japan won the previous women's world cup.
who won the previous women's world cup?
japan
in 2004 five countries competed in the first women's baseball world cup in edmonton, canada: the united states, canada, australia, japan and taiwan. subsequent tournaments have been held every two years, with the us winning the first two in 2004 and 2006, and japan winning five consecutive gold medals from 2008-2016. in 2016, the field included twelve teams, more than had competed in any previous women's baseball world cup: australia, the netherlands, canada, cuba, the united states, venezuela, taiwan, hong kong, india, pakistan, japan, and south korea.
women's baseball
the match was between germany, who had won the previous women's world cup final and brazil, who had never won a major world title, or indeed even reached the finals of a women's world cup. this was the first time in the history of the women's world cup that a european and south american had met each other in the final. germany had not conceded a single goal in the whole competition whereas brazil were free-scoring. led by striker marta, who had scored 7 goals, brazil had scored seventeen goals in their route to the final, including four against title-rivals united states in the semi-finals. it was considered as "the rematch of the 2002 fifa world cup final", except it was the men's teams.
2007 fifa women's world cup final