GameTime Classics | Episode 28: Re-live the 2016 WBSC Women’s Softball World Championship Final - Japan v USA

GameTime Classics | Episode 28: Re-live the 2016 WBSC Women’s Softball World Championship Final - Japan v USA
21/04/2020
The top two nations in the softball world collided in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, in the final game of the WBSC Women’s Softball World Championship 2016.

The latest GameTime Classic showcases another chapter of the most intense rivalry in international women’s softball: USA vs Japan. The top two nations in the world collided in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, in the final game of the WBSC Women’s Softball World Championship 2016.

For the sixth consecutive time, Japan and USA faced off in the final of the WBSC Women’s Softball World Championship. USA won in Saskatoon 2002, Beijing 2006 and Caracas 2010, but Japan claimed the title in Whitehorse 2012 and Haarlem 2014.

Yukari Hamamura took the ball for the two-time defending champions, while Ally Carda was the starter for USA.

The day before, USA beat Japan by a score of 4-3 and advanced to the World Championship Game. However, the Asian champions won the second semi-final against Canada, 11-1, to set up a rematch with USA. The final was played on 24 July 2016.

The game will be re-streamed for free at www.youtube.com/wbsc at 9 pm Eastern US Standard Time* on Tuesday, 21 April (3 am Central European Time* and 9 am Taipei Time on Wednesday 22 April) and Wednesday at 9 am Eastern Standard Time* (3:00 pm Central European Time*, 9 pm Taipei time) at www.facebook.com/wbsc. *Observing daylight saving time.

The next episode of the GameTime Classics series will be the game between Mexico and Chinese Taipei, at the 2016 WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup.


Watch more GameTime Classics:

Episode 27: USA take on Chinese Taipei in must-win WBSC Premier12 2019 clash
Episode 26: Australia vs Argentina, a pitching duel at the Men’s Softball World Championship 2013
Episode 25: Watch Japan take on Mexico in a thrilling U-23 Baseball World Cup 2018 final
Episode 24: Watch Japan, Greece collide at the 2006 Women’s Softball World Championship
Episode 23: Watch the epic battle between USA and Mexico at the U-12 Baseball World Cup 2017
Episode 22: Canada, New Zealand clash at the Men's Softball World Cup 2004
Episode 21: Chinese Taipei v USA in the final of the 2019 WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup
Episode 20: Australia vs China for a spot in the softball competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
Episode 19: Korea, Cuba battle in early stages of Women's Baseball World Cup 2016
Episode 18: New Zealand, Australia thriller open Men's Softball World Cup 2013 playoffs
Episode 17: Japan, Panama fight hard in WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup super round
Episode 16: Great Britain vs Italy for an Olympic softball berth
Episode 15: Watch Australia vs USA in 2019 Premier12 thriller
Episode 14: Re-live the 2018 Junