Women's Softball Asia Cup

Women's Softball Asia Cup
SportSoftball
Founded1967
ContinentAsia
Most recent
champion
 Japan (9th title)
Most titles Japan (9th title)

The Women's Softball Asia Cup, formerly the Asian Women's Softball Championship is the main championship tournament between national women's softball teams in Asia, governed by the Softball Confederation of Asia (WBSC Asia).[1]

Medal table

As of 2025 Asian Women's Softball Championship.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan94114
2 China43310
3 Philippines1304
4 Chinese Taipei04913
5 North Korea0011
Totals (5 entries)14141442

Results

# Year Host Final Semifinalists Teams
Champions Runners-up 3rd place 4th place
1 1967
Manila

Japan

Philippines

Taiwan

Hong Kong[2][3]
4
2 1969
Taipei

Japan

Philippines

Taiwan
Only 3 Teams 3
3 1972
Manila[1]

Philippines

Japan

Taiwan
Only 3 Teams 3
4 1987
Kochi

China

Japan

Chinese Taipei

Philippines
6
5 1991
Jakarta

China

Chinese Taipei

Japan

Philippines
12
6 1995
Manila

China

Japan

Chinese Taipei

Philippines
11
7 1999
Shanghai

China

Japan

North Korea

South Korea
10
8 2004[4]
Manila

Japan

Chinese Taipei

China

North Korea
12
9 2007[5]
Jakarta

Japan

Chinese Taipei

China

Philippines
10
10 2011[6]
Nantou

Japan

Chinese Taipei

China

Philippines
13
11 2017
Taichung

Japan

Philippines

Chinese Taipei

China
12
12 2019
Jakarta

Japan

China

Chinese Taipei

Philippines
10
13 2023
Incheon

Japan

China

Chinese Taipei

Philippines
9
14 2025
Xi’an

Japan

China

Chinese Taipei

Philippines
10

Teams

Year 1967 1969 1972 1987 1991 1995 1999 2004 2007 2011 2017 2019 2023 2025 Total
 China 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th 2nd 2nd 2nd 11
 Chinese Taipei 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd ?? 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 14
 Hong Kong 4th 6th 9th ?? ?? 10th 9th 11th 6th 7th 6th 6th 12
 India 12th ?? ?? 12th 10th 9th 10th 9th 9th 9
 Indonesia 5th 7th 5th 8th 7th 6th 6
 Iran 11th 1
 Iraq 13th 1
 Japan 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 14
 Malaysia 10th ?? 11th 10th 10th 5
 North Korea 6th 3rd 4th 6th 4
 Pakistan ?? 12th 11th 3
 Philippines 2nd 2nd 1st 4th 4th 4th ?? 5 4th 4th 2nd 4th 4th 4th 14
 South Korea 8th ?? 4th 6th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 10
 Singapore 5th 7th 6th[7] ?? 8th 7th 7th 7th 9th 7th 7th 11
 Thailand 11th ?? ?? 9th 7th 9th 9th 8th 8th 8th 10
Total 3 3 3 6 12 11 10 12 10 13 12 10 9 10

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Asian Women Softball Championship". Softball Confederation of Asia. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Four-cornered fight softball". Eastern Sun. UPI. 28 January 1987. Retrieved 2 December 2025. It will be a four-cornered fight among The Philippines, Japan, Hong Kong and Nationalist China for the first Asian Women's Softball Championship here from Feb. 4 to 12(subscription required)
  3. ^ "Asian women's softball results". Eastern Sun. UPI. 6 February 1967. Retrieved 2 December 2025. The Philippines clobbered Hong Kong, 7-1(subscription required)
  4. ^ "Japan kampeon sa 8th Asian Women's Softball Championship" [Japan champions of the 8th Asian Women's Softball Championship]. Pilipino Star Ngayon (in Tagalog and English). The Philippine Star. 19 December 2004. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  5. ^ "ISF National Federations Memo" (PDF). International Softball Federation. 28 July 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  6. ^ "2011 第10回アジア女子ソフトボール選手権大会" [10th Asian Women’s Softball Championship] (in Japanese). Japan Softball Association. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Singapore finishes sixth". The Straits Times. 19 March 1995. p. 31. Retrieved 2 December 2025.