WBSC to live-stream South American Men's Softball Championship, starts tomorrowÂ
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MONTERIA, Colombia -- 1 June 2018 -- In another key opportunity to showcase baseball and softball's growing global footprint -- played in over 140 countries by approximately 65 million people -- the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) will live-stream the South American Men's Softball Championship, which opens tomorrow (2 June) in Monteria, Colombia.
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During the Opening Round, fans worldwide can go to www.youtube.com/wbsc to watch the five games taking place each day at the main venue, Monteria's Sport Villa. WBSC will also live-stream featured games at www.facebook.com/wbsc. Â
The National Teams from 10 countries will participate in the championship, including two from outside South America and a junior National Team: Argentina, Argentina Junior (invite), Aruba, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba (invite), Dominican Republic (invite), Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Venezuela.
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The 55 games of the round robin are scheduled to be played from 2-6 June, across three venues: the José Gabriel AmÃn Manzur stadium in the Villa Deportiva; Club Campestre field in MonterÃa and municipal stadium in Chinu.
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The top four squads from the Opening Round will move on to the page playoffs on Friday, 7 June. The Opening Ceremony will take place on Saturday, 2 June, at 5:00 p.m. local time.
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The full Opening Round schedule can be viewed here. Â Â
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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 202 National Federation and Associate Members in 143 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 worldwide annually.Â
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The WBSC governs all international competitions involving official National Teams. The WBSC oversees the Softball World Cups, 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, which is available six languages: English, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish and Traditional Chinese.
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