100 days to the U-19 Women's Softball World Cup in Irvine!

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100 days to the U-19 Women's Softball World Cup in Irvine!

May 3, 2019

Irvine, CA - - 100 days to the U-19 Women's Softball World Cup in Irvine!

World Baseball Softball Confederation, MaisonÂ duÂ SportÂ International, Av.Â deÂ RhodanieÂ 54,Â Lausanne,Â 1007Â Switzerland

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100 days to the U-19 Women's Softball World Cup in Irvine!

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Today marks 100 days to the opening day of the XIII WBSC U-19 Women's Softball World Cup, the pinnacle youth women's softball competition, to be staged in Irvine, California, USA, from 11-17 August.

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This tournament will be the first-ever Softball World Cup event, initiating aÂ rebranding process of the softball world championships into Softball World Cups. The first step was the presentation of the U-19 Softball World Cup new logo, that will remain permanent for the upcoming events.

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The best 16 junior teams spanning all five Olympic continents will battle For the Title of World Champions at Bill Barber Park:

Africa (2):Â No. 28 South Africa and No. 43 Botswana.
Americas (5):Â No. 1 United States, No. 3 Canada, No. 4 Puerto Rico, No. 5 Mexico and No. 14 Brazil.
Asia (3):Â No. 2 Japan, No. 6 Chinese Taipei and No. 8 China.
Europe (4):Â No. 9 Italy, No. 10 Netherlands (wild card), No. 15 Czech Republic and No. 22 Ireland.
Oceania (2):Â No. 7 Australia and No. 11 New Zealand.

Host United States and Japan have dominated the event in the past, facing each other in the last 10 World Championship finals, for a total of 11 combined titles. United StatesÂ hasÂ won back-to-back titles in 2013 and 2015, for a record-setting six world championships. Â

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Japan's last world championship was back in 2013 in Brampton, Canada, for a total of five. Only China could break USA and Japan's supremacy in this age-group, winning their only World Championship back in 1985, in Fargo, USA.

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The WBSC U-19 Women'sÂ Softball World Cup hasÂ beenÂ staged every two years and features the best youth players in the world competing on their National Teams for softball's Official World Championship in the respective category.Â Starting in 2020, this event will change the age category, becoming a U-18 event.

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The groups, official game schedule and broadcast details of the XIII WBSC U-19 Women's Softball World Cup 2018 will be revealed in upcoming releases.

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Contact:Â media@wbsc.org.

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 208 National Federation and Associate Members in 135 countries and territories across Asia, Africa, Americas, Europe and Oceania, which representÂ 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 Premier12, World Baseball Classic, Baseball World Cups, Softball World Cups and Softball World Championships,Â as well as baseball and softball events at the Olympic Games.

For more information, visitÂ www.wbsc.org, which is available six languages: English, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish and Traditional Chinese.