The softball competition at the 2022 World Games took place from July 9–13, 2022, in Birmingham in United States, at the University of Alabama Birmingham. Originally scheduled to take place in July 2021, the Games were rescheduled for July 2022 as a result of the 2020 Summer Olympics postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Softball returned to the official programme of the World Games after nine years of absence.
This tournament also served as the world championship for softball.
Format A total of eight teams are divided into two groups of four teams each. In each group, teams played against each other once in a single round-robin format, for a total of three matches per team. The top two of each of the two groups advanced to the knockout stage.
Qualification Eight teams qualified, including United States, which, as host nation, qualifies automatically. Qualification places were primarily based on national softball ranking. The last berth was awarded at the European Softball Championship, which was scheduled to take place in 2020 but have been moved due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Qualified teams Team Date ofqualification Method ofqualification 22 April 2020 Host 22 April 2020 Finished 2nd in WBSC ranking 22 April 2020 Finished 3rd in WBSC ranking 22 April 2020 Finished 5th in WBSC ranking 22 April 2020 Finished 6th in WBSC ranking 22 April 2020 Finished 7th in WBSC ranking 22 April 2020 Finished 8th in WBSC ranking 3 July 2021 Finished 1st at the 2021 Women's Softball European Championship 24 March 2022 Wildcard Notes
Competition schedule The match schedule of the softball tournament was unveiled on 24 February 2022.
GGroup stageCClassification matches½Semi-finals BBronze medal matchFGold medal match 9 Sat10 Sun11 Mon12 Tue13 Wed G C ½ C B F
Squads
Group stage Group A
Group B
Classification stage Bracket
Seventh place play-off
Fifth place play-off
Knockout stage Bracket
Semi-finals
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Medalists Women's tournament
See also Softball at the World Games
References
External links The World Games 2022 World Baseball Softball Confederation