{"id":43689,"date":"2024-07-11T07:19:16","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T14:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=43689"},"modified":"2024-07-11T09:19:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T16:19:25","slug":"day-1-of-wbsc-world-cup-qualifer-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=43689","title":{"rendered":"Day 1 of WBSC World Cup Qualifer\/B"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Favorites Argentina, New Zealand, Canada are First Game Winners<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbsc.org\/en\/events\/2024-xviii-mens-softball-world-cup-group-b\/news\/wbsc-mens-softball-world-cup-group-b-day-1-live-blog\"><strong>From the Official WBSC Website<\/strong><\/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\">?? Check out the WBSC Men&#39;s Softball World Cup Group B Day 1 results!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SoftballWorldCupM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SoftballWorldCupM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/leW3EL0pIh\">pic.twitter.com\/leW3EL0pIh<\/a><\/p>&mdash; WBSC ?? (@WBSC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WBSC\/status\/1811236699424297164?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 11, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Prince Albert saw an exciting start to the WBSC Men&#8217;s Softball World Cup Group B as <strong>former World Champions Argentina, New Zealand and Canada<\/strong> triumphed in their opening games on Wednesday. Argentina dominated Israel 8-0, New Zealand edged out Singapore 2-0, and Canada overwhelmed Hong Kong, China 7-1. Follow the action on GameTime as teams compete for two spots in the 2025 Finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The three top-ranked teams started the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbsc.org\/en\/events\/2024-xviii-mens-softball-world-cup-group-b\/home\">WBSC Men&#8217;s Softball World Cup Group B<\/a>&nbsp;with a win at Rotary Field in Prince Albert, Canada on Wednesday. No. 1 Argentina earned an 8-0 win against Israel, No. 10 New Zealand won a pitching duel against No. 11 Singapore, and No. 3 Canada closed the day with a 7-1 win against No. 24 Hong Kong, China.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbsc.org\/en\/events\/2024-xviii-mens-softball-world-cup-group-b\/news\/wbsc-mens-softball-world-cup-group-b-day-1-live-blog\"><strong>Click here to read the complete story at the WBSC Website<\/strong><\/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\">??Canada gets the hometown victory!<br><br>?? WBSC Men&#39;s Softball World Cup &#8211; Group B<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SoftballWorldCupM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SoftballWorldCupM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZjZb71WdwH\">pic.twitter.com\/ZjZb71WdwH<\/a><\/p>&mdash; WBSC ?? 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