Softball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Six teams will qualify for the Olympic softball tournament, 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.[1]

Table

Event	Date	Location	Quotas	Qualified
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
TOTAL			6

2018 Women's Softball World Championship

The World Championships featured 16 teams, with the winner earning an Olympic qualification spot (awarded to the runner-up instead if Japan wins).[1] The United States advanced to the final against Japan, securing Olympic qualification.

Qualified teams

Origin	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	1	Japan
Oceania	2	Australia New Zealand
Europe	3	Netherlands Italy Great Britain
Americas[2]	5	Canada Mexico Puerto Rico United States Venezuela
Asia	3	Philippines Chinese Taipei China
Africa[3]	2	Botswana South Africa

Group stage

Group A

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB
United States	7	0	1.000	–
Puerto Rico	6	1	.857	1
Mexico	5	2	.714	2
Netherlands	3	4	.429	4
Chinese Taipei	3	4	.429	4
New Zealand	2	5	.286	5
Philippines	2	5	.286	5
South Africa	0	7	.000	7

Group B

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB
Japan	7	0	1.000	–
Australia	5	2	.714	2
Canada	5	2	.714	2
Italy	4	3	.571	3
China	4	3	.571	3
Great Britain	2	5	.286	5
Venezuela	1	6	.143	6
Botswana	0	7	.000	7

Final round

10 August 2018	Mexico	1–0 (9)	Italy	ZOZO Marine Stadium, Chiba

10 August 2018	Canada	8–1 (5)	Netherlands	ZOZO Marine Stadium, Chiba

10 August 2018	United States	3–1	Australia	ZOZO Marine Stadium, Chiba

10 August 2018	Japan	7–0 (6)	Puerto Rico	ZOZO Marine Stadium, Chiba

11 August 2018	Australia	2–1 (8)	Mexico	ZOZO Marine Stadium, Chiba

11 August 2018	Puerto Rico	4–10	Canada	ZOZO Marine Stadium, Chiba

Medal Round

Semifinals

Bronze Medal

Gold Medal

W3

United States

4⁽⁸⁾

W4

Japan

3

W8

United States

7⁽¹⁰⁾

L8

Japan

3

W9

Japan

6

W7

Canada

0

W5

Australia

0⁽⁴⁾

W6

Canada

12

Africa/Europe Qualifying Event

One quota spot was awarded at a combined continental qualifying tournament for Africa and Europe to be held from 23 to 27 July 2019. The tournament featured eight teams: the top six from the 2019 ESF Women's Championship and the top two from the 2019 Softball Africa Cup.[1] Teams were split into two groups with winners and runners up advancing into Super Round. The draw was held in WBSC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland 10 July 2019.[4]

Qualified teams

Origin	Berths	Date	Place	Qualified
Europe	6	July 6, 2019	2019 ESF Women's Championship	Netherlands Great Britain Czech Republic Italy Spain France
Africa	2	May 12, 2019	2019 Softball Africa Cup	Botswana South Africa

Pre-Qualification

2019 ESF Women's Championship

The 2019 European championship was held from June 30 to July 6, 2019.

Participants

Final standings

#	Teams	Record
	Italy	11–1	Qualified for Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification.
	Netherlands	11–1
	Great Britain	9–2
4	Czech Republic	8–4
5	Spain	6–5
6	France	5–6
Failed To Qualify to Final Round
7	Greece	4–4
8	Ireland	4–5
Eliminated in Preliminary Round
9	Israel	7–2
10	Germany	3–3
11	Russia	6–3
12	Poland	4–5
13	Austria	5–4
14	Belgium	4–5
15	Sweden	3–6
16	Switzerland	1–7
Eliminated in Preliminary Round
17	Croatia	6–4
18	Ukraine	5–5
19	Slovakia	4–6
20	Denmark	3–7
21	Lithuania	2–8
22	Hungary	1–9
23	Turkey	0–10

2019 Softball Africa Cup

The 2019 Softball Africa Cup was held from 9 to 12 May 2019 in South Africa.

Participants

Botswana
Kenya
Lesotho
Nigeria
South Africa
Tanzania
Uganda
Zimbabwe

Final Standings[5]

#	Teams
1	Botswana	Qualified for Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification
2	South Africa	Qualified for Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification
3	Uganda
4	Nigeria
??	Lesotho
	Tanzania
	Kenya
	Zimbabwe

Final Africa-Europe Qualifier

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	AVG
Great Britain	3	3	0	1.000	Qualified for Super Round
Netherlands (H) (Seeded)	3	2	1	.667	Qualified for Super Round
Spain	3	1	2	.333
South Africa	3	0	3	.000

July 23, 2019 10:00	Great Britain	9–2 (6)	Spain	Sportpark de Paperclip, Utrecht Attendance: 100
		Boxscore

