ISF_Men's_World_Championship

Men's Softball World Cup

Men's Softball World Cup

International softball tournament

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]

Quick Facts Sport, Founded ...

Results

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In 1976 the final day was rained out. New Zealand, USA and Canada were all awarded the gold medal.

Medal table

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Participating nations

  • 1st — Champion
  • 2nd — Runner-up
  • 3rd — Third place
  • GS — Group Stage
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Records and statistics

All statistics are up to date to the end of the 2022 Men's Softball World Championship.[3][4]

Individual

Highest batting average
0.647, Clark Bosh (Canada, 1988)
Most Stolen Bases
6, Brian Rothrock (United States, 1988); Marty Kernaghan (Canada, 1988)
Most Doubles
7, Bob McKinnon (Canada, 1988)
Most Triples
4, Redelio Cruz (Cuba, 1988); Mark Sorenson and Taifau Matai (New Zealand, 1996)
Most Home Runs
8, Brian Rothrock (United States, 1988); Marty Kernaghan (Canada, 1988)
Most Runs Scored
19, Marty Kernaghan (Canada, 1988)
Most Hits
21, Crestwell Pratt (Bahamas, 1988); Bob McKinnon (Canada, 1988)
Most RBI's
23, Brian Rothrock (United States, 1988)
Most Innings pitched
59, Ty Stofflet (United States, 1976)
Most strikeouts
98, Ty Stofflet (United States, 1976)
Most strikeouts in a single game
32, Ty Stofflet (United States, 1976)
Most consecutive scoreless innings
59, Ty Stofflet (United States, 1976)

Team

Highest batting average
0.404, Canada (1998)
Most Runs
142, Canada (1998)
Most RBI's
125, Canada (1998)
Most Home-Runs
37, Canada (1998)
Most Hits
142, United States (1998)
Lowest ERA
0.19, United States (1976)

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Past results since 1990 in softball Archived February 22, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    "Tradestaff ISF Men's World Softball Championships". NHSA. Archived from the original on August 1, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
  3. [3]
    "WBSC Men's Softball World Cup 2022: By the Numbers". WBSC. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
  4. [4]
    "Records on the line at XVII WBSC Men's Softball World Cup". WBSC. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
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