2014 Women's Baseball World Cup

2014 Women's Baseball World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Dates	1 September - 7 September
Teams	8
Defending champions	Japan (2012)
Final positions
Champions	Japan (4th title)
Runner-up	United States
Third place	Australia
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played	16
Attendance	41,026 (2,564 per game)
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The 2014 Women's Baseball World Cup was an international baseball competition being held in Miyazaki, Japan from 1 September – 7 September 2014.^[1]

Teams

The following 8 teams appeared at the tournament.

Australia	4th, 2012 World Cup
Canada	2012 World Cup
Chinese Taipei	6th, 2012 World Cup
Hong Kong	Did not participate, 2012 World Cup
Japan	2012 World Cup
Netherlands	7th, 2012 World Cup
United States	2012 World Cup
Venezuela	5th, 2012 World Cup

Round 1

Group A

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
Japan	3	0	1.000	–	47	0
Australia	2	1	.667	1	33	18
Venezuela	1	2	.333	2	8	22
Hong Kong	0	3	.000	3	5	53

1 September 2014	Venezuela	5 – 4	Hong Kong	Sun Marine Stadium Attendance: 500
		Boxscore

1 September 2014	Japan	14 – 0 F/5	Australia	Sun Marine Stadium Attendance: 8500
		Boxscore

2 September 2014	Australia	4 – 3	Venezuela	Ivy Stadium Attendance: 400
		Boxscore

2 September 2014	Hong Kong	0 – 19 F/5	Japan	Sun Marine Stadium Attendance: 7000
		Boxscore

3 September 2014	Japan	14 – 0 F/5	Venezuela	Sun Marine Stadium Attendance: 2000
		Boxscore

4 September 2014	Australia	29 – 1 F/5	Hong Kong	Sun Marine Stadium Attendance: 300
		Boxscore

Group B

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
United States	3	0	1.000	–	34	7
Canada	2	1	.667	1	27	16
Chinese Taipei	1	2	.333	2	12	20
Netherlands	0	3	.000	3	2	32

1 September 2014	Canada	11 – 0 F/5	Netherlands	Ivy Stadium Attendance: 100
		Boxscore

1 September 2014	United States	9 – 0	Chinese Taipei	Ivy Stadium Attendance: 250
		Boxscore

2 September 2014	Canada	9 – 8 F/8	Chinese Taipei	Ivy Stadium Attendance: 225
		Boxscore

2 September 2014	Netherlands	0 – 17 F/5	United States	Sun Marine Stadium Attendance: 900
		Boxscore

3 September 2014	Chinese Taipei	4 – 2	Netherlands	Ivy Stadium Attendance: 600
		Boxscore

3 September 2014	United States	8 – 7	Canada	Sun Marine Stadium Attendance: 1053
		Boxscore

Round 2

Results from Round 1 between teams from the same pool carry over

Group C

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
Japan	3	0	1.000	–	27	2
United States	2	1	.667	1	11	9
Australia	1	2	.333	2	7	22
Canada	0	3	.000	3	14	26

5 September 2014	United States	3 – 1	Australia	Sun Marine Stadium Attendance: 1100
		Boxscore

5 September 2014	Japan	12 – 2 F/5	Canada	Sun Marine Stadium Attendance: 2500
		Boxscore

6 September 2014	Canada	5 – 6 F/9	Australia	Sun Marine Stadium Attendance: 543
		Boxscore

6 September 2014	Japan	1 – 0	United States	Sun Marine Stadium Attendance: 14,000
		Boxscore

Group D

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
Chinese Taipei	3	0	1.000	–	34	7
Venezuela	2	1	.667	1	12	17
Hong Kong	1	2	.333	2	27	35
Netherlands	0	3	.000	3	14	29

5 September 2014	Venezuela	6 – 1	Netherlands	Ivy Stadium Attendance: 500
		Boxscore

5 September 2014	Chinese Taipei	19 – 4 F/5	Hong Kong	Ivy Stadium Attendance: 50
		Boxscore

6 September 2014	Hong Kong	19 – 11	Netherlands	Ivy Stadium Attendance: 320
		Boxscore

6 September 2014	Chinese Taipei	11 – 1 F/6	Venezuela	Ivy Stadium Attendance: 185
		Boxscore

Round 3

7th-8th Place

7 September 2014	Hong Kong	4 – 0	Netherlands	Ivy Stadium

5th-6th Place

7 September 2014	Chinese Taipei	4 – 0	Venezuela	Ivy Stadium

Bronze Medal

7 September 2014	Australia	3 – 2	Canada	Sun Marine Stadium

Gold Medal

7 September 2014	Japan	3 – 0	United States	Sun Marine Stadium

2014 Women's Baseball World Cup Champions
Japan fourth title

External links

• Official Website IBAF

References

International baseball
WBSC (former governing body: IBAF) World Rankings Teams
WBSC Events	World Baseball Classic WBSC Premier12 U23 World Cup U18 World Cup U15 World Cup U12 World Cup Women's Baseball World Cup
Minor World Events	Grand Forks International Haarlem Baseball Week Summer Universiade World Baseball Challenge World Port Tournament World University
Defunct World Events	Baseball at the Summer Olympics World Games Baseball World Cup Intercontinental Cup Women's Baseball World Series
Africa	African Baseball & Softball Association – All-Africa Games
Americas	Pan American Baseball Confederation – Pan American Games America Cup Caribbean Series Central American and Caribbean Games South American Games
Asia	Baseball Federation of Asia – Asian Championship Asian Games Junior (under 18) Southeast Asian Games SAARC Baseball Championship Asia Series
Europe	Confederation of European Baseball – European Championship European Cup "Final Four" Under-21 Junior (under 18) Youth (under 16) Juveniles (under 12)
Oceania	Baseball Confederation of Oceania – Oceania Championship Pacific Games