2016 USA Softball Junior Men’s National Team World Championship roster announced

July 19, 2016

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2016 USA Softball Junior Men’s National Team World Championship roster announced

 

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Amateur Softball Association (ASA)/USA Softball announced today the final roster for the 2016 USA Softball Junior Men’s National Team (JMNT). The 17-member team along with five alternates have officially arrived in Midland, Mich. to continue in their preparation for the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Junior Men’s World Championship (JMWC) set to take place July 24-30 at Emerson Park, home of historic Currie Stadium. Athletes are being coached under the direction of JMNT Head Coach Tim Lyon (South Jordan, Utah), and assistant coaches Tyron McKinney (Ashland, Ohio), Dan Nessler (North Mankato, Minn.) and Scott Standerfer (Charleston, Ill.).

 

Click here for the complete 2016 USA Softball Junior Men’s National Team roster

 

Seventeen players in addition to five alternates will come together to represent the Red, White and Blue at the WBSC Junior Men’s World Championship. The international youth softball flagship event will feature 52 total games, beginning with a 36-game round-robin, followed by 10 playoff games (double page playoff system). Six placement games will also be staged to determine the final standings.  The USA Softball JMNT along with 12 other nations will be in action on opening day, with world-ranked No. 7 United States and the African nation of Botswana officially starting off the world championship tournament on July 24 at 9:30 a.m. ET.

 

Opening ceremonies will begin at 6:30 p.m. ET at the main competition field, which will be followed by host Team USA facing off against the two-time defending champions, Argentina.  The Gold Medal World Championship final will be contested at Currie Stadium at 7:00 p.m. ET on July 30, while the Bronze Medal match will be staged at 1:30 p.m. ET. The 13 National Teams competing have been delegated to their respective pools and will begin the World Championship tournament with a single round-robin.  The top four teams from each pool will then advance into a double-page playoff system.

 

Competing on home soil, Team USA hopes to make gains on their fifth place finishes in 2012 and 2014. Argentina will head to Midland as the two-time defending world champions, winning gold medals in Parana, Argentina in 2012 and Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada in 2014.  Currently ranked No.1 in the world for Men, New Zealand captured the silver medal in 2014.  Asia powerhouse Japan claimed the silver medal in Parana and the bronze medal in Whitehorse. 

 

In preparation for the WBSC Junior Men’s World Championship this July, the USA Softball JMNT took part in a training camp, which was held in Irvine, Calif. in January and then reconvened in June for an additional week-long training camp in Normal, Ill. where a total of 22 athletes 19-Under competed in a series of exhibitions games, practice drills and batting practice. Prior to arriving in Midland, the JMNT made a tour stop in Ashland, Ohio and played against Ohio Battery of Ashland and the New Zealand Junior Men’s National Team, who they will face again in a second exhibition game today at 2:30 p.m. ET. Additional exhibition games include a doubleheader on July 21 against Canada at 2:30 p.m. ET and the Junior Explorers at 6:30 p.m. ET followed by Friday’s afternoon game against Israel at 2:30 p.m. ET.

 

Click here for more information on the 2016 WBSC Junior Men’s World Championship

 

Follow along with the USA Softball JMNT on their journey to gold at 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 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/.

 

 

Katie Willis I Communications Coordinator

Amateur Softball Association/USA Softball

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Follow along with USA Softball as they compete at the WBSC World Championships!

 

WBSC Women’s World Championship (July 15-24) –  http://go.teamusa.org/29JXAld  

WBSC Junior Men’s World Championship (July 24-30) –2016JMWC.com