{"id":39845,"date":"2022-03-30T10:18:08","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T17:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=39845"},"modified":"2022-03-31T10:32:18","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T17:32:18","slug":"only-4-teams-from-pan-ams-will-advance-to-wbsc-world-cup-in-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=39845","title":{"rendered":"Only 4 Teams from Pan-Ams will advance to 2022 WBSC  World Cup in New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Venezuela is not the defending Pan American champion, they are the qualifier champions. Argentina is the Pan American champions. Using the qualifier from 2017 to seed the pools is ridiculous. Why bother with WBSC rankings? They are flawed in their own right but why bother?<\/p>&mdash; Gregg L (@NYSoftball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYSoftball\/status\/1508508564188450817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The top four nations in the tournament\u2019s final standings will advance to the WBSC Men\u2019s Softball World Cup in Auckland, ?? New Zealand, from 26 November to 4 December. <br><br>?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??<\/p>&mdash; WBSC ?? (@WBSC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WBSC\/status\/1508497013490520078?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Top Finishers from Last World Cup (2019) all in Group B<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Editor&#8217;s Notes:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The top finishers in the last WBSC World Cup, played at Prague CZE in 2019 are in Group B &#8211; Argentina, Canada and the USA,  (Japan and New Zealand compete in a different region.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(GOLD MEDAL) &#8211; <strong>Argentina<\/strong> is the reigning Gold Medal Champion (World Cup 2019), and is in <strong>Group B<\/strong>.  (As noted by @NYSoftball above, Argentina is also the reigning Pan American champion.  Argentina is seeded #2 in the 2022 Pan Ams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><s>Japan won silver at Prague, but does not play in the Americas tournament.<\/s><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(BRONZE MEDAL) &#8211; <strong>Canada <\/strong>won bronze at Prague, at the 2019 World Cup and is also in <strong>Group B<\/strong>.  Canada is seeded #6 overall in the 2022 Pan-Ams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><s>New Zealand finished 4th at the last World Cup in Prague, but like Japan, does not compete in the Americas region.<\/s><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(5TH Place) &#8211; <strong>USA<\/strong> finished 5th at Prague (2019), beating Venezuela for that spot and will compete in <strong>Group B<\/strong>.  USA is seeded #3 at the 2022 Pan-Ams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Venezuela finished 6th at Prague, and was the 2017 Qualifer champion.  Venezuela is the #1 seed overall and top seed in Pool A of the 2022 Pan Ams.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mexico did not make the Playoff Round at the 2019 World Cup at Prague, is in Pool A, the #4 seed overall in the 2022 Pan-Ams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cuba did not make the Playoff Round at the 2019 World Cup at Prague, is in Pool A, the #5 seed overall in the 2022 Pan-Ams.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2022 Pan Am Seeding<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>(2022 Pan-Am Pool in parentheses)<a href=\"https:\/\/mswc.wbsc.org\/en\/2019\/schedule-and-results\/box-score\/3699\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Venezuela (A)<\/li><li>Argentina (B)<\/li><li>USA (B)<\/li><li>Mexico (A)<\/li><li>Cuba (A)<\/li><li>Canada (B)<\/li><li>Columbia (B)<\/li><li>Guatemala (A)<\/li><li>Dominicana (A)<\/li><li>Puerto Rico (B)<a href=\"https:\/\/mswc.wbsc.org\/en\/2019\/schedule-and-results\/box-score\/3699\"><\/a><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2019 World Cup Finish at Prague<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mswc.wbsc.org\/en\/2019\/standings\">Official WBSC 2019 World Cup Standings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(2022 Pan-Am Pool in parentheses)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Argentina (Gold Medal) &#8211; (B)<\/li><li><em>Japan (Silver Medal) &#8211; different region<\/em><\/li><li>Canada (Bronze Medal) &#8211; (B) <\/li><li><em>New Zealand &#8211; different region<\/em><\/li><li>USA &#8211; (B)<\/li><li>Venezuela &#8211; (A)<\/li><li><em>Australia &#8211; different region<\/em><\/li><li><em>Czech Republic &#8211; different region<\/em><\/li><li><em>Denmark &#8211; different region<\/em><\/li><li>Cuba &#8211; (A)<\/li><li>Mexico &#8211; (A)<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top Finishers from Last World Cup (2019) all in Group B Editor&#8217;s Notes: The top finishers in the last WBSC World Cup, played at Prague CZE in 2019 are in Group B &#8211; Argentina, Canada and the USA, (Japan and New Zealand compete in a different region.) 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