Softball at the 2022 World Games
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The softball competition at the 2022 World Games took place from July 9 to July 13 at the Hoover Metropolitan Stadium. The Birmingham edition of the softball competition was the third of all time, but the first time is was played since the 1985 World Games at London, United, Kingdom.
Qualification
Eight teams qualified, and 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.
Qualified teams
| Team | Date of qualification |
Method of qualification |
|---|---|---|
| United States | April 22, 2020 | Host |
| Japan | April 22, 2020 | Finished 2nd in WBSC ranking |
| Canada | April 22, 2020 | Finished 3rd in WBSC ranking |
| Mexico | April 22, 2020 | Finished 5th in WBSC ranking |
| Chinese Taipei | April 22, 2020 | Finished 6th in WBSC ranking |
| China | April 22, 2020 | Finished 7th in WBSC ranking China withdrew due to COVID-19 travel restrictions by the Chinese government on March 24, 2022 |
| Austria | April 22, 2020 | Finished 8th in WBSC ranking |
| Italy | July 3, 2021 | Finished 1st at the 2021 Women's Softball European Championship |
| Puerto Rico | March 24, 2022 | Wildcard WBSC replaced China with Puerto Rico on March 24, 2022 |
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Team members | Country | Team members | Country | Team members | |
| Women's tournament | United States | Monica Abbott Ally Carda Charla Echols Megan Faraimo Hannah Flippen Jailyn Ford Montana Fouts Kinzie Hansen Janae Jefferson Amanda Lorenz Haylie McCleney Michelle Moultrie Dejah Mulipola Bubba Nickles Taylor Pleasants |
Japan | Haruka Agatsuma Urara Fujimoto Yamato Fujita Miu Goto Nodoka Harada Yuka Ichigucchi Kyoko Ishikawa Misaki Katsumata Hitomi Kawabata Yume Kiriishi Kanna Kudo Sakura Miwa Minori Naito Ayane Nakagawa Yui Sakamoto |
Chinese Taipei | Chia-Yun Chang Chia-Yi Chen Ting-En Chiang An-Ju Chiu Yi-Fan Ho Hsia-Ai Ke Chia-Hui Ko Szu-Shih Li Chih-Ying Lin Feng-Chen Lin Hsuan Liu Chia-Wen Shen Chia-Chen Tsai Ya-Ting Tu Yi-Ting Yang |
External links
- Softball at the 2022 World Games official website
References
- Wikipedia contributors. (July 14, 2022). Softball at the 2022 World Games. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved, July 14, 2022
- The World Games. Softball Full Results.
