The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has released the latest WBSC Women’s Baseball World Rankings, which include 20 countries and territories.
Six-time defending WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup champions Japan remain the top-ranked nation in women’s baseball.
No. 2 Chinese Taipei, the 2018 WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup silver medallists, moved up one position, hitting their highest-ever ranking in women’s baseball and matching their men’s baseball world rankings.
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3 Canada, the 2018 bronze medallists, maintain their position among Top 3 women’s
baseball programmes in the world.
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4 USA advanced one spot to overtake No. 5 Venezuela.
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6 Dominican Republic advanced to their highest-ever position in the rankings, while
No. 7 Cuba advanced one spot.
No. 8 Australia fell two spots but remain Oceania’s top-ranked nation.
No. 9 Puerto Rico moved up three positions, while No. 10 Korea fell three spots, to round out the Top 10.
No. 12 Mexico advanced two spots, marking their highest-ever placement in the women's baseball rankings.
The full WBSC Women’s Baseball World Rankings and formula can be found at https://rankings.wbsc.org.