Host country South Korea Teams 12 | City Gijang Defending champions Japan (2014) | |
Dates 3 September - 11 September Venues Dream Main Park, Dream Park 2, Dream Park 3 | ||
The 2016 Women's Baseball World Cup was the 7th edition of the WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup, the biennial international women's baseball world championship tournament. The competition was held in Gijang, South Korea from September 3 to September 11, 2016.
Contents
Teams
For 2016, the number of qualifying teams grew from eight for its 6th edition in 2014 to twelve teams.
The following 12 teams qualified for the tournament.
Round 1
The matches will be played from 3-5 September.Top 2 teams from each group advance to the next round.
Round 2
The matches will be played from 7-10 September. Head to head results of Opening Round games between 2 nations that advance to the Super Round will carry over and will count to establish 4 qualified nations for Final Round as well as overall competition standings. The same methodology applies to Consolation Round. The top 2 teams from the Super Round will qualify for the World Championship Final and the 3rd and 4th placed teams in the Super Round will play for the Bronze Medal Game.