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Italy women's national softball team

Italy women's national softball team is one of the top-ranked softball teams in Europe.

Italy women's national softball team
Information
Country Italy
FederationFederazione Italiana Baseball Softball
ConfederationWBSC Europe
WBSC World Rank 6 Increase 2 (10 November 2023)[1]
Women's Softball World Cup
Appearances13 (First in 1974)
Best result6th
USA Softball International Cup
Appearances1 (First in 2009)
Best result6th
Olympic Games
Appearances3 (First in 2000)
Best result5th
Italy women's national softball team
Medal record
Representing  Italy
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 1986 Antwerp
Gold medal – first place 1992 Bussum
Gold medal – first place 1995 Settimo Torinese
Gold medal – first place 1997 Prague
Gold medal – first place 1999 Antwerp
Gold medal – first place 2001 Prague
Gold medal – first place 2003 Saronno
Gold medal – first place 2005 Prague
Gold medal – first place 2007 Amsterdam
Gold medal – first place 2015 Rosmalen
Gold medal – first place 2019 Ostrava
Gold medal – first place 2021 Friuli Venezia Giulia
Silver medal – second place 1979 Rovereto
Silver medal – second place 1981 Haarlem
Silver medal – second place 1983 Parma
Silver medal – second place 1984 Antwerp
Silver medal – second place 1988 Hørsholm
Silver medal – second place 2011 Ronchi dei Legionari
Silver medal – second place 2013 Prague
Silver medal – second place 2017 Bollate
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Genoa
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Sant Boi

The Italian team has won the Women's Softball European Championship and record twelve times. Their latest European title came in 2021. In 2019, the Italian team won the WBSC Olympic Softball Qualifier by beating all five opponents and eventually qualified for the Olympic tournament in Tokyo.

History edit

The first participation in the World Championships took place in 1974, where Italy finished in 7th place. The team competed at the 1990 ISF Women's World Championship in Normal, Illinois where they finished with 6 wins and 3 losses.[2] The team competed at the 1994 ISF Women's World Championship in St. John's, Newfoundland where they finished eleventh.[3] The team competed at the 1998 ISF Women's World Championship in Fujinomiya City, Japan where they finished sixth.[4]

The team competed at the 2002 ISF Women's World Championship in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan where they finished seventh.[5][6] The team competed at the 2006 ISF Women's World Championship in Beijing, China where they finished sixth.[7][8] After finishing out of the top 8 in the three following World Championship editions, Italy came back in 2018, in Chiba, and took seventh place thanks to a four-game winning streak that eliminated, among others, China from the medal contention. In the fight for sixth place, Italy was beaten by Mexico in a tight 1–0 loss after two extra-innings.

The team's slogan (also the official hashtag) is the Latin aphorism "hic et nunc" (here and now). Here and now, sisters! (Qui e ora, sorelle!) is the official history book of the Italy women's national softball team, written by Luca Farinotti and published by Italia sul podio and Federazione Italiana Baseball Softball.[9] It was the first italian sports book in which the technical lexicon has been completely reinvented according to the female gender. The book was presented before the 2020 Summer Olympics.[10]

Palmarès edit

Competition       Total
Olympic Games 0 0 0 0
World Championship 0 0 0 0
European Championship 9 6 2 17
Universiade 0 0 0 0
Total 9 6 1 16

Italy–Netherlands rivalry edit

2020 Olympic roster edit

The roster was released on 4 July 2021.[11]

Softball at the 2020 Summer Olympics –   Italy roster
Players Coaches
Pitchers
 Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

 Manager

Coaches


See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "The WBSC Women's World Ranking". WBSC. 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  2. ^ "1990 ISF Women's World Championship". United States: International Softball Federation. 2013. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  3. ^ "1994 ISF Women's World Championship". United States: International Softball Federation. 2013. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  4. ^ "1998 ISF Women's World Championship". United States: International Softball Federation. 2013. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  5. ^ "2002 ISF Women's World Championship – Final Standings". United States: International Softball Federation. 2013. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  6. ^ "FOUR TEAMS QUALIFY FOR 2004 OLYMPIC GAMES". United States: International Softball Federation. 4 August 2002. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  7. ^ "2006 ISF Women's World Championship – Final Standings". United States: International Softball Federation. 2013. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  8. ^ "USA WINS 2006 WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP". United States: International Softball Federation. 5 September 2006. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  9. ^ "Qui e ora, sorelle - Luca Farinotti - Libro - Italia sul podio - | IBS". www.ibs.it (in Italian). Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  10. ^ "Italia Softball si presenta a Cervignano e accoglie il nuovo sponsor tecnico Erreà". Federazione Italiana Baseball Softball (in Italian). Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Team Italy manager Federico Pizzolini reveals women's softball roster for Tokyo Olympics". fibs.it. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Team Roster Italy" (PDF). olympics.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

External links edit

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