2015 Men's Softball World Championship

The 2015 ISF Men's World Championship was an international softball tournament held in Saskatoon, Canada from 26 June-5 July 2015.[1] It was the 14th time the World Championship took place and the third time Saskatoon hosted the tournament.

2015 Men's Softball World Championship
Championnat du monde de softball masculin 2015 dela WBSC
Tournament details
Host country Canada
Dates 26 June-5 July 2015
Teams15
Defending champions New Zealand
Final positions
Champions
 Canada (4th title)
Runner-up
 New Zealand
Third place
 Venezuela
Fourth place Australia
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Participating teams and officials

Qualification
Event Date Location Berths Qualified
Host nation 1  Canada
ISF 2015 Men's World Championship – Africa Qualifier
The two berths were split between Europe and Pan America		 Not Held N/A 2  Guatemala
 Great Britain
2014 Pan American Men's Softball Championship[2][3] 24 October-1 November 2014 Argentina Paraná 6  Venezuela
 Argentina
 United States
 Dominican Republic
 Mexico
2014 Asian Men's Softball Championship [4][5] 16–20 December 2014 Singapore Singapore 3  Japan
 Philippines
 Indonesia
2014 ESF Men's Championship[6] 14-19 July 2014 Czech Republic Havlíčkův Brod 3  Czech Republic
 Denmark
 Netherlands
ISF 2015 Men's World Championship – Oceania Qualifier[7][8] 12–13 December 2014 New Zealand Auckland 2  New Zealand
 Australia
TOTAL16

Pools composition
Pool A
 Argentina  Canada  Czech Republic  Great Britain  Guatemala  Indonesia  New Zealand  Philippines
Pool B
 Australia  Denmark  Dominican Republic  Japan  Mexico  Netherlands  United States  Venezuela

 Indonesia withdrew from the tournament on June 19 and was not replaced.[9]

Officials

The ISF appointed 16 umpires from 11 national countries to facilitate matches of the tournament. Bob Stanton from Canada is named Umpire in Chief, and Wayne Saunders and Jeff Whippl, from New Zealand and Canada respectively, were named assistant Umpire in Chiefs.[10]

  • Darren Sibraa (Australia)
  • Jens Jacobsen (Denmark)
  • Serge Laflamme (Canada)
  • Terry Ritcher (Canada)
  • George Finley (Canada)
  • Pavel Východský (Czech Republic)
  • Galip Sonmez (Germany)
  • Kenji Nakashima (Japan)
  • Renzo Ruiz (Mexico)
  • Lance Brown (New Zealand)
  • Mark Porteous (New Zealand)
  • Jose Rodriguez (Nicaragua)
  • Jon Hand (United States)
  • Keith Cook (United States)
  • Frederick Ewald III (United States)
  • Rafael Garcia (Venezuela)

Rosters
Main article: 2015 ISF Men's World Championship rosters

Preliminary round

Pool A
Rk Team W L PCT RS RA RDIFF
1  Canada 701.00055946
2  Argentina 52.714331320
3  Czech Republic 52.71436351
4  New Zealand 52.714481038
5  Great Britain 34.4292528-3
6  Guatemala 25.2861732-15
7  Philippines 16.1841654-38
N/A  Indonesia 07.000049-49
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
Jun 26, 2015 12:00 Czech Republic  12-5  Philippines 6 Gordon Howe Softball Park 2:27   Boxscore
Jun 26, 2015 14:30 Great Britain  Cancelled (7-0)  Indonesia   Gordon Howe Softball Park     Boxscore
Jun 26, 2015 18:30 Guatemala  0-6  Canada 7 Bob Van Impe Stadium 2:22   Boxscore
Jun 26, 2015 21:00 New Zealand  2-3  Argentina 7 Bob Van Impe Stadium 2:59   Boxscore
Jun 27, 2015 10:00 Philippines  Cancelled (7-0)  Indonesia   Bob Van Impe Stadium     Boxscore
Jun 27, 2015 15:00 Argentina  7-0  Guatemala 5 Bob Van Impe Stadium 1:38   Boxscore
Jun 27, 2015 18:00 Canada  10-2  Czech Republic 5 Bob Van Impe Stadium 1:31   Boxscore
Jun 27, 2015 20:30 Great Britain  1-9  New Zealand 6 Bob Van Impe Stadium 1:51   Boxscore
Jun 28, 2015 10:30 Guatemala  4-0  Philippines 7 Gordon Howe Softball Park 2:16   Boxscore
Jun 28, 2015 13:00 Czech Republic  4-2  Great Britain 7 Gordon Howe Softball Park 2:00   Boxscore
Jun 28, 2015 15:00 Canada  2-1  New Zealand 7 Bob Van Impe Stadium 2:34   Boxscore
Jun 28, 2015 15:30 Argentina  Cancelled (7-0)  Indonesia   Gordon Howe Softball Park     Boxscore
Jun 29, 2015 10:00 Czech Republic  4-2  Argentina 7 Bob Van Impe Stadium 1:55   Boxscore
Jun 29, 2015 12:30 Great Britain  4-0  Guatemala 7 Bob Van Impe Stadium 2:04   Boxscore
Jun 29, 2015 10:30 New Zealand  9-2  Philippines 5 Gordon Howe Softball Park 1:47   Boxscore
Jun 29, 2015 18:00 Canada  Cancelled (7-0)  Indonesia   Bob Van Impe Stadium     Boxscore
Jun 30, 2015 12:30 Philippines  2-10  Great Britain 5 Bob Van Impe Stadium 1:43   Boxscore
Jun 30, 2015 13:00 Czech Republic  6-5  Guatemala 7 Gordon Howe Softball Park 2:46   Boxscore
Jun 30, 2015 15:30 New Zealand  Cancelled (7-0)  Indonesia   Gordon Howe Softball Park     Boxscore
Jun 30, 2015 18:00 Argentina  5-7  Canada 7 Bob Van Impe Stadium 2:37   Boxscore
Jul 1, 2015 10:00 New Zealand  9-1  Guatemala 6 Bob Van Impe Stadium 2:01   Boxscore
Jul 1, 2015 10:30 Czech Republic  Cancelled (7-0)  Indonesia   Gordon Howe Softball Park     Boxscore
Jul 1, 2015 15:00 Great Britain  1-11  Canada 4 Bob Van Impe Stadium 1:42   Boxscore
Jul 1, 2015 15:30 Argentina  7-0  Philippines 5 Gordon Howe Softball Park 1:27   Boxscore
Jul 2, 2015 10:00 Great Britain  0-2  Argentina 7 Bob Van Impe Stadium 2:02   Boxscore
Jul 2, 2015 12:30 New Zealand  11-1  Czech Republic 5 Bob Van Impe Stadium 1:38   Boxscore
Jul 2, 2015 15:00 Guatemala  Cancelled (7-0)  Indonesia   Bob Van Impe Stadium     Boxscore
Jul 2, 2015 18:00 Canada  12-0  Philippines 4 Bob Van Impe Stadium 1:13   Boxscore

