Five nations earned a berth in the next WBSC U-18 Women’s Softball World Cup, after the conclusion of the U-17 Pan American Championship held in Barranquilla, Colombia.

The 33 games of the U-17 Women’s Softball Pan American Championship will be live-streamed through the WBSC Official Channel on YouTube, and the WBSC official OTT platform Game Time

Francesca Hammoude stepped to the batter box with two runners on and her National Team trailing 3-0. She drove the third pitch she saw beyond the left-field fence for a game-tying home run. Echols went inches from walking it off, then scored the World Championship run

USA earned the WBSC U-19 Women’s Softball World Cup for the third time in a row with a come from behind, walk off win over Japan, 4-3, in the bottom of the eighth inning. USA is the first nation ever to complete the three-peat in this age category.

Mexico needed the win to keep its position in the race for a spot in the medal round. A couple of defensive woes proved costly. Esperanza Coe pitched 1.2 innings to give Puerto Rico a much needed success

Before today’s games, Australia looked like the least likely medal round competitor. With an exceptional 11-run seventh at-bat the Aussie defeated Chinese Taipei and will now contend a bronze medal to Canada in the third-place game on Saturday, 17 August