Softball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Six teams qualified for the Olympic softball tournament, including Japan, which, as host nation, qualified automatically. The United States team won the 2018 Women's Softball World Championship to qualify for the Olympics. The remaining four spots were 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	—	—	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 already qualified host 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

Semi-finals

Bronze Medal

Gold Medal

W3

United States

4⁽⁸⁾

W8

United States

7⁽¹⁰⁾

W4

Japan

3

W9

Japan

6

L8

Japan

3

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	6 July 2019	2019 ESF Women's Championship	Netherlands Great Britain Czech Republic Italy Spain France
Africa	2	12 May 2019	2019 Softball Africa Cup	Botswana South Africa

Pre-Qualification

2019 ESF Women's Championship

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

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

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

23 July 2019	Netherlands	11–1 (4)	South Africa	Sportpark de Paperclip, Utrecht Attendance: 1,900
		Boxscore

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

24 July 2019	Netherlands	7–0 (5)	Spain	Sportpark de Paperclip, Utrecht Attendance: 1,900
		Boxscore

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

25 July 2019	Netherlands	2–5	Great Britain	Sportpark de Paperclip, Utrecht Attendance: 1,807
		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

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

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

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

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

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

25 July 2019	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

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

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

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

27 July 2019	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 was awarded at a combined continental qualifying tournament for Asia and Oceania to be held from 24to 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 were split into two groups with top two advancing into Super Round. Draw was 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

24 September 2019	New Zealand	3–8	China

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

25 September 2019	South Korea	1–5	New Zealand

25 September 2019	China	8–3	Philippines

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

26 September 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

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

24 September 2019	Australia	5–1	Chinese Taipei

25 September 2019	Indonesia	0 – 8 (5)	Australia

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

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

26 September 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

27 September 2019	Chinese Taipei	9–3	China

27 September 2019	Philippines	0 – 7 (6)	Australia

28 September 2019	Philippines	0–5	Chinese Taipei

28 September 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
5	New Zealand	1–2	Failed To Qualify to Super Round
6	Hong Kong	1–2
7	South Korea	0–3
8	Indonesia	0–3

Americas Qualifying Event

Two quota spots were 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 consisted of 12 teams split into two groups. Top three teams advanced to Super Round. Winner and runner-up of Super Round qualified for the 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

25 August 2019	Argentina	0–7 FF	Puerto Rico

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

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

26 August 2019	Argentina	0–7 FF	Canada

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

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

27 August 2019	Argentina	0–7 FF	Cuba

27 August 2019	Canada	19–0 (4)	Guatemala	Field 1 Attendance: 1,550
		Boxscore

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

28 August 2019	Bahamas	7–0 FF	Argentina

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

28 August 2019	Puerto Rico	0–3	Canada	Field 1 Attendance: 3,300
		Boxscore

29 August 2019	Guatemala	7–0 FF	Argentina
		Boxscore

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

29 August 2019	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

25 August 2019	British Virgin Islands	0–7 FF	Brazil

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

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

26 August 2019	Venezuela	7–0 FF	British Virgin Islands

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

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

27 August 2019	Mexico	7–0 FF	British Virgin Islands

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

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

28 August 2019	Peru	7–0 FF	British Virgin Islands

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

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

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

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

29 August 2019	Mexico	10–0 (4)	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

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

7th place Game

30 August 2019	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

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

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

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

31 August 2019	Canada	1–2	Mexico	Field 1 Attendance: 3,961
		Boxscore

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

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

1 September 2019	Cuba	0–7 (5)	Mexico	Field 1

1 September 2019	Venezuela	1–4	Puerto Rico	Field 1

1 September 2019	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

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Table

2018 Women's Softball World Championship

Qualified teams

Group stage

Final round

Medal Round

Africa/Europe Qualifying Event

Pre-Qualification

2019 ESF Women's Championship

2019 Softball Africa Cup

Final Africa-Europe Qualifier

Super Round

Final standings

Asia/Oceania Qualifying Event

Final Oceania-Asia Qualifier

Super Round

Final standings

Americas Qualifying Event

Group stage

Super Round

Final standings

See also

References