The U-18 Men's Softball World Cup (in spanish: Campeonato Mundial juvenil de softball masculino) is a fastpitch softball tournament for age 19-and-under national teams held every four years by the World Baseball Softball Confederation, formerly the International Softball Federation (ISF).[1]
Current season, competition or edition: 2023 U-18 Men's Softball World Cup | |
| Sport | Softball |
|---|---|
| No. of teams | 12 (finals) |
| Continent | International |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Japan (4th title) |
| Most titles |  Australia (5 titles) |
Results
edit| Year | Final Host[2] | Medalists | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Final score | Runners-up | 3rd place | |||
| Jr. Men's Softball World Championship | ||||||
| 1981 Details |
 Edmonton |
 Japan |
2 – 0 |  United States |
 Mexico | |
| 1985 Details |
 Fargo |
 New Zealand |
2 – 1 | United States |
 Canada | |
| 1989 Details |
Summerside |
New Zealand |
– | Canada |
Japan | |
| 1993 Details |
 Auckland |
Canada |
4 – 3 | New Zealand |
Japan | |
| 1997 Details |
St. John's |
 Australia |
6 – 1 | New Zealand |
Canada | |
| 2001 Details |
Blacktown |
Australia |
8 – 0 |  Japan |
Canada | |
| 2005 Details |
Summerside |
Australia |
7 – 2 | Japan |
Canada | |
| 2008 Details |
Whitehorse |
Australia |
2 – 1 | Canada |
Japan | |
| 2012 Details |
 Parana |
 Argentina |
5 – 0 | Japan |
Australia | |
| 2014 Details |
Whitehorse |
Argentina |
9 – 0 | New Zealand |
Japan | |
| 2016 Details |
Midland |
Japan |
2 – 1 | New Zealand |
Canada | |
| 2018 Details |
Prince Albert |
Australia |
6 – 1 | Japan |
New Zealand | |
| U-18 Men's Softball World Cup | ||||||
| 2020 Details |
Palmerston North |
Japan |
9 – 2 | Australia |
 Czech Republic | |
| 2023 Details |
 Hermosillo |
Japan |
8 – 4 | Mexico |
Canada | |
Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Japan | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | New Zealand | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Argentina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Canada | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 6 | United States | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Mexico | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 |  Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Past results since 1990 in softball Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "U18 Men's Softball World Cup". WBSC. World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Retrieved 11 July 2023.
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