SOFTBALL AT THE 2022 WORLD GAMES

Softball
at the 2022 World Games
Softball; at the 2022 World Games
Venue	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
Dates	July 9–13, 2022
Competitors	from 8 nations
Medalists
	← 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

^
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]

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	Advance to knockout stage
3	Canada	3	1	2	16	23	−7	.333	2	Advance to classification stage
4	Italy	3	0	3	5	20	−15	.000	3	Advance to classification stage

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	Advance to knockout stage
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	Advance to classification stage

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: WBSC

Classification stage

Bracket

5th–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

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-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

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

References

^ "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".

External links

[cnote_!] 
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.

[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.

[world-games-taken-as-world-championship-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".

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Format

Qualification

Qualified teams

Competition schedule

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Classification stage

Bracket

Seventh place play-off

Fifth place play-off

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Medalists

See also

References

External links

Format

Qualification

Qualified teams

Competition schedule

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Classification stage

Bracket

Seventh place play-off

Fifth place play-off

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Medalists

See also

References

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