2016 Women's Softball World Championship

The 2016 Women's Softball World Championship was an international softball competition to be held in Surrey, British Columbia between July 15 and July 24, 2016.^[1] It was the 15th edition of the tournament, and the second edition to be sanctioned by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Previous editions were sanctioned by the International Softball Federation, which governed the sport until its 2013 merger with the International Baseball Federation to create the WBSC. It was announced on March 17, 2016, that the field for the tournament would be expanded from 16 to 31.

2016 Women's Softball World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Dates	15 July – 24 July
Teams	31 (from 5 continents)
Defending champions	Japan (2014)
Final positions
Champions	United States (10th title)
Runner-up	Japan
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Games played	122

Qualification

Origin	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	1	Canada
Oceania	2	Australia  New Zealand
Europe	11	Italy  Netherlands  Czech Republic  Austria  France  Great Britain  Greece  Ireland  Israel  Serbia   Switzerland
Americas	9	United States  Puerto Rico  Brazil  Cuba  Ecuador  Guatemala  Mexico  Peru  Venezuela
Asia	6	Japan  China  Chinese Taipei  India  Pakistan  Philippines
Africa	2	Kenya  Uganda

Group stage

Group A

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB
Japan	2	0	1.000	–
Venezuela	1	1	.500	1
France	0	2	.000	2

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
15 July 2016	Venezuela	7–0 (6)	France
16 July 2016	Japan	2–1	Venezuela
17 July 2016	Japan	7–0 (5)	France

Group B

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB
United States	3	0	1.000	–
Brazil	2	1	.666	1
Austria	1	2	.333	2
Israel	0	3	.000	3

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
15 July 2016	Austria	0–11 (5)	Brazil
	United States	15–0 (3)	Israel
16 July 2016	United States	15–0 (3)	Austria
	Brazil	19–0 (3)	Israel
17 July 2016	United States	13–0 (4)	Brazil
	Austria	13–2 (4)	Israel

Group C

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB
Mexico	3	0	1.000	–
Australia	2	1	.667	1
Switzerland	1	2	.333	2
Serbia	0	3	.000	3

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
15 July 2016	Switzerland	13–10	Serbia
	Australia	0–2 (8)	Mexico
16 July 2016	Mexico	15–0 (3)	Serbia
	Australia	12–0 (4)	Switzerland
17 July 2016	Australia	13–0 (4)	Serbia
	Mexico	13–0 (4)	Switzerland

Group D

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB
Canada	3	0	1.000	–
Great Britain	2	1	.666	1
Uganda	1	2	.333	2
Ireland	0	3	.000	3

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
15 July 2016	Ireland	8–12	Uganda
	Canada	3–0	Great Britain
16 July 2016	Uganda	1–13 (3)	Great Britain
	Canada	14–0 (4)	Ireland
17 July 2016	Great Britain	15–0 (4)	Ireland
	Canada	10–0 (4)	Uganda

Group E

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB
Puerto Rico	3	0	1.000	–
Chinese Taipei	2	1	.666	1
Ecuador	1	2	.333	2
India	0	3	.000	3

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
15 July 2016	Puerto Rico	25–0 (3)	India
	Chinese Taipei	11–0 (5)	Ecuador
16 July 2016	Ecuador	14–0 (4)	India
	Chinese Taipei	0–2	Puerto Rico
17 July 2016	Puerto Rico	7–0 (5)	Ecuador
	Chinese Taipei	15–0 (3)	India

Group F

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB
Netherlands	3	0	1.000	–
Philippines	2	1	.667	1
Czech Republic	1	2	.333	2
Pakistan	0	3	.000	3

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
15 July 2016	Czech Republic	0–1	Philippines
	Netherlands	—	Pakistan (Forfeited)
16 July 2016	Pakistan (Forfeited)	—	Philippines
	Netherlands	2–0	Czech Republic
17 July 2016	Netherlands	7–2	Philippines
	Czech Republic	—	Pakistan (Forfeited)

Group G

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB
China	3	0	1.000	–
Cuba	2	1	.667	–
Greece	1	2	.333	1.5
Guatemala	0	3	.000	2.5

