U-18 Men's Softball World Cup
Appearance
Current season, competition or edition: 2023 U-18 Men's Softball World Cup | |
Sport | Softball |
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No. of teams | 12 (finals) |
Continent | International |
Most recent champion(s) | Japan (4th title) |
Most titles | Australia (5 titles) |
The U-18 Men's Softball World Cup (in spanish: Campeonato Mundial juvenil de softball masculino) is a fastpitch softball tournament for age 19-and-under national teams held every four years by the World Baseball Softball Confederation, formerly the International Softball Federation (ISF).[1]
Results
[edit]Year | Final Host[2] | Medalists | ||||
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Champions | Final score | Runners-up | 3rd place | |||
Jr. Men's Softball World Championship | ||||||
1981 Details |
Edmonton |
Japan |
2 – 0 | United States |
Mexico | |
1985 Details |
Fargo |
New Zealand |
2 – 1 | United States |
Canada | |
1989 Details |
Summerside |
New Zealand |
– | Canada |
Japan | |
1993 Details |
Auckland |
Canada |
4 – 3 | New Zealand |
Japan | |
1997 Details |
St. John's |
Australia |
6 – 1 | New Zealand |
Canada | |
2001 Details |
Blacktown |
Australia |
8 – 0 | Japan |
Canada | |
2005 Details |
Summerside |
Australia |
7 – 2 | Japan |
Canada | |
2008 Details |
Whitehorse |
Australia |
2 – 1 | Canada |
Japan | |
2012 Details |
Parana |
Argentina |
5 – 0 | Japan |
Australia | |
2014 Details |
Whitehorse |
Argentina |
9 – 0 | New Zealand |
Japan | |
2016 Details |
Midland |
Japan |
2 – 1 | New Zealand |
Canada | |
2018 Details |
Prince Albert |
Australia |
6 – 1 | Japan |
New Zealand | |
U-18 Men's Softball World Cup | ||||||
2020 Details |
Palmerston North |
Japan |
9 – 2 | Australia |
Czech Republic | |
2023 Details |
Hermosillo |
Japan |
8 – 4 | Mexico |
Canada |
Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Australia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
2 | Japan | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
3 | New Zealand | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
4 | Argentina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
5 | Canada | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
6 | United States | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Mexico | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
8 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (8 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Past results since 1990 in softball Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "U18 Men's Softball World Cup". WBSC. World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Retrieved 11 July 2023.