2002 Women's Softball World Championship

The 2002 ISF Women's World Championship for softball was held July 26-August 4, 2002 in Saskatoon, Canada. The United States, which went undefeated for the tournament, won a fifth straight world championship with a 1-0 victory over Japan. The first four teams qualified for the 2004 Olympics.

Pool Play

Group A

	GP	W	L	RF	RA
United States	7	7	0	53	0
China	7	6	1	40	5
Chinese Taipei	7	5	2	18	12
Italy	7	4	3	11	8
Canada	7	3	4	14	11
Netherlands Antilles	7	1	6	3	24
Russia	7	1	6	4	40
Czech Republic	7	1	6	7	50

Group B

	GP	W	L	RF	RA
Japan	7	7	0	48	1
Australia	7	6	1	49	8
New Zealand	7	5	2	37	17
Puerto Rico	7	4	3	18	38
Venezuela	7	3	4	28	28
Netherlands	7	2	5	31	36
South Africa	7	1	6	10	45
Dominican Republic	7	0	7	16	66

Playoffs

Day One

Chinese Taipei	5-1	Puerto Rico
New Zealand	3-0	Italy
United States	4-3	Australia
Japan	5-0	China

Puerto Rico and Italy Eliminated.

Day Two

Australia	2-4	Chinese Taipei
China	4-2	New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand Eliminated.

Medal Round

Day Two

Bronze Medal

Gold Medal

A1

United States

1

B1

Japan

0

A1

'United States

1

B1

Japan

2

B1

Japan

0

A3

Chinese Taipei

1

A2

China

5

A3

Chinese Taipei

6

Final ranking

1. United States
2. Japan
3. Chinese Taipei
4. China
5. Australia
6. New Zealand
7. Italy
8. Puerto Rico
9. Canada
10. Venezuela
11. Netherlands
12. Netherlands Antilles
13. Russia
14. South Africa
15. Czech Republic
16. Dominican Republic