Pesäpallo World Cup
Pesäpallo World Cup is an international tournament in pesäpallo by World Pesäpallo Federation (WPF) that has been organised eight times so far: In Finland 1992, 1997, 2009, 2017 and 2023 in Australia in 2000 and 2012, in Sweden in 2003, in Germany 2006 , in Switzerland 2015 and in India 2019.
Women and mixed teams have been played in 1992 and again since year 2000.
Tournaments and medalists
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Organiser |
| 1992 |  Finland (men) Finland (women) Finland (mixed team) |  Sweden 2(men) Sweden (women) Sweden (mixed team) |  Australia (men) Australia (women) Australia (mixed team) | Helsinki, Finland |
| 1997 | Finland | Sweden |  Estonia | Hyvinkää, Finland |
| 2000 | Finland (men) Finland (women) Finland (mixed team) |  South Australia national pesäpallo team (men) Australia (women) Sweden (mixed team) |  Germany (men) Australia (mixed team) | Melbourne, Australia |
| 2003 | Finland (men) Finland (women) Finland (mixed team) | Sweden (men) Sweden (women) Sweden (mixed team) | Germany (men) Australia (women) Germany (mixed team) | Södertälje, Sweden |
| 2006 | Finland (men) Finland (women) Finland (mixed team) | Germany 1 (men) Australia (women) Germany (mixed team) | Germany 2 (men) Germany (women) Australia (mixed team) | München, Germany |
| 2009 | Finland (men) Finland (women) Finland (mixed team) | Germany (men) Australia (women) Australia (mixed team) | Australia (men) Sweden (women) Germany (mixed team) | Pori, Finland |
| 2012 | Finland (men) Finland (women) Finland (mixed team) | Australia (men) Australia (women) Australia (mixed team) | Germany /  Switzerland / Europe(men) Germany / Switzerland / Europe(mixed team) | Gold Coast, Australia |
| 2015 | Finland (men) Finland (mixed team) | Australia (men) Australia (mixed team) | Germany (men) Switzerland (mixed team) | Lucerne, Switzerland |
| 2017 | Finland (men) Finland (women) Finland (mixed team) | Germany (men) Australia (women) Australia (mixed team) | Australia (men) India (women) Germany (mixed team) | Turku, Finland |
| 2019 | Finland (men) Finland (women) Finland (mixed team) | Switzerland (men) Bangladesh (women) Bangladesh (mixed team) | Bangladesh (men) India (women) India (mixed team) | Pune, India |
| 2023 | Finland (men) Finland (women) Finland (mixed team) | Australia (men) Switzerland (women) Germany (mixed team) | Germany (men) Australia (women) Sweden (mixed team) | Hyvinkää, Finland |
Medal table
The points have been counted as follow: Gold = 3 points, silver = 2 points and bronze = 1 point.
| Position | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | MX | M | F | MX | M | F | MX | ||||
| 1. | Finland | 10 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 81 |
| 2. | Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 33 |
| 3. | Germany | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 19 |
| 4. | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 18 |
| 5. | Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 6. | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7. | South Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8. | Combined team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 9. | Estonia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10. | India | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 |  USA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 |  Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 |  Nepal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 |  Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
External links
- 2006 World Cup official pages (in English)
- 2015 World Cup official pages (in English)
- Ylen Elävä arkisto: Crushing superiority in the final of the Pesäpallo World Cup (in Finnish)