Oklahoma City, OK - Game schedule released for the Surrey, B.C. 2016 WBSC Women's World Championship; tickets available for purchase
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May 25, 2016
Game schedule released for the Surrey, B.C. 2016 WBSC Women's World Championship; tickets available for purchase
OKLAHOMA CITY — The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has released the full competition schedule for the 2016 Women's World Championship (WWC), the Amateur Softball Association (ASA)/USA Softball announced today. The USA Softball Women's National Team (WNT) will travel to Surrey, B.C., Canada and compete in the 15th WBSC Women's World Championship from July 15-24, 2016, where they will look to improve upon a Silver Medal finish at the 2014 World Championship in Haarlem, Netherlands.
Click here to view the complete schedule for the USA Softball WNT at the WBSC Women's World Championship
Competing in Pool B, Team USA will take the field against Israel in its opening match at 3:30 p.m. PT. The Red, White and Blue are also scheduled to play Austria and Brazil as part of preliminary round-robin action before heading into the playoff rounds. Teams will be allocated to one-of-eight sections of four in a second round-robin playoff based of their finish in the preliminary round-robin. The top two teams from each section will then advance to the Championship double page system. Teams finishing third and fourth in pool play will be placed in a placement pool and play in a double page systems to determine position 9-16. Remaining teams in each pool advance to a Double page placement pool for position 17-31.
Led by Head Coach Ken Eriksen, the roster for the 2016 USA Softball Women's National Team was announced in January following a Women's National Team Selection Camp in Irvine, Calif. The WNT heads north having won silver in their last two appearances (2012, 2014) and accumulated nine total Women's World Championship wins. Boasting with Championship experience as part of previous WNT are Valerie Arioto, Amanda Chidester, Michelle Moultrie and Jaclyn Traina who were a part of the 2012 and 2014 teams, as well as Raven Chavanne, Haylie McCleney, Jessica Moore, Sara Nevins and Kelsey Stewart who competed in 2014.
Click here to see the 2016 USA Softball Women's National Team roster that will be competing in Surrey this summer.
Tickets for the 2016 WBSC Women's World Championship are now available online. General seating tournament and day passes can be purchased by visiting Surrey2016.com/tickets.
For updates on the USA Softball Women's National Team and events throughout the 2016 season visit www.ASAUSASoftball.com.
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 Softball 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.
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