Over 30 women, including players and game officials, will be on the field in Iglesias on Sunday, 26 November, for the 'Diamanti Rossi' (red diamonds) initiative.

The defending Olympic, World Baseball Classic and Premier12 champions won in front of over 44,000 fans at the Tokyo Dome.

The Tokyo Dome hosted the first edition in March 2015 (pictured above). Hirokazu Ibata will manage Japan in the 2024 edition while the WBSC appointed Marco Mazzieri the Team All Euro skipper.

The best-of-five series will open on Thursday, 30 November, at the Paseo Stadium in Guam. Five teams have already qualified for the event.

The win in Hermosillo is Japan's fourth World Championship in the history of the event, and the second in a row after claiming the honours in 2020.

Tsuda hit .409 for the tournament with two home runs, eight RBIs and was the tournament leader in runs scored with 11. He scored on Umeda's World Championship title-winning grand slam.

Canada's Alex McGillivray and Nicholas Neid played heroic roles against USA to win bronze in the WBSC U-18 Men's Softball World Cup. This is the first time in history of the competition that the two North American neighbours met in a medal game.

Thirty-two years on from the rain-affected championship game seven of the Chinese Professional Baseball League 1991 that triggered a promise for an indoor stadium, Taiwan baseball fans finally have their wish come true.

Japan defeated Mexico, 7-4, in the last game of the Super Round, setting up a rematch against the host team in WBSC U-18 Men's Softball World Cup final. The World Championship game will take place on Sunday, 19 November, at 17.00 local time. USA and Canada will collide in the Bronze Medal Game at 14.00.

Canada's 10-5 win over USA on Friday confirmed Mexico's place in the final while Japan needs to beat the hosts on the last day of the Super Round on Saturday to book a spot in the final with them.