2018 Women's Softball World Championship Group Stage

Main article: 2018 Women's Softball World Championship

The Group Stage was the first stage of the 2018 Women's Softball World Championship. Qualified teams were split into 2 groups of 8 teams each following a serpentine system based on the Women's Softball WBSC World Rankings. ^[1] Teams played a round-robin within their group, the top 4 teams in each group advanced to the playoff round and the bottom 4 sent to the placement round. ^[2] It was the last time the groups would compete at the same time and location as each other or the final stages. ^[3]

Group A

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	United States	7	7	0	1.000	—	Qualification to Playoff Round
2	Puerto Rico	7	6	1	.857	1
3	Mexico	7	5	2	.714	2
4	Netherlands	7	3	4	.429 [a]	4
5	Chinese Taipei	7	3	4	.429 [a]	4	Advance to Placement Round
6	New Zealand	7	2	5	.286 [b]	5
7	Philippines	7	2	5	.286 [b]	5
8	South Africa	7	0	7	.000	7

Source: World Baseball Softball Confederation
Notes:

1. Netherlands won against Chinese Taipei 6-5
2. New Zealand won against Philippines 2-0

Boxscores

Day 2

3 August 10:00 at Akitsu Baseball Field, Narashino Team 1 2 3 4 R H E   Chinese Taipei 6 0 2 13 21 19 1   South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 WP: An-Ju Chiu (1-0)   LP: Marian Van Der Merwe (0-1) Home runs: TPE: Yi-Ting Yang, Feng-Chen Lin, Chia-Yi Chen (2) RSA: None Attendance: 200 Boxscore 3 August 15:30 at NASPA Stadium, Narita Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E   Netherlands 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 6 2   Puerto Rico 0 0 2 3 0 1 X 6 8 1 WP: Meghan King (1-0)   LP: Ilona Andringa (0-1) Home runs: NED: Britt Vonk, Jessie Van Aalst PUR: Aleshia Ocasio Attendance: 250 Boxscore 3 August 18:00 at Akitsu Baseball Field, Narashino Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E   Chinese Taipei 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 7 10 1   New Zealand 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 4 6 1 WP: Ying-Hsin Lin (1-0)   LP: Rita Hokianga (0-1) Home runs: TPE: Szu-Shih Li, Chia-Yi Chen NZL: None Attendance: 200 Boxscore

3 August 12:30 at Akitsu Baseball Field, Narashino Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E   Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 2   United States 0 0 2 0 0 3 X 5 5 1 WP: Monica Abbott (1-0)   LP: Cheya Tarango-Mackey (0-1)   Sv: Kelly Barnhill (1) Home runs: MEX: None USA: Haylie McCleney Attendance: 325 Boxscore 3 August 15:30 at Akitsu Baseball Field, Narashino Team 1 2 3 4 R H E   South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 2 2   Philippines 0 6 0 4 10 12 0 WP: Sierra Lange (1-0)   LP: Madlein Bester (0-1) Home runs: RSA: None PHI: Arianne Vallestero Attendance: 105 Boxscore

Day 3

4 August 10:00 at Zett. A. Ball Park, Ichihara Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E   South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0   Puerto Rico 0 5 4 0 X 9 10 0 WP: Xeana Dung (1-0)   LP: Madelein Bester (0-2) Home runs: RSA: None PUR: Carsyn Gordon Attendance: 0 Boxscore 4 August 15:30 at Zett. A. Ball Park, Ichihara Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E   United States 0 5 0 2 0 7 8 0   Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 WP: Keilani Ricketts (1-0)   LP: Ya-Ting Tu (0-1) Home runs: USA: Delaney Spaulding TPE: None Attendance: 175 Boxscore 4 August 18:00 at Zett. A. Ball Park, Ichihara Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E   Philippines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1   Puerto Rico 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 3 4 0 WP: Giselle Juarez (1-0)   LP: Riflayca Basa Attendance: 190 Boxscore

4 August 12:30 at Zett. A. Ball Park, Ichihara Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E   Mexico 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 1   Philippines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 WP: Dallas Escobedo (1-0)   LP: Mary Antolihao (0-1) Home runs: MEX: Brig Delponte-Gordoa PHI: None Attendance: 200 Boxscore 4 August 18:00 at Akitsu Baseball Field, Narashino Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E   Netherlands 2 0 2 1 0 0 5 10 9 0   New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 6 1 WP: Ilona Andringa (1-1)   LP: Nyree White (0-1) Home runs: NED: Britt Vonk, Chantal Versluis NZL: None Attendance: 200 Boxscore

Day 4

5 August 10:00 at Akitsu Baseball Field, Narashino Team 1 2 3 4 R H E   United States 0 0 3 8 11 12 0   Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WP: Monica Abbott (2-0)   LP: Rebecca Soumeru (0-1) Home runs: USA: Janette Reed, Alison Aguilar, Aubree Muunro NED: None Attendance: 408 Boxscore 5 August 15:30 at Akitsu Baseball Field, Narashino Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E   Philippines 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 5 8 0   Netherlands 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 10 1 WP: Sierra Lange (2-0)   LP: Eva Voortman (0-1) Home runs: PHI: Chelsea Suitos NED: Laura Wissink, Maxime Van Dalen Attendance: 135 Boxscore 5 August 18:00 at Akitsu Baseball Field, Narashino Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E   New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0   United States 2 2 0 1 2 7 9 0 WP: Kelly Barnhill (1-0)   LP: Rita Hokianga (0-2) Home runs: NZL: None USA: Kristi Merritt Attendance: 164 Boxscore

5 August 12:30 at Akitsu Baseball Field, Narashino Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E   Puerto Rico 2 1 4 0 0 5 0 12 13 1   Chinese Taipei 0 1 6 2 2 0 0 11 14 0 WP: Taran Alvelo (1-0)   LP: Chia-Chen Tsai (0-1) Home runs: PUR: Aleshia Ocasio (2), Carsyn Gordon TPE: Feng-Chen Lin Attendance: 251 Boxscore 5 August 15:30 at Zett. A. Ball Park, Ichihara Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E   South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0   Mexico 4 0 3 1 X 8 12 0 WP: Sie Hyland-Banuelos (1-0)   LP: Marian Van Der Merwe (0-2) Attendance: 160 Boxscore

Day 5

6 August 10:00 at NASPA Stadium, Narita Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E   Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1   Puerto Rico 3 2 0 0 0 4 9 8 0 WP: Aleshia Ocasio (1-0)   LP: Cheya Tarango-Mackey (0-2) Home runs: MEX: None PUR: Jena Cozza, Karla Claudio-Rivera, Carsyn Gordon Attendance: 176 Boxscore 6 August 15:30 at NASPA Stadium, Narita Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E   Chinese Taipei 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 5 8 2   Netherlands 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 6 12 1 WP: Rebecca Soumeru (1-1)   LP: Su-Hua Lin (0-1) Home runs: TPE: None NED: Soclaina Van Gurp Attendance: 173 Boxscore

6 August 12:30 at NASPA Stadium, Narita Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E   New Zealand 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 6 12 1   South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 WP: Courtney Gettins (1-0)   LP: Madelein Bester (0-3)   Sv: Nyree White (1) Home runs: NZL: None RSA: None Attendance: 70 Boxscore 6 August 18:00 at NASPA Stadium, Narita Team 1 2 3 4 R H E   United States 1 3 5 3 12 9 0   Philippines 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 WP: Danielle O'Toole (1-0)   LP: Mary Antolihao (0-2) Home runs: USA: Haylie McCleney, Aubree Munro PHI: None Attendance: 146 Boxscore

Day 6

7 August 10:00 at Zett. A. Ball Park, Ichihara Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E   New Zealand 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 1   Puerto Rico 0 1 0 2 0 1 X 4 7 1 WP: Meghan King (2-0)   LP: Rita Hokianga (0-3)   Sv: Giselle Juarez (1) Home runs: NZL: Kyla Bromhead PUR: Shemiah Sanchez Attendance: 55 Boxscore 7 August 12:30 at Zett. A. Ball Park, Ichihara Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E   Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1   Mexico 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 1 2 1 WP: Dalla Escobedo-Gosch (2-0)   LP: Ilona Andringa (1-2) Home runs: NED: None MEX: None Attendance: 156 Boxscore 7 August 18:00 at Zett. A. Ball Park, Ichihara Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E   New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   Mexico 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 1 4 0 WP: Dalla Escobedo-Gosch (3-0)   LP: Taylor Stewart (0-1) Home runs: NZL: None MEX: Aniss Urtez-Harrison Attendance: 122 Boxscore

7 August 12:30 at NASPA Stadium, Narita Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E   Philippines 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 7 7 3   Chinese Taipei 5 1 1 1 0 1 X 9 15 2 WP: An-Ju Chiu (2-0)   LP: Mary Antolihao (0-3)   Sv: Su-Hua Lin (1) Home runs: PHI: Hailey Decker, Francesca Guevarra TPE: Chia-Yi Chen Attendance: 76 Boxscore 7 August 15:30 at Zett. A. Ball Park, Ichihara Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E   South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   United States 1 3 1 2 X 7 9 0 WP: Rachel Garcia (1-0)   LP: Marian Van Der Merwe (0-3) Home runs: RSA: None USA: Sahvanna Jaquish, Kristi Merritt Attendance: 132 Boxscore

Day 7

8 August 10:00 at Zett. A. Ball Park, Ichihara Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E   Puerto Rico 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0   United States 0 0 4 3 1 8 10 0 WP: Monica Abbott (3-0)   LP: Aleshia Ocasio (1-1) Home runs: PUR: Karla Claudio-Rivera USA: Alison Aguilar, Sahvanna Jaquish Attendance: 55 Boxscore

8 August 12:30 at Zett. A. Ball Park, Ichihara Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E   Mexico 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 10 0   Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 8 1 WP: Dalla Escobedo-Gosch (4-0)   LP: Ya-Ting Tu (0-2) Home runs: MEX: None TPE: Szu-Shih Li Attendance: 45 Boxscore

Day 8

9 August 14:30 at Akitsu Baseball Field, Narashino Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E   Netherlands 2 0 2 3 4 11 12 1   South Africa 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 2 WP: Ginger De Weert (1-0)   LP: Madelein Bester (0-4) Home runs: NED: Britt Vonk, Maxime Van Dalen RSA: None Attendance: 175 Boxscore

9 August 15:30 at NASPA Stadium, Narita Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E   Philippines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0   New Zealand 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 2 5 0 WP: Courtney Gettins (2-0)   LP: Riflayca Basa (0-2) Attendance: 75 Boxscore

Group B

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Japan	7	7	0	1.000	—	Qualification to Playoff Round
2	Australia	7	5	2	.714 [a]	2
3	Canada	7	5	2	.714 [a]	2
4	Italy	7	4	3	.571 [b]	3
5	China	7	4	3	.571 [b]	3	Advance to Placement Round
6	Great Britain	7	2	5	.286	5
7	Venezuela	7	1	6	.143	6
8	Botswana	7	0	7	.000	7

Source: World Baseball Softball Confederation
Notes:

1. Australia won against Canada 2-0
2. Italy won against China 7-0 in 5 innings

Boxscores

Day 1

2 August 20:00 at NASPA Stadium, Narita

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Japan	1	0	3	1	0	4	9	11	0
WP: Yukiko Ueno (1-0)   LP: Greta Cecchetti (0-1)   Sv: Yamato Fujita (1) Home runs: ITA: None JPN: Eri Yamada, Saki Yamazaki Attendance: 1500 Boxscore

Day 2

3 August 10:00 at Zett. A. Ball Park, Ichihara Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E   Venezuela 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1   Australia 0 0 0 2 0 5 X 7 6 0 WP: Kaia Parnaby (1-0)   LP: Michelle Floyd (0-1)   Sv: Ellen Roberts (1) Home runs: VEN: Jamee Juarez AUS: Chelsea Forkin Attendance: 200 Boxscore 3 August 15:30 at Zett. A. Ball Park, Ichihara Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E   China 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 0   Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 WP: Xinxing Zhao (1-0)   LP: Kaia Parnaby (1-1)   Sv: Lan Wang (1) Home runs: CHN: None AUS: None Attendance: 200 Boxscore 3 August 19:00 at NASPA Stadium, Narita Team 1 2 3 R H E   Japan 3 4 13 20 11 0   Botswana 0 0 0 0 2 1 WP: Misaki Katsumata (1-0)   LP: Wangu Gondo (0-1) Home runs: JPN: Yuka Ichiguchi, Yu Yamamoto, Nozomi Nagasaki (2), Hitomi Kawabata BOT: None Attendance: 1250 Boxscore

3 August 12:30 at Zett. A. Ball Park, Ichihara Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E   Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2   Canada 2 3 1 0 1 7 7 0 WP: Danielle Elai (1-0)   LP: Georgina Corrick (0-1) Home runs: GBR: None CAN: None Attendance: 250 Boxscore 3 August 18:00 at Zett. A. Ball Park, Ichihara Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E   Canada 4 0 1 0 0 2 7 7 1   Venezuela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 WP: Eujenna Caira (1-0)   LP: Desiree Ybarra (0-1) Home runs: CAN: Janet Leung VEN: None Attendance: 200 Boxscore

Day 3

4 August 10:00 at NASPA Stadium, Narita Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E   Australia 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 4 0   Italy 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 WP: Kaia Parnaby (2-1)   LP: Greta Cecchetti (0-2) Home runs: AUS: None ITA: Amanda Fama, Erika Piancastelli Attendance: 173 Boxscore 4 August 14:30 at Akitsu Baseball Field, Narashino Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E   Venezuela 1 0 2 2 1 0 2 8 12 0   Botswana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 WP: Michelle Floyd (1-1)   LP: Oreabetse Mojeremane (0-1) Home runs: VEN: Yuru Alicart-Ramirez, Milagros Lozada-Lago, Miran Jimenez-Quero (2) BOT: None Attendance: 85 Boxscore 4 August 19:00 at NASPA Stadium, Narita Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E   China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2   Japan 1 2 2 0 0 0 X 5 8 0 WP: Yukiko Ueno (2-0)   LP: Xinxing Zhao (1-1)   Sv: Yamato Fujita (2) Home runs: CHN: None JPN: Eri Yamada Attendance: 652 Boxscore

4 August 12:30 at NASPA Stadium, Narita Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E   Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0   China 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 1 2 0 WP: Lan Wang (1-0)   LP: Elizabeth Fleming (0-1) Home runs: GBR: None CHN: None Attendance: 0 Boxscore 4 August 15:30 at NASPA Stadium, Narita Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E   Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0   Canada 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 1 5 0 WP: Sara Plourde (1-0)   LP: Greta Cecchetti (0-3)   Sv: Danielle Lawrie (1) Attendance: 200 Boxscore

Day 4

5 August 12:30 at Zett. A. Ball Park, Ichihara Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E   Botswana 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1   Italy 2 0 3 3 X 8 7 2 WP: Alice Nicolini (1-0)   LP: Oreabetse Mojermane (0-2) Home runs: BOT: None ITA: Amanda Fama, Erika Piancastelli Attendance: 138 Boxscore 5 August 18:00 at NASPA Stadium, Narita Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E   China 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 6 8 0   Venezuela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 WP: Lan Wang (2-0)   LP: Desiree Ybarra (0-2) Attendance: 75 Boxscore

5 August 14:30 at NASPA Stadium, Narita Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E   Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1   Australia 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 2 6 2 WP: Kaia Parnaby (3-1)   LP: Karissa Hovinga (0-1) Home runs: CAN: None AUS: None Attendance: 254 Boxscore 5 August 19:00 at Zett. A. Ball Park, Ichihara Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E   Japan 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 6 11 0   Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 WP: Yamato Fujita (1-0)   LP: Carling Hare (0-1) Home runs: JPN: Yu Yamamoto, Yamoto Fujita GBR: None Attendance: 459 Boxscore

Day 5

6 August 10:00 at Zett. A. Ball Park, Ichihara Team 1 2 3 4 R H E   Botswana 0 0 0 0 0 1 4   Australia 4 6 4 X 14 12 0 WP: Tarni Stepto (1-0)   LP: Gotlamang Sixpence (0-1) Attendance: 160 Boxscore 6 August 15:30 at Zett. A. Ball Park, Ichihara Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E   Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0   Italy 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 1 3 1 WP: Greta Cecchetti (1-3)   LP: Elizabeth Fleming (0-2) Attendance: 185 Boxscore

