Roster announced for U-18 Men’s National Team set to compete at 2020 WBSC U-18 Men’s World Cup

February 21, 2020

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Roster announced for U-18 Men’s National Team set to compete at 2020 WBSC U-18 Men’s World Cup
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February 20, 2020
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Palmerston North, New Zealand — The final roster for the 2020 USA Softball U-18 Men’s National Team (MNT) was announced today ahead of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) U-18 Men’s World Cup. Set to take place Feb. 22 – March 1 at Colquhoun Park in Palmerston North, New Zealand, the Red, White and Blue will be led by Head Coach Bob Piddock (Castro Valley, Calif.) and Assistant Coaches Tony Aresco (Stoneham, Mass.), Avon Meacham (Upper Marlboro, Md.) and Jerry Zimmerman (Ephrata, Pa.).
 
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A total of 50 games will be played across nine days as participating countries fight for the Gold. Team USA joins Denmark, Guatemala, Japan, Mexico, and New Zealand in Pool B while Argentina, Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Singapore, and South Africa are set to compete in Pool A.
 
The 12 participating countries will compete in a five-day Opening Round with the top three teams from each pool advancing to the Super Round, while the remaining six teams will compete in the Placement Round held Feb. 27-29. The top two teams will then advance to the World Championship game on March 1 at 4 p.m. local time while the third and fourth-place teams will battle for the Bronze Medal at 1 p.m. local time.
 
Team USA enters the tournament ranked No. 6 and will kick off Opening Round against No. 8 Mexico held on Feb. 22 at 2:30 p.m. local time. The Red, White and Blue will then take on host country, No. 3 New Zealand, on Feb. 23 at 7:30 p.m. local time before additional match ups against No. 21 Guatemala (Feb. 24 at 3:30 p.m. local time), No. 11 Denmark (Feb. 25 at 12 p.m. local time), and No. 1 Japan (Feb. 26 at 2:30 p.m. local time).
 
The U.S. squad looks to improve upon their fifth-place finish at the 2019 Pan American Championship and most recent WBSC World Cup where they finished in eighth place.
 
All 50 games of the tournament will be available globally and free to watch for U.S. residents through the WBSC Official OTT platform Game Time (Gametime.Sport) and the WBSC Official YouTube Channel, per the WBSC.
 

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About USA Softball
USA Softball (USAS) is a 501(c)(3) not-for profit organization headquartered in Oklahoma City, Okla., and is designated as the National Governing Body (NGB) of Softball in the United States and a member of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. One of the nation’s largest sports organizations, USAS sanctions competition through a network of Local Associations, which includes all 50 states and select metro associations.  USAS is dedicated to providing people of all ages the opportunity to play the game they love at a variety of levels by offering recreational, league, tournament and competitive play for fast pitch, slow pitch and modified pitch.  USAS annually conducts thousands of tournaments throughout the country including over 100 National Championships.  The USAS umpire program is among the nation’s largest and are widely known as the best trained umpires in the game.

As the NGB for the sport of softball, USAS is responsible for training, equipping and promoting the six USA Softball National Teams that compete in events such as the Olympics, Pan American Games, World Championships and other international and domestic events. For more information on USAS, including its founding and history as the Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA), please visit, www.USASoftball.com