1998 Women's Softball World Championship

The 1998 ISF Women's World Championship for softball was held July 20–30, 1998 in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, Japan. A fourth straight title was won by the team from the United States, coached by Margie Wright, which avenged its only loss of the tournament to Australia by a 1-0 margin in the final.

Pool Play

	GP	W	L
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	8	8	0
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada	8	6	2
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	8	6	2
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei	8	5	3
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands	8	4	4
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic	8	3	5
File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia	8	3	5
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	8	1	7
File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark	8	0	8

	GP	W	L
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia	7	7	0
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan	7	6	1
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China	7	5	2
File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela	7	3	4
File:Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986–2010).svg Netherlands Antilles	7	3	4
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	7	3	4
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea	7	1	6
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines	7	0	7

File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	1-0	File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China	7-0	File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	1-0	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia	1-0	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada

Venezuela and Chinese Taipei Eliminated.

File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan	2-0	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China	3-0	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada

Italy and Canada Eliminated.

File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada

1-0

File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy