09/03/2020 4 Minute Read

U-18 Men’s Softball World Cup: A tournament for the ages

Four different continents were represented in the top four places at the WBSC U-18 Men’s Softball World Cup for the first time in another showcase of softball’s global expansion and development.

05/03/2020 3 Minute Read

Palmerston North by the numbers: Stats of the U-18 Men’s Softball World Cup

Take a look at the main statistics and players of the first-ever U-18 Men’s Softball World Cup in Palmerston North, New Zealand

03/03/2020 4 Minute Read

Bob Stanton, WBSC Softball Umpire Director: “We had a really good mixture here in Palmerston North”

Bob Stanton is the Chair of the WBSC Softball Umpiring Commission, WBSC Softball Umpire Director and will be the Softball Umpire Director at Tokyo 2020. At the recently completed U-18 Men’s Softball World Cup, he was the Chief Umpire.

01/03/2020 2 Minute Read

WBSC U-18 Men’s Softball World Cup Day 9: Undefeated Japan claim U-18 World Cup title

Japanese captain Hitto Nagayoshi led his team to an unbeaten golden run in the U-18 Men's Softball World Cup and earned himself an MVP award.

01/03/2020 2 Minute Read

All-World Team and MVP: U-18 Men's Softball World Cup

Japan's Hitto Nagayoshi took home the MVP award at the U-18 Men's Softball World Cup.

01/03/2020 2 Minute Read

Japan 9-2 Australia: Mimoto, Nishimori, Yagi shine as Japan claims gold

Japan redeemed their 2018 final loss to Australia with a 9-2 win at the 2020 U-18 Men's Softball World Cup. They now have three gold, four silver and four bronze medals.

01/03/2020 2 Minute Read

Czech Republic 2-0 Argentina: Osicka’s 13 strikeouts lead Czech Republic to first U-18 medal

The third-place finish follows the Czech Republic's first ever WBSC softball medal at last year's U-12 Softball World Cup where they also collected a bronze medal.

29/02/2020 3 Minute Read

WBSC U-18 Men’s Softball World Cup - Day 8: Japan head into final against Australia with perfect win-record

After sweeping the two rounds of the U-18 Men's Softball World Championship, Japan will make their seventh appearance in the final of the age-group tournament looking to reverse the result of the final two years ago when they lost to Australia 6-1.

29/02/2020 2 Minute Read

Australia 2-0 New Zealand: Lowe shines in massive pitching duel

Australia eluded New Zealand with two runs late in the sixth inning to recover from their loss to Japan on Friday at the U-18 Men's Softball World Cup.

29/02/2020 2 Minute Read

Japan 8-1 Czech Republic: Mimoto paces Japan past Czech Republic

Japan kept their perfect win-record at the U-18 Men's Softball World Cup and will now face Australia in Sunday's final, which is a repeat of the 2018 final which Australia won. Japan beat Australia 5-2 in the Super Round on Friday.