Men's Softball World Cup

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]

Men's Softball World Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2025 Men's Softball World Cup
SportSoftball
Founded1966; 58 years ago (1966)
No. of teams12 (Finals)
ContinentInternational
Most recent
champion(s)
 Australia (2nd title)
(2022)
Most titles New Zealand (7 titles)

Results

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Year Final Host Medalists
Champions Final score Runners-up 3rd place
1966
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Mexico City
 
United States
6 – 0  
Mexico
 
New Zealand
1968
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Oklahoma City
 
United States
4 – 0  
Canada
 
Mexico
1972
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Marikina
 
Canada
1 – 0  
United States
 
New Zealand
1976
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Lower Hutt
 
United States

 
Canada
 
New Zealand
1980
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Tacoma
 
United States
3 – 0  
Canada
 
Bahamas
1984
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Midland
 
New Zealand
3 – 1  
Canada
 
United States
1988
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Saskatoon
 
United States
4 – 0  
New Zealand
 
Canada
1992
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Manila/Pasig
 
Canada
5 – 3  
New Zealand
 
United States
1996
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Midland
 
New Zealand
4 – 0  
Canada
 
Japan
2000
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East London
 
New Zealand
2 – 1  
Japan
 
United States
2004
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Christchurch
 
New Zealand
9 – 5  
Canada
 
Australia
2009
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Saskatoon
 
Australia
5 – 0  
New Zealand
 
Canada
2013
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Auckland
 
New Zealand
4 – 1  
Venezuela
 
Australia
2015
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Saskatoon
 
Canada
10 – 5  
New Zealand
 
Venezuela
2017
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Whitehorse
 
New Zealand
6 – 4  
Australia
 
Canada
2019
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Prague/Havlíčkův Brod
 
Argentina
3 – 2  
Japan
 
Canada
2022
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Auckland
 
Australia
5 – 2  
Canada
 
United States
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

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  New Zealand74213
2  United States51410
3  Canada46414
4  Australia2125
5  Argentina1001
6  Japan0213
7  Mexico0112
  Venezuela0112
9  Bahamas0011
Totals (9 entries)19161651

Participating nations

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  • 1st — Champion
  • 2nd — Runner-up
  • 3rd — Third place
  • GS — Group Stage
Teams 1966 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2009 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022 2025 Years
  Argentina 12th 9th 6th 9th 8th 7th 4th 7th 4th 1st 4th q 12
  Australia 7th 5th 7th 12th 3rd 1st 3rd 4th 2nd 7th 1st q 12
  Bahamas 6th 7th 3rd 8th 6th 10th 6
  Bermuda 15th 13th 2
  British Virgin Islands 12th 1
  Botswana 14th 10th 18th 9th 13th 13th 8th 14th 8
  Canada 9th 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 4th 2nd 3rd 5th 1st 3rd 3rd 2nd q 18
  Chinese Taipei 8th 5th 6th 4th 11th 9th 14th 15th 8
  Colombia 10th 10th 2
  Cuba 4th 10th 5th 3
  Czech Republic 12th 12th 6th 7th 9th 11th 8th 9th 8th 9th 17th 11
  Denmark 14th 15th 13th 11th 14th 12th 9th 12th 9
  Dominican Republic 8th 11th 5th 7th 5th 11th q 7
  El Salvador 10th 1
  Great Britain 9th 8th 9th 11th 13th 5
  Guam 7th 6th 8th 10th 16th 5
  Guatemala 12th 9th 2
  Hong Kong 10th 16th 14th 15th 14th 14th 6
  India 15th 1
  Indonesia 11th 16th 16th 3
  Israel 20th 15th 2
  Japan 7th 10th 6th 4th 7th 6th 5th 4th 3rd 2nd 6th 6th 6th 6th 5th 2nd 7th q 18
  South Korea 17th 1
  Lesotho 16th 1
  Mexico 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 12th 9th 8th 5th 11th 14th 13th 10th 11th 16th 12
  Netherlands 9th 13th 14th 14th 14th 15th 13th 11th 8
  Netherlands Antilles 11th 1
  New Zealand 3rd 5th 3rd 1st 4th 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 4th 8th q 18
  Nicaragua 11th 1
  Northern Mariana Islands 13th 16th 2
  Puerto Rico 4th 6th 11th 12th 4
  Pakistan 22nd 1
  Panama 9th 7th 2
  Papua New Guinea 14th 17th 19th 3
  Philippines 4th 5th 8th 7th 10th 10th 10th 15th 13th 16th 10th 18th 12
  Russia 21st 1
  Samoa 6th 7th 2
  Singapore 9th 15th 15th 13th 4
  South Africa 9th 7th 13th 8th 8th 12th 15th 12th 10th 12th 11th 12th 12
  Turkey 16th 1
  United States 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 3rd 1st 3rd 4th 3rd 4th 4th 8th 9th 6th 5th 3rd q 17
  U.S. Virgin Islands 8th 10th 2
  Venezuela 5th 6th 5th 11th 5th 2nd 3rd 7th 6th 6th q 11
  Zimbabwe 13th 10th 2
No. of
Teams
11 10 10 7 14 16 14 17 22 16 15 16 16 15 16 16 12 18

Records and statistics

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

Individual

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Past results since 1990 in softball Archived February 22, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Tradestaff ISF Men's World Softball Championships". NHSA. Archived from the original on August 1, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
  3. ^ "WBSC Men's Softball World Cup 2022: By the Numbers". WBSC. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
  4. ^ "Records on the line at XVII WBSC Men's Softball World Cup". WBSC. Retrieved December 7, 2022.