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).Past results since 1990 in softball 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 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-19 pandemic, originally scheduled for 2020.La WBSC lanza dos nuevas Copas Mundiales de Sóftbol
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 São Paulo, Pingtan and Dallas. The Finals will be held in 2025 in the North American city itself.
Classification With the approved format of 18 national teams, the WBSC has distributed the continental quotas as follows:
WBSC Africa: 2 spots WBSC Americas: 5 spots WBSC Asia: 3 spots WBSC Europe: 3 spots WBSC Oceania: 2 spots Wild cards: 3 spots (including hosts if necessary)
The participants will be determined through the continental championships.
Results Years Final hosts Finalists Semi-finalists Teams Champions Score Runners-up 3rd place Score 4th placeJr. Women's Softball World Championship 11981DetailsEdmonton 1–0 10 21985DetailsFargo1–08 31987DetailsOklahoma City1–010 41991DetailsAdelaide1–012 51995DetailsNormal3–014 61999DetailsTaipei3–115 72003DetailsNanjing3–214 82007DetailsEnschede3–116 92011DetailsCape Town4–115 102013DetailsBrampton4–015 112015DetailsOklahoma City8–115 122017DetailsClearwater13–426U-19 Women's Softball World Cup 132019DetailsIrvine 4–3 5–4 16U-18 Women's Softball World Cup 142021DetailsOriginally scheduled to be held in 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, postponed to December 2021.Lima 1–0 4–0 8 152025DetailsOklahoma City7–24–218
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Participating nations
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See also U-18 Men's Softball World Cup
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