Women's Baseball World Cup

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The Women's Baseball World Cup is a biennial international tournament in which women's national baseball teams compete for the position of top national team in the world. It is sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation and was first held in 2004.

[edit] History

The first Women's BWC was held in Edmonton, AB from July 30 to August 8, 2004 after having been chartered by the IBAF in 2002. Before this tournament the only other international women's baseball tournament was the Women's World Series. The World Cup led to the formation of nation teams in Taiwan (Chinese Taipei), South Korea, and the United States.

[edit] Tournament Results

Year	Host City	Teams	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2004	Edmonton, Canada	5	United States	Japan	Canada
2006	Taipei, Taiwan	7	United States	Japan	Canada
2008	Matsuyama, Japan	8	Japan	Canada	United States

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