You know that every single sport has its own biggest forum. Softball makes no exception. The most precious trophy in the sport is The Men’s Softball World Championship. The tournament is held once in every four years. The best 16 national teams in the world are taking part in the World Championship. From 2013, the competition will be held on every two years. Even though the motherland of softball is the USA, the most entitled team is New Zealand. The Black Sox (their nickname) have won the trophy 6 times so far.
The first World Championship dates back to 1966, which host country was Mexico. Eleven nations took part in it and the winners were the United States. The host team left on the second place. New Zealand took the bronze medals. In the final match the USA won 6-0 against Mexico and finished the competition with 12 victories and 0 defeats. An interesting fact is that in 1976 there has been three winners. The United States, Canada and the hosts – New Zealand shared the golden medals.
The last champion is the Canadian team, which won the trophy for the 4th time a couple of months ago. In the final game Canada won 10-5 against The Black Sox. That was the 4th lost final for New Zealand. Great Britain also took part in the competition. That was their 4th participation. They won 4 matches, but lost five and were eliminated.
42 countries in total have ever taken part in at least one World Championship. As I said, the team with the highest number of titles is New Zealand (6). In the second place are the United States. Canada are with 4 trophies. Except for these three dominants, Australia managed to win the World Championship once. Australian Steelers beat 5-0 The Black Sox in 2009 and lifted the Cup for the first time in their history.
That was the main information about the most important men’s trophy in the softball world. If you want to find some additional information, you can visit the official website of the last World Championship. What is going to happen in 2017 – you can share your opinion with me!