Softball at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Softball will be featured at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo for the first time since the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1] The tournament will consist of six teams. Baseball/softball is one of five sports added to the program of the 2020 Summer Olympics only, with no guarantee it will return in 2024.

Softball
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueYokohama Stadium
Fukushima Azuma Stadium
Dates21-27 July 2021
No. of events1
Teams6

Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze

Competition format

The softball tournament will feature a single round-robin of the six teams followed by a bronze medal game and a gold medal game. 17 games will be played in total.[2][3]

Qualification
Main article: Softball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Six teams will qualify, including Japan, which, as host nation, qualifies automatically. The United States team won the 2018 Women's Softball World Championship to qualify for the Olympics. The remaining four spots will be allocated through three qualification tournaments: one spot for a Europe/Africa tournament, one spot for an Asia/Oceania tournament, and two spots for an Americas tournament.[4]

EventDateLocationQuotasQualified
Host nation N/A N/A 1  Japan
2018 Women's Softball World Championship 2–12 August 2018 Chiba 1  United States
Africa/Europe Qualifying Event 23–27 July 2019 Utrecht 1  Italy
Americas Qualifying Event 25 August – 1 September 2019 Surrey 2  Mexico
 Canada
Asia/Oceania Qualifying Event 24–29 September 2019 Shanghai 1  Australia
TOTAL6

Competition schedule

This section defines the originally planned schedule in 2020. [5][6] With the postponement to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the schedule may change.

GSGroup Stage FFinals
DateJul 22Jul 23Jul 24Jul 25Jul 26Jul 27Jul 28
SoftballGSGSF

Team squads
TeamQualification criteriaAppearance
 JapanAutomatic as host nation of the Olympics5th
 United States2018 WBSC Softball World Champion5th
 ItalyWBSC Softball Europe/Africa Qualification Champion3rd
 MexicoWBSC Softball Americas Qualification Champion1st
 CanadaWBSC Softball Americas Qualification5th
 AustraliaWBSC Softball Asia/Oceania Qualification5th

See also

References
  1. "Baseball/Softball". Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  2. Olympic Competition Schedule
  3. Rough schedule for Tokyo Olympics decided
  4. "WBSC reveals Tokyo 2020 Olympic Qualifiers for Baseball, Softball". Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  5. "Schedule - Softball Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympian Database. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  6. "Baseball/Softball Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
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