{"id":41391,"date":"2023-02-13T08:32:40","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T16:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=41391"},"modified":"2023-02-13T08:34:55","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T16:34:55","slug":"the-world-will-be-in-europe-official-video-promo-released-for-xvii-wbsc-womens-softball-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=41391","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The World Will Be In Europe\u2019: Official video promo released for XVII WBSC Women\u2019s Softball World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbsc.org\/en\/news\/the-world-will-be-in-europe-official-video-promo-released-for-xvii-wbsc-womens-softball-world-cup?fbclid=IwAR39MVD7csKN6HHZZ0Hl6u73Wv1nUqOc-RwefSoq8lYWhTpyw4iXmMBqHHQ\">From the WBSC Website<\/a><\/p>\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 World Will be in Europe<br><br>?? For the first time in the history of International Softball the WBSC Women&#39;s Softball World Cup begin in July with an exciting three-step group stage. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SoftballWorldCupW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SoftballWorldCupW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WBSC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WBSC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WbIcoo9Qjj\">pic.twitter.com\/WbIcoo9Qjj<\/a><\/p>&mdash; WBSC ?? (@WBSC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WBSC\/status\/1625122056395161600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>3\/02\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The historic tournament, to be played in Ireland, Spain and Italy this summer, will be the first to be played under the new Two-Stage format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today released the new official promotional video for the XVII WBSC Women\u2019s Softball World Cup, to be played in Ireland, Spain and Italy\u00a0in July. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yW1t4rCQ5Zo\">The video was premiered in the WBSC Europe Congress this past weekend.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"?? The World Will be in Europe\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yW1t4rCQ5Zo?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>The new promotional video, named \u201cThe World Will Be In Europe\u201d, features some of the iconic moments and biggest highlights from the 2018 Women\u2019s Softball World Cup, the 2019 Olympic Qualifiers and The World Games 2022.&nbsp;The title of the video headlines the return of the biggest women&#8217;s softball international event to European soil after nine years. It will be the second Women&#8217;s Softball World Cup to be played on the Old Continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the new Two-Stage format, an expanded number of 18 teams representing the five Olympic continents will play across three groups of six teams. The top two teams from each group of the Group Stage, plus two wild cards, will advance to the eight-team&nbsp;<strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wbsc.org\/en\/events\/2024-womens-softball-world-cup\/home\" target=\"_blank\">World Cup Finals<\/a><\/strong>, to be hosted in Italy in 2024.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tournament will start with&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbsc.org\/en\/events\/2023-womens-softball-world-cup-group-a\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Group A<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;in Dublin, Ireland, from 11-15 July; followed by&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbsc.org\/en\/events\/2023-xvii-womens-softball-world-cup-group-b\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Group B<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;in Valencia, Spain, from 18-22 July; and&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbsc.org\/en\/events\/2023-xvii-womens-softball-world-cup-group-c\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Group C<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;in Castions di Strada &amp; Buttrio, Italy, from 22-26 July. The groups are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Group A<\/strong>: No. 1 USA, No. 9 Australia, No. 16 Great Britain, No. 17 Ireland (host), Africa 2 and Asia 3.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Group B<\/strong>: No. 5 Puerto Rico, No. 10 Netherlands, No. 11 Spain (host), No. 27 Cuba, Africa 1 and Asia 2.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Group C<\/strong>: No. 4 Canada, No. 8 Italy (host), No. 22 Venezuela, No. 28 New Zealand, Asia 1 and a wild card.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The competition format of the Group Stage and the Finals will be announced at a later stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the WBSC Website 3\/02\/2023 The historic tournament, to be played in Ireland, Spain and Italy this summer, will be the first to be played under the new Two-Stage format. 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