All games of the U-18 Women's Softball Pan American Championship will be broadcast live on GameTime, the WBSC's online streaming service. The tournament, a qualifier for the WBSC U-18 Women's Softball World Cup, will run from March 30 to April 6.
Tournament and Daily Passes are the options to watch the U-18 Women's Softball Pan American Championship on GameTime. Fans can access the 42 games of the tournament for US$9.99 or chose a Daily Pass for US$5.99.
The 11 participating teams have been placed in two groups to open the competition. Group A includes world No. 7 Mexico, No. 16 Peru, No. 29 Argentina, No. 33 Dominican Republic and No. 39 Colombia. In Group B will play No. 3 Puerto Rico, No. 5 Canada, No. 11 Cuba, No. 17 Venezuela, No. 23 Brazil and No. 62 U.S. Virgin Islands.
The top five in the final standings will earn a ticket to the WBSC U-18 Women's Softball World Cup, which will begin later this year with the group stage. Six tickets to the Junior Pan Am Games are also up for grabs.
As hosts of the Groups A and C of the World Cup respectively, Brazil and No. 1 USA are already qualified for the World Cup (USA is also qualified for the Junior Pan Am Games). Sao Paulo will host Group A from 23 to 27 July; while Dallas will stage Group C from 29 August to 2 September. Group B is scheduled between 14 and 18 August in Pingtan, China.
