2006 Women's Softball World Championship

The 2006 ISF Women's World Championship was held from August 27 to September 5, 2006 in Beijing, China. For the sixth consecutive time, the team from the United States won the title, with a 3-0 victory over Japan. The first four teams qualified for the 2008 Olympics. Since China came in fourth, a game for place 5 took place with the winner also qualifying.

Pool Play

Group A

	GP	W	L	RS	RA
United States	7	7	0	51	1
China	7	6	1	34	3
Canada	7	5	2	29	6
Italy	7	3	4	12	13
New Zealand	7	3	4	8	32
Great Britain	7	3	4	8	26
North Korea	7	1	6	3	17
South Africa	7	0	7	2	49

Italy qualified in fourth with superior runs against New Zealand and Great Britain.

Group B

	GP	W	L	RS	RA
Japan	7	7	0	48	4
Australia	7	5	2	42	7
Venezuela	7	5	2	39	25
Chinese Taipei	7	4	3	35	21
Greece	7	3	4	30	19
Netherlands	7	3	4	28	34
Botswana	7	1	6	7	70
Colombia	7	0	7	0	49

Colombia withdrew and forfeited all their games.

Playoffs

Day One

United States	11-1	Australia
Japan	1-0	China
Canada	3-2	Chinese Taipei
Venezuela	1-2	Italy

Chinese Taipei and Venezuela Eliminated.

Day Two

Canada	2-7	Australia
Italy	1-9	China

Canada and Italy Eliminated.

Day Three

Canada

3-0

Italy

Canada places 5th and earns spot in 2008 Olympics

Medal Round

Day Two

Bronze Medal

Gold Medal

A1

United States

1

B1

Japan

0

B1

Japan

3

A1

United States

3

A1

United States

5

A2

Australia

1

A2

China

0

B2

Australia

1

Final ranking

1. United States
2. Japan
3. Australia
4. China
5. Canada
6. Italy
7. Venezuela
8. Chinese Taipei
9. Greece
10. Great Britain
11. New Zealand
12. Netherlands
13. North Korea
14. Botswana
15. South Africa
16. Colombia