Pesäpallo World Cup
International pesäpallo tournament
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Pesäpallo World Cup is an international tournament in pesäpallo by World Pesäpallo Federation (WPF) that has been organised eight times so far: Finland in 1992, 1997, 2009, 2017, and 2023; Australia in 2000 and 2012; Sweden in 2003; Germany in 2006; Switzerland in 2015 and India in 2019.
Women and mixed teams have been played in 1992 and again since year 2000.
Tournaments and medalists
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Organiser |
| 1992 |  Finland (men) Finland (women) Finland (mixed team) |
 Sweden (men) Sweden (women) Sweden (mixed team) |
 Australia (men) Australia (women) Australia (mixed team) |
Helsinki, Finland |
| 1997 | Finland (men) |
Sweden (men) |
 Estonia (men) |
Hyvinkää, Finland |
| 2000 | Finland (men) Finland (women) Finland (mixed team) |
 South Australia (men) Australia (women) Sweden (mixed team) |
 Germany (men) Australia (mixed team) |
Melbourne, Australia |
| 2003 | Finland (men) Finland (women) Finland (mixed team) |
Sweden (men) Sweden (women) Sweden (mixed team) |
Germany (men) Australia (women) Germany (mixed team) |
Södertälje, Sweden |
| 2006 | Finland (men) Finland (women) Finland (mixed team) |
Germany (men) Australia (women) Germany (mixed team) |
Germany (men) Germany (women) Australia (mixed team) |
München, Germany |
| 2009 | Finland (men) Finland (women) Finland (mixed team) |
Germany (men) Australia (women) Australia (mixed team) |
Australia (men) Sweden (women) Germany (mixed team) |
Pori, Finland |
| 2012 | Finland (men) Finland (women) Finland (mixed team) |
Australia (men) Australia (women) Australia (mixed team) |
Germany /  Switzerland / Europe (men) Germany / Switzerland / Europe (mixed team) |
Gold Coast, Australia |
| 2015 | Finland (men) Finland (mixed team) |
Australia (men) Australia (mixed team) |
Germany (men) Switzerland (mixed team) |
Lucerne, Switzerland |
| 2017 | Finland (men) Finland (women) Finland (mixed team) |
Germany (men) Australia (women) Australia (mixed team) |
Australia (men) India (women) Germany (mixed team) |
Turku, Finland |
| 2019 | Finland (men) Finland (women) Finland (mixed team) |
Switzerland (men) Bangladesh (women) Bangladesh (mixed team) |
Bangladesh (men) India (women) India (mixed team) |
Pune, India |
| 2023 | Finland (men) Finland (women) Finland (mixed team) |
Australia (men) Switzerland (women) Germany (mixed team) |
Germany (men) Australia (women) Sweden (mixed team) |
Hyvinkää, Finland |
| 2026 | Sydney, Australia |
Medal table
The points have been counted as follow: Gold = 3 points, silver = 2 points and bronze = 1 point.
| Position | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | MX | M | F | MX | M | F | MX | ||||
| 1. | Finland | 11 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 90 |
| 2. | Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 33 |
| 3. | Germany | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 19 |
| 4. | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 18 |
| 5. | Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 7. | India | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 8. | South Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Combined team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 10. | Estonia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11. |  Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
 Nepal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
 United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
External links
- 2006 World Cup official pages Archived 2005-12-23 at the Wayback Machine (in English)
- 2015 World Cup official pages (in English)
- Ylen Elävä arkisto: Crushing superiority in the final of the Pesäpallo World Cup (in Finnish)