July 23, 2019 19:00	Netherlands	11–1 (4)	South Africa	Sportpark de Paperclip, Utrecht Attendance: 1900
		Boxscore

July 24, 2019 13:00	Great Britain	15–0 (3)	South Africa	Sportpark de Paperclip, Utrecht Attendance: 138
		Boxscore

July 24, 2019 19:00	Netherlands	7–0 (5)	Spain	Sportpark de Paperclip, Utrecht Attendance: 1900
		Boxscore

July 25, 2019 13:00	South Africa	0–5	Spain	Sportpark de Paperclip, Utrecht Attendance: 94
		Boxscore

July 25, 2019 19:00	Netherlands	2–5	Great Britain	Sportpark de Paperclip, Utrecht Attendance: 1807
		Boxscore

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	AVG
Italy (seeded)	3	3	0	1.000	Qualified for Super Round
Czech Republic	3	2	1	.666	Qualified for Super Round
France	3	1	2	.333
Botswana	3	0	3	.000

July 23, 2019 13:00	Italy	7–0 (5)	Botswana	Sportpark de Paperclip, Utrecht Attendance: 250
		Boxscore

July 23, 2019 16:00	Czech Republic	6–1	France	Sportpark de Paperclip, Utrecht Attendance: 300
		Boxscore

July 24, 2019 10:00	Botswana	2–11 (5)	France	Sportpark de Paperclip, Utrecht Attendance: 92
		Boxscore

July 24, 2019 16:00	Italy	2–0	Czech Republic	Sportpark de Paperclip, Utrecht Attendance: 500
		Boxscore

July 25, 2019 10:00	France	1–5	Italy	Sportpark de Paperclip, Utrecht Attendance: 63
		Boxscore

July 25, 2019 16:00	Czech Republic	12–0 (4)	Botswana	Sportpark de Paperclip, Utrecht Attendance: 140
		Boxscore

Super Round

Team	Pld	W	L	AVG
Italy	3	3	0	1.000	Qualified for 2020 Olympics
Great Britain	3	2	1	.667
Netherlands	3	1	2	.333
Czech Republic	3	0	3	.000

July 26, 2019 16:00	Czech Republic	2–4	Great Britain	Sportpark de Paperclip, Utrecht
		Boxscore

July 26, 2019 19:00	Netherlands	4–7	Italy	Sportpark de Paperclip, Utrecht
		Boxscore

July 27, 2019 12:00	Netherlands	7–0 (5)	Czech Republic	Sportpark de Paperclip, Utrecht
		Boxscore

July 27, 2019 15:00	Great Britain	0–5	Italy	Sportpark de Paperclip, Utrecht
		Boxscore

Final Standings

#	Teams	Record
1	Italy	5–0	Qualified for 2020 Olympics
2	Great Britain	4–1
3	Netherlands	3–2
4	Czech Republic	2–3

5	France	1–2	Failed To Qualify to Super Round
6	Spain	1–2
7	South Africa	0–3
8	Botswana	0–3

Asia/Oceania Qualifying Event

One quota spot will be awarded at a combined continental qualifying tournament for Asia and Oceania to be held from 24–29 September 2019 in Shanghai, China.[6][7] The tournament will feature eight teams: the top six from the Asian Softball Championship 2019 and the top two from the Oceania Softball Championship 2019.[1] Teams will be split into two groups with top two advancing into Super Round. Draw to be held in WBSC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland 10 July 2019.[4]

Qualified teams

Asian Softball Championship 2019

Oceania Softball Championship 2019

Final Oceania-Asia Qualifier

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	AVG
China (H) (Seeded)	3	3	0	1.000	Qualified for Super Round
Philippines	3	2	1	0.667	Qualified for Super Round
New Zealand	3	1	2	0.333
South Korea	3	0	3	0.000

September 24, 2019	New Zealand	3–8	China

September 24, 2019	Philippines	10 – 1 (6)	South Korea

September 25, 2019	South Korea	1–5	New Zealand

September 25, 2019	China	8–3	Philippines

September 26, 2019	Philippines	1 – 0 (8)	New Zealand

September 26, 2019	China	2–1	South Korea

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	AVG
Australia	3	3	0	1.000	Qualified for Super Round
Chinese Taipei (Seeded)	3	2	1	0.667	Qualified for Super Round
Hong Kong	3	1	2	0.333
Indonesia	3	0	3	0.000

