1998 Women's Softball World Championship

The 1998 ISF Women's World Championship for softball was held July 20–30, 1998 in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, Japan. A fourth straight title was won by the team from the United States, coached by Margie Wright, which avenged its only loss of the tournament to Australia by a 1-0 margin in the final.

Pool Play edit

Group I edit

  GP W L
  United States 8 8 0
  Canada 8 6 2
  Italy 8 6 2
  Chinese Taipei 8 5 3
  Netherlands 8 4 4
  Czech Republic 8 3 5
  Colombia 8 3 5
  South Africa 8 1 7
  Denmark 8 0 8

Group II edit

  GP W L
  Australia 7 7 0
  Japan 7 6 1
  China 7 5 2
  Venezuela 7 3 4
  Netherlands Antilles 7 3 4
  New Zealand 7 3 4
  South Korea 7 1 6
  Philippines 7 0 7

Playoffs edit

Day One edit

  Italy 1-0   Venezuela
  China 7-0   Chinese Taipei
  United States 1-0   Japan
  Australia 1-0   Canada

Venezuela and Chinese Taipei Eliminated.

Day Two edit

  Japan 2-0   Italy
  China 3-0   Canada

Italy and Canada Eliminated.

Day Three edit

  Canada 1-0   Italy

Medal Round edit

Day TwoBronze MedalGold Medal
A1  United States1B1  Australia0
B1  Australia2A1  United States1
A1  United States4
B2  Japan0
B2  Japan3
B3  China0

External links edit