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Pool B
Rk Team W L PCT RS RA RDIFF
1  Dominican Republic 61.857371720
1  Australia 52.714361818
3  Venezuela 52.714291712
4  Japan 43.571311912
5  United States 43.57132239
6  Mexico 34.42936333
7  Denmark 16.1431541-26
8  Netherlands 07.000237-35
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
Jun 26, 2015 09:30 Dominican Republic  8-1  Denmark 5 Gordon Howe Softball Park 1:29   Boxscore
Jun 26, 2015 10:00 Netherlands  1-11  Venezuela 4 Bob Van Impe Stadium 1:28   Boxscore
Jun 26, 2015 12:30 Japan  0-1 ' Australia 7 Bob Van Impe Stadium 1:51   Boxscore
Jun 26, 2015 15:00 United States  7-0  Mexico 6 Bob Van Impe Stadium 1:55   Boxscore
Jun 27, 2015 11:30 Dominican Republic  4-6  United States 7 Gordon Howe Softball Park     Boxscore
Jun 27, 2015 12:30 Denmark  2-5  Japan 7 Bob Van Impe Stadium 2:07   Boxscore
Jun 27, 2015 14:00 Netherlands  0-8  Australia 7 Gordon Howe Softball Park     Boxscore
Jun 27, 2015 16:30 Mexico  1-6  Venezuela 7 Gordon Howe Softball Park 1:04   Boxscore
Jun 28, 2015 10:00 Denmark  2-0  Netherlands 7 Bob Van Impe Stadium 1:56   Boxscore
Jun 28, 2015 12:30 Dominican Republic  4-3  Mexico 7 Bob Van Impe Stadium 2:23   Boxscore
Jun 28, 2015 18:00 United States  4-5  Japan 7 Bob Van Impe Stadium 2:23   Boxscore
Jun 28, 2015 20:30 Australia  5-1  Venezuela 7 Bob Van Impe Stadium 2:12   Boxscore
Jun 29, 2015 13:00 United States  4-1  Netherlands 7 Gordon Howe Softball Park 1:36   Boxscore
Jun 29, 2015 15:00 Australia  3-5  Dominican Republic 7 Bob Van Impe Stadium 2:21   Boxscore
Jun 29, 2015 15:30 Denmark  2-6  Mexico 7 Gordon Howe Softball Park 1:50   Boxscore
Jun 29, 2015 20:30 Japan  0-3  Venezuela 7 Bob Van Impe Stadium 1:28   Boxscore
Jun 30, 2015 10:00 Netherlands  0-12  Mexico 4 Bob Van Impe Stadium 1:23   Boxscore
Jun 30, 2015 10:30 Denmark  2-8  Australia 7 Gordon Howe Softball Park 1:52   Boxscore
Jun 30, 2015 15:00 Dominican Republic  4-1  Japan 7 Bob Van Impe Stadium 1:54   Boxscore
Jun 30, 2015 20:30 United States  2-3  Venezuela 7 Bob Van Impe Stadium 2:52   Boxscore
Jul 1, 2015 12:30 Venezuela  5-4  Denmark 10 Bob Van Impe Stadium 3:32   Boxscore
Jul 1, 2015 13:00 Netherlands  3-8  Dominican Republic 7 Gordon Howe Softball Park 1:59   Boxscore
Jul 1, 2015 18:00 United States  0-8  Australia 5 Bob Van Impe Stadium 1:20   Boxscore
Jul 1, 2015 20:30 Japan  11-4  Mexico 5 Bob Van Impe Stadium 1:43   Boxscore
Jul 2, 2015 10:30 Venezuela  0-4  Dominican Republic 7 Gordon Howe Softball Park 1:40   Boxscore
Jul 2, 2015 13:00 Japan  9-1  Netherlands 5 Gordon Howe Softball Park 1:27   Boxscore
Jul 2, 2015 15:30 United States  9-2  Denmark 6 Gordon Howe Softball Park 1:49   Boxscore
Jul 2, 2015 20:30 Australia  3-10  Mexico 5 Bob Van Impe Stadium 1:11   Boxscore

