2004 Women's Baseball World Cup

2004 Women's Baseball World Cup
Tournament details
Host country  Canada
City Edmonton
Dates July 30 - August 8
Teams 5
Defending champions N/A - Inaugual Tournament
Final positions
Champions
 United States (1st title)
Runner-up
 Japan
Third place
 Canada
Fourth place  Australia
Tournament statistics
Games played 14
Best batting average Australia Shae Lillywhite (.556)
Most stolen bases Japan Miyuki Otomo (6)
Best ERA United States Dominisha Britton (0.00)
Most Valuable Player United States Laura Brenneman

The 2004 IBAF Women's Baseball World Cup was held from July 30 to August 8, 2004 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and won by the United States. It was the first Women's Baseball World Cup and was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation.

Competing teams were Australia, Canada, Chinese Taipei (Taiwan), Japan, USA. India and Bulgaria were scheduled to compete, but withdrew before the tournament.

Final results

Pos. Team W L
1  United States 5 1
2  Japan 3 3
3  Canada 3 3
4  Australia 2 4
5  Chinese Taipei 0 4

Results

July 30, 2004  Chinese Taipei 5 7  Australia
July 30, 2004  Canada 8 10 (F/8)  Japan
July 31, 2004  Chinese Taipei 4 5 (F/9)  Japan
July 31, 2004  Australia 1 5  United States
August 1, 2004  United States 5 4 (F/9)  Japan
August 2, 2004  United States 1 2  Canada
August 3, 2004  Japan 1 7  Australia
August 4, 2004  Canada 3 2  Chinese Taipei
August 4, 2004  United States 8 1  Chinese Taipei
August 5, 2004  Australia 5 0  Canada

August 7, 2004
Semi Final
 Australia 2 12 (F/6)  United States
August 7, 2004
Semi Final
 Japan 3 1 (F/8)  Canada
August 8, 2004
3rd Playoff
 Australia 3 8  Canada
August 8, 2004
Final
 Japan 0 2  United States

All-Star team

Position Player Nation
Pitchers Laura Purser-Rose  United States
Hanami Watanabe  Japan
Catchers Genevieve Beauchamp  Canada
Alex Sickinger  United States
First Baseman Samantha Magalas  Canada
Second Baseman Laura Brenneman  United States
Third Baseman Chelsea Forkin  Australia
Shortstop Yu Kawamoto  Japan
Outfielders Karine Gagné  Canada
Melanie Harwood  Canada
Kim Braatz-Voisard  United States
Designated Hitter Katie Gaynor  Australia


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