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
15 July 2016	Cuba	8–1 (6)	Greece
	China	7–0 (6)	Guatemala
16 July 2016	China	5–1	Greece
	Cuba	1–0	Guatemala
17 July 2016	Guatemala	0–2	Greece
	Cuba	1–9	China

Group H

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB
New Zealand	3	0	1.000	–
Italy	2	1	.667	1
Peru	1	2	.333	2
Kenya	0	3	.000	3

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
15 July 2016	Italy	5–0	Peru
	New Zealand	28–0 (3)	Kenya
16 July 2016	New Zealand	7–0 (5)	Peru
	Italy	15–0 (3)	Kenya
17 July 2016	New Zealand	8–7 (9)	Italy
	Kenya	3–10 (5)	Peru

Championship round

Standings

Group 1

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB
Japan	3	0	1.000	–
New Zealand	2	1	.667	1
Chinese Taipei	1	2	.333	2
Great Britain	0	3	.000	3

Group 2

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB
United States	3	0	1.000	–
China	2	1	.667	1
Australia	1	2	.333	2
Philippines	0	3	.000	3

Group 3

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB
Mexico	3	0	1.000	–
Netherlands	2	1	.667	1
Brazil	1	2	.333	2
Cuba	0	3	.000	3

Group 4

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB
Venezuela	2	1	.667	–
Canada	2	1	.667	–
Puerto Rico	2	1	.667	–
Italy	0	3	.000	3

Day 1

July 18, 2016	Puerto Rico	4–0	Italy	Softball City 1

July 18, 2016	New Zealand	6–0	Great Britain	Softball City 1

July 18, 2016	Japan	6–1	Chinese Taipei	Softball City 1

July 18, 2016	Australia	11–1 (5)	Philippines	Softball City 1

July 18, 2016	Canada	1–6	Venezuela	Softball City 1

July 18, 2016	Brazil	5–1	Cuba	Softball City 2

Day 2

July 19, 2016	Netherlands	9–3	Brazil	Softball City 1

July 19, 2016	New Zealand	4–0	Chinese Taipei	Softball City 2

July 19, 2016	Japan	4–2	Great Britain	Softball City 1

July 19, 2016	Venezuela	5–0	Italy	Softball City 2

July 19, 2016	United States	6–1	China	Softball City 1

July 19, 2016	Mexico	1–0	Cuba	Softball City 2

Day 3

July 20, 2016	China	7–1	Philippines	Softball City 1

July 20, 2016	Mexico	3–2	Netherlands	Softball City 1

July 20, 2016	Great Britain	1–2	Chinese Taipei	Softball City 2

July 20, 2016	Canada	10–0	Puerto Rico	Softball City 1

July 20, 2016	United States	5–3	Australia	Softball City 2

Day 4

July 21, 2016	Netherlands	9-1 (5)	Cuba	Softball City 1

July 21, 2016	Mexico	5-3	Brazil	Softball City 2

July 21, 2016	United States	11-0 (5)	Philippines	Softball City 1

July 21, 2016	Puerto Rico	3-0	Venezuela	Softball City 2

July 21, 2016	Canada	3-1	Italy	Softball City 1

July 21, 2016	China	2-0	Australia	Softball City 3

July 21, 2016	Japan	9-2 (6)	New Zealand	Softball City 2

Placement round

Standings

Group 1

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB
Peru	3	0	1.000	–
France	2	1	.667	1
India	1	2	.333	2
Ireland	0	3	.000	3

Group 2

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB
Austria	3	0	1.000	–
Greece	2	1	.667	1
Serbia	1	2	.333	2
Pakistan	0	3	.000	3

Group 3

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB
Czech Republic	3	0	1.000	–
Guatemala	2	1	.667	1
Israel	1	2	.333	2
Switzerland	0	3	.000	3

Group 4

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB
Ecuador	2	0	1.000	–
Uganda	1	1	.500	1
Kenya	0	2	.000	2

