9th World Championship Softball
20 - 30 July 1998, Shizuoka
The official site of the
World Championship Softball 1998.
The Homepage of the USA team, with results, stats and interviews.
Group A
United States of America (USA)
Canada (CAN)
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
Netherlands (NED)
Italy (ITA)
Columbia (COL)
Czech Republic (CZE)
South Africa (RSA)
Denmark (DEN)
Group B
China (CHN)
Australia (AUS)
New Zealand (NZL)
Japan (JPN)
Netherlands Antilles (AHO)
Korea (KOR)
Philippines (PHI)
Venezuela (VEN)
Game Schedule
Tuesday 20th July
Japan - New Zealand 10 - 2
Tuesday 21st July
Chinese Taipei - Denmark 10 - 0
Australia - Philippines 8 - 0
USA - Netherlands 5 - 0
Korea - Venezuela 1 - 5
Colombia - South Africa 8 - 0
China - Australia 0 - 3
New Zealand - Philippines 5 - 4
Canada - Chinese Taipei 2 - 4
Italy - South Africa 6 - 0
Netherlands - Czech Republic 1 - 0
Japan - Netherlands Antilles 3 - 0
Wednesday 22nd July
China - Korea 13 - 0
Chinese Taipei - Colombia 10 - 0
Canada - Netherlands 3 - 0
Netherlands Antilles - Venezuela 2 - 3
Italy - Denmark 13 - 0
Japan - Philippines 12 - 0
Colombia - Czech Republic 2 - 3
New Zealand - Korea 3 - 1
USA - Italy 3 - 0
Netherlands - South Africa 3 - 0
Australia - Venezuela 7 - 0
Thursday 23rd July
Netherlands Antilles - Korea 3 - 0
Czech Republic - South Africa 3 - 2
Canada - Denmark 7 - 0
China - Philippines 10 - 0
Australia - New Zealand 6 - 0
Japan - Venezuela 7 - 0
Chinese Taipei - Netherlands 2 - 3
Canada - Italy 3 - 2
USA - Colombia 11 - 0
Friday 24th July
Australia - Netherlands Antilles 6 - 0
South Africa - Denmark 2 - 0
Canada - Colombia 3 - 0
USA - Czech Republic 10 - 0
Japan - Korea 1 - 0
Netherlands - Denmark 7 - 0
Chinese Taipei - Italy 0 - 1
China - New Zealand 7 - 0
Philippines - Venezuela 0 - 2
Saturday 25th July
Colombia - Denmark 1 - 0
USA - South Africa 12 - 0
Netherlands - Italy 0 - 1
Korea - Philippines 4 - 2
Canada - Czech Republic 6 - 1
China - Netherlands Antilles 8 - 2
New Zealand - Venezuela 1 - 0
Italy - Colombia 2 - 1
USA - Denmark 14 - 0
Australia - Japan 1 - 0
Chinese Taipei - Czech Republic 10 - 0
Sunday 26th July
Italy - Czech Republic 1 - 0
China - Venezuela 5 - 0
Netherlands Antilles - Philippines 2 - 1
USA - Chinese Taipei 9 - 0
Australia - Korea 10 - 0
Canada - South Africa 4 - 1
China - Japan 0 - 3
New Zealand - Netherlands Antilles 2 - 3
Czech Republic - Denmark 6 - 1
USA - Canada 3 - 0
Chinese Taipei - South Africa 5 - 0
Netherlands - Colombia 0 - 1
Monday 27th July
Re-scheduled games played
South Africa - Denmark 2 - 0
Canada - Colombia 3 - 0
USA - Czech Republic 10 - 0
Final Standings Group A
W L
USA 8 0
Canada 6 2
Italy 6 2
Chinese Taipei 5 3
Netherlands 4 4
Czech Republic 3 5
Colombia 3 5
South Africa 1 7
Denmark 0 8
Final Standings Group B
W L
Australia 7 0
Japan 6 1
China 5 2
Venezuela 3 4
Netherlands Antilles 3 4
New Zealand 3 4
Korea 1 6
Philippines 0 7
Tuesday 28th July
1 Italy - Venezuela 1 - 0 (10 inn) (3A - 4B)
2 Japan - USA 0 - 1 ( 9 inn) (1A - 2B)
3 Chinese Taipei - China 0 - 7 (3B - 4A)
4 Canada - Australia 0 - 1 (1B - 2A)
Wednesday 29th July
5 Japan - Italy 2 - 0 (L2 - W1)
6 Canada - China 0 - 3 (L4 - W3)
7 Australia - USA 2 - 1 (12 inn) (W2 - W4)
8 Japan - China 3 - 0 (W5 - W6)
Thursday 30th July
9 Japan - USA 0 - 4 (L7 - W8)
10 Canada - Italy 1 - 0 (L5 - L6)
11 Australia - USA 0 - 1 (W7 - W9)
Final Standings
1st Place USA (Winner of Game 11)
2nd Place Australia (Loser of Game 11)
3rd Place Japan (Loser of Game 9)
4th Place China (Loser of Game 8)
5th Place Canada (Winner of Game 10)
6th Place Italy (Loser of Game 10)
7th Place Venezuela
Chinese Taipei
Australia and the other teams in the top 5 qualify for
the Olympics in Sydney in 2000.
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