{"id":31169,"date":"2017-06-17T11:27:19","date_gmt":"2017-06-17T18:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=31169"},"modified":"2017-06-17T11:32:12","modified_gmt":"2017-06-17T18:32:12","slug":"usa-mens-national-team-headed-to-whitehorse-yukon-for-the-2017-wbsc-mens-world-championship-july-7-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=31169","title":{"rendered":"USA Men&#8217;s National team headed to Whitehorse Yukon for the 2017 WBSC Men&#8217;s World Championship, July 7-16"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_29753\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29753\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamusa.org\/usa-softball\/team-usa\/mens-fast-pitch\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29753\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/USASoftball_Logo_150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/USASoftball_Logo_150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/USASoftball_Logo_150-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29753\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click logo for official website of USA Softball<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The USA Men&#8217;s National team will compete in the 2017 WBSC Men&#8217;s World Championship in Whitehorse Yukon, July 7-16, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The USA Softball Men&#8217;s Fast Pitch National National Team has won five World Championships (1966, 1968, 1976, 1980 and 1988). \u00a0Like the Los Angeles Dodgers, their last world championship was 29 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The USA Men&#8217;s team last medaled at the World Championship in 2004 at the\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"ISF Men's World Championship\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISF_Men%27s_World_Championship\">ISF Men&#8217;s World Championship<\/a> in <a title=\"Christchurch\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christchurch\">Christchurch<\/a>, New Zealand where they finished third and won bronze.<\/p>\n<p>The 1988 World Championships were held in <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Saskatoon, Canada\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saskatoon,_Canada\">Saskatoon, Canada<\/a>. The team played 13 games in the round robin round. The United States beat Australia 21-1 in one game in this round.<sup id=\"cite_ref-batter-up-194_1-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_men%27s_national_softball_team#cite_note-batter-up-194-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-1988champs_2-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_men%27s_national_softball_team#cite_note-1988champs-2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup> The team competed at the 1992 <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"ISF Men's World Championship\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISF_Men%27s_World_Championship\">ISF Men&#8217;s World Championship<\/a> in <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Manila, Philippines\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manila,_Philippines\">Manila, Philippines<\/a> where they finished with 10 wins and 3 losses.<sup id=\"cite_ref-1992champs_3-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_men%27s_national_softball_team#cite_note-1992champs-3\">[3]<\/a><\/sup> The team competed at the 1996 <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"ISF Men's World Championship\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISF_Men%27s_World_Championship\">ISF Men&#8217;s World Championship<\/a> in <a title=\"Midland, Michigan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Midland,_Michigan\">Midland, Michigan<\/a> where they finished with 10 wins and 4 losses.<sup id=\"cite_ref-1996champs_4-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_men%27s_national_softball_team#cite_note-1996champs-4\">[4]<\/a><\/sup> The team competed at the 2000 <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"ISF Men's World Championship\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISF_Men%27s_World_Championship\">ISF Men&#8217;s World Championship<\/a> in <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"East London, South Africa\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/East_London,_South_Africa\">East London, South Africa<\/a> where they finished third.