2018 Women's Softball World Championship

The 2018 Women's Softball World Championship will be an international softball competition scheduled to be held in Chiba, Japan between 2 and 12 August 12, 2018.It will be the 16th edition of the tournament, and the third edition to be sanctioned by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Previous editions were sanctioned by the International Softball Federation, which governed the sport until its 2013 merger with the International Baseball Federation to create the WBSC. The winner of the tournament will earn the right to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Qualification

Origin	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	1	Japan
Oceania	2	Australia  New Zealand
Europe	3	Netherlands  Italy  Great Britain
Americas	5	Canada  Mexico  Puerto Rico  United States  Venezuela
Asia	3	Philippines  Chinese Taipei          China
Africa	2	Botswana  South Africa

Group Stage

Group A

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB
United States	0	0	000	–
Chinese Taipei	0	0	000	0
Puerto Rico	0	0	000	0
Mexico	0	0	000	0
Netherlands	0	0	000	0
New Zealand	0	0	000	0
Philippines	0	0	000	0
South Africa	0	0	000	0

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
3 August 2018	South Africa	TBD	Chinese Taipei
	United States	TBD	Mexico
	Netherlands	TBD	Puerto Rico
	Philippines	TBD	South Africa
	New Zealand	TBD	Chinese Taipei
4 August 2018	Puerto Rico	TBD	South Africa
	Philippines	TBD	Mexico
	United States	TBD	Chinese Taipei
	Netherlands	TBD	New Zealand
	Philippines	TBD	Puerto Rico
5 August 2018	United States	TBD	Netherlands
	Puerto Rico	TBD	Chinese Taipei
	Philippines	TBD	Netherlands
	South Africa	TBD	Mexico
	New Zealand	TBD	United States
6 August 2018	Puerto Rico	TBD	Mexico
	New Zealand	TBD	South Africa
	Chinese Taipei	TBD	Netherlands
	United States	TBD	Philippines
7 August 2018	Chinese Taipei	TBD	Philippines
	Puerto Rico	TBD	New Zealand
	Mexico	TBD	Netherlands
	United States	TBD	South Africa
	Mexico	TBD	New Zealand
8 August 2018	Netherlands	TBD	South Africa
	New Zealand	TBD	Philippines
	Mexico	TBD	Chinese Taipei
	United States	TBD	Puerto Rico

Group B

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB
Japan	0	0	000	–
Canada	0	0	000	0
Australia	0	0	000	0
Italy	0	0	000	0
China	0	0	000	0
Great Britain	0	0	000	0
Venezuela	0	0	000	0
Botswana	0	0	000	0

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2 August 2018	Japan	TBD	Italy
3 August 2018	Australia	TBD	Venezuela
	Canada	TBD	Great Britain
	Australia	TBD	China
	Venezuela	TBD	Canada
	Japan	TBD	Botswana
4 August 2018	Australia	TBD	Italy
	China	TBD	Great Britain
	Botswana	TBD	Venezuela
	Canada	TBD	Italy
	Japan	TBD	China
5 August 2018	Botswana	TBD	Italy
	Australia	TBD	Canada
	Venezuela	TBD	China
	Japan	TBD	Great Britain
6 August 2018	Botswana	TBD	Australia
	Canada	TBD	China
	Italy	TBD	Great Britain
	Japan	TBD	Venezuela
7 August 2018	Botswana	TBD	Great Britain
	Botswana	TBD	China
	Venezuela	TBD	Italy
	Australia	TBD	Great Britain
	Japan	TBD	Canada
8 August 2018	China	TBD	Italy
	Great Britain	TBD	Venezuela
	Botswana	TBD	Canada
	Australia	TBD	Japan