Eight nations remain in medal contention at Women's Softball World Championship

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Eight nations remain in medal contention at Women's Softball World Championship

July 22, 2016

Surrey, BC - Eight nations remain in medal contention at Women's Softball World Championship

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 22 JULY 2016

EIGHT NATIONS REMAIN IN MEDAL CONTENTION AT WOMEN'S SOFTBALL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AS PLAYOFFS BEGIN Â

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SURREY (Canada) -- The Championship Round Robin at the 2016 Women's Softball World Championship has concluded, leaving eight teams remaining in the hunt for the Gold Medal.

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Following the three-day Championship Round group stage in the women's international softball flagship event, eight nations (the top two nations from each pool) have advanced into a Double-Page Playoff beginning today to determine the 2016 Women's Softball World Champion.

The national teams to survive through into the Playoffs include:

No. 1 Japan
No. 2 United States
No. 4 Canada
No. 6 China
No. 7 Netherlands
No. 8 New Zealand
No. 14 Mexico
No. 19 Venezuela

The bottom two teams in each pool have been eliminated from medal contention but will continue in a Single-Page Playoff to determine final standing.

The record 30 participating national teams in the WBSC Women's Softball World Championship represent a global reach that spans across all regions -- Africa, Asia, Europe, Central-, North- and South America, and Oceania -- and will play 124 games in total before a World Champion is crowned.

The gold medal game will take centre stage on 24 July at 18:00, and will be preceded by the bronze medal match at 13:00.

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Continued coverage of the 2016 Women's Softball World Championship is available via worldsoftball.tv. Play-by-play can be followed via surrey2016.com.

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WBSC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2016

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WBSC Women's Softball World ChampionshipÂ

Surrey, Canada -Â 15 to 24 Jul Â #Surrey2016

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WBSC U-19 Junior Men's Softball World ChampionshipÂ

Midland, USA -Â 24 to 30 Jul Â #2016JMWC

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WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup

Iwaki, Japan -Â 29 Jul to 7 Aug Â #U15WorldCup

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WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup

Gijang, Korea -Â 3 to 11 Sept Â #WomensBaseball

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WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup

Monterrey, Mexico -Â 28 Oct to 6 Nov Â #U23WorldCup

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Contact: media@wbsc.org,Â @WBSCÂ

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About the World Baseball Softball ConfederationÂ

Headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland -- the Olympic Capital -- the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) is the world governing body for baseball and softball. WBSC has 213 National Federation and Associate Members in 142 countries and territories across Asia, Africa, Americas, Europe and Oceania, which represent a united baseball/softball sports movement that encompasses over 65 million athletes and attracts approximately 150 million fans to stadiums worldwideÂ annually.Â

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The WBSC governs all international competitions involving official National Teams. The WBSC oversees the Softball World Championships (Men, Women, U-19 Men, and U-19 Women), Premier12, World Baseball Classic, and Baseball World Cups (U-12, U-15, U-18, U-23 and Women's).

For more information, visit: www.wbsc.org