| Game 1 – USA vs. Argentina- Sunday April 24, 2022 – 5pm PT, 7pm CT, 8pm ET | Live Streaming Here |
| PARANÁ, Argentina –– The USA Softball Men’s National Team (MNT) has arrived in Paraná, Argentina where the 2022 squad will compete in the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Men’s Pan American Championship, a qualifying tournament for the WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup set to take place November 26 – December 4 in Auckland, New Zealand. Set to kick off tomorrow at Mundialista de Softbol Stadium, Team USA joins Argentina, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Venezuela in the six-day competition. The ten participating countries will open the Men’s Pan American Championship in two groups with the U.S. entering the tournament in the No. 3 spot and competing in Group B alongside No. 2 Argentina, No. 6 Canada, No. 7 Colombia and No. 10 Puerto Rico while No. 1 Venezuela, No. 4 Mexico, No. 5 Cuba, No. 8 Guatemala and No. 9 Dominican Republic will battle it out in Group A. Following the conclusion of Preliminary Round, the top three finishers from each group will advance to the Playoff Round with the final two countries at the top of the leader board going head-to-head in the Men’s Pan American Championship Final on Saturday, April 30. Live streaming and stats will be available all week long through USASoftball.com. |
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| The Top 4 finishers in the standings will advance to the WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup set to be held in Auckland, New Zealand from November 26 – December 4. The four qualified countries will join No. 3 Australia, No. 4 Czech Republic, No. 5 New Zealand, No. 9 Denmark, No. 10 South America, two teams from Asia and a wild card selection The U.S. team is led by Head Coach Ron Hackett (Richmond, Va.), along with assistant coaches Nick McCurry (Ashland, Ohio), Gerald Muizelaar (Grand Forks, N.D.), and Michael Hoadley (Holden, Mass.). |
| About USA Softball USA Softball (USAS) is a 501(c)(3) not-for profit organization headquartered in Oklahoma City, Okla., and is designated as the National Governing Body (NGB) of Softball in the United States and a member of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. One of the nation’s largest sports organizations, USAS sanctions competition through a network of Local Associations, which includes all 50 states and select metro associations. USAS is dedicated to providing people of all ages the opportunity to play the game they love at a variety of levels by offering recreational, league, tournament and competitive play for fast pitch, slow pitch and modified pitch. USAS annually conducts thousands of tournaments throughout the country including over 100 National Championships. The USAS umpire program is among the nation’s largest and are widely known as the best trained umpires in the game. As the NGB for the sport of softball, USAS is responsible for training, equipping and promoting the six USA Softball National Teams that compete in events such as the Olympics, Pan American Games, World Championships and other international and domestic events. For more information on USAS, including its founding and history as the Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA), please visit, www.USASoftball.com. |