{"id":15235,"date":"2011-10-21T17:50:52","date_gmt":"2011-10-22T00:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=15235"},"modified":"2011-10-21T17:53:45","modified_gmt":"2011-10-22T00:53:45","slug":"australia-confirmed-to-host-isf-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=15235","title":{"rendered":"Australia confirmed to host men&#8217;s ISF qualifiers &#8211; Dec. 6-7, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5926\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5926\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qld.softball.org.au\/newsitem.asp?id=30163\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/softball.AUS_.logo_-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"AUS\" title=\"softball.AUS.logo\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5926\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5926\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click logo for official announcement at Softball Queensland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Softball Australia and Softball ACT have been confirmed as hosts of the 2011 ISF Oceania Open Men\u2019s qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>The event will be held at Hawker International Softball Centre from 6 December 2011 &#8211; 7 December 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The confirmed teams participating in the qualifiers are <strong>Australia, Samoa and Papua New Guinea<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>The top two ranked nations following a double round format will qualify for the 2013 ISF XIII Men\u2019s World Championship to be held in New Zealand. New Zealand has automatically qualified for the World Championship as host nation.<\/p>\n<p>Australia, current World Champions after defeating New Zealand in the 2009 ISF XII Men\u2019s World Championship will go into the 2013 ISF XIII Men\u2019s World Championship ranked number 1 should they qualify.<\/p>\n<p>Samoa has not participated in an ISF Men\u2019s World Championship since they finished fifth at the 2004 ISF XI Men\u2019s World Championship, Christchurch, New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>Papua New Guinea have not participated on the World Stage since the 1980\u2019s, they did enter the last qualifier but were unable to advance into the Championship proper finishing equal third with Guam behind Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>Aussie Steelers Head Coach Bob Harrow will select the Australian Open Men\u2019s team to compete in the qualifier following the 2011 ActewAGL Fastpitch Skins Tournament also held in Canberra from 2 December 2011 &#8211; 4 December 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Harrow was able to study the Aussie Steelers form on the recent tour to Argentina allowing him to gauge who he believes will be with him on the road to going back to back at the 2013 ISF XIII Men\u2019s World Championship.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.softball.org.au\/drawresult.asp?comp=11118&#038;OrgID=1&#038;menu=15833\">Click here to view the schedule of games.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Softball Australia and Softball ACT have been confirmed as hosts of the 2011 ISF Oceania Open Men\u2019s qualifiers. The event will be held at Hawker International Softball Centre from 6 December 2011 &#8211; 7 December 2011. The confirmed teams participating in the qualifiers are Australia, Samoa and Papua New Guinea. 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