The 2016 Women's Baseball World Cup was the 7th edition of the WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup, the biennial international women's baseball world championship tournament. The competition was held in Gijang, South Korea from September 3 to September 11, 2016.
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.
The matches were played from September 3 to 5. The top two teams from each group advanced to the next round.
The matches were played from September 7 to 10. The head to head results of Opening Round games between two nations that advanced to the Super Round carried over and counted to establish four qualified nations for the Final Round as well as overall competition standings. The same methodology applied to the consolation round. The top two teams from the Super Round will qualify for the World Championship Final and the 3rd and 4th placed teams in the Super Round will play for the Bronze Medal Game.
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Canada
Manager: Andre Lachance
Japan
Manager: Koichi Okura