The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) announced today the groups for the WBSC U-18 Women’s Softball World Cup, the most prestigious international youth softball event in the world. Played over two-stages, the tournament will start with the Group Stage in 2024, with the finals scheduled for 2025.
A total of 13 teams have qualified for the WBSC U-18 Women’s Softball World Cup:
Americas (5): TBD
Asia (4): No. 2 Japan, No. 4 Chinese Taipei, No. 14 Philippines and No. 15 China
Europe (5): No. 6 Italy, No. 8 Netherlands, No. 9 Czechia, No. 13 Great Britain and No. 21 Ireland
Oceania (2): No. 32 New Zealand and No. 10 Australia
Wild Card/Host (2): No. 1 USA, No. 23 Brazil
The line up of teams will be completed after the Americas qualifier, which is to be played in Monteria, Colombia from 30 March to 6 April and will define the last five qualified nations for the premier youth women’s softball world cup.