France won the first two editions of the Women's Baseball European Championship in 2019 and 2022.

The World Nos. 2, 10, and 11 women's baseball international programmes will compete with world No. 1 Japan in the Women's Baseball Asia Cup Super Round. The tournament outcome will determine Asia 2 (Group B), 3 and 4 (Group A) in the World Cup's first stage. Japan will compete as Asia 1 in Group B.

The former USA catcher's staff will include pitching coach Reynol Mendoza and assistant coaches Alex Oglesby and Malaika Underwood. Alvarez will evaluate her players at the Women’s National Open in July.

The participants shared their women's baseball development status and discussed future projects with the WBSC Women's Baseball Commission.

In Group A of the second round, World No. 18 India will face No. 2 Chinese Taipei, No. 15 China, and No. 11 Hong Kong-China. In Group B, Indonesia will play No. 1 Japan, No. 10 Korea, No. 14 Philippines.

The WBSC spoke with the first woman to coach a men's baseball team after she served as a guest coach for the Sultanes de Monterrey of the Mexican Baseball League.

Puerto Rico won all the six games played in Havana. Puerto Rico and Cuba will compete in Group B of the first stage of the IX WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup.

Six teams will compete for two spots in the championship round, a WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup Qualifier set to start on 26 May.

The top three finishers, not counting Japan who are already qualified for the IX WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup as the host of one of the groups, will advance to the premier international event for women's baseball, which is scheduled to take place in August and September this year.

"We couldn't imagine a better location for successful Women's Baseball World Cup action," said WBSC Executive Director Michael Schmidt after inspecting Kinsai Stadium.