2024 Women's Softball World Cup

2024 Women's Softball World Cup
Tournament details
Host countries Ireland
 Italy
 Spain
Dates 11–26 July 2023 (groups)
15–20 July 2024 (finals)
Teams18 (from 5 continents)
Venues(in 3 host cities)
Defending champions United States (2022)
Final positions
Champions
 Japan
Runner-up
 United States
Third place
 Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played15
Attendance1,693 (113 per game)
2022
2027

Last updated on 26 July 2023

The 2024 Women's Softball World Cup was the 18th Women's Softball World Cup, an international softball tournament taking place in Balbriggan, Ireland; Buttrio and Castions di Strada, Italy and Valencia, Spain. The group stage took place from 11–26 July 2023, held as three separate groups across three nations. The finals took place in Buttrio and Castions di Strada, Italy from 15–20 July 2024.[1] This was the first WBSC event to be held in two stages. It was the first time Ireland, Italy and Spain had hosted a major softball tournament. It also was the first time more than one nation hosted the tournament.[2]

  1. ^ "XVII WBSC Women's Softball World Cup Finals to be played in July 2024 in Italy". WBSC. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Dates, groups unveiled for XVII WBSC Women's Softball World Cup; first to be played under new Two-Stage format". WBSC. Retrieved 27 December 2022.