CAPE TOWN — The local organizing committee for the IX International Softball Federation (ISF) Junior Women’s World Championship (19-Under) in Cape Town, South Africa, announced that five of the 2011 USA Softball Junior Women’s National Team’s pool play games will be webcast live through the official tournament website:
The top ranked Americans open the tournament Thursday against Canada at 7:30 p.m. South African Standard Time. Team USA’s opener and pool play games against China (Friday at 2:30 p.m.), New Zealand (Saturday at 12:30 p.m.), Botswana (Monday at 12:30 p.m.) and Czech Republic (Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.) will be streamed live from Turfhall Softball Stadium.
All Junior Women’s World Championship games played on Field 1, as well as the Closing Ceremony, will be streamed through the tournament website. On the first two days (Dec. 7-8) and the last two days (Dec. 16-17), seven-camera broadcasts will be done. Games played Dec. 9-15 will be shot with a single camera.
Live stats for all USA Softball games will also be available through Gametracker at USASoftball.com. In addition to the games that are scheduled for live streaming, Team USA will play host country South Africa on Sunday at 4:30 p.m. and Puerto Rico Dec. 14 at 2 p.m. The playoffs and medal rounds are Dec. 15-17.
For all 66 games played at the Junior Women’s World Championship, the tournament website will also be updated at the end of each half inning with the current score. Team and tournament statistics will also be posted on the tournament website at the end of each day.