2025 Men's Softball World Cup


The 2025 WBSC Men's Softball World Cup was the 18th Men's Softball World Cup, an international softball tournament. The group stage took place from 12 June–21 September 2024 in Prince Albert, Canada; Sonora, Mexico; and Oklahoma City, United States. The finals took place from 8–13 July 2025 in Prince Albert, Canada. Canada last hosted the tournament in 2017, while the United States last hosted it in 1996. Mexico haven't hosted the tournament since the inaugural edition in 1966.
Australia are the defending champions after defeating Canada 5–2 in the 2022 final to claim their second World Cup.

Officials

31 umpires were selected by the WBSC for the tournament.
ConfederationUmpires
WBSC AsiaMitsunori Kusamoto
WBSC Americas-
WBSC AmericasDarryl Helmer
WBSC AmericasGenevieve Gaudreau
WBSC AmericasFrankie Billingsley
WBSC AmericasScott McLaren
WBSC AmericasTrevor Topping
WBSC AmericasJuan Felipe Arteaga
WBSC AmericasReinaldo Mora
WBSC AmericasEdward Ortiz
WBSC AmericasWilliam Lopez
WBSC AmericasAbel Chapa
WBSC AmericasEliazim Raúl Salazar Leal
WBSC AmericasRenzo Ruiz Salzido
WBSC AmericasEdwin Ortiz
WBSC AmericasMark Korrass
WBSC AmericasGlenn Brown
WBSC AmericasBubba Ewald III
WBSC AmericasCasy Waite
WBSC AmericasJohnathan Hand
WBSC AmericasTrevor Richard Murphy
WBSC AmericasJamie Hora
WBSC AmericasKevin Lawrence Wallace
WBSC AmericasMichael James Morrissey
WBSC AmericasMike Burwell
WBSC EuropeJens Jakobsen
WBSC EuropeThomas Lohnert
WBSC EuropeMariana Prins
WBSC EuropePatrick Reus
WBSC OceaniaAndrew McManus
WBSC OceaniaDavid Fortin

Venues

Group A was hosted by Estadio Mundialistas Hermosillenses and Estadio Fernando M. Ortiz both in Sonora. Prime Ministers’ Park in Prince Albert hosted Group B and the finals across two fields. USA Softball Hall of Fame Complex in Oklahoma City hosted Group C.

Group stage

Group A

Group A was contested in Hermosillo during 12–16 June 2024.

Group B

Group B was contested in Prince Albert during 10–14 July 2024.

Group C

Group C was contested in Oklahoma City during 17–21 September 2024.


Finals rankings

The ranking of the wildcard spots for the finals stage are as follows.
  • 1) Hosts
  • 2)Top third-place team in the Group Stage, based on final standings from the previous edition of the World Cup
  • 3)Top third-place team in the Group Stage based on the highest position in the WBSC Rankings at the end of the previous calendar year.
RankTeamPrevious WCRankingQualification
1 24Qualified as hosts
265Qualified from previous World Cup ranking
3119

Canada qualified for the finals as host of that stage, while Venezuela qualified as the first placed team with the next best finish at the previous World Cup.

Finals

Third place play-off



Final