2014 Women's Softball World Championship

The 2014 Women's Softball World Championship was an international softball competition that was held in Haarlem, Netherlands from August 15 to August 24, 2014.^[1] It was the 14th edition of the tournament, the first edition ever held in Europe, and also the first edition to be sanctioned by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Previous editions were sanctioned by the International Softball Federation, which governed the sport until its 2013 merger with the International Baseball Federation to create the WBSC.

Quick Facts Tournament details, Host country ...

Means of qualification	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	1	Netherlands
Oceania	2	Australia New Zealand
European Championships	3	Russia Italy Czech Republic
Pan-American Championships	5	United States Canada Cuba Puerto Rico Dominican Republic
Asian qualifier tournament	3	Japan China Chinese Taipei
Wildcard	2	Botswana Great Britain

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB
Japan	7	0	1.000	-
Canada	6	1	.857	1
China	4	3	.571	3
New Zealand	3	4	.429	4
Czech Republic	3	4	.429	4
Cuba	3	4	.429	4
Russia	2	5	.333	5
Puerto Rico	0	7	.000	7

Date	Winner	Score	Loser
15 August 2014
	Japan	4-0	China
	Canada	3-2	Puerto Rico
	Czech Republic	6-3	Cuba
	New Zealand	5-1	Russia
16 August 2014
	China	1-0	Puerto Rico
	Japan	5-0	Russia
	Cuba	1-0	New Zealand
	Canada	8-1	Czech Republic
17 August 2014
	Cuba	5-3	Russia
	Japan	9-2 (6)	Puerto Rico
	Czech Republic	3-0	China
	Canada	8-1 (5)	New Zealand
18 August 2014
	Russia	3-0	Czech Republic
	Japan	9-0 (5)	New Zealand
	Canada	2-0	China
	Cuba	3-1	Puerto Rico
19 August 2014
	New Zealand	7-3	Czech Republic
	China	2-0	Cuba
	Russia	2-1	Puerto Rico
	Japan	4-0	Canada
20 August 2014
	China	7-0	New Zealand
	Czech Republic	3-1	Puerto Rico
	Canada	11-0 (5)	Russia
	Japan	7-0	Cuba
21 August 2014
	Canada	7-0	Cuba
	China	8-1 (6)	Russia
	Japan	7-0 (6)	Czech Republic
	New Zealand	3-1	Puerto Rico

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB
United States	7	0	1.000	–
Australia	6	1	.857	1
Chinese Taipei	4	3	.571	3
Netherlands	4	3	.571	3
Italy	3	4	.429	4
Dominican Republic	3	4	.429	4
Botswana	1	6	.143	6
Great Britain	0	7	.000	7

Date	Winner	Score	Loser
15 August 2014
	Australia	2-1	Chinese Taipei
	Italy	3-2	Dominican Republic
	Botswana	5-3	Great Britain
	United States	10-0 (4)	Netherlands
16 August 2014
	United States	7-0 (5)	Botswana
	Chinese Taipei	5-4 (11)	Netherlands
	Dominican Republic	14-6 (5)	Great Britain
	Australia	10-0 (4)	Italy
17 August 2014
	Dominican Republic	11-1 (4)	Botswana
	Australia	9-0 (5)	Great Britain
	Netherlands	8-1 (5)	Italy
	United States	5-1	Chinese Taipei
18 August 2014
	Italy	6-0	Botswana
	United States	11-0 (4)	Great Britain
	Dominican Republic	7-0 (6)	Chinese Taipei
	Australia	4-0	Netherlands
19 August 2014
	Italy	9-0	Great Britain
	Chinese Taipei	9-0 (5)	Botswana
	United States	4-2	Australia
	Netherlands	14-1	Dominican Republic
20 August 2014
	Chinese Taipei	1-0 (8)	Italy
	Australia	17-0 (4)	Botswana
	United States	10-0 (4)	Dominican Republic
	Netherlands	9-3	Great Britain
21 August 2014
	Australia	7-0 (6)	Dominican Republic
	United States	7-0 (5)	Italy
	Chinese Taipei	7-0 (5)	Great Britain
	Netherlands	12-0 (4)	Botswana

Qualification

August 22, 2014	China	5-7 (10)	Netherlands	Haarlem 1

August 22, 2014	Chinese Taipei	3-0	New Zealand	Haarlem 2

August 22, 2014	Japan	4-0	Australia	Haarlem 2

August 22, 2014	United States	6-1	Canada	Haarlem 1