September 24, 2019	Indonesia	5 – 6 (8)	Hong Kong

September 24, 2019	Australia	5–1	Chinese Taipei

September 25, 2019	Indonesia	0 – 8 (5)	Australia

September 25, 2019	Chinese Taipei	0 – 7 (5)	Hong Kong

September 26, 2019	Chinese Taipei	13 – 0 (6)	Indonesia

September 26, 2019	Hong Kong	0 – 8 (5)	Australia

Super Round

Team	Pld	W	L	AVG
Australia	3	3	0	1.000	Qualified for 2020 Olympics
Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	0.667
China	3	1	2	0.333
Philippines	3	0	3	0.000

September 27, 2019	Chinese Taipei	9–3	China

September 27, 2019	Philippines	0 – 7 (6)	Australia

September 28, 2019	Philippines	0–5	Chinese Taipei

September 28, 2019	China	3–9	Australia

Final Standings

#	Teams	Record
1	Australia	5–0	Qualified for 2020 Olympics
2	Chinese Taipei	4–1
3	China	3–2
4	Philippines	2–3
Failed To Qualify to Super Round
5	New Zealand	1–2
6	Hong Kong	1–2
7	South Korea	0–3
8	Indonesia	0–3

Americas Qualifying Event

Two quota spots will be allocated to the winner and runner-up of the Americas Qualifying Event to be held from 25 August to 1 September 2019 in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. Tournament will consist of 12 teams split into two groups. Top three teams will advance to Super Round. Winner and runner-up of Super Round will qualify for 2020 Olympics. Qualification for the event was determined by placing in the 2019 Pan American Championship.[1] The draw was held 29 April in WBSC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. Argentina and British Virgin Island withdrew from the competition.

Participants

Argentina (withdrew)
Bahamas
Brazil
Canada (H) (seeded)
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Guatemala
British Virgin Islands (withdrew)
Mexico (seeded)
Peru
Puerto Rico (seeded)
Venezuela (seeded)

Group Stage

Group A

#	Team	Pld	W	L	AVG
1	Canada (H,Q) (seeded)	5	5	0	1.000	Qualified for Super Round
2	Puerto Rico (Q) (seeded)	5	4	1	0.800
3	Cuba (Q)	5	3	2	0.600
4	Guatemala	5	2	3	0.400
5	Bahamas	5	1	4	0.200
	Argentina	5	0	5	0.000	withdrew

August 25, 2019	Argentina	0–7 FF	Puerto Rico

August 25, 2019 19:30	Guatemala	9–4	Bahamas	Field 2 Attendance: 200
		Boxscore

August 25, 2019 19:30	Cuba	0–17 (3)	Canada	Field 1 Attendance: 237
		Boxscore

August 26, 2019	Argentina	0–7 FF	Canada

August 26, 2019 19:30	Puerto Rico	13–0 (5)	Guatemala	Field 2 Attendance: 250
		Boxscore

August 26, 2019 20:30	Bahamas	0–13 (4)	Cuba	Field 1 Attendance: 660
		Boxscore

August 27, 2019	Argentina	0–7 FF	Cuba

August 27, 2019 18:00	Canada	19–0 (4)	Guatemala	Field 1 Attendance: 1550
		Boxscore

August 27, 2019 20:30	Puerto Rico	13–0 (4)	Bahamas	Field 1 Attendance: 165
		Boxscore

August 28, 2019	Bahamas	7–0 FF	Argentina

August 28, 2019 15:30	Cuba	15–0	Guatemala	Field 1 Attendance: 190
		Boxscore

August 28, 2019 18:00	Puerto Rico	0–3	Canada	Field 1 Attendance: 3300
		Boxscore

August 29, 2019	Guatemala	7–0 FF	Argentina
		Boxscore

August 29, 2019 15:30	Cuba	0–10 (4)	Puerto Rico	Field 1 Attendance: 200
		Boxscore

August 29, 2019 18:00	Canada	18–0 (4)	Bahamas	Field 1 Attendance: 606
		Boxscore

Group B

	Team	Pld	W	L	AVG
1	Mexico (Q) (seeded)	5	5	0	1.000	Qualified for Super Round
2	Brazil (Q)	5	4	1	0.800
3	Venezuela (Q) (seeded)	5	3	2	0.600
4	Peru	5	2	3	0.400
5	Dominican Republic	5	1	4	0.200
	British Virgin Islands	5	0	5	0.000	withdrew

August 25, 2019	British Virgin Islands	0–7 FF	Brazil

August 25, 2019 13:00	Peru	0–8 (5)	Mexico	Field 1 Attendance: 150
		Boxscore

August 25, 2019 15:30	Dominican Republic	3–7	Venezuela	Field 1 Attendance: 250
		Boxscore

August 26, 2019	Venezuela	7–0 FF	British Virgin Islands

August 26, 2019	Brazil	5–0	Peru	Field 1 Attendance: 541
		Boxscore

August 26, 2019 18:00	Dominican Republic	1–9 (5)	Mexico	Field 1 Attendance: 315
		Boxscore

