Pesäpallo World Cup
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When it all began. The first Pesäpallo World Cup tournament took place in Helsinki 1992.
Get to know Swiss pesäpallo community.
India was the first country in Asia to host Pesäpallo World Cup.
Pesäpallo in Australia
Gold Coast in Australia hosted Pesäpallo World Cup 2012.
Boston Globe: Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask tells about pesäpallo
Pesäpallo is a national sport of Finland.
Photo gallery: Pesäpallo World Cup 2017
Photos by Teemu Kekola.
Pesäpallo World Cup 2023, Hyvinkää, Finland
11th Pesäpallo World Cup tournament will take place in Hyvinkää, Finland from July 26 to 30.
Welcome to Hyvinkää!
Hyvinkää is a city full of events with some 47,000 inhabitants, located in Uusimaa, Finland. More information about the city and its activities is found at visithyvinkaa.fi.
Opening and closing ceremonies
Opening ceremony will take place at Pihkala stadium on Wednesday together with women’s Superpesis game Hyvinkään Tahko vs Kempeleen Kiri.
The closing ceremony including distribution of prizes and honoring the medalists will take place in Hotel Sveitsi on Saturday. If you have not signed up for the event, please contact Antti Kallio, antti.kallio(ät)pesis.fi.
Tournament pass
Official location of social evenings is Kulttuuriterassi Hyvinkää.
All the participants will get a tournament pass for free. Special offers at Kulttuuriterassi apply by showing the pass when making orders.
Teams
Men: Australia (AUS); Estonia (EST); Finland (FIN); Germany (GER); Switzerland (SUI)
Women: Australia (AUS); Finland (FIN); Switzerland (SUI)
Mixed teams, group A: Canada (CAN); Finland (FIN); Sweden (SWE); Switzerland 2 (SUI 2)
Mixed teams, group B: Australia (AUS); Germany (GER); Switzerland 1 (SUI 1)
Participation pending: Bangladesh (BAN); India (IND); Nepal (NEP)
Tournament program
Wednesday July 26th
Opening ceremony (Hyvinkään Tahko vs. Kempeleen Kiri, women’s Superpesis game)
Thursday July 27th
Some games in Riihimäki
Saturday July 29th
Closing ceremony
Sunday July 30th
Hyvinkään Tahko vs. Vimpelin Veto, men’s Superpesis game
August 4 to 6
Itä-Länsi All Stars event, Sotkamo, Finland – www.ita-lansi.fi
Get your tickets via Ticketmaster
Structure of the tournament
Men
Four (4) group stage games for each team
The winner of the group stage straight to the final
Semifinal (R2-R3)
Qualification to the bronze game (R4-R5)
Bronze medal game (R2/R3-R4/R5)
Final game (R1-R2/R3)
Women
Four (4) group stage games for each team
Final game
Mixed teams
Group A (3 games for each team) and group B (2 games for each team)
Quarter finals: A1/B1-A4, A2-B3 and B2-A3
Semifinals A1/B1-Q4 and Q2-Q3
Ranking games 5-7 (2 games for each team)
Bronze medal game
Final game
Duration of the games
All games: 50 minutes (game ends immediately when the team with the lower score has no more offensive half-innings available).
A winning team gets two points. When tied, both teams get one point.
Rankings when points are even
1) Games won / game
2) Head-to-head game
3) Scores run / given in the head-to-head game
4) Scores run in the head-to-head game
5) Scores run / given
6) Scores run
7) Draw
Tournament rules
Official pesäpallo rules apply for all tournament games.
Mixed teams: 4 female players in the team and a female pitcher is recommended. If a team does not fulfill the recommendation, opposing team has the same rules.
