2016 World Cup of Softball

The eleventh World Cup of Softball was held from July 5, 2016 to July 10, 2016, in Oklahoma City. The competing national teams were Australia, Canada, China, Chinese Taipei, Czech Republic, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Puerto Rico, United States, United States Elite, and Venezuela.

2016 World Cup of Softball XI

Tournament details
Host country	United States
City	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Dates	July 5-10, 2016
Teams	14 (from 6 continents)
Venues	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
Defending champions	United States (2015)
Final positions
Champions	Japan (3rd title)
Runner-up	United States
Third place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Games played	47
Best batting average	Delaney Spaulding (0.529)
Best ERA	Yukani Hamamura (0.00) Ally Carda (0.00) Nana Okamura (0.00)
Most strikeouts (as pitcher)	Justine Smethurst (25)
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Standings

Group A

Rank	Team	Wins	Losses	GB
1	United States	6	0	-
2	Australia	6	1	0.5
3	Puerto Rico	4	2	2
4	China	3	4	3.5
5	Netherlands	2	5	4.5
6	Philippines	1	6	5.5
7	Venezuela	0	6	6

Group B

Rank	Team	Wins	Losses	GB
1	Japan	6	0	-
2	United States Elite	4	1	1.5
3	Canada	4	2	2
4	New Zealand	2	4	4
5	Mexico	2	4	4
6	Czech Republic	0	5	5.5

Schedule and scores

all times CDT

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Time
July 5, 2016	China	1-2	Mexico	10:30 AM
	United States Elite	13-2 (4)	Czech Republic	12:30 PM
	Netherlands	2-7	Australia	12:30 PM
	United States	11-1 (4)	Philippines	3 PM
	Canada	5-0	New Zealand	3 PM
	Venezuela	2-3	Puerto Rico	5 PM
July 6, 2016	Australia	6-1	Venezuela	10:30 AM
	United States Elite	17-0 (3)	Mexico	12:30 PM
	Canada	9-1 (5)	Netherlands	12:30 PM
	United States	7-0 (6)	Puerto Rico	3 PM
	Philippines	1-8 (5)	China	3 PM
	Czech Republic	0-8 (5)	Japan	5 PM
July 7, 2016	Netherlands	4-3 (8)	Venezuela	10:30 AM
	Australia	7-6	New Zealand	10:30 AM
	China	0-2	Puerto Rico	1 PM
	Japan	8-3	Mexico	1 PM
	Philippines	5-7	Puerto Rico	3 PM
	Czech Republic	4-9	Mexico	3 PM
	United States Elite	8-4	Canada	5:30 PM
	Japan	11-0 (4)	Philippines	5:30 PM
	United States	7-0 (6)	Australia	7:30 PM
	China	9-2 (5)	Venezuela	7:30 PM
July 8, 2016	Czech Republic	—	Puerto Rico	8:30 AM
	Mexico	1-4	Canada	8:30 AM
	Czech Republic	0-2	New Zealand	10:30 AM
	Philippines	2-1	Venezuela	10:30 AM
	Japan	10-0 (4)	New Zealand	1 PM
	Philippines	0-6	Netherlands	1 PM
	Japan	7-2	Canada	3 PM
	China	4-1	Netherlands	3 PM
	United States	10-0 (4)	Venezuela	5:30 PM
	Puerto Rico	0-8 (5)	Australia	5:30 PM
	United States	—	United States Elite	7:30 PM
	Australia	6-5 (8)	China	7:30 PM
July 9, 2016	United States Elite	13-0 (4)	New Zealand	12 PM
	Canada	3-0	Czech Republic	12 PM
	United States	8-1 (5)	Netherlands	2:30 PM
	Australia	3-2	Philippines	2:30 PM
	United States Elite	2-3	Japan	4:30 PM
	New Zealand	3-2	Mexico	4:30 PM
	United States	11-0 (4)	China	7 PM
	Netherlands	4-5	Puerto Rico	7 PM

7th Place Game

July 10, 2016	China	2-1 (8)	New Zealand	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium

12th Place Game

July 10, 2016	Philippines	3-2	Czech Republic	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium

5th Place Game

July 10, 2016	Puerto Rico	0-5	Canada	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium

9th Place Game

July 10, 2016	Netherlands	7-0 (5)	Mexico	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium

Bronze Medal Game

July 10, 2016	Australia	4-3	United States Elite	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium

11th Place Game

July 10, 2016	Venezuela	3-1	Philippines	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium

Gold Medal Game

July 10, 2016	United States	1-2	Japan	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium