Italy women's national softball team

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Italy women's national softball team
Italy baseball logo.svg
Information
CountryFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Federation Federazione Italiana Baseball Softball
Confederation WBSC Europe
WBSC World Rank 6 Increase2.svg 2 (10 November 2023) [1]
Women's Softball World Cup
Appearances13 (First in 1974 )
Best result6th
USA Softball International Cup
Appearances1 (First in 2009 )
Best result6th
Olympic Games
Appearances3 (First in 2000 )
Best result5th
Italy women's national softball team
Medal record
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
European Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1986 Antwerp
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1992 Bussum
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995 Settimo Torinese
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1997 Prague
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1999 Antwerp
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2001 Prague
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2003 Saronno
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2005 Prague
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Amsterdam
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Rosmalen
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Ostrava
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Friuli Venezia Giulia
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1979 Rovereto
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1981 Haarlem
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1983 Parma
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1984 Antwerp
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1988 Hørsholm
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Ronchi dei Legionari
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Prague
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Bollate
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1990 Genoa
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Sant Boi

Italy women's national softball team is one of the top-ranked softball teams in Europe.

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The Italian team has won the Women's Softball European Championship and record twelve times. Their latest European title came in 2021. In 2019, the Italian team won the WBSC Olympic Softball Qualifier by beating all five opponents and eventually qualified for the Olympic tournament in Tokyo.

History


The first participation in the World Championships took place in 1974, where Italy finished in 7th place. The team competed at the 1990 ISF Women's World Championship in Normal, Illinois where they finished with 6 wins and 3 losses. [2] The team competed at the 1994 ISF Women's World Championship in St. John's, Newfoundland where they finished eleventh. [3] The team competed at the 1998 ISF Women's World Championship in Fujinomiya City, Japan where they finished sixth. [4]

The team competed at the 2002 ISF Women's World Championship in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan where they finished seventh. [5] [6] The team competed at the 2006 ISF Women's World Championship in Beijing, China where they finished sixth. [7] [8] After finishing out of the top 8 in the three following World Championship editions, Italy came back in 2018, in Chiba, and took seventh place thanks to a four-game winning streak that eliminated, among others, China from the medal contention. In the fight for sixth place, Italy was beaten by Mexico in a tight 1–0 loss after two extra-innings.

The team's slogan (also the official hashtag) is the Latin aphorism "hic et nunc" (here and now). Here and now, sisters! (Qui e ora, sorelle!) is the official history book of the Italy women's national softball team, written by Luca Farinotti and published by Italia sul podio and Federazione Italiana Baseball Softball. [9] It was the first italian sports book in which the technical lexicon has been completely reinvented according to the female gender. The book was presented before the 2020 Summer Olympics. [10]

Palmarès

CompetitionGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgTotal
Olympic Games 0000
World Championship 0000
European Championship 96217
Universiade 0000
Total96116

Italy–Netherlands rivalry

2020 Olympic roster

The roster was released on 4 July 2021. [11]

Softball at the 2020 Summer OlympicsFlag of Italy.svg Italy roster
PlayersCoaches
Pitchers
Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches


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References

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