U-18 Men's Softball World Cup

U-18 Men's Softball World Cup
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	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).

Results

Year	Final Host	Champions	Final score	Runners-up	3rd place
Year	Final Host	Medalists
Jr. Men's Softball World Championship
1981 Details	Edmonton	Japan	2 – 0	United States	Mexico
1985 Details	Fargo	New Zealand	2 – 1	United States	Canada
1989 Details	Summerside	New Zealand	–	Canada	Japan
1993 Details	Auckland	Canada	4 – 3	New Zealand	Japan
1997 Details	St. John's	Australia	6 – 1	New Zealand	Canada
2001 Details	Blacktown	Australia	8 – 0	Japan	Canada
2005 Details	Summerside	Australia	7 – 2	Japan	Canada
2008 Details	Whitehorse	Australia	2 – 1	Canada	Japan
2012 Details	Parana	Argentina	5 – 0	Japan	Australia
2014 Details	Whitehorse	Argentina	9 – 0	New Zealand	Japan
2016 Details	Midland	Japan	2 – 1	New Zealand	Canada
2018 Details	Prince Albert	Australia	6 – 1	Japan	New Zealand
U-18 Men's Softball World Cup
2020 Details	Palmerston North		Japan	9 – 2	Australia	Czech Republic
2023 Details	Hermosillo	Japan	8 – 4	Mexico	Canada


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	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	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

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.

Codes

Confederations

Baseball tournaments

International	World Baseball Classic Women's Baseball World Cup WBSC Premier12 U-23 Baseball World Cup U-18 Baseball World Cup U-15 Baseball World Cup U-12 Baseball World Cup
Club	Baseball Champions League Americas European Champions Cup

Softball tournaments

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Presidents

IBAF

Leslie Mann (1938–40)
Jaime Mariné (1940–43)
Jorge Reyes (1943–45)
Pablo Morales (1945–47)
Chale Pereira (1947–50)
Pablo Morales (1950–52)
Carlos Zecca (1952–69)
Juan Isa (1969–76)
William Fehring (1973–75)
Carlos García (1975–76)
Manuel González (1976–80)
Robert Smith (1980–93)
Aldo Notari (1993–2006)
Harvey Schiller (2006–09)
Riccardo Fraccari (2009–13)

WBSC

Rankings

1938—2013: International Baseball Federation (IBF / FIBA / AINBA / IBAF)

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World Baseball Softball Confederation (former governing body: International Softball Federation) World Rankings
Men's world events	World Cup U-23 World Cup U-18 World Cup
Women's world events	Olympics World Cup U-18 World Cup U-15 World Cup Junior League World Series Little League World Series USA International Cup Canada Cup Japan Cup Japan–USA All-Star Series
Mixed world events	U-12 World Cup
Other world events	World Games
Defunct events	Fastpitch World Cup Summer Universiade World University Championship
Africa	WBSC Africa
Americas	WBSC Americas Pan American Games South American Games PA Junior Women's Women's South American Men's South American SA Junior Women's SA U-15 Women's
Asia	WBSC Asia Asian Games Men's Women's Women's University U-23 Men's U-17 Men's U-17 Women's U-15 Women's
Europe	WBSC Europe Women's Women's Division B Men's Junior Girls Junior Boys Co-Ed EC, women (club) CWC, women (club) EC, men (club) CWC, men (club) Co-Ed (club)
Oceania	WBSC Oceania Men's

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