2016 Women's Baseball World Cup


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.

Teams

For 2016, the number of qualifying teams grew from eight for its 6th edition in 2014 to twelve teams.
The following 12 teams qualified for the tournament.
TeamFinals
appearance
Last
appearance
Previous
performance
Previous best
performance
7th20143rd PlaceRunners Up
4th20148th Place7th Place
7th20144th PlaceRunners Up
4th20128th Place6th Place
7th20142nd PlaceWinners
4th20146th Place4th Place
7th20145th Place5th Place
4th20147th Place7th Place
2nd20087th Place7th Place
1st1st Appearance
7th20141st Place1st Place
3rd20106thPlace6th Place

Round 1

The matches were played from September 3 to 5. The top two teams from each group advanced to the next round.

Group A

TeamsPct.GB
301.000-422
21.66611515
12.33321816
03.0003143

----
----

Group B

TeamsPct.GB
301.000-382
21.66612713
12.33321021
03.0003645

----
----

Group C

TeamsPct.GB
21.666-269
21.666-2714
21.666-1312
03.0002435

----
----

Round 2

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

TeamsPct.GB
501.000-414
41.8001.02613
32.6002.02420
23.4003.02419
14.2004.02434
05.0005.0251

----
----
----

Consolation Round

TeamsPct.GB
501.000-732
41.8001.03920
32.6002.04029
23.4003.02821
14.2004.02243
05.0005.0794

----
----
----

Round 3

Bronze Medal

Gold Medal

Final standings

Rosters

Canada
Manager: Andre Lachance
Japan
Manager: Koichi Okura