6 August 12:30 at Zett. A. Ball Park, Ichihara Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E   Canada 1 0 3 2 0 1 7 11 1   China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 WP: Danielle Lawrie (2-0)   LP: Xinxing Zhao (1-2) Attendance: 143 Boxscore 6 August 19:00 at Zett. A. Ball Park, Ichihara Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E   Venezuela 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 1   Japan 3 0 3 0 0 1 X 7 9 1 WP: Misaki Katsumata (2-0)   LP: Jamee Juarez (0-1) Home runs: VEN: None JPN: Yu Yamamoto, Yamoto Fujita Attendance: 1453 Boxscore

Day 6

7 August 10:00 at NASPA Stadium, Narita Team 1 2 3 4 R H E   Great Britain 0 1 2 7 10 9 1   Botswana 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 WP: Carling Hare (1-1)   LP: Oreabetse Mojeremane (0-3) Home runs: GBR: Nerissa Myers, Amy Moore BOT: None Attendance: 85 Boxscore 7 August 15:30 at Akitsu Baseball Field, Narashino Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E   Italy 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 9 1   Venezuela 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 WP: Greta Cecchetti (2-3)   LP: Desiree Ybarra (0-3) Home runs: ITA: None VEN: None Attendance: 265 Boxscore 7 August 19:30 at Akitsu Baseball Field, Narashino Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E   Japan 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 1   Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 WP: Yukiko Ueno (3-0)   LP: Sara Plourde (1-1) Attendance: 1076 Boxscore

7 August 15:30 at NASPA Stadium, Narita Team 1 2 3 4 R H E   Botswana 0 1 0 0 1 4 3   China 5 3 7 X 15 7 1 WP: Xinxing Zhao (2-2)   LP: Gondo Wangu (0-2) Home runs: BOT: Kagiso Lowang CHN: Ying Lu Attendance: 36 Boxscore 7 August 18:00 at NASPA Stadium, Narita Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E   Australia 0 5 0 1 5 11 12 0   Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 WP: Kaia Parnaby (4-1)   LP: Georgina Corrick (0-2) Home runs: AUS: Stacey Porter, Taylah Tsitsikronis GBR: None Attendance: 93 Boxscore

Day 7

8 August 15:30 at Zett. A. Ball Park, Ichihara Team 1 2 3 R H E   Botswana 0 0 0 0 0 0   Canada 15 7 X 22 18 0 WP: Karissa Hovinga (1-1)   LP: Oreabetse Mojermane (0-4) Home runs: BOT: None CAN: Erika Polidori, Jennifer Gilbert Attendance: 55 Boxscore

8 August 17:00 at Zett. A. Ball Park, Ichihara Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E   China 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0   Italy 2 0 5 0 X 7 10 0 WP: Greta Cecchetti (3-3)   LP: Lan Wang (2-1) Home runs: CHN: None ITA: Erika Piancastelli Attendance: 43 Boxscore

Day 8

9 August 17:00 at Akitsu Baseball Field, Narashino Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E   Venezuela 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 7 4   Great Britain 1 0 1 1 1 1 X 5 8 1 WP: Georgina Corrick (1-2)   LP: Michelle Floyd (1-2) Attendance: 323 Boxscore

9 August 20:00 at Akitsu Baseball Field, Narashino Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E   Australia 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0   Japan 3 0 1 2 0 2 8 7 0 WP: Yukiko Ueno (4-0)   LP: Ellen Roberts (0-1) Home runs: AUS: None JPN: Eri Yamada, Yu Yamamoto, Yamato Fujita Attendance: 1826 Boxscore

References

1. "Softball Competition & Technical Code 2018" (PDF). WBSC.org. World Baseball Softball Confederation. 2018-06-30. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
2. "XVI Women's Softball World Championship Final Report" (PDF). WBSC.org. World Baseball Softball Confederation. 2018-08-16. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
3. "WBSC launches new Softball World Cup format, 2021-2029 global schedule". WBSC.org. World Baseball Softball Confederation. 2021-02-26. Retrieved 2021-06-11.

External links

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