The gallery is about pictures of 7 games: Czech Republic-Mexico, Denmark-Hong Kong, South Africa-Guatemala, USA-Argentina, Japan-New Zealand, Denmark-South Africa, Australia-Canada

It was not a game played too well, but for sure was exciting. The Europeans sticked to a one run lead despite USA hitting for extra bases to open the bottom of the seventh. Canada and New Zealand the top seeded teams

Japan finished unbeaten at top of the Group A, followed by Australia (5-1), Argentina (4-2) and Mexico (3-3).

India was considered the underdog of the tournament, but won two games in the round robin, mostly because of some heroics by their one and only starter, who delivered 585 pitches over six games and also hit a key home run

The photo gallery contains pictures of 3 games: India-Argentina, Japan-Australia, New Zealand-Guatemala

In order of standings, Japan, Australia, Argentina and Mexico advanced to the Championship Round out of Group A, while Canada, New Zealand, Czech Republic and USA advanced through Group B.

The game began as a slugfest, then the hard throwing reliever put on his show: he got on strikes all of the 13 outs he needed to complete the game, plus one. One of the batters who reached struck out but took advantage of a wild pitch

Australia and Japan won their fifth consecutive game today in the WBSC Junior Men’s Softball World Championship, and clinched the first two spots of the Group A. India is till alive in the hunt for a spot in the playoffs

The gallery contains high definition pictures of 4 games: Japan-India, Australia-South Africa, Denmark-India, Argentina-Mexico

Australia kept alive its winning streak today with a six-inning, 8-1 victory over Mexico, to remain on top of the standings in Group A. The Australian pitcher Layton Reid had a stellar outing, pitching a 1-hit game with 15 strikeouts.