Year: | 2024 |
Country: | Canada |
Country2: | Japan |
Dates: | 8 – 13 August 2024 |
Num Teams: | 12 |
Confederations: | 5 |
Venues: | 2 |
Cities: | 2 |
Medal Type: | world cup |
Prevseason: | 2018 |
The 2024 Women's Baseball World Cup will be the 9th Women's Baseball World Cup, an international baseball tournament taking place in Thunder Bay, Canada, and one other to be determined location. The group stage will take place from 8-13 August 2023 as two separate tournaments in two separate locations. The finals will take place in Thunder Bay, Canada in 2024. This is the first Women's Baseball World Cup event to be held in two stages. It will be the third time Canada has hosted the tournament. It is also the first time more than one nation has hosted the tournament.[1] Japan are the defending champions.
Team | World ranking | Method of qualification |
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3rd | Hosts | |
1st | Hosts & 2023 Women's Baseball Asian Cup winners | |
16th | 2022 Women's European Baseball Championship winners | |
5th | Women's Baseball Americas World Cup Qualifier 2022 winners | |
9th | Women's Baseball Americas World Cup Qualifier 2022 runners-up | |
12th | Women's Baseball Americas World Cup Qualifier 2022 third place | |
7th | Women's Baseball Americas World Cup Qualifier 2022 fourth place | |
8th | Top ranked WBSC Oceania team | |
4th | Wild Card | |
2nd | 2023 Women's Baseball Asian Cup runners-up | |
10th | 2023 Women's Baseball Asian Cup third place | |
11th | 2023 Women's Baseball Asian Cup fourth place | |
Group A & Finals | Group B | ||
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Thunder Bay, Canada | Miyoshi, Japan | ||
Baseball Central | Port Arthur Stadium | Miyoshi Kinsai Stadium | |
Capacity: 1,800 | Capacity: 3,031 | Capacity: 16,000 | |
See main article: 2024 Women's Baseball World Cup Group A. Group A was contested in Thunder Bay during 8–13 August 2023.
See main article: 2024 Women's Baseball World Cup Group B. Group B was contested in Miyoshi during 13–18 September 2023.
The match balls to be used for the 2024 tournament are to be provided by SSK Corporation, which were also used in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.[2]