The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) revealed today the official schedule for the WBSC U-18 Women's Softball World Cup - Group Stage 2024. The three groups will be hosted in Sao Paulo, Brazil (Group A); Pingtan, China (Group B) and Dallas, USA (Group C). New Zealand and Chinese Taipei will open the competition on 23 July at noon (local time) in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The WBSC U-18 Women’s Softball World Cup 2024/2025 is the first tournament at this age level to be staged under the two-stage system. A total of 18 teams are split into three groups, with the top two teams in each group advancing to the Finals 2025 in Dallas, USA.
A total of 57 games will be played this year across the three groups to complete the Group Stage.
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Group A, scheduled from 23 to 27 July at the Estadio Municipal de Beisebol Mie Nishi in Sao Paulo, Brazil, will feature world No. 4 Chinese Taipei, No. 9 Czechia, No. 13 Great Britain, hosts and No. 22 Brazil, New Zealand and Colombia, who are tied at No. 33.
No. 2 Puerto Rico, No. 3 Japan, No. 6 Italy, No. 8 the Netherlands, No. 14 Peru and No. 17 China will compete in Group B, scheduled from 14 to 18 August at the Pingtan Softball Stadium in China.
While Group C includes No. 1 USA, No. 5 Canada, No. 7 Mexico, No. 10 Australia, No. 15 the Philippines and No. 21 Ireland. This group will take place from 29 August to 2 September at The Village Dallas in Dallas, Texas.
Each group will play a four-day, 15-game round robin with the top four teams advancing to play-offs on the final day, with the top two sides playing each other with a ticket to the Finals 2025 at stake. The loser of the first play-off game will then play against the third v fourth winner for the second spot in next year's Finals.