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 | |
Sport | Softball |
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Founded | 1966 |
No. of teams | 12 (Finals) |
Continent | International |
Most recent champion(s) | Australia (2nd title) (2022) |
Most titles | New Zealand (7 titles) |
In 1976 the final day was rained out. New Zealand, USA and Canada were all awarded the gold medal.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | New Zealand | 7 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
2 | United States | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
3 | Canada | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
4 | Australia | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
5 | Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Japan | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
7 | Mexico | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Venezuela | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
9 | Bahamas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (9 entries) | 19 | 16 | 16 | 51 |
Teams | 1966 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2009 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2025 | Years |
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Argentina | 12th | 9th | 6th | 9th | 8th | 7th | 4th | 7th | 4th | 1st | 4th | q | 12 | ||||||
Australia | 7th | 5th | 7th | 12th | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 7th | 1st | q | 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 | q | 9 | |||||||||
Canada | 9th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | q | 18 |
Chinese Taipei | 8th | 5th | 6th | 4th | 11th | 9th | 14th | 15th | 8 | ||||||||||
Colombia | 10th | q | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Cuba | 4th | 10th | 5th | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Czech Republic | 12th | 12th | 6th | 7th | 9th | 11th | 8th | 9th | 8th | 9th | q | 11 | |||||||
Denmark | 14th | 15th | 13th | 11th | 14th | 12th | 9th | 12th | 9 | ||||||||||
Dominican Republic | 8th | 11th | 5th | 7th | 5th | 11th | q | 7 | |||||||||||
El Salvador | 10th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Great Britain | 9th | 8th | 9th | 11th | 13th | 5 | |||||||||||||
Guam | 7th | 6th | 8th | 10th | 16th | 5 | |||||||||||||
Guatemala | 12th | q | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Hong Kong | 10th | 16th | 14th | 15th | 14th | q | 6 | ||||||||||||
India | 15th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Indonesia | 11th | 16th | 16th | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Israel | 20th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Japan | 7th | 10th | 6th | 4th | 7th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 2nd | 7th | q | 18 |
South Korea | 17th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Lesotho | 16th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Mexico | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 12th | 9th | 8th | 5th | 11th | 14th | 13th | 10th | 11th | q | 13 | ||||
Netherlands | 9th | 13th | 14th | 14th | 14th | 15th | 13th | q | 8 | ||||||||||
Netherlands Antilles | 11th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
New Zealand | 3rd | 5th | 3rd | 1st | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 8th | q | 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 | q | 12 | ||||||
Russia | 21st | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Samoa | 6th | 7th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Singapore | 9th | 15th | 15th | q | 4 | ||||||||||||||
South Africa | 9th | 7th | 13th | 8th | 8th | 12th | 15th | 12th | 10th | 12th | 11th | q | 12 | ||||||
Turkey | 16th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
United States | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 8th | 9th | 7th | 5th | 3rd | q | 17 |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 8th | 10th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Venezuela | 5th | 6th | 5th | 11th | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 7th | 6th | 6th | q | 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 |
All statistics are up to date to the end of the 2022 Men's Softball World Championship.[3][4]