The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) announced the groups for the WBSC U-15 Women’s Softball World Cup 2025, set to take place in Legnano and Caronno Pertusella, Italy, from 27 June to 5 July. The tournament will be hosted at Giuseppe Nespoli Stadium in Caronno Pertusella and the Peppino Colombo Sports Center in Legnano.
The teams have been divided into two groups for the opening round of the competition:
- Group A: No. 2 Japan, No. 3 Puerto Rico, No. 7 Italy, No. 9 Mexico, No. 13 Spain and No. 64 American Samoa.
- Group B: No 1. USA, No. 4 Chinese Taipei, No. 6 Canada, No. 8 Czechia, No. 10 Australia and No. 39 Singapore.
The tournament will begin with a group stage. The top three teams from each group will advance to the Super Round. First place and second place finishers in the Super Round standings will play for the title of world champions, while third and fourth place finishers will collide for the bronze medal. The full tournament schedule will be announced at a later date.
Singapore filled the remaining place in the competition, following their bronze-medal performance in the Asian Qualifier, after Africa confirmed they would not participate in the tournament.
This will be the second edition of the WBSC U-15 Women’s Softball World Cup after the inaugural edition hosted in Japan in 2023. USA are the defending World Champions having claimed the title with a 3-0 victory over Puerto Rico in the final.
Credit: WBSC