2020 Women's Baseball World Cup

The 2020 Women's Baseball World Cup will be the 9th edition of the WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup, the biennial international women's baseball world championship tournament. The competition will be held in Tijuana, Mexico from March 1 to 9, 2021.[1] The competition was originally scheduled to be held in Monterrey, Mexico[2] from September 11 to 20, 2020 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Three national teams, hosts Mexico, France and the Philippines will make their debut in the tournament.[3]

2020 Women's Baseball World Cup
Tournament details
Host country Mexico
CityTijuana
Dates 1 – 9 March 2021
Teams12
Defending champions Japan (2018)
2018
2022

Qualification

EventDateLocationVacanciesQualified
Pan-American Women's Baseball Championship[3] 22-31 August 2018 Aguascalientes 4  United States
 Canada
 Venezuela
 Mexico
2019 European Baseball Championship - Women 31 July – 3 August 2019 Rouen 1[4]  France
2019 Women's Baseball Asian Cup 9-15 November 2019 Zhongshan 4[5] 3  Japan
 Chinese Taipei
 Philippines
 China
Oceania qualifier TBA TBA 1[5]  Australia
Wildcard[1][3] 2 3  Cuba
 Dominican Republic
 Netherlands
TOTAL12

References

  1. "WBSC postpones last remaining 2020 World Cups until next year". Insidethegames. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  2. Henson, Joaquin (8 January 2020). "Philippine baseball picks up steam". Philippine Star. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  3. Etchells, Daniel (7 January 2020). "Four teams set to make WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup debut in 2020". Inside the Games. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  4. "1st Women's European Baseball Championship opens today, qualifier for 2020 World Cup". WBSC. July 31, 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  5. "Women's Baseball Asian Cup opens in China, four teams to qualify for WBSC World Cup". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 10 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
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