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Softball at the 2022 World Games

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

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]

Squads

Group stage

Group A

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

Group B

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

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

  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".

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