Women's Softball Tournament at the Summer Olympic Games 2020

[Grassmarket 4,295]

Americans have two base runners in the sixth, one out. Japanese turn a great double play!

[dcro 10,211]

Well, who says defense wins championships?

As good as it is, it can't compensate for a total lack of offense right off the bat.

[hckošice 16,613]

Women's Tournament
Final Results

 

  Japan  

Yukiko Ueno

Miu Goto

Yamato Fujita

Haruka Agatsuma

Yukiko Mine

Mana Atsumi

Yuka Ikiguchi

Nayu Kiyohara

Hitomi Kiwabata

Minori Naito

Yu Yamamoto

Nodoka Harada

Sayaka Mori

Saki Yamazaki

Eri Yamada

 

  United States   

Monica Abbott

Valerie Arioto

Ally Carda

Amanda Chidester

Ali Aguilar

Rachel Garcia

Dejah Mulipola

Haylie McCleney

Michelle Moultrie

Aubree Munro

Bubba Nickles

Cat Osterman

Janie Reed

Delaney Spaulding

Kelsey Stewart

 

  Canada    

Jenna Caira

Emma Entzminger

Larissa Franklin

Jen Gilbert

Sara Groenewegen

Kelsey Harshman

Victoria Hayward

Danielle Lawrie

Janet Leung

Joey Lye

Erika Polidori

Kaleigh Rafter

Lauren Regula

Jenn Salling

Natalie Wideman

 

 

Gold Medal Match

 

  Japan   2 - 0  United States 

 

Bronze Medal Match

 

  Canada  3 - 2  Mexico

 

Full Tournament Results Here

[NearPup 4,169]

Well I really hope this isn't the last time we see softball in the Olympics, because IMO this tournament was a ton of fun.

[Grassmarket 4,295]

6 minutes ago, NearPup said:

Well I really hope this isn't the last time we see softball in the Olympics, because IMO this tournament was a ton of fun.

Actually, I would much rather see men & women’s softball than softball & baseball.  The virtue of softball is that the game is short & can be played in almost any outdoor sports stadium.

[NearPup 4,169]

4 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Actually, I would much rather see men & women’s softball than softball & baseball.

Agreed. It also solves the pretty glaring gender equality issue of the current setup. Olympic baseball is whack too since it isn't best on best.

[JoshMartini007 2,861]

33 minutes ago, NearPup said:

Well I really hope this isn't the last time we see softball in the Olympics, because IMO this tournament was a ton of fun.

Depending on how the IOC handles the extra quotas I imagine will see it in 2028. 2032 might have a chance with Australia unless they want to go with cricket (or netball, but there's no men's equivalent).

[Olympian1010 8,297]

8 hours ago, dcro said:

Well, who says defense wins championships?

As good as it is, it can't compensate for a total lack of offense right off the bat.

 pitching wasn’t a strong as it had been for the rest of tournament. I actually thought our offense was better, but  just played a great game.

[ChandlerMne 1,210]

6 hours ago, hckošice said:

Women's Tournament
Final Results

 

  Japan  

Yukiko Ueno

Miu Goto

Yamato Fujita

Haruka Agatsuma

Yukiko Mine

Mana Atsumi

Yuka Ikiguchi

Nayu Kiyohara

Hitomi Kiwabata

Minori Naito

Yu Yamamoto

Nodoka Harada

Sayaka Mori

Saki Yamazaki

Eri Yamada

 

  United States   

Monica Abbott

Valerie Arioto

Ally Carda

Amanda Chidester

Ali Aguilar

Rachel Garcia

Dejah Mulipola

Haylie McCleney

Michelle Moultrie

Aubree Munro

Bubba Nickles

Cat Osterman

Janie Reed

Delaney Spaulding

Kelsey Stewart

 

  Canada    

Jenna Caira

Emma Entzminger

Larissa Franklin

Jen Gilbert

Sara Groenewegen

Kelsey Harshman

Victoria Hayward

Danielle Lawrie

Janet Leung

Joey Lye

Erika Polidori

Kaleigh Rafter

Lauren Regula

Jenn Salling

Natalie Wideman

 

 

Gold Medal Match

 

  Japan   2 - 0  United States 

 

Bronze Medal Match

 

  Canada  3 - 2  Mexico

 

Full Tournament Results Here

Slight off topic.

Since you gave us many links after Rio with all these finals, can we expect something similar after Tokyo?

I am reffering to those official links.

We even had topic about those links, topic was active even in January 2021.

I would like to see exotic sports like softball

[hckošice 16,613]

2 hours ago, ChandlerMne said:

Slight off topic.

Since you gave us many links after Rio with all these finals, can we expect something similar after Tokyo?

I am reffering to those official links.

We even had topic about those links, topic was active even in January 2021.

I would like to see exotic sports like softball

That is the plan, yes