Baseball5 Asia Cup – World Cup Qualifier tournament 2022 on 17 – 19 August 2022

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 11, 2022: The Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur will be the centre of the softball/baseball5 world over the next few days with three major events taking place. At a press conference on Thursday, August 11 organised by Softball Asia and the World Baseball-Softball Confederation (WBSC)-Asia Baseball5 Commission, Softball Asia President Dato’ […]
USA wins The World Games gold medal, three-peats as women’s softball world champion

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — USA defeated Japan, 3-2, in The World Gameswomen’s softball final to earn the gold medal and the title of world champions. In the bronze medal game, Chinese Taipei defeated Australia, 6-0, and won a medal at the world championship level for the first time in 20 years. In a thrilling gold medal […]
Softball gold medal game draws largest crowd of any sport at The World Games 2022

The 10,000+ attendance for softball’s gold medal game was two times as large as the second-highest attended event of the multi-sport competition thus far. Wednesday’s gold medal game between USA and Japan drew the highest attendance of The World Games 2022 thus far. According to International World Games Association (IWGA), more than 10,000 spectators flocked […]
Beng Choo re-elected as Softball Asia president

KUALA LUMPUR, July 5 (Bernama) — Former Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) secretary-general Datuk Low Beng Choo has been re-elected as Softball Asia president today. Beng Choo, who is also the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) secretary-general, defended the Asian softball top post during the election that took place during the 4th WBSC Congress being held in Taipei […]
Riccardo Fraccari re-elected president of the World Baseball Softball Confederation

“Baseball and softball have grown into one of the biggest and best organized movements in the sports world,” WBSC President Fraccari said. The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Congress in Taipei City today re-elected Riccardo Fraccari (Italy) as the president of the world governing body for the 2022-2028 term. The incumbent received 100 votes, while […]
WBSC Secretary General Beng Choo Low re-elected president of Softball Asia

The election took place on occasion of the 4th WBSC Congress being held in Taipei City. SA confirmed WBSC Secretary-General Beng Choo Low (Malaysia) as president of the organisation. WBSC Secretary-General Beng Choo Low (Malaysia) has been re-elected president of Softball Asia. The election took place on the occasion of the IV WBSC Congress being […]
President Fraccari thanks Congress for “incredible work” as he looks back on WBSC’s “amazing achievements”

WBSC President Riccardo Fraccari said: “The situation we now have as a federation is definitely better than it was 10-15 years ago.” WBSC President Riccardo Fraccari thanked the WBSC Congress for the “incredible work from everybody” which has seen the international governing body record some incredible achievements under his leadership and set up plentiful opportunities […]
WBSC Congress welcomes six new members: Bhutan, Bulgaria, Cape Verde, Laos, Saudi Arabia and Tonga

The new members were unanimously voted in by the WBSC Congress, bringing the total number of WBSC member federations to 210 plus 13 associate members. TAIPEI — The WBSC Congress today approved six new National Federation members to join global baseball/softball family. The new federations (listed below) were unanimously approved by the WBSC Congress, bringing […]
Venue announced for inaugural WBSC U-15 Women’s Softball World Cup in Japan

The tournament will be played at the Komazawa Olympic Park Sports Complex, a legacy of the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games. The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) and the Japanese Softball Association (JSA) unveiled today the host venue of the inaugural WBSC U-15 Women’s Softball World Cup, to be played next year in Tokyo, Japan. The […]
WBSC awards co-hosting rights of Women’s Softball World Cup to Italy, Ireland and Spain

This will be the first time that either Ireland, Italy and Spain host a Softball World Cup. The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) awarded today the hosting rights of the flagship WBSC Women’s Softball World Cup to Italy, Ireland and Spain. Each of these three European nations will host a group of the Softball World Cup […]