The IX WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup is scheduled for the summer of 2024. It will be the first edition to be played under the new WBSC two-stage World Cup format.
After the continental qualifiers, 12 National Teams will be split into two groups of six and participate in the first stage. The participants by continent are as follows:
Americas (4)
Asia (4)
Europe (1)
Oceania (1)
Wild Cards (2)
The top two finishers of each group will advance to the final stage. The WBSC will assign two Wild Cards.
World No. 16 France recently became the first National Team to qualify for the first stage of the IX WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup, as they defeated Czechia in the final of the II European Women's Baseball Championship, 13-3, on home soil in Montpellier. France repeats as European Champions in the discipline. The Netherlands finished in third place, and Great Britain fourth.
Four National Teams will advance to the Women's World Cup first stage from the Americas Qualifier, set to open today (Friday, 12 August) in Venezuela.
World No. 5 Venezuela will host No. 7 Cuba, No. 6 Dominican Republic, No. 12 Mexico, No. 17 Nicaragua, and No. 9 Puerto Rico in Macuto, in the Caribbean State Vargas.
The format of the tournament is a single round-robin.
More on WBSC Americas website.
