New dates announced for WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup 2022
The WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup has been shifted from February next year to November to give more certainty to competing countries. The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), in conjunction with Softball New Zealand and the Local Organising Committee, today announced new dates for the WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup 2022. The premier international men’s […]
Baseball 5 Launch
Date: 10 and 11 April 2021 Number of teams: 14 As WBSC President, Mr Riccardo Fraccari, elegantly puts it, Baseball5 is a new five-on-five, five-inning street version of the game of Baseball/Softball that can be played anywhere. This faster urban discipline will help drive baseball and softball to new places not possible before. SBSA has […]
Introductory Umpiring Workshop
Dates: 17 and 21 March 2021 Number of pax: 7 (17 Mar) / 8 (21 Mar) At SBSA, we are tirelessly expanding our efforts to not only improve our athletes’ performance but to also develop a pool of certified and accredited officials. As such, we revived our umpiring programme in 2021 and kickstarted the Introductory […]
Scorers Workshop via Zoom
Dates: 13, 14 and 20 March 2021 Number of Pax: 7 In the month of March, the SBSA conducted a series of Scorers Workshop which started on 13 March with the Scorers Level 1 workshop. The Level 2 and Level 3 were conducted on 14 and 20 March, respectively. Participants attended the workshop in this […]
Coaching Accreditation
Date: 27 February to 20 April 2021 Number of Pax: 20 The SBSA Level 1 (L1) Coaching Accreditation Assessment was conducted on 27 February 21 and, due to bad weather over subsequent weekends, concluding on 20 April 2021. A number of officials from CoachSG were involved in validating the assessment along with SBSA’s national coaches, […]
100 days to go until softball at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games WBSC launches new podcast series – The Global Game
PULLY, Switzerland; 12 April 2021 — With today marking 100 days until softball opens the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on 21 July, the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) is pleased to announce the publication of the first edition of The Global Game, a monthly WBSC podcast featuring insight and interviews with the biggest personalities in […]
Jiangsu wins 12th consecutive Chinese Women’s National Softball Championship
A total of ten teams participated in the event held by the Chinese Softball Association in Hongge Training Center, Panzhihua City, Sichuan Province from 27 March to 2 April. Jiangsu team defeated Sichuan with a big score (16-0) in the final and won their 12th national champions in a row since 2010. In all, ten provincial teams participated in the […]
Japan unveils Olympic softball roster for Tokyo 2020
Head coach Reika Utsugi announced the 15 athletes to represent Japan in softball’s much-awaited Olympic return in Tokyo. “I want to believe in the players and do my best, with all my heart, so I can meet everyone’s expectations,” she said. Japan Softball Association (JSA) announced today in Tokyo the final Olympic roster to represent […]
New bidding guidelines revealed for WBSC Baseball, Softball, Baseball5 World Cups
“Our guidelines have been restructured in order to increase the level of support and transparency which organisations receive when bidding for a World Cup,” said WBSC President Riccardo Fraccari. The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today published new bidding guidelines for its Baseball, Softball and Baseball5 World Cups to regulate, simplify and define the awarding process of the […]
Dates revealed for expanded WBSC U-12 Mixed Softball World Cup 2021
PULLY, Switzerland; 24 March 2021 — The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) announced today the dates for the II WBSC U-12 Mixed Softball World Cup. The top U-12 softball players in the world will gather this year from 1-5 December in Taichung/TPE, and compete for the title of world champion in the youth category. “With […]