Day 1

July 18, 2016	Switzerland	8–11	Israel	Softball City 2

July 18, 2016	Ecuador	4–2	Uganda	Softball City 2

July 18, 2016	Austria	5–4	Greece	Softball City 3

July 18, 2016	France	9–2 (6)	India	Softball City 4

Day 2

July 19, 2016	Ecuador	15–3 (4)	Kenya	Softball City 1

July 19, 2016	Czech Republic	6–1	Guatemala	Softball City 2

July 19, 2016	Pakistan (Forfeited)	N/A	Austria	Softball City 3

July 19, 2016	Greece	9–2 (5)	Serbia	Softball City 4

July 19, 2016	Peru	11–0 (4)	India	Softball City 3

July 19, 2016	France	11–0 (4)	Ireland	Softball City 4

Day 3

July 20, 2016	Austria	10–0 (4)	Serbia	Softball City 1

July 20, 2016	Peru	11–0 (4)	Ireland	Softball City 2

July 20, 2016	Greece	N/A	Pakistan (Forfeited)	Softball City 2

July 20, 2016	Guatemala	19–3 (4)	Israel	Softball City 3

July 20, 2016	Switzerland	1–16 (3)	Czech Republic	Softball City 4

July 20, 2016	Uganda	9–2	Kenya	Softball City 3

Day 4

July 21, 2016	Israel	0-18 (3)	Czech Republic	Softball City 1

July 21, 2016	France	1-8 (6)	Peru	Softball City 2

July 21, 2016	Ireland	2-5	India	Softball City 4

July 21, 2016	Switzerland	0-11 (4)	Guatemala	Softball City 3

July 21, 2016	Serbia	N/A	Pakistan (Forfeited)	Softball City 4

Championship Round-Double Page

Day 1

July 22, 2016	Canada	4-3	China	Softball City 1

July 22, 2016	New Zealand	2-8	Netherlands	Softball City 1

July 22, 2016	Japan	2-0	Mexico	Softball City 1

July 22, 2016	United States	7-0 (5)	Venezuela	Softball City 1

Day 2

July 23, 2016	Canada	5-0	Mexico	Softball City 1

July 23, 2016	Netherlands	8-1	Venezuela	Softball City 1

Medal Round

Semifinals

Bronze Medal

Gold Medal

W3

Japan

3

W7

United States

7

W4

United States

4

W9

Japan

3

L7

Japan

12

W8

Canada

4(4)

W5

Canada

9

W6

Netherlands

2(5)

Championship Round-Single Page

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Chinese Taipei

4

Cuba

1

W1

Chinese Taipei

0

W2

Australia

1

Australia

1

Italy

0

W5

Australia

1

W6

Puerto Rico

4

Brazil

1

Great Britain

0

W3

Brazil

2

W4

Puerto Rico

9

Puerto Rico

2

Philippines

0

Placement Round-Double Page

First round

July 22, 2016	France	2-5	Guatemala	Softball City 2

July 22, 2016	Greece	4-0	Uganda	Softball City 2

Quarterfinals

July 22, 2016	Austria	13-0 (4)	Ecuador	Softball City 2

July 22, 2016	Peru	3-14 (4)	Czech Republic	Softball City 2

July 23, 2016	Guatemala	12-1 (4)	Ecuador	Softball City 2

July 23, 2016	Greece	4-0	Peru	Softball City 2

Final four

Semifinals

Preliminary Final

Grand Final

W3

Austria

3(5)

W7

Czech Republic

5

W4

Czech Republic

12

W9

Austria

0

L7

Austria

1(8)

W8

Greece

0

W5

Guatemala

1

W6

Greece

2

Placement Round-Single Page

1st Round

Semifinals

Finals

Serbia

7(8)

W1

Switzerland

6

India

1

Switzerland

5

W5

Serbia

8

W6

Ireland

5

Israel

6

Ireland

7

W2

Ireland

11

W3

Kenya

3(5)

Kenya

F

Pakistan

0

Final standings

Rank	Team
	United States
	Japan
	Canada
4	Netherlands
5	Mexico
	Venezuela
7	New Zealand
	China
9	Puerto Rico
10	Australia
11	Chinese Taipei
	Brazil
13	Cuba
	Italy
	Great Britain
	Philippines
17	Czech Republic
18	Austria
19	Greece
20	Guatemala
21	Ecuador
	Peru
23	France
	Uganda
25	Serbia
26	Ireland
27	Kenya
	Switzerland
29	Israel
	India
31	Pakistan