The schedule is set for the 2014 ISF Junior Men’s World Softball Championship.
The 2014 championship will be held July 11 to 20 at the Pepsi Softball Centre in Whitehorse and International Softball executives announced the official game schedule Thursday. Ten teams from five continents will unite for 45 games in a round-robin format, followed by four playoff (page playoff system) games.
Opening day will feature all teams in action, starting at 12:30 PDT when Singapore takes on Japan. Opening ceremonies begin at 5:30 pm on the main competition field, and will be followed by Canada’s first matchup of the championship. They meet the Czech Republic in front of the home crowd.
A key contest will be the rematch of the 2012 gold medal game between Argentina and Japan, when they face each other on July 16 at 5:00 pm. Defending champion Argentina earned the honour of being South America’s historic first-ever softball world champion across any category.
The 2014 gold medal game will take centre stage on July 20 at 4:00 pm, and will be preceded by the bronze medal match at 1:00 pm.
“This is always an exciting moment for the fans, athletes, entire National Team delegations and the LOC (local organizing committee),” WBSC Executive Board Member and ISF President Dale McMann expressed. “The athletes will be ever-more focused and motivated, and this is what sport is all about — these athletes are the stars and this will be their international stage to shine, to represent their countries and to measure themselves against their young peers around the world.”
The full game schedule is available here: http://worldfastpitch2014.com/en/schedule/
Game # Dia # Date Time Team VS Team
1 1 11-Jul 12:30 Singapore VS Japan
2 2 11-Jul 1:30 Argentina VS Mexico
3 1 11-Jul 3:00 Australia VS New Zealand
1 11-Jul 5:30 OPENING CEREMONY
4 2 11-Jul 7:30 Denmark VS USA
5 1 11-Jul 7:30 Canada VS Czech Republic
6 2 12-Jul 1:30 New Zealand VS USA
7 1 12-Jul 2:30 Mexico VS Czech Republic
8 2 12-Jul 4:00 Singapore VS Denmark
9 1 12-Jul 5:00 Australia VS Japan
10 2 12-Jul 6:30 USA VS Czech Republic
11 1 12-Jul 7:30 Canada VS Argentina
12 2 13-Jul 1:30 Singapore VS Australia
13 1 13-Jul 2:00 Argentina VS Czech Republic
14 2 13-Jul 4:00 Mexico VS Japan
15 1 13-Jul 5:00 New Zealand VS Denmark
16 2 13-Jul 6:30 Singapore VS Argentina
17 1 13-Jul 7:30 Canada VS USA
18 2 14-Jul Noon Australia VS Denmark
19 1 14-Jul 1:30 Singapore VS Czech Republic
20 2 14-Jul 3:30 Mexico VS USA
21 1 14-Jul 5:00 Argentina VS Australia
22 2 14-Jul 6:30 Denmark VS Japan
23 1 14-Jul 7:30 Canada VS New Zealand
24 2 15-Jul Noon New Zealand VS Japan
25 1 15-Jul 1:30 Singapore VS Mexico
26 2 15-Jul 3:30 Denmark VS Czech Republic
27 1 15-Jul 5:00 Argentina VS New Zealand
28 2 15-Jul 6:30 USA VS Japan
29 1 15-Jul 7:30 Canada VS Australia
30 2 16-Jul 1:30 USA VS Singapore
31 1 16-Jul 2:00 Canada VS Mexico
32 2 16-Jul 4:00 New Zealand VS Czech Republic
33 1 16-Jul 5:00 Argentina VS Japan (*rematch of 2012 Gold Medal game)
34 2 16-Jul 6:30 Mexico VS Australia
35 1 16-Jul 7:30 Canada VS Denmark
36 1 17-Jul 2:30 Mexico VS Denmark
37 2 17-Jul 4:00 Singapore VS New Zealand
38 1 17-Jul 5:00 Argentina VS USA
39 2 17-Jul 6:30 Australia VS Czech Republic
40 1 17-Jul 7:30 Canada VS Japan
41 1 18-Jul 2:30 Argentina VS Denmark
42 2 18-Jul 4:00 Mexico VS New Zealand
43 1 18-Jul 5:00 Canada VS Singapore
44 2 18-Jul 6:30 Japan VS Czech Republic
45 1 18-Jul 7:30 Australia VS USAChampionship Round
CR1 1 19-Jul 1:30 7 VS 10
CR2 2 19-Jul 2:30 8 VS 9
C1 1 19-Jul 4:00 3 VS 4
CR3 2 19-Jul 5:00 6 VS Winner CR1
C2 1 19-Jul 6:00 1 VS 2
CR4 2 19-Jul 7:30 5 VS Winner CR2
C3 1 20-Jul 1:00 Winner C1 VS Loser C2
CR5 2 20-Jul 2:00 Winner CR3 VS Winner CR4
C4 1 20-Jul 4:00 Winner C2 VS Winner C3