Current season, competition or edition: 2025 U-18 Women's Softball World Cup | |
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| Sport | Softball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1981 |
| Continent | International |
| Most recent champion(s) |  United States (8th title) |
| Most titles | United States (8 titles) |
| Official website | Official website |
The U-18 Women's Softball World Cup is a fastpitch softball tournament for age 18-and-under national teams held by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC).[1][2][3] Prior to the 2021 edition, the tournament was an under-19 tournament.
The latest edition of the WBSC U-18 Women's Softball World Cup was played in Lima, Peru in December 2021, with the United States claiming their fourth consecutive women's youth softball world title, and eighth overall, following a dramatic 1–0 win against Chinese Taipei in the final. This tournament was rescheduled due to the covid pandemic, originally scheduled for 2020.[4][5][6]
The tournament, with a history of 42 years and 14 editions, moved to a four-year cycle and changed its competition format from 2024. The Group Stage will be held between July and September 2024 in Sao Paulo, Pingtan and Dallas. The Finals will be held in 2025 in the North American city itself.[7][8]
- ^ Past results since 1990 in softball Archived 5 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "WBSC U-18 Women's Softball World Cup Historic Results". World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ "Event Info". World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ Mundial, Beisbol (13 December 2021). "Estados Unidos campeonas mundiales en softball U-18". Beisbol Mundial (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ La WBSC lanza dos nuevas Copas Mundiales de Sóftbol
- ^ "Copa Mundial de Softbol Femenino Sub-18 - wbsc.org". www.wbsc.org. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ leonardo (12 March 2024). "Softbol femenino se prepara para el clasificatorio sub-18". Noticias SIN (in European Spanish). Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "Dallas, EE.UU. será sede del grupo de la Copa Mundial de Softbol Femenino Sub-18 WBSC en 2024, Finales 2025". World Baseball Softball Confederation (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 May 2024.