{"id":43674,"date":"2024-07-09T07:54:21","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T14:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=43674"},"modified":"2024-07-09T08:43:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T15:43:12","slug":"three-world-champions-to-collide-in-wbsc-world-cup-qualifier-group-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=43674","title":{"rendered":"Three World Champions to Collide in WBSC World Cup Qualifier, Group B"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>&nbsp;Argentina, Canada &amp; New Zealand Among Teams Competing July 10-14, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From the WBSC:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>After an enthralling&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbsc.org\/en\/events\/2024-xviii-mens-softball-world-cup-group-a\/home\">Group A tournament<\/a>&nbsp;in Hermosillo, Mexico, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbsc.org\/en\/organisation\/wbsc-events\/mens-softball-world-cup\">WBSC Men&#8217;s Softball World Cup 2024\/2025<\/a>&nbsp;is set to continue on Wednesday, with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbsc.org\/en\/events\/2024-xviii-mens-softball-world-cup-group-b\/home\">Group B<\/a>&nbsp;of the competition taking place in Prince Albert, Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>World No. 1 Argentina, No. 3 Canada, No. 10 New Zealand, No. 11 Singapore, No. 16 Israel and No. 24 Hong Kong, China will be in action, chasing the two available tickets to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbsc.org\/en\/events\/2025-xviii-mens-softball-world-cup-finals\/home\">next year&#8217;s Finals<\/a>, to be hosted in Prince Albert as well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Group B includes three former World Champions with 12 of the previous 17 world titles to their name: Seven-time world champions New Zealand (1976, 1984, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2013 and 2017), four-time winners Canada (1972, 1976, 1992 and 2015) and 2019 champions Argentina.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbsc.org\/en\/events\/2024-xviii-mens-softball-world-cup-group-b\/news\/three-world-champions-to-collide-in-group-b-as-exciting-wbsc-mens-softball-world-cup-continues-in-prince-albert\">Read Full Story at the Official WBSC Website<\/a><\/h3>\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\">?? Three World Champions to collide in Group B as exciting WBSC Men&#39;s Softball World Cup continues in Prince Albert<br><br>? The WBSC Men&#39;s Softball World Cup 2024\/2025 is set to continue on Wednesday, with Group B<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SoftballWorldCupM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SoftballWorldCupM<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JTpg9fhROh\">https:\/\/t.co\/JTpg9fhROh<\/a><\/p>&mdash; WBSC ?? (@WBSC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WBSC\/status\/1810556237811237075?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Opening Day Games &#8211; Wednesday, July 10<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>10:00 Argentina vs Israel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>13:00 Singapore vs New Zealand<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>17:00 Hong Kong, China vs Canada<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">World Champion Match-ups<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thursday July 11 &#8211; 6PM &#8211; Canada vs. Argentina<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Friday, July 12 &#8211; 6PM &#8211; Canada vs. New Zealand<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Saturday July 13 &#8211; 12PM &#8211; New Zealand vs. Argentina<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;Argentina, Canada &amp; New Zealand Among Teams Competing July 10-14, 2024 From the WBSC: After an enthralling&nbsp;Group A tournament&nbsp;in Hermosillo, Mexico, the&nbsp;WBSC Men&#8217;s Softball World Cup 2024\/2025&nbsp;is set to continue on Wednesday, with&nbsp;Group B&nbsp;of the competition taking place in Prince Albert, Canada. 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