WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup Finals 2024 - By The Numbers
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<p>The <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Women's Baseball World Cup Finals (opens in a new tab)" href="https://www.wbsc.org/en/events/2024-ix-womens-baseball-world-cup-finals/home" target="_blank">WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup Finals 2024</a> presented by CARNEXT will open in Thunder Bay, Canada, on Sunday, July 28. This is a presentation of the event through some important and fun figures.</p>
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<p><strong>1</strong> - This is the first time that the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has played the Women's Baseball World Cup in the <a href="https://www.wbsc.org/en/news/three-world-cups-136-games-to-be-played-under-two-stage-format-in-exciting-wbsc-international-softball-season">two-stage format</a>.</p>
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<p><strong>1</strong> - Mexico is the only team participating in the Finals with no Women's Baseball World Cup record. Their first participation was the <a href="https://www.wbsc.org/en/events/2023-ix-womens-baseball-world-cup-group-a/home">Group A tournament</a> in Thunder Bay last year.</p>
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<p><strong>2</strong> - Thunder Bay is one of two Canadian cities to have hosted the Women's Baseball World Cup. Edmonton hosted the inaugural event in 2004 and the fifth edition in 2012.</p>
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<p><strong>2</strong> - Only Japan and the United States have claimed the title of Women's Baseball World Champions to date.</p>
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<p><strong>3</strong> – Offensive meetings allowed per game.</p>
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<p><strong>4</strong> - The bronze medals that the hosts Canada have claimed across the eight editions of the WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup.</p>
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<p><strong>5</strong> - Teams that have played in every edition of the WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup: Australia, Canada, Japan, Chinese Taipei and USA.</p>
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<p><strong>5</strong> - Ounces, minimum weight of a baseball. It's 141.7 grams.</p>
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<p><strong>6</strong> - Canada also won two silver medals and is one of six teams to have stepped onto the podium along with Japan and USA. Australia (one silver and one bronze medal), Chinese Taipei (one silver) and Venezuela (one bronze) complete the list of medal winners.</p>
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<p><strong>6</strong> - Participating teams in the Women's Baseball World Cup Finals.</p>
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<p><strong>6</strong> - Japan's consecutive Women's Baseball World Cup titles.</p>
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<p><strong>7</strong> - Innings per game.</p>
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<p><strong>9</strong> - The edition of this WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup.</p>
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<p><strong>9</strong> - Inches, minimum circumference of a baseball. It's 22.9 centimetres.</p>
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<p><strong>10</strong> - Difference of runs needed to end the game after five innings.</p>
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<p><strong>10</strong> - Inches, pitching mound height. It's 25.4 centimetres.</p>
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<p><strong>15</strong> - Games to be played in the Opening Round.</p>
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<p><strong>16 </strong>- Years old, the minimum age of a player to be eligible for the tournament. </p>
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<p><strong>18</strong> - Feet, pitching mound diameter. It's 5.5 metres.</p>
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<p><strong>20 </strong>- Players in each team’s roster.</p>
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<p><strong>20</strong> - Seconds, the time a pitcher has to begin her action.</p>
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<p><strong>26</strong> - Delegation members of each team, including the 20 players.</p>
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<p><strong>36</strong> - Inches, maximum length of a legal bat. It's 91.4 centimetres.</p>
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<p><strong>60</strong> - Feet, distance from home plate to the backstop. It's 18.3 metres.</p>
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<p><strong>90</strong> - Seconds between innings.</p>
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<p><strong>290</strong> - Feet, maximum distance from home plate to left and right field fence. It's 88.4 metres.</p>
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<p><strong>360</strong> - Feet, maximum distance from home plate to centre field fence. It's 109.7 metres.</p>
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<p><strong>2018 </strong>- The last time the WBSC awarded the Women's Baseball World Title</p>
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<p><strong>3,330 </strong>- The number of seats in the Port Arthur Stadium. The overall capacity is 5,400.</p>
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