Women's Softball WBSC African/European Olympic Games Qualification Tournament 2019

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Women's Softball WBSC African/European Olympic Games Qualification Tournament 2019

 

Utrecht (NED) - 23 July 2019 - 27 July 2019

 

 

Official Website

Edited July 10, 2019 by phelps

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Road to Tokyo: WBSC reveals groups, schedule for WBSC Softball Europe-Africa Qualifiers

 

 

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today revealed the groups and schedule for the Europe/Africa and Asia/Oceania qualification events for the Games of the XXXII Olympiad Tokyo 2020, following a live draw conducted at the WBSC headquarters in the Olympic Capital.

 

“Now all the teams aiming to advance to Tokyo 2020 know their rivals, and the road to Tokyo 2020 is clear for everyone,” said WBSC Softball Chairman, Tommy Velazquez. “In the next months, the world will see the best softball nations competing for the Olympic dream, with only four berths available in the next Olympic Games. Good luck to everyone”.

 

 

WBSC Softball Europe/Africa Qualifier

 

Group A

Netherlands (WR #10)

Great Britain (WR #12)

Spain (WR #35)

South Africa (WR #28)

 

Group B

Italy (WR #9)

France (WR #26)

Czech Republic (WR #15)

Botswana (WR #43)

 

 

The WBSC Softball Europe/Africa Qualifier will be held al Sportpark de Paperclip in Utrecht, Netherlands, from 23-27 July.

 

The top six National Teams from the European Softball Championship 2019 final standings and the top two National Teams from the African Softball Championship 2019 final standings have qualified for this event and will battle for one berth in Tokyo 2020.

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Match Schedule

 

 

Group Stage

 

 

Day #1, July 23rd
France vs Czech Republic (B)
Italy vs Botswana (B)
Great Britain vs Spain (A)
Netherlands vs South Africa (A)

 

Day #2, July 24th
Great Britain vs South Africa (A)
France vs Botswana (B)
Italy vs Czech Republic (B)
Netherlands vs Spain (A)

 

Day #3, July 25th
Spain vs South Africa (A)
Czech Republic vs Botswana (B)
Italy vs France (B)
Netherlands vs Great Britain (A)

 

 

Final Round

 

 

Day #1, July 26th

2nd Ranked Group A vs 1st Ranked Group B

1st Ranked Group A vs 2nd Ranked Group B

 

Day #2, July 27th

2nd Ranked Group A vs 2nd Ranked Group B

1st Ranked Group A vs 1st Ranked Group B

Edited July 10, 2019 by phelps

[dcro 10,211]

To be honest, they should just organize a play-off between NED and ITA.  Maybe best of 5 series or something.

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3 minutes ago, dcro said:

To be honest, they should just organize a play-off between NED and ITA.  Maybe best of 5 series or something.

 

well, probably you're right...

 

still, De Coubertin requires the other teams' presence, too...

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Btw I notice this is held in Utrecht. Close enough for @heywoodu?

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40 minutes ago, dcro said:

Btw I notice this is held in Utrecht. Close enough for @heywoodu?

There is a straight train (one hour or so) from my hometown to Utrecht...  

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2 hours ago, phelps said:

Match Schedule

 

 

Group Stage

 

 

Day #1, June 23rd
 

 

Day #2, June 24th
 

 

Day #3, June 25th
 

 

 

Why only posting the schedule instead of also the results of this competition of last month?

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2 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Why only posting the schedule instead of also the results of this competition of last month?

 

because the dates were wrong, of course...

 

but now they've been fixed...

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I'd give Great Britain or the Czech Republic an outside chance, though the odds of them beating both Italy and the Netherlands in one tournament are quite low.