Men's Softball World Cup
International softball tournament
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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 2019 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]
Current season, competition or edition: 2025 Men's Softball World Cup | |
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| Sport | Softball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1966 |
| No. of teams | 12 (Finals) |
| Continent | International |
| Most recent champions |  Venezuela (1st title)(2025) |
| Most titles |  New Zealand (7 titles) |
Results
In 1976 the final day was rained out. New Zealand, USA and Canada were all awarded the gold medal.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand | 7 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 |  United States | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 |  Canada | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 |  Australia | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Venezuela | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 |  Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 |  Japan | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 |  Mexico | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 |  Bahamas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | 20 | 17 | 17 | 54 | |
Participating nations
- 1st — Champion
- 2nd — Runner-up
- 3rd — Third place
- GS — Group Stage
| Teams | 1966 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2009 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2025 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina |
12th | 9th | 6th | 9th | 8th | 7th | 4th | 7th | 4th | 1st | 4th | 6th | 12 | ||||||
| Australia |
7th | 5th | 7th | 12th | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 7th | 1st | 7th | 12 | ||||||
| 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 | 2nd | 5th | 18 |
 Chinese Taipei |
8th | 5th | 6th | 4th | 11th | 9th | 14th | 15th | 8 | ||||||||||
 Colombia |
10th | 10th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
 Cuba |
4th | 10th | 5th | 3 | |||||||||||||||
 Czech Republic |
12th | 12th | 6th | 7th | 9th | 11th | 8th | 9th | 8th | 9th | 17th | 11 | |||||||
 Denmark |
14th | 15th | 13th | 11th | 14th | 12th | 9th | 12th | 8 | ||||||||||
 Dominican Republic |
8th | 11th | 5th | 7th | 5th | 11th | 8th | 7 | |||||||||||
 El Salvador |
10th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
 Great Britain |
9th | 8th | 9th | 11th | 13th | 5 | |||||||||||||
 Guam |
7th | 6th | 8th | 10th | 16th | 5 | |||||||||||||
 Guatemala |
12th | 9th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
 Hong Kong |
10th | 16th | 14th | 15th | 14th | 14th | 6 | ||||||||||||
 India |
15th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
 Indonesia |
11th | 16th | 16th | 3 | |||||||||||||||
 Israel |
20th | 15th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan |
7th | 10th | 6th | 4th | 7th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 5th | 2nd | 7th | 4th | 18 |
 South Korea |
17th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
 Lesotho |
16th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mexico |
2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 12th | 9th | 8th | 5th | 11th | 14th | 13th | 10th | 11th | 16th | 14 | ||||
 Netherlands |
9th | 13th | 14th | 14th | 14th | 15th | 13th | 11th | 8 | ||||||||||
 Netherlands Antilles |
11th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand |
3rd | 5th | 3rd | 1st | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 8th | 2nd | 18 |
 Nicaragua |
11th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
 Northern Mariana Islands |
13th | 16th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
 Puerto Rico |
4th | 6th | 11th | 12th | 4 | ||||||||||||||
 Pakistan |
22nd | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
 Panama |
9th | 7th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
 Papua New Guinea |
14th | 17th | 19th | 3 | |||||||||||||||
 Philippines |
4th | 5th | 8th | 7th | 10th | 10th | 10th | 15th | 13th | 16th | 10th | 18th | 12 | ||||||
 Russia |
21st | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
 Samoa |
6th | 7th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
 Singapore |
9th | 15th | 15th | 13th | 4 | ||||||||||||||
 South Africa |
9th | 7th | 13th | 8th | 8th | 12th | 15th | 12th | 10th | 12th | 11th | 12th | 12 | ||||||
 Turkey |
16th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| United States |
1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 8th | 9th | 6th | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 18 |
 U.S. Virgin Islands |
8th | 10th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela |
5th | 6th | 5th | 11th | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 7th | 6th | 6th | 1st | 11 | |||||||
 Zimbabwe |
13th | 10th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| No. of Teams |
11 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 18 |
- Czech Republic has participated as
Czechoslovakia in 1992.
Records and statistics
All statistics are up to date to the end of the 2022 Men's Softball World Championship.[3][4]
Individual
- Highest batting average
- 0.647, Clark Bosh (Canada, 1988)
- Most Stolen Bases
- 6, Brian Rothrock (United States, 1988); Marty Kernaghan (Canada, 1988)
- Most Doubles
- 7, Bob McKinnon (Canada, 1988)
- Most Triples
- 4, Redelio Cruz (Cuba, 1988); Mark Sorenson and Taifau Matai (New Zealand, 1996)
- Most Home Runs
- 8, Brian Rothrock (United States, 1988); Marty Kernaghan (Canada, 1988)
- Most Runs Scored
- 19, Marty Kernaghan (Canada, 1988)
- Most Hits
- 21, Crestwell Pratt (Bahamas, 1988); Bob McKinnon (Canada, 1988)
- Most RBI's
- 23, Brian Rothrock (United States, 1988)
- Most Innings pitched
- 59, Ty Stofflet (United States, 1976)
- Most strikeouts
- 98, Ty Stofflet (United States, 1976)
- Most strikeouts in a single game
- 32, Ty Stofflet (United States, 1976)
- Most consecutive scoreless innings
- 59, Ty Stofflet (United States, 1976)
Team
- Highest batting average
- 0.404, Canada (1998)
- Most Runs
- 142, Canada (1998)
- Most RBI's
- 125, Canada (1998)
- Most Home-Runs
- 37, Canada (1998)
- Most Hits
- 142, United States (1998)
- Lowest ERA
- 0.19, United States (1976)