| Current season, competition or edition:  2023 U-18 Men's Softball World Cup | |
| Sport | Softball | 
|---|---|
| No. of teams | 12 (finals) | 
| Continent | International | 
| Most recent champion(s) |  Japan (4th title) | 
| Most titles | .svg.png.webp) Australia (5 titles) | 
The U-18 Men's Softball World Cup (in spanish: Campeonato Mundial juvenil de softball masculino) is a fastpitch softball tournament for age 19-and-under national teams held every four years by the World Baseball Softball Confederation, formerly the International Softball Federation (ISF).[1]
Results
| Year | Final Host[2] | Medalists | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Final score | Runners-up | 3rd place | |||
| Jr. Men's Softball World Championship | ||||||
| 1981 Details | .svg.png.webp) Edmonton | .svg.png.webp) Japan | 2 – 0 |  United States |  Mexico | |
| 1985 Details |  Fargo |  New Zealand | 2 – 1 |  United States | .svg.png.webp) Canada | |
| 1989 Details | .svg.png.webp) Summerside |  New Zealand | – | .svg.png.webp) Canada | .svg.png.webp) Japan | |
| 1993 Details |  Auckland | .svg.png.webp) Canada | 4 – 3 |  New Zealand | .svg.png.webp) Japan | |
| 1997 Details | .svg.png.webp) St. John's | .svg.png.webp) Australia | 6 – 1 |  New Zealand | .svg.png.webp) Canada | |
| 2001 Details | .svg.png.webp) Blacktown | .svg.png.webp) Australia | 8 – 0 |  Japan | .svg.png.webp) Canada | |
| 2005 Details | .svg.png.webp) Summerside | .svg.png.webp) Australia | 7 – 2 |  Japan | .svg.png.webp) Canada | |
| 2008 Details | .svg.png.webp) Whitehorse | .svg.png.webp) Australia | 2 – 1 | .svg.png.webp) Canada |  Japan | |
| 2012 Details |  Parana |  Argentina | 5 – 0 |  Japan | .svg.png.webp) Australia | |
| 2014 Details | .svg.png.webp) Whitehorse |  Argentina | 9 – 0 |  New Zealand |  Japan | |
| 2016 Details |  Midland |  Japan | 2 – 1 |  New Zealand | .svg.png.webp) Canada | |
| 2018 Details | .svg.png.webp) Prince Albert | .svg.png.webp) Australia | 6 – 1 |  Japan |  New Zealand | |
| U-18 Men's Softball World Cup | ||||||
| 2020 Details |  Palmerston North |  Japan | 9 – 2 | .svg.png.webp) Australia |  Czech Republic | |
| 2023 Details |  Hermosillo |  Japan | 8 – 4 |  Mexico | .svg.png.webp) Canada | |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .svg.png.webp) Australia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 
| 2 |  Japan | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 
| 3 |  New Zealand | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 
| 4 |  Argentina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 
| 5 | .svg.png.webp) Canada | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 
| 6 |  United States | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 
| 7 |  Mexico | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 
| 8 |  Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| Totals (8 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 | |
See also
References
- ↑ Past results since 1990 in softball Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "U18 Men's Softball World Cup". WBSC. World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Retrieved 11 July 2023.
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