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from August 22 to August 31, 2018. The 2018 tournament was the first time that the United States hosted the event.

Qualification

In September 2017, the

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, a biennial tournament to be held in odd years and serve as a qualifying tournament for the Women’s Baseball World Cup. Six teams competed in the 2017 tournament, from

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, and

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. Japan won all five of their games to win the tournament and qualify for the World Cup. Chinese Taipei (2nd place), South Korea (3rd place), and Hong Kong (4th place) also qualified.

Teams

For 2016, the number of qualifying teams grew from eight for its 6th edition in 2014 to twelve teams. The following 12 teams qualified for the tournament.

Round 1

Group A

*TPE wins tiebreak over USA (H2H) *VEN wins tiebreak over PUR (H2H) *QUAL = Qualified for the Super Round

Group B

*DOM wins tiebreak over AUS (H2H) *QUAL = Qualified for the Super Round

Schedule Round 1

**Completion of 8/22/18 suspended game ***Reschedule of 8/24/18 cancelled game

Standings Round 2

*Each team comes into Round 2 carrying the record earned in Round 1 against teams that qualified for Round 2 *USA wins tiebreak over CAN (H2H)

Schedule Round 2

Super Round

Round 3

Bronze Medal

Gold Medal

Final standings

References

External links

Official site
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