Dates set for Chinese Softball National Championships

Dates set for Chinese Softball National Championships
14/09/2020
The 2020 Women's Softball National Championship, the Women's Softball National Champion's Trophy, and the Women's Softball National Youth Championship will be held from 27 September to 19 October in Guizhou, China.

The Chinese Softball Association has announced the dates and location of the country’s three top national women’s softball competitions: the 2020 Women's Softball National Championship, the Women's Softball National Champion's Trophy, and the Women's Softball National Youth Championship. The three competitions will be played at Yilong Baseball-Softball Park, built in 2018 and host of last year's U-17 Asian Cup.

Nine teams were invited to participate in the three competitions: Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Liaoning, Jiangsu, Henan, Guangdong, Sichuan and Shaanxi.

The 2020 Chinese National Women's Softball Championship will be played from September 27 to October 5. Two days later, the teams will compete again in the 2020 National Women's Softball Champions Cup, to be held from 7-10 October.

The last competition announced is the 2020 National Youth Women's Softball Championship, for athletes born after January 1, 2001. This event will take place from 13-19 October. The Yanfang Softball Fund will reward the young players with the best performances during the competition. Yan Fang was inducted into the WBSC Softball Hall of Fame in 2019 and passed away on 8 February this year.

Due to the pandemic, the Chinese Softball Association were forced to postpone their major events in the first half year. Now they will organize all three major events together in one place to minimise the risks. 

China, the seventh-ranked nation in the WBSC Softball World Rankings, will participate in the 2021 WBSC U-18 Women’s Softball World Cup in Lima, Peru and The World Games 2022 Birmingham. The Chinese national team will play host to the Asian Games Hangzhou 2022, which will be played at a brand new baseball/softball complex currently under construction in Shaoxing.