Fixtures (last changes 28.7. at 16:22)
Competition | Date | Home team | Away team | Time | More information | Field |
Men | 26.7. | AUS | SUI | 10:30 | Pihkala 1 | |
Mixed | 26.7. | GER | SUI 1 | 11:30 | Pihkala 1 | |
Women | 26.7. | SUI | AUS | 12:30 | Pihkala 2 | |
Mixed | 26.7. | CAN | FIN | 13:30 | Pihkala 1 | |
Mixed | 26.7. | AUS | GER | 14:30 | Pihkala 2 | |
Mixed | 26.7. | SUI 2 | SWE | 15:30 | Pihkala 1 | |
Mixed | 27.7. | SWE | FIN | 8:30 | Pihkala 1 | |
Mixed | 27.7. | SUI 1 | AUS | 9:30 | Pihkala 2 | |
Men | 27.7. | AUS | EST | 10:30 | Pihkala 1 | |
Mixed | 27.7. | SUI 2 | CAN | 11:30 | Pihkala 1 | |
Women | 27.7. | AUS | FIN | 12:30 | Pihkala 2 | |
Men | 27.7. | SUI | EST | 13:30 | Pihkala 1 | |
Men | 27.7. | FIN | GER | 14:30 | Pihkala 1 | |
Mixed | 27.7. | CAN | SWE | 15:30 | Pihkala 2 | |
Women | 27.7. | FIN | SUI | 15:00 | Peltosaari | |
Men | 27.7. | EST | FIN | 16:00 | Peltosaari | |
Men | 27.7. | GER | SUI | 17:00 | Peltosaari | |
Men | 27.7. | FIN | AUS | 18:00 | Peltosaari | |
Mixed | 27.7. | FIN | SUI 2 | 19:00 | Peltosaari | |
Men | 28.7. | SUI | FIN | 8:30 | Pihkala | |
Mixed, quarter final | 28.7. | SWE | SUI 1 | 9:30 | Pihkala | |
Tahko Superpesis | Men’s training | 10:30 | ||||
Men | 28.7. | GER | AUS | 11:00 | Pihkala | |
Women | 28.7. | SUI | FIN | 12:00 | Pihkala | |
Mixed, quarter final | 28.7. | AUS | CAN | 13:00 | Pihkala | |
Mixed, quarter final | 28.7. | GER | SUI 2 | 14:00 | Pihkala | |
Women | 28.7. | AUS | SUI | 15:00 | Pihkala | |
Men, semifinal | 28.7. | FIN | SUI | 16:00 | Pihkala | |
Men, semifinal | 28.7. | AUS | GER | 17:00 | Pihkala | |
Women | 28.7. | FIN | AUS | 18:00 | Pihkala | |
Mixed, semifinal | 28.7. | FIN | AUS | 19:00 | Pihkala | |
Mixed, 5-7 | 29.7. | SUI 2 | SUI 1 | 8.30 | Martti | |
Mixed, semifinal | 29.7. | GER | SWE | 9.30 | Pihkala | |
Mixed, 5-7 | 29.7. | CAN | SUI 2 | 9:30 | Martti | |
Mixed, 5-7 | 29.7. | SUI 1 | CAN | 10:30 | Martti | |
Mixed | 29.7. | Bronze game | 11:00 | Pihkala | ||
Men | 29.7. | Bronze game | 12:00 | Pihkala | ||
Mixed | 29.7. | Final game | 13:00 | Pihkala | ||
Women | 29.7. | Final game | 14:15 | Pihkala | ||
Men | 29.7. | Final game | 15:30 | Pihkala |
All right reserved. Changes to the schedule are possible.
Insurance
We recommend all the participants to have sports cover for World Cup games. Our partner Pohjola Insurance has also options available. ’Non-competitive licence’ costs 54 € and is valid at World Cup.
Check out more information (pdf) about compensations and get the insurance at https://www.suomisport.fi/signin.
Official tournament hotel and stadiums
Official tournament accommodation is at Hotel Sveitsi. Breakfast, wi-fi and access to the swimming pool area are included in the accommodation prices.
Main field of World Cup 2023 matches is Pihkala Pesäpallo Stadium. Some games are played at Peltosaari pesäpallo field in Riihimäki and Martti pesäpallo field in Hyvinkää.
Transport
Many tournament locations are within walking or cycling distance. Walk, ride a bicycle, rent a scooter or take a train from one place to another.
There are very good train connections from Hyvinkää via Riihimäki to Tampere and to Helsinki. Check out the connections at www.vr.fi.
Former Pesäpallo World Cup events
1992 Helsinki (Kaisaniemi), Finland
1997 Hyvinkää, Finland
2000 Melbourne, Australia
2003 Södertälje, Sweden
2006 Munich, Germany
2009 Pori, Finland
2012 Gold Coast, Australia
2015 Lucerne, Switzerland
2017 Turku, Finland
2019 Pune, India
2023 Hyvinkää, Finland
The World Cup tournament of pesäpallo was planned to be played in Finland 2022. However, the tournament had to be postponed until 2023 because of uncertainties related to Covid-19 pandemic and global travelling restrictions.