2008 Women's World Baseball Championship

2008 Women's World Baseball Championship
Tournament details
host	Japan
Period	24.-29. August
Attendees	8th
Defending champion	United States
Bottom line
winner	Japan (1st title)
Second	Canada
Third	United States
Fourth	Australia
statistics
Games	22nd
MVP	Kasumi Noguchi

The 2008 Women's Baseball World Cup was the third edition of this women's baseball competition and took place in Matsuyama from August 24-29 , 2008 . The game was played in the "Botchan Stadium" ( Matsuyama Chūō Kōen Yakyūjō ) and in the "Madonna Stadium", the associated second stadium. A total of eight teams took part in the tournament.

The opening ceremony took place on August 25, 2008 at 6:30 pm in the Botchan Stadium.

The team from Japan won the title for the first time .

Attendees

by continent (number of participations in brackets)

0 from Europe
2 from North and Central America	Canada (3)	United States (3)
0 from South America
0 from Africa
5 from Asia	Japan (3)	Chinese Taipei (3)	Hong Kong (2)
	South Korea (1)	India (1)
1 from Oceania	Australia (3)

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Preliminary round

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The two best teams in each group played in an intermediate round to reach the finals, the other teams played a knockout round for places 5 - 8.

Group A

table

Pl.		S.	N	Pzt.
1.	United States	3	0	1,000
2.	Australia	2	1	0.667
3.	Chinese Taipei	1	2	0.333
4th	India	0	3	0,000

(Final score)

Results

date	time	Stadion	encounter			Result
August 24th	10:30	Madonna Stadium, Matsuyama	Chinese Taipei	-	United States	5:11
August 24th	14:30	Madonna Stadium, Matsuyama	Australia	-	India	15: 0 (5)
August 25	10:30	Madonna Stadium, Matsuyama	India	-	United States	0:27 (4)
August 25	14:30	Madonna Stadium, Matsuyama	Chinese Taipei	-	Australia	0:12 (6)
26th of August	10:30	Madonna Stadium, Matsuyama	India	-	Chinese Taipei	0: 6
26th of August	14:30	Madonna Stadium, Matsuyama	United States	-	Australia	11: 1 (6)

Group B

table

Pl.		S.	N	Pzt.
1.	Japan	3	0	1,000
2.	Canada	2	1	0.667
3.	South Korea	1	2	0.333
4th	Hong Kong	0	3	0,000

(Final score)

Results

date	time	Stadion	encounter			Result
August 24th	12:30	Botchan Stadium, Matsuyama	Canada	-	Hong Kong	19: 9 (5)
August 24th	18:30	Botchan Stadium, Matsuyama	South Korea	-	Japan	0:11 (5)
August 25	12:30	Botchan Stadium, Matsuyama	Hong Kong	-	South Korea	5:15 (5)
August 25	19:00	Botchan Stadium, Matsuyama	Japan	-	Canada	12: 2 (5)
26th of August	12:30	Botchan Stadium, Matsuyama	South Korea	-	Canada	0:15 (4)
26th of August	18:30	Botchan Stadium, Matsuyama	Hong Kong	-	Japan	1:24 (4)

Intermediate round

The two best teams in the intermediate round group C qualify for the final, the other two teams play for bronze. The results against the teams from the preliminary round groups are carried over to the intermediate round. In the event of a tie, the direct encounter decides.

The four other teams play to get into the game for 5th place. The mode provides that the third in group A plays against the fourth in group B, and the third in group B against the fourth in group A. The winners of these games then play for 5th place, the losers for 7th place.

Group C

table

Pl.		S.	N	Pzt.
1.	Japan	3	0	1,000
2.	Canada	2	1	0.667
3.	United States	1	2	0.333
4th	Australia	0	3	0,000

(Final score)

Results

date	time	Stadion	encounter			Result
August 27	12:30	Botchan Stadium, Matsuyama	United States	-	Canada	6: 7
August 27	18:30	Botchan Stadium, Matsuyama	Japan	-	Australia	10: 1
August 28th	12:30	Botchan Stadium, Matsuyama	Canada	-	Australia	7: 6
August 28th	18:30	Botchan Stadium, Matsuyama	United States	-	Japan	5: 9

Elimination games for places 5 to 8

Results

date	time	Stadion	encounter			Result
August 27	10:30	Madonna Stadium, Matsuyama	Chinese Taipei	-	Hong Kong	16: 2 (5)
August 27	14:30	Madonna Stadium, Matsuyama	South Korea	-	India	9: 7

Final round

Game for 7th place

date	time	Stadion	encounter			Result
29th August	14:30	Madonna Stadium, Matsuyama	India	-	Hong Kong	8: 6

Play for 5th place

date	time	Stadion	encounter			Result
29th August	10:30	Madonna Stadium, Matsuyama	Chinese Taipei	-	South Korea	16: 1 (4)

3rd place match

date	time	Stadion	encounter			Result
29th August	14:30	Botchan Stadium, Matsuyama	Australia	-	United States	1: 2

final

date	time	Stadion	encounter			Result
29th August	18:30	Botchan Stadium, Matsuyama	Japan	-	Canada	11: 3

Awards

During the closing ceremony it was announced which players had been chosen to join the All Star Team and who had won the tournament awards.

All Star Team position Player Pitcher Marti Sementelli Catcher Tomomi Nishi First base Yukiko Kon Second base Malaika Underwood Third base Ashley Stephenson Short stop Kyoko Makino Outfield Nodoka Harada Angela Catford Lilly Jacobson Designated hitter Tomomi Takashima

Tournament awards Award Player MVP Kasumi Noguchi Best hitter Tomomi Takashima Best running average achieved Kasumi Noguchi Best win / loss ratio Kasumi Noguchi Most runs taken Malaika Underwood Most home runs Natsumi Nakano Most of the stolen bases Ashley Stephenson Scored most runs Tomomi Takashima Outstanding defensive player Tomomi Nishi

See also

Portal: Baseball  - Overview of Wikipedia content on baseball

• Baseball world championship (men)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Australia Baseball 2008 IBAF Women's World Cup. baseball.com.au, accessed August 28, 2012 .