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Botswana, South Africa advance to Europe/Africa Tokyo 2020 Softball Qualifier

May 11, 2019

Lausanne, 1007 Switzerland - -  Botswana, South Africa advance to Europe/Africa Tokyo 2020 Softball Qualifier

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Botswana, South Africa advance to Europe/Africa Tokyo 2020 Softball Qualifier
Nigeria earns first-ever ranking points, set to appear in next WBSC Softball World Rankings
 
Botswana and South Africa have confirmed their places in the WBSC Europe/Africa Softball Qualifying Event for the Games of the XXXII Olympiad Tokyo 2020, which will be staged from 23-27 July in Utrecht, Netherlands.
 
Botswana and South Africa emerged as possessing the top two Women's Softball Teams on the African continent, following the Women's Softball Africa Qualifier, which was won by Botswana today, 8-1, against South Africa, at Rietondale Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa.
 
Bostwana -- the African continental champions -- and runners-up South Africa finished ahead of the Women's National Softball Teams of Uganda and Nigeria.
 
Botswana and South Africa will move on to complete with Europe's top six softball teams in the WBSC Softball Europe-Africa Qualifier for Tokyo 2020, aiming to become the first African softball team to reach the Olympic Games.
 
The six European squads will emerge out of the WBSC Europe Softball Championship, which will be co-hosted by Czech Republic and Poland, from 30 June to 6 July.
 
Nigeria to make historic debut in the WBSC World Ranking
 
Following his participation in the Women's Softball African Qualifier, Nigeria earned his first ranking points and will make his historic debut in the WBSC Softball World Ranking. Nigeria will become the seventh African nation to enter the World Ranking, after South Africa (28), Uganda (30), Botswana (43), Kenya (48), Zimbabwe (60) and Lesotho (66).
 
Future Draw
 
The live draw for the WBSC Europe/Africa Tokyo 2020 Softball Qualifier will be conducted at the WBSC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 10 July, with the eight qualified teams being split into two groups for the opening round.
 
The best softball team across Africa and Europe will earn a spot to the six-nation softball event at the 2020 Olympic Games.
 
Africa Qualifier final standings
  1. Botswana
  2. South Africa
  3. Uganda
  4. Nigeria
 
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About the World Baseball Softball Confederation 
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 represent a united baseball/softball sports movement that encompasses over 65 million athletes and attracts approximately 150 million fans to stadiums worldwide annually. 
 
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, as well as baseball and softball events at the Olympic Games.

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