09/06/2022 1 Minute Read

Venezuela awarded Wild Card to WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup 2022

Venezuela, which became the 10th team confirmed for the WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup, just missed out on a ticket to the World Cup at the Americas Qualifier after finishing in fifth place behind fourth-place USA.

02/06/2022 1 Minute Read

World champions Argentina new world No. 1, pass Japan in WBSC Men’s Softball World Rankings

The WBSC Men’s Softball World Rankings continue to feature nations from the five Olympic continents in the top 12 positions, showing the sport’s global development.

24/05/2022 1 Minute Read

Asia qualifiers for WBSC Men’s and U-23 Softball World Cups to be played in Japan in September

The Asia U-23 Men’s Softball World Cup Qualifier will be played on 1-2 September, while the qualifier for the flagship WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup will run from 3-5 September.

19/05/2022 1 Minute Read

Softball Australia names head coach, prelim roster for WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup

Tokyo 2020 Olympics Australia head coach Laing Harrow will manage the men’s side in the upcoming World Cup.

09/05/2022 2 Minute Read

WBSC Men's Softball World Cup 2022: To play on home soil, ‘very special’ for 2013 champion Jeremy Manley

Manley, now a pitching coach for Ball State Cardinals college team in the US, cannot avoid talking about the 2013 WBSC Men’s Softball World Championship, which was the last time the international men's softball premier event was staged in New Zealand.

02/05/2022 2 Minute Read

Three consecutive homers carry Argentina to Men’s Softball Pan American title

A set of back-to-back-to-back homers in the fourth inning turned a 1-0 deficit into a 3-1 lead in the final of the Men’s Softball Pan American Championship to power Argentina to a 4-1 victory over Canada.

30/04/2022 2 Minute Read

Argentina, Canada, Cuba, USA qualify for the WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup 2022 in New Zealand

The four qualified nations will represent the Americas in the upcoming WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup, and will join world No. 3 Australia, No. 4 Czech Republic, No. 5 New Zealand, No. 9 Denmark, and No. 10 South Africa in the flagship men’s softball event. The remaining teams will be two teams from the Asian qualifier and a wild card.

27/04/2022 2 Minute Read

Standard of softball is ‘unbelievable’, says New Zealand National Team captain Cole Evans in latest WBSC podcast

Host Tyler Maun interviewed Evans in this month’s edition of The Global Game, the WBSC Podcast. “I cannot think about more competitive sort of international scale, really. You’ve got seven or eight teams that are tunning up for the World Cup with a legitimate chance to win.”

22/04/2022 1 Minute Read

Pan Am qualifier for Men's Softball World Cup 2022 to open Sunday in Argentina

The tournament will have 10 participating teams which will compete for four spots in the WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup, along with continental multi-sports events.

10/03/2022 3 Minute Read

New WBSC podcast: The story of resilient Argentina softball great Bruno Motroni

WBSC Men’s Softball World Champion Bruno Motroni speaks about how to persevere and succeed while working hard and building resilience in a new episode of The Global Game, the Spanish edition of the WBSC podcast.