August 27, 2019	Mexico	7–0 FF	British Virgin Islands

August 27, 2019 15:30	Venezuela	1–2	Brazil	Field 1 Attendance: 200
		Boxscore

August 27, 2019 19:30	Dominican Republic	1–6	Peru	Field 2 Attendance: 0
		Boxscore

August 28, 2019	Peru	7–0 FF	British Virgin Islands

August 28, 2019 19:30	Brazil	4–3	Dominican Republic	Field 2 Attendance: 400
		Boxscore

August 28, 2019 20:30	Venezuela	0–7 (5)	Mexico	Field 1 Attendance: 600
		Boxscore

August 29, 2019	British Virgin Islands	0–7 FF	Dominican Republic
		Boxscore

August 29, 2019 19:30	Peru	0–1	Venezuela	Field 2 Attendance: 200
		Boxscore

August 29, 2019 20:30	Mexico	10–0	Brazil	Field 1 Attendance: 170
		Boxscore

Placement Round

Teams failing to reach the Super Round play in Placement matches. The game between the 6th placed teams was cancelled due to Argentina and British Virgin Island withdrawing from the competition.
9th Place Game

August 30, 2019 17:00	Bahamas	0–16 (3)	Dominican Republic	field 2 Attendance: 55
		Boxscore

7th Place Game

August 30, 2019 19:30	Guatemala	6–0	Peru	field 2 Attendance: 210
		Boxscore

Super Round

Team	Pld	W	L	AVG
Mexico (Q)	5	5	0	1.000	Qualified for 2020 Olympics
Canada (Q)	5	4	1	0.800	Qualified for 2020 Olympics
Puerto Rico (E)	5	3	2	0.600
Brazil (E)	5	2	3	0.400
Cuba (E)	5	1	4	0.200
Venezuela (E)	5	0	5	0

August 30, 2019 15:30	Puerto Rico	0–2	Mexico	Field 1 Attendance: 454
		Boxscore

August 30, 2019 18:00	Venezuela	0–11 (4)	Canada	Field 1 Attendance: 770
		Boxscore

August 30, 2019 20:30	Cuba	5–6 (9)	Brazil	Field 1 Attendance: 255
		Boxscore

August 31, 2019 13:00	Canada	1–2	Mexico	Field 1 Attendance: 3961
		Boxscore

August 31, 2019 15:30	Venezuela	1–2	Cuba	Field 1 Attendance: 450
		Boxscore

August 31, 2019 18:00	Puerto Rico	7–0 (5)	Brazil	Field 1 Attendance: 427
		Boxscore

September 1, 2019 10:30	Cuba	0–7 (5)	Mexico	Field 1

September 1, 2019 13:00	Venezuela	1–4	Puerto Rico	Field 1

September 1, 2019 15:30	Brazil	0–7 (5)	Canada	Field 1

Final Standings

#	Teams	Record
1	Mexico	7–0	Qualified for 2020 Olympics
2	Canada	6–1	Qualified for 2020 Olympics
3	Puerto Rico	5–2
4	Brazil	4–3
5	Cuba	3–4
6	Venezuela	2–5
Failed To Qualify to Super Round
7	Peru	3–3
8	Guatemala	2–4
9	Dominican Republic	2–4
10	Bahamas	1–5
Withdrew prior Tournament
	British Virgin Islands
	Argentina

References

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"USA wins Pan American Women's Softball Championship over Mexico, qualify for Chiba 2018". XVI Women's Softball World Championship. World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
Kolantsho, Calistus (18 January 2018). "Women's softball team qualifies for World Championships". Mmegi Online. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
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[qual-1] "WBSC reveals Tokyo 2020 Olympic Qualifiers for Baseball, Softball". Retrieved 12 July 2018.

[2] "USA wins Pan American Women's Softball Championship over Mexico, qualify for Chiba 2018". XVI Women's Softball World Championship. World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 4 December 2017.

[mmegi-3] Kolantsho, Calistus (18 January 2018). "Women's softball team qualifies for World Championships". Mmegi Online. Retrieved 29 January 2018.

[:0-4] 20/04/2019 (2019-04-20). "Groups, schedules of WBSC Tokyo 2020 Qualifiers determined by a draw". WBSC. Retrieved 2019-06-25.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[5] ttp://www.softballsouthafrica.co.za/news.html

[fourteams-6] Rowbottom, Mike (4 May 2019). "Four teams close in on 2019 Women's Softball Asia Cup title". Inside the Games. Retrieved 5 May 2019.

[7] ttp://www.wbsc.org/asia-cup-six-nations-advance-to-shanghai-all-teams-confirmed-for-the-asia-oceania-softball-qualifier/