Here are the ten countries with teams enroute to Whitehorse Yukon Canada for the X ISF Jr. Men’s Softball Championship – July 11-20, 2014.
Click links for each country to see who’ll be there.
Argentina
Australia
Canada
Czech Republic
Denmark
Japan
Mexico
New Zealand
Singapore
USA
Where is Whitehorse Yukon you ask?
Here
Below is a map showing the 3500 mile route for USA Jr. Zane Chason. And he has one of the shorter treks compared to those of other countries ! (See chart below)
Distance from Countries competing to Whitehorse, in order:
Country City Miles Kilometers
Australia Sydney 7724 12430
Argentina Parana 7621 12264
New Zealand Auckland 7306 11757
Singapore Singapore 7141 11492
Czech Republic Prague 4593 7391
Mexico Mexico City 4270 6873
Denmark Copenhagen 4200 6759
Japan Tokyo 3849 6194
USA New York 3657 5885
Canada Toronto 3391 5458
Total 53,752 86,503
The tournament will be held at the Pepsi Centre at Whitehorse Yukon, Canada, which also hosted the event in 2008. Kyle Smith and Jim Flanagan broadcast the final 12 games of that tournament. They’ll be returning next week, along with Lance Winn and Joe Todd to broadcast every single game of the 2014 tournament on live video stream– 54 games in all — on SportsCanada.tv.
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