Softball at the 2022 World Games

Softball
at the 2022 World Games
VenueHoover Metropolitan Stadium
DatesJuly 9–13, 2022
Competitors from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Chinese Taipei
← 2013

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.

This tournament also served as the world championship for softball.[3]

Format

A 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

Eight 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

Team Date of
qualification 		Method of
qualification
 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
 China[!] 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
  1. ^
    China originally qualified by virtue of their WBSC ranking. However, China withdrew due to COVID-19 travel restrictions by the Chinese government on March 24, 2022. WBSC replaced China with Puerto Rico on March 24, 2022.

Competition schedule

The match schedule of the softball tournament was unveiled on 24 February 2022.[5]

Legend
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
G C ½ C B F

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
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
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: WBSC
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
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
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: WBSC

Classification stage

Bracket

 
5th–8th ClassificationFifth place play-off
 
      
 
July 12 – Birmingham
 
 
 Canada (6)8
 
July 13 – Birmingham
 
 Mexico1
 
 Canada0
 
July 12 – Birmingham
 
 Puerto Rico1
 
 Puerto Rico (5)7
 
 
 Italy0
 
Seventh place play-off
 
 
July 13 – Birmingham
 
 
 Mexico1
 
 
 Italy4

Seventh place play-off

July 13 11:00 (CDT)
Hoover Metropolitan Stadium 31 °C (88 °F)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
 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

July 13 02:00 (CDT)
Hoover Metropolitan Stadium 32 °C (90 °F)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
 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

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
July 12 – Birmingham
 
 
 Chinese Taipei0
 
July 13 – Birmingham
 
 Japan (6)7
 
 Japan2
 
July 12 – Birmingham
 
 United States3
 
 Australia0
 
 
 United States5
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
July 13 – Birmingham
 
 
 Chinese Taipei6
 
 
 Australia0

Semi-finals

July 12 05:00 (CDT)
Hoover Metropolitan Stadium 33 °C (91 °F)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
 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
July 12 08:00 (CDT)
Hoover Metropolitan Stadium 29 °C (84 °F)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
 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

July 13 05:00 (CDT)
Hoover Metropolitan Stadium 31 °C (88 °F)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
 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

July 13 09:00 (CDT)
Hoover Metropolitan Stadium 24 °C (75 °F)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
 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

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women's tournament  United States  Japan  Chinese Taipei

See also

References

  1. ^ "The World Games 2022 Sports programme". Retrieved 2020-08-29.
  2. ^ "2021 WORLD GAMES POSTPONED TO 2022 TO AVOID TOKYO OLYMPIC CLASH". reuters.com. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
  3. ^ "The World Games to serve as world championship". theworldgames.org. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  4. ^ "Qualification criteria for softball at the 2022 World Games". wbsc.org. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  5. ^ "Match schedule for Birmingham 2022".

External links

  • The World Games 2022
  • World Baseball Softball Confederation
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