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Championship Round
Quarterfinals/Elimination Finals: July 3, 2015Semi-Finals: July 4, 2015Preliminary Finals: July 4, 2015Final: July 5, 2015
1 Canada8
4 Australia3
 Japan0
 Australia3
5 Japan8 Venezuela4
8 Czech Republic3 Australia0
 New Zealand5
 Canada10
6 Argentina1 Canada5
7 Venezuela3 New Zealand9
 Venezuela3
 Dominican Republic0
2 New Zealand8
3 Dominican Republic0
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
Jul 3, 2015 13:00 Japan  8-3  Czech Republic 7 Bob Van Impe Stadium 2:22   Boxscore
Jul 3, 2015 15:30 Argentina  1-5  Venezuela 7 Bob Van Impe Stadium 2:25   Boxscore
Jul 3, 2015 18:30 Australia  3-8  Canada 7 Bob Van Impe Stadium 2:35   Boxscore
Jul 3, 2015 20:30 New Zealand  8-0  Dominican Republic 6 Bob Van Impe Stadium 2:39   Boxscore
Jul 4, 2015 12:30 Japan  0-3  Australia 7 Bob Van Impe Stadium 2:06   Boxscore
Jul 4, 2015 15:00 Venezuela  3-0  Dominican Republic 7 Bob Van Impe Stadium 2:05   Boxscore
Jul 4, 2015 17:30 New Zealand  9-5  Canada 7 Bob Van Impe Stadium 2:42   Boxscore
Jul 4, 2015 20:00 Venezuela  4-0  Australia 7 Bob Van Impe Stadium 2:24   Boxscore
Jul 5, 2015 15:30 New Zealand  5-10  Canada 7 Bob Van Impe Stadium 2:33   Boxscore
Bronze Medal Game: July 5, 2015
   
 Venezuela 0
 Canada 10
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
Jul 5, 2015 11:30 Venezuela  0-10  Canada 4 Bob Van Impe Stadium 1:16   Boxscore

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Placement Round
Quarterfinals: July 3, 2015 Semi-Finals: July 4, 2015 Fifth Place Game: July 4, 2015
         
A5  Great Britain 3
B8  Netherlands 2
 Great Britain 5
 Mexico 7
B6  Mexico 7
A7  Philippines 0
 United States 4
 Mexico 3
B5  United States 7
A8  Indonesia 0 (Cancelled)
 United States 4
 Guatemala 0
A6  Guatemala 3
B7  Denmark 1
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
Jul 3, 2015 10:30 Netherlands  2-3  Great Britain 7 Bob Van Impe Stadium 2:03   Boxscore
Jul 3, 2015 11:00 United States  Cancelled (7-0)  Indonesia   Gordon Howe Softball Park      
Jul 3, 2015 13:30 Denmark  1-3  Guatemala 7 Gordon Howe Softball Park 1:36   Boxscore
Jul 3, 2015 16:00 Philippines  0-7  Mexico 6 Gordon Howe Softball Park 1:33   Boxscore
Jul 4, 2015 10:00 Mexico  7-5  Great Britain 7 Bob Van Impe Stadium 2:17   Boxscore
Jul 4, 2015 10:00 Guatemala  0-4  United States 7 Gordon Howe Softball Park 1:49   Boxscore
Jul 4, 2015 15:30  United States 4-3  Mexico 7 Gordon Howe Softball Park 1:46   Boxscore

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Final standings
Rk Team W L
1  Canada 101
2  New Zealand 73
3  Venezuela 73
4  Australia 64
5  Dominican Republic 63
6  Japan 54
7  Czech Republic 53
8  Argentina 53
Failed to qualify for Playoffs
9  United States 73
10  Mexico 46
11  Great Britain 45
12  Guatemala 36
13  Denmark 17
14  Philippines 17
15  Netherlands 08

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