2018 Women's Softball World Championship
Appearance
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Japan |
Dates | 2 – 12 August |
Teams | 16 (from 5 continents) |
Defending champions | United States (2016) |
The 2018 Women's Softball World Championship will be an international softball competition scheduled to be held in Chiba, Japan between 2 and 12 August 12, 2018.[1] It will be the 16th edition of the tournament, and the third edition to be sanctioned by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Previous editions were sanctioned by the International Softball Federation, which governed the sport until its 2013 merger with the International Baseball Federation to create the WBSC.
Qualification
Origin | Berths | Qualified |
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Host nation | 1 | Japan |
Oceania | 2 | Australia New Zealand |
Europe | 3 | Netherlands Italy Great Britain |
Americas[2] | 5 | Canada Mexico Puerto Rico United States Venezuela |
Asia | 3 | Philippines Chinese Taipei China |
Africa | 2 | TBD TBD |
External links
References
- ^ "XVI Women's Softball World Championship". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ^ "USA wins Pan American Women's Softball Championship over Mexico, qualify for Chiba 2018". XVI Women's Softball World Championship. World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 4 December 2017.