The 2024 Women's Softball World Cup was the 18th Women's Softball World Cup, an international softball tournament taking place in Balbriggan, Ireland; Buttrio and Castions di Strada, Italy and Valencia, Spain. The group stage took place from 11âÂÂ26 July 2023, held as three separate groups across three nations. The finals took place in Buttrio and Castions di Strada, Italy from 15âÂÂ20 July 2024. This was the first WBSC event to be held in two stages. It was the first time Ireland, Italy and Spain had hosted a major softball tournament. It also was the first time more than one nation hosted the tournament.
30 umpires were selected by the WBSC for the tournament.
Group A will be contested in Balbriggan during 11âÂÂ15 July 2023.
Group B will be contested in Valencia during 18âÂÂ22 July 2023.
Group C will be contested in Castions di Strada and Buttrio during 22âÂÂ26 July 2023.
The ranking of the wildcard spots for the finals stage are as follows.
Italy qualified for the finals as host of that stage, while China qualified as the third placed team with the next best finish at the previous World Cup.
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The statistics below include all group stage and finals games.
There have been 34 homeruns scored in 52 matches, for an average of homeruns per match (as of 26 July 2023).
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1 homerun
The match balls that will be used for the 2024 tournament are the Mizuno M170 balls.