Men's Softball World Cup

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Men's Softball World Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2019 Men's Softball World Championship
SportSoftball
Founded1966
No. of teams16 (Finals)
ContinentInternational
Most recent
champion(s)
 Argentina (1st title)
Most titles New Zealand (7 titles)

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 2015 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]

Results[]

Year Final Host Medalists
Champions Final score Runners-up 3rd place
1966
Details
Mexico
Mexico City

United States
6 – 0
Mexico

New Zealand
1968
United States
Oklahoma City

United States
4 – 0
Canada

Philippines
1972
Details
Philippines
Marikina

Canada
1 – 0
United States

New Zealand
1976
New Zealand
Lower Hutt

United States


Canada


New Zealand

1980
United States
Tacoma

United States
3 – 0
Canada

Bahamas
1984
United States
Midland

New Zealand
3 – 1
Canada

United States
1988
Canada
Saskatoon

United States
4 – 0
New Zealand

Canada
1992
Details
Philippines
Manila/Pasig

Canada
5 – 3
New Zealand

United States
1996
Details
United States
Midland

New Zealand
4 – 0
Canada

Japan
2000
South Africa
East London

New Zealand
2 – 1
Japan

United States
2004
Details
New Zealand
Christchurch

New Zealand
9 – 5
Canada

Australia
2009
Details
Canada
Saskatoon

Australia
5 – 0
New Zealand

Canada
2013
Details
New Zealand
Auckland

New Zealand
4 – 1
Venezuela

Australia
2015
Details
Canada
Saskatoon

Canada
10 – 5
New Zealand

Venezuela
2017
Details
Canada
Whitehorse

New Zealand
6 – 4
Australia

Canada
2019
Details
Czech Republic
Prague/Havlíčkův Brod

Argentina
3 – 2
Japan

Canada
2022
New Zealand
Auckland

In 1976 the final day was rained out. New Zealand, USA and Canada were all awarded the gold medal.

Medal table[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 New Zealand74213
2 United States5139
3 Canada45413
4 Australia1124
5 Argentina1001
6 Japan0213
7 Mexico0112
 Venezuela0112
9 Bahamas0011
Totals (9 nations)18151548

Participating nations[]

  • 1st — Champion
  • 2nd — Runner-up
  • 3rd — Third place
  • GS — Group Stage
Teams 1966 1972 1992 1996 2004 2009 2013 2015 2017 2019 Years
 Argentina 12th 9th 6th 9th 8th 7th 4th 7th 4th 1st 10
 Australia 7th 5th 7th 12th 3rd 1st 3rd 4th 2nd 7th 10
 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 16
 Chinese Taipei 8th 5th 6th 4th 11th 9th 14th 15th 8
  10th 1
 Cuba 4th 10th 2
 Czech Republic 12th 12th 6th 7th 9th 10th 8th 9th 8th 9
 Denmark 14th 15th 13th 11th 14th 12th 9th 7
 Dominican Republic 8th 11th 5th 7th 5th 11th 5
  10th 1
 Great Britain 9th 8th 9th 11th 13th 5
 Guam 7th 6th 8th 10th 16th 5
  12th 1
 Hong Kong 10th 16th 14th 15th 14th 5
 India 16th 1
 Indonesia 11th 16th 16th 3
 Israel 20 1
 Japan 7th 10th 6th 4th 7th 6th 5th 4th 3rd 2nd 6th 6th 6th 6th 6th 2nd 16
 South Korea 17th 1
 Lesotho 16th 1
 Mexico 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 12th 9th 8th 5th 11th 14th 13th 10th 11th 13
 Netherlands 9th 13th 14th 14th 14th 15th 13th 6*
  11th 1
 New Zealand 3rd 5th 3rd 1st 4th 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 4th 16
  11th 1
 Northern Mariana Islands 13th 16th 2
 Puerto Rico 4th 6th 11th 12th 4
 Pakistan 22nd 1
  9th 7th 2
 Papua New Guinea 14th 17th 19th 3
 Philippines 4th 5th 8th 7th 10th 10th 10th 15th 13th 16th 10
 Russia 21st 1
 Samoa 6th 7th 2
 Singapore 9th 15th 15th 3
 South Africa 9th 7th 13th 8th 8th 12th 15th 12th 10th 12th 10
  16th 1
 United States 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 3rd 1st 3rd 4th 3rd 4th 4th 8th 9th 7th 5th 16
  8th 10th 2
 Venezuela 5th 6th 5th 11th 5th 2nd 3rd 7th 6th 9
 Zimbabwe 13th 10th 2
No. of
Teams
11 10 10 6 14 16 14 17 22 16 15 16 16 15 16 16

See also[]

References[]

  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.
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