who won the women's softball world cup
United States
title: Women's Softball World Championship text: at the 2012 edition include Australia, Canada and Japan who will play in the same pool. The competition was scheduled to act as a replacement for the Olympics. Australia won the competition in 1965. The victory was considered very impressive as they beat the Americans, who invented the game in 1887, to win the championship. Japan won in 1970, while the 1974 and 1978 editions were won by the United States, the American side also won seven championships in a row from 1988 to 2010, with the USA's most recent victory being a 7–0 win over Japan in the finals. title: Women's Softball World Championship text: Other countries that have won it include Japan in 1970, 2012 and 2014, and New Zealand in 1982. Teams that have finished second include the US in 1965, 1970, 2012 and 2014, Japan in 1974, 2002, 2006 and 2010, Canada in 1978, Taiwan in 1982, China in 1986 and 1994, New Zealand in 1990, and Australia in 1998. Countries that have finished third include the Philippines in 1970. The 1970 edition was hosted by Japan in Osaka. The 1974 edition was played in Stratford, United States. The 1978 games were played in San Salvador, El Salvador. The 1982 competition was title: Softball text: 2010. The most recent tournament was XII Women's World Championship in June, 2010. All World Championships use a Page playoff system and are in fastpitch. There are also several World Cups held at 4-year intervals in different categories. New Zealand are the current Men's World Champions, having won the title in 2013. Prior to that, Australia won the World Championship in 2009 and New Zealand had won the previous three tournaments before that. The current Junior Men's World Champion is Argentina, having won the title in 2012. In the Women's World Championships the United States is the most dominant team, title: Women's Softball World Championship text: a final game against the United States. In the game, Australia was held to only two hits while the United States had four. Lorraine Woolley was named the player of the tournament. The inaugural men's championship would occur one year later in Mexico. In 1970, ten countries participated. The Japanese won competition after having twelve consecutive wins and beating the Americans 3-0 in a final game spectated by 30,000 people. In 1974, the Americans knocked out the Australians during the semi-finals, when they beat them by a score of 6-0. Chinese Taipei's leadership discussed inviting China to compete at the title: Women's Softball World Championship text: 1982 competition which was the country was hosting. Ching-khou and Wang Shen supported mainland China's participation in the event and an invitation was issued but the Chinese government elected to not send a team. The 1990 edition was the seventh to be held, with six different countries having played hosts to the competition. Teams that competed in 1990 included the US, New Zealand, China, Australia, Chinese Taipei, Japan, Canada, Italy, Netherlands, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines, Bahamas, Netherlands Antilles, Mexico, Aruba, Bermuda, Indonesia, Argentina, and Zimbabwe. The United States took home gold, New Zealand silver and China bronze. The Soviet Union