2021 Women's Baseball World Cup Explained

The 2021 Women's Baseball World Cup would have been the ninth edition of the WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup, the biennial international women's baseball world championship tournament. The competition was planned to be held in Tijuana, Mexico in late 2021, with dates to be announced.^[1] The competition was originally to be held in Monterrey, Mexico^[2] from 11 to 20 September 2020, and was initially rescheduled to be held in Tijuana from 1 to 9 March 2021, but was postponed both times due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^{[3] [4]} The tournament was cancelled altogether in October 2021.^[5]

Four national teams, hosts Mexico, China, France and the Philippines were supposed to make their debut in the tournament.^[6]

Qualification

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Pan-American Women's Baseball Championship	22–31 August 2018	Aguascalientes	4
2019 Women's European Baseball Championship	31 July – 3 August 2019	Rouen	1[7]
2019 Women's Baseball Asian Cup	9–15 November 2019	Zhongshan	4[8] 3
Oceania qualifier	–	–	1
Wildcard	–	–	2 3
Total			12

External links

• WBWC website

Notes and References

1. Web site: WBSC further postpones Women's Baseball World Cup . Inside The Games . 1 March 2021.
2. News: Henson . Joaquin . Philippine baseball picks up steam . 8 January 2020 . Philippine Star . 8 January 2020.
3. Web site: WBSC Women's, U-15 Baseball World Cups in Mexico postponed to March 2021 . WBSC.org . WBSC . 7 February 2021 .
4. Web site: WBSC postpones last remaining 2020 World Cups until next year. Insidethegames. 13 October 2020.
5. Web site: 2021 WBSC Women's, U-15 Baseball World Cups officially cancelled . V U-15 Baseball World Cup 2021 . World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) . 2 October 2021 . 2 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211002170528/https://u15bwc.wbsc.org/en/2021/news/2021-wbsc-womens-u-15-baseball-world-cups-officially-cancelled . dead .
6. News: Etchells . Daniel . Four teams set to make WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup debut in 2020 . 8 January 2020 . Inside the Games . 7 January 2020.
7. Web site: 1st Women's European Baseball Championship opens today, qualifier for 2020 World Cup. 31 July 2019. WBSC. 4 August 2019. 4 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190804140334/http://www.wbsc.org/1st-womens-european-baseball-championship-opens-today-qualifier-for-2020-world-cup/. dead.
8. News: Women's Baseball Asian Cup opens in China, four teams to qualify for WBSC World Cup . 12 November 2019 . World Baseball Softball Confederation . 10 November 2019.