{"id":38040,"date":"2020-02-25T12:24:21","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T20:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=38040"},"modified":"2020-02-25T12:24:24","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T20:24:24","slug":"wbsc-u-18-mens-softball-world-cup-day-4-japan-australia-secure-top-spots-nzl-also-through-to-super-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=38040","title":{"rendered":"WBSC U-18 Men\u2019s Softball World Cup Day 4:  Japan, Australia secure top spots, NZL also through to Super Round"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/u18mswc.wbsc.org\/en\/2020\">From the official WBSC website:<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WBSC U-18 Men&#039;s Softball World Cup: Best of Day 4\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VAx3uW3XpcE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Four teams &#8211; <strong>Argentina, Canada, Singapore and the Czech Republic<\/strong> &#8211; are in contention for two Super Round spots in Group A and two teams &#8211; <strong>Guatemala and Mexico<\/strong> &#8211; will chase the remaining ticket in Group B.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2018 champs Australia and world No. 1 Japan cemented their places on top of Group A and B, respectively, with one day still to play in the Opening Round, while hosts New Zealand also confirmed a place in the Super Round as Day 4 of the U-18 Men\u2019s Softball World Cup closed in Palmerston North, New Zealand on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>S<strong>tandings After Day 4:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Group A<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><th>#<\/th><th>&nbsp;<\/th><th>Team<\/th><th>W<\/th><th>L<\/th><th>PCT<\/th><th>GB<\/th><\/tr><tr><td>1<\/td><td><\/td><td>AUS<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>1.000<\/td><td>0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<\/td><td><\/td><td>ARG<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>.500<\/td><td>2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<\/td><td><\/td><td>CAN<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>.500<\/td><td>2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<\/td><td><\/td><td>CZE<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>.500<\/td><td>2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<\/td><td><\/td><td>SGP<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>.500<\/td><td>2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6<\/td><td><\/td><td>RSA<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>.000<\/td><td>4<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Group B<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><th>#<\/th><th>&nbsp;<\/th><th>Team<\/th><th>W<\/th><th>L<\/th><th>PCT<\/th><th>GB<\/th><\/tr><tr><td>1<\/td><td><\/td><td>JPN<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>1.000<\/td><td>0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<\/td><td><\/td><td>NZL<\/td><td>3<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>.750<\/td><td>1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3<\/td><td><\/td><td>GUA<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>.500<\/td><td>2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3<\/td><td><\/td><td>MEX<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>.500<\/td><td>2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5<\/td><td><\/td><td>USA<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>3<\/td><td>.250<\/td><td>3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6<\/td><td><\/td><td>DEN<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>.000<\/td><td>4<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/u18mswc.wbsc.org\/en\/2020\">Click here for full scores, stories, stats and more at the Official WBSC website<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the official WBSC website: Four teams &#8211; Argentina, Canada, Singapore and the Czech Republic &#8211; are in contention for two Super Round spots in Group A and two teams &#8211; Guatemala and Mexico &#8211; will chase the remaining ticket in Group B. 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