The softball competition at the 2022 World Games took place from July 9–13, 2022,[1] in Birmingham in United States, at the University of Alabama Birmingham. Originally scheduled to take place in July 2021, the Games were rescheduled for July 2022 as a result of the 2020 Summer Olympics postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] Softball returned to the official programme of the World Games after nine years of absence.
Softball at the 2022 World Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Hoover Metropolitan Stadium | |||||||||
Dates | July 9–13, 2022 | |||||||||
Competitors | from 8 nations | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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This tournament also served as the world championship for softball.[3]
Format
editA total of eight teams are divided into two groups of four teams each. In each group, teams played against each other once in a single round-robin format, for a total of three matches per team. The top two of each of the two groups advanced to the knockout stage.
Qualification
editEight teams qualified, including United States, which, as host nation, qualifies automatically. Qualification places were primarily based on national softball ranking. The last berth was awarded at the European Softball Championship, which was scheduled to take place in 2020 but have been moved due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [4]
Qualified teams
editTeam | Date of qualification |
Method of qualification |
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United States | 22 April 2020 | Host |
Japan | 22 April 2020 | Finished 2nd in WBSC ranking |
Canada | 22 April 2020 | Finished 3rd in WBSC ranking |
Mexico | 22 April 2020 | Finished 5th in WBSC ranking |
Chinese Taipei | 22 April 2020 | Finished 6th in WBSC ranking |
22 April 2020 | Finished 7th in WBSC ranking | |
Australia | 22 April 2020 | Finished 8th in WBSC ranking |
Italy | 3 July 2021 | Finished 1st at the 2021 Women's Softball European Championship |
Puerto Rico[!] | 24 March 2022 | Wildcard |
- Notes
Competition schedule
editThe match schedule of the softball tournament was unveiled on 24 February 2022.[5]
G | Group stage | C | Classification matches | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
9 Sat | 10 Sun | 11 Mon | 12 Tue | 13 Wed | |||
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G | C | ½ | C | B | F |
Squads
editGroup stage
editGroup A
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | United States (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 2 | +21 | 1.000 | — | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 12 | +1 | .667 | 1 | |
3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 23 | −7 | .333 | 2 | Advance to classification stage |
4 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 20 | −15 | .000 | 3 |
Group B
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 1 | +21 | 1.000 | — | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | +2 | .667 | 1 | |
3 | Puerto Rico | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | .333 | 2 | Advance to classification stage |
4 | Mexico | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 17 | −16 | .000 | 3 |
Classification stage
editBracket
edit5th–8th Classification | Fifth place play-off | |||||
July 12 – Birmingham | ||||||
Canada (6) | 8 | |||||
July 13 – Birmingham | ||||||
Mexico | 1 | |||||
Canada | 0 | |||||
July 12 – Birmingham | ||||||
Puerto Rico | 1 | |||||
Puerto Rico (5) | 7 | |||||
Italy | 0 | |||||
Seventh place play-off | ||||||
July 13 – Birmingham | ||||||
Mexico | 1 | |||||
Italy | 4 |
Seventh place play-off
editTeam | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mexico | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 4 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Alexia Lacatena LP: Sierra Hyland Boxscore |
Fifth place play-off
editTeam | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Puerto Rico | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Aleshia Ocasio LP: Jorde Madison Chartrand Boxscore |
Knockout stage
editBracket
editSemi-finals | Gold medal match | |||||
July 12 – Birmingham | ||||||
Chinese Taipei | 0 | |||||
July 13 – Birmingham | ||||||
Japan (6) | 7 | |||||
Japan | 2 | |||||
July 12 – Birmingham | ||||||
United States | 3 | |||||
Australia | 0 | |||||
United States | 5 | |||||
Bronze medal match | ||||||
July 13 – Birmingham | ||||||
Chinese Taipei | 6 | |||||
Australia | 0 |
Semi-finals
editTeam | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Japan (6) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | X | 7 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Miu Goto LP: Chiu An-Ju Sv: Sakura Miwa Home runs: TPE: None JPN: Yamato Fujita Boxscore |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Ally Carda LP: Ellen Roberts Sv: Montana Fouts Boxscore |
Bronze medal match
editTeam | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese Taipei | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | X | 6 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Ke Hsia-Ai LP: Ellen Roberts Boxscore |
Gold medal match
editTeam | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
United States | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Monica Abbott LP: Sakura Miwa Sv: Ally Carda Boxscore |
Medalists
editEvent | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Women's tournament | United States | Japan | Chinese Taipei |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "The World Games 2022 Sports programme". Retrieved 2020-08-29.
- ^ "2021 WORLD GAMES POSTPONED TO 2022 TO AVOID TOKYO OLYMPIC CLASH". reuters.com. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
- ^ "The World Games to serve as world championship". theworldgames.org. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
- ^ "Qualification criteria for softball at the 2022 World Games". wbsc.org. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
- ^ "Match schedule for Birmingham 2022".