Pools and game schedules announced for World Cup of Softball XI

April 22, 2016

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Pools and game schedules announced for World Cup of Softball XI and Border Battle VIII at the ASA Hall of Fame Complex

OKLAHOMA CITY – Over 60 softball games will be played July 4-10 at the ASA Hall of Fame Complex – OGE Energy Field – INTEGRIS Field as the Amateur Softball Association (ASA)/USA Softball announced today the complete game schedules for the World Cup of Softball XI and Border Battle VIII. Featuring eight of the Top 10 Women's National Teams in the world, the World Cup of Softball, a sanctioned World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Softball Division event, and Border Battle return to Oklahoma City for the first time since 2013.

Click here to view the entire game schedule for World Cup of Softball XI

With a record-12 countries slated to participate, the World Cup of Softball XI features No. 1 Japan, No. 2 USA, No. 3 Australia, No. 4 Canada, No. 6 China, No. 7 Netherlands, No. 8 New Zealand and No. 10 Czech Republic. Also slated to compete are No. 11 Puerto Rico, No. 14 Mexico, No. 19 Venezuela, No. 23 Philippines and the USA Softball Women's Elite Team. Rankings are calculated by the WBSC world ranking system, which tracks the performance of each country's National Team over a three-year period.

The 2016 Women's National Team and Elite Team rosters were named in January as 18 athletes have been selected to represent the Red, White and Blue on the Women's National Team and an additional 16 have been named to the Women's Elite Team. For complete schedules and rosters for both the Women's National Team and Women's Elite Team, please click here.

 

About ASA/USA Softball
Founded in 1933, the Amateur Softball Association (ASA)/USA Softball is the National Governing Body of Softball in the United States and a member of the United States Olympic Committee. One of the nation’s largest sports organizations, ASA/USA Softball sanctions competition in every state through a network of 70 local associations and has grown from a few hundred teams in the early days to over 165,000 teams today, representing a membership of more than 2.2 million.  ASA/USA is responsible for training, equipping and promoting the six USA Softball National Teams that compete in international and domestic competitions. The USA Softball Women’s National Team is one of only two women’s sports involved in the Olympic movement to capture three consecutive gold medals at the Olympic Games since 1996. The U.S. women have also won nine World Championship titles as well as claimed eight World Cup of Softball titles. For more information about ASA/USA Softball, please visit http://www.asausasoftball.com/.

 

About the World Baseball Softball Confederation

Headquartered in the Olympic Capital city of Lausanne, Switzerland, the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) was established in April 2013 and granted recognition as the sole competent authority in baseball and softball by the International Olympic Committee at the 125th IOC Session in September 2013. The WBSC represents a united baseball/softball sports movement that encompasses over 65 million athletes worldwide and attract approximately 150 million fans annually to stadiums worldwide.

The WBSC governs all international competitions involving any of the National Teams of its 141 National Federation members.  The WBSC oversees the Softball World Championships (Men, Women, U-19 Men, and U-19 Women), Premier12, World Baseball Classic, and the U-12, U-15, U-18, U-21 and Women's Baseball World Cups.  For further information, please go to www.WBSC.org or follow the WBSC on Twitter at @WBSC.

 

 

Codi Warren I Managing Director of Communications

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