<sup id=\"cite_ref-2000champs_5-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_men%27s_national_softball_team#cite_note-2000champs-5\">[5]<\/a><\/sup> The team competed at the 2004 <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"ISF Men's World Championship\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISF_Men%27s_World_Championship\">ISF Men&#8217;s World Championship<\/a> in <a title=\"Christchurch\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christchurch\">Christchurch<\/a>, New Zealand where they finished third.<sup id=\"cite_ref-2004champs_6-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_men%27s_national_softball_team#cite_note-2004champs-6\">[6]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-2004champsa_7-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_men%27s_national_softball_team#cite_note-2004champsa-7\">[7]<\/a><\/sup>The team competed at the 2009 <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"ISF Men's World Championship\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISF_Men%27s_World_Championship\">ISF Men&#8217;s World Championship<\/a> in <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Saskatoon, Saskatchewan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saskatoon,_Saskatchewan\">Saskatoon, Saskatchewan<\/a> where they finished fourth.<sup id=\"cite_ref-2009champs_8-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_men%27s_national_softball_team#cite_note-2009champs-8\">[8]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-2009champsa_9-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_men%27s_national_softball_team#cite_note-2009champsa-9\">[9]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p><em>-Wikipedia, United States men&#8217;s national softball team.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For the upcoming 2017 WBSC Men&#8217;s World Championship in Whitehorse Yukon July 7-16, 2017, they will compete in one of two eight (8) team pools:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table class=\"gcTable withOutline withHorizontalLines scheduleEventsTable invertLinkUnderline\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"game \" data-id=\"5938544b46d77f001e6ee5db\" data-event-type=\"game\">\n<td class=\"timeGrid topAlign\">\n<ul class=\"unstyled tinySpacing\">\n<li class=\"strong largeText startDate\"><time class=\"jsLocalDate\" datetime=\"2017-07-08T02:30:00\">Fri, Jul 07<\/time><\/li>\n<li><time class=\"startTime jsLocalTime\" datetime=\"2017-07-08T02:30:00\">7:30PM PDT<\/time> <span class=\"pls\">Start<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"phn\">\n<div class=\"yui3-g\">\n<div class=\"yui3-u\">\n<ul class=\"unstyled tinySpacing\">\n<li><a class=\"strong largeText gameLink\" title=\"View Game Highlights\" href=\"https:\/\/gc.com\/game-5938544b46d77f001e6ee5db\">vs Argentina<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Home: Whitehorse &#8211; Field 2<\/li>\n<li class=\"lightText\">\n<p class=\"ellipsifyAndWrap mbn\"><span class=\"noteContent\">Game 1 of the WBSC World Championship<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"game \" data-id=\"5938546246d77f00206ee634\" data-event-type=\"game\">\n<td class=\"timeGrid topAlign\">\n<ul class=\"unstyled tinySpacing\">\n<li class=\"strong largeText startDate\"><time class=\"jsLocalDate\" datetime=\"2017-07-08T22:00:00\">Sat, Jul 08<\/time><\/li>\n<li><time class=\"startTime jsLocalTime\" datetime=\"2017-07-08T22:00:00\">3:00PM PDT<\/time> <span class=\"pls\">Start<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"phn\">\n<div class=\"yui3-g\">\n<div class=\"yui3-u\">\n<ul class=\"unstyled tinySpacing\">\n<li><a class=\"strong largeText gameLink\" title=\"View Game Highlights\" href=\"https:\/\/gc.com\/game-5938546246d77f00206ee634\">vs Australia<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Home: Whitehorse &#8211; Field 2<\/li>\n<li class=\"lightText\">\n<p class=\"ellipsifyAndWrap mbn\"><span class=\"noteContent\">Game 2 of the WBSC World Championship<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"game \" data-id=\"5938547777ebe8001cbd1bc4\" data-event-type=\"game\">\n<td class=\"timeGrid topAlign\">\n<ul class=\"unstyled tinySpacing\">\n<li class=\"strong largeText startDate\"><time class=\"jsLocalDate\" datetime=\"2017-07-10T00:30:00\">Sun, Jul 09<\/time><\/li>\n<li><time class=\"startTime jsLocalTime\" datetime=\"2017-07-10T00:30:00\">5:30PM PDT<\/time> <span class=\"pls\">Start<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"phn\">\n<div class=\"yui3-g\">\n<div class=\"yui3-u\">\n<ul class=\"unstyled tinySpacing\">\n<li><a class=\"strong largeText gameLink\" title=\"View Game Highlights\" href=\"https:\/\/gc.com\/game-5938547777ebe8001cbd1bc4\">@ Canada<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Away: Whitehorse &#8211; Field 2<\/li>\n<li class=\"lightText\">\n<p class=\"ellipsifyAndWrap mbn\"><span class=\"noteContent\">Game 3 of the WBSC World Championship<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"game \" data-id=\"59385493dac5ed001a878be4\" data-event-type=\"game\">\n<td class=\"timeGrid topAlign\">\n<ul class=\"unstyled tinySpacing\">\n<li class=\"strong largeText startDate\"><time class=\"jsLocalDate\" datetime=\"2017-07-10T19:00:00\">Mon, Jul 10<\/time><\/li>\n<li><time class=\"startTime jsLocalTime\" datetime=\"2017-07-10T19:00:00\">12:00PM PDT<\/time> <span class=\"pls\">Start<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"phn\">\n<div class=\"yui3-g\">\n<div class=\"yui3-u\">\n<ul class=\"unstyled tinySpacing\">\n<li><a class=\"strong largeText gameLink\" title=\"View Game Highlights\" href=\"https:\/\/gc.com\/game-59385493dac5ed001a878be4\">@ India<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Away: Whitehorse &#8211; Field 1<\/li>\n<li class=\"lightText\">\n<p class=\"ellipsifyAndWrap mbn\"><span class=\"noteContent\">Game 4 of the WBSC World Championship<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"game \" data-id=\"593854aebd37420021e4d392\" data-event-type=\"game\">\n<td class=\"timeGrid topAlign\">\n<ul class=\"unstyled tinySpacing\">\n<li class=\"strong largeText startDate\"><time class=\"jsLocalDate\" datetime=\"2017-07-12T02:30:00\">Tue, Jul 11<\/time><\/li>\n<li><time class=\"startTime jsLocalTime\" datetime=\"2017-07-12T02:30:00\">7:30PM PDT<\/time> <span class=\"pls\">Start<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"phn\">\n<div class=\"yui3-g\">\n<div class=\"yui3-u\">\n<ul class=\"unstyled tinySpacing\">\n<li><a class=\"strong largeText gameLink\" title=\"View Game Highlights\" href=\"https:\/\/gc.com\/game-593854aebd37420021e4d392\">@ Dominican Republic<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Away: Whitehorse &#8211; Field 1<\/li>\n<li class=\"lightText\">\n<p class=\"ellipsifyAndWrap mbn\"><span class=\"noteContent\">Game 5 of the WBSC World Championship<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"game \" data-id=\"593854eb38406e001ffe4355\" data-event-type=\"game\">\n<td class=\"timeGrid topAlign\">\n<ul class=\"unstyled tinySpacing\">\n<li class=\"strong largeText startDate\"><time class=\"jsLocalDate\" datetime=\"2017-07-12T18:30:00\">Wed, Jul 12<\/time><\/li>\n<li><time class=\"startTime jsLocalTime\" datetime=\"2017-07-12T18:30:00\">11:30AM PDT<\/time> <span class=\"pls\">Start<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"phn\">\n<div class=\"yui3-g\">\n<div class=\"yui3-u\">\n<ul class=\"unstyled tinySpacing\">\n<li><a class=\"strong largeText gameLink\" title=\"View Game Highlights\" href=\"https:\/\/gc.com\/game-593854eb38406e001ffe4355\">@ Hong Kong<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Away: Whitehorse &#8211; Field 2<\/li>\n<li class=\"lightText\">\n<p class=\"ellipsifyAndWrap mbn\"><span class=\"noteContent\">Game 6 of the WBSC World Championship<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"game \" data-id=\"59385507dac5ed001f878c2a\" data-event-type=\"game\">\n<td class=\"timeGrid topAlign\">\n<ul class=\"unstyled tinySpacing\">\n<li class=\"strong largeText startDate\"><time class=\"jsLocalDate\" datetime=\"2017-07-14T00:00:00\">Thu, Jul 13<\/time><\/li>\n<li><time class=\"startTime jsLocalTime\" datetime=\"2017-07-14T00:00:00\">5:00PM PDT<\/time> <span class=\"pls\">Start<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"phn\">\n<div class=\"yui3-g\">\n<div class=\"yui3-u\">\n<ul class=\"unstyled tinySpacing\">\n<li><a class=\"strong largeText gameLink\" title=\"View Game Highlights\" href=\"https:\/\/gc.com\/game-59385507dac5ed001f878c2a\">vs South Africa<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Home: Whitehorse &#8211; 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The USA Softball Men&#8217;s Fast Pitch National National Team has won five World Championships (1966, 1968, 1976, 1980 and 1988). \u00a0Like the Los Angeles Dodgers, their last world championship was 29 years ago. 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