{"id":43128,"date":"2024-04-24T12:50:52","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T19:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=43128"},"modified":"2024-04-24T17:22:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T00:22:03","slug":"groups-confirmed-for-wbsc-mens-softball-world-cup-israel-awarded-wild-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=43128","title":{"rendered":"Groups confirmed for WBSC Men&#8217;s Softball World Cup, Israel awarded wild card"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Editor&#8217;s Recap:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The groups and participating teams for the XVIII WBSC Men&#8217;s Softball World Cup, which will take place in three stages across 2024 and 2025 is set. The final seven teams were determined after the completion of the Africa and Americas Qualifiers in March and April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South Africa and Botswana qualified from the African Qualifier, while Argentina, Venezuela, Guatemala, Colombia, and the Dominican Republic earned their spots through the Pan American Championship. However, Botswana declined their participation, and the spot was awarded to Israel as a wild card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The groups are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Group A (Hermosillo, Mexico, June 12-16): Australia, Czechia, Venezuela, Mexico, and Dominican Republic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Group B (Prince Albert, Canada, July 10-14): Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Israel, and Argentina<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Group C (Oklahoma City, USA, September 17-21): USA, Japan, Guatemala, South Africa, Netherlands, and Colombia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The top two teams from each group, plus two wild cards, will advance to the World Championship Finals in Prince Albert in the summer of 2025. A total of 57 games will be played across the Group Stage, with each group playing a 15-game round-robin before the Play-Offs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">? Breaking News! <br><br>?? Groups confirmed for WBSC Men&#39;s Softball World Cup.<br>? Details here<br>? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oisjp4ndR1\">https:\/\/t.co\/oisjp4ndR1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SoftballWorldCupM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SoftballWorldCupM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Hnn0soUB3r\">pic.twitter.com\/Hnn0soUB3r<\/a><\/p>&mdash; WBSC ?? (@WBSC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WBSC\/status\/1783149861178618306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbsc.org\/en\/news\/groups-confirmed-for-wbsc-mens-softball-world-cup-israel-awarded-wild-card\">Click here for the Official Recap \/ Full Story  at WBSC<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The last seven teams have been confirmed to participate in the XVIII WBSC Men&#8217;s Softball World Cup following the completion of the Africa and Americas Qualifiers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"911\" height=\"548\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wbsc-men-WC.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43129\" style=\"width:355px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wbsc-men-WC.jpg 911w, http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wbsc-men-WC-300x180.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wbsc-men-WC-768x462.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 911px) 100vw, 911px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today confirmed the groups for the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbsc.org\/en\/organisation\/wbsc-events\/mens-softball-world-cup\">XVIII WBSC Men&#8217;s Softball World Cup Group Stage<\/a>, which will take place in June, July and September this year following the completion of the Africa and Americas qualifiers in March and April respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>World No. 4 <strong>Argentina<\/strong> repeated as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbsc.org\/en\/news\/argentina-repeat-as-pan-american-champions-earn-ticket-to-wbsc-mens-softball-world-cup-along-with-colombia-dominican-republic-guatemala-and-venezuela\">Pan American champions<\/a>&nbsp;on 14 April to earn a ticket to the WBSC Men&#8217;s Softball World Cup along with <strong>No. 7 Venezuela, No. 12 Guatemala, No. 19 Colombia and No. 20 Dominican Republic. <\/strong>While <strong>South Africa, ranked No. 16<\/strong>, and Botswana, ranked No. 33, earned their tickets to the World Cup at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbsc.org\/en\/news\/south-africa-repeat-as-african-mens-softball-champions-qualify-for-wbsc-mens-softball-world-cup-along-with-botswana\">African Qualifier<\/a>&nbsp;on 3 March. However, Botswana declined their participation in the competition, opening a spot for a wild card, which was subsequently awarded to world No. <strong>15 Israel.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor&#8217;s Recap: Click here for the Official Recap \/ Full Story at WBSC The last seven teams have been confirmed to participate in the XVIII WBSC Men&#8217;s Softball World Cup following the completion of the Africa and Americas Qualifiers. 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