park 2 Attendance: 75
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9 September 2016	Cuba	1 – 10 F/5	United States	Dream Park 3 Attendance: 150
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9 September 2016	Hong Kong	4 – 9	Netherlands	Dream Park 2 Attendance: 55
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10 September 2016	India	0 – 10 F/5	United States	Dream Park 2 Attendance: 100
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10 September 2016	Hong Kong	1–2	Cuba	Dream Park 3 Attendance: 100
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10 September 2016	Pakistan	4–14	Netherlands	Dream Park 2 Attendance: 75
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Bronze Medal

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11 September 2016	Chinese Taipei	3 – 4	Venezuela	Dream Main Park Attendance: 2,200
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Gold Medal

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11 September 2016	Canada	0–10	Japan	Dream Main Park Attendance: 2,300
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More information Rk, Team ...

Rk	Team	W	L
1	Japan	8	0
Lost in the final
2	Canada	6	2
Failed to qualify for final
3	Venezuela	6	2
4	Chinese Taipei	3	5
Failed to qualify for medal games
5	Australia	3	4
6	South Korea	2	5
7	United States	6	1
8	Cuba	4	3
9	Netherlands	3	4
10	Hong Kong	2	5
11	India	1	6
12	Pakistan	0	7

2016 Women's Baseball World champions
Japan 5th title

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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

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[1]
"Preparations for Women's Baseball World Cup Nearly Complete". Haps Magazine. July 27, 2016. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
[2]
"New Logo, Nations unveiled for LG Presents WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup 2016 Gijang (KOR)". WBSC. February 29, 2016. Archived from the original on September 3, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
[3]
"LG Presents WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup 2016 set to open tomorrow". WBSC. September 2, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
[4]
"Schedule: 2016 Women's Baseball World Cup" (PDF).
[5]
"Tournaments - WBSC". Archived from the original on 2018-12-09. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
[6]
"Tournaments | WBSC". Archived from the original on 2016-09-18. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
[7]
"Tournaments WBSC". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
[8]
"Tournaments WBSC". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved December 22, 2017.

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Official site

[1] [1]
"Preparations for Women's Baseball World Cup Nearly Complete". Haps Magazine. July 27, 2016. Retrieved July 27, 2016.

[2] [2]
"New Logo, Nations unveiled for LG Presents WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup 2016 Gijang (KOR)". WBSC. February 29, 2016. Archived from the original on September 3, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2016.

[3] [3]
"LG Presents WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup 2016 set to open tomorrow". WBSC. September 2, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2016.

[4] [4]
"Schedule: 2016 Women's Baseball World Cup" (PDF).

[5] [5]
"Tournaments - WBSC". Archived from the original on 2018-12-09. Retrieved 2016-09-12.

[6] [6]
"Tournaments | WBSC". Archived from the original on 2016-09-18. Retrieved 2016-09-12.

[7] [7]
"Tournaments WBSC". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved December 22, 2017.

[8] [8]
"Tournaments WBSC". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved December 22, 2017.

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2016 Women's Baseball World Cup

Group A

Group B

Group C

Super Round

Consolation round

Bronze Medal

Gold Medal

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Teams

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Final standings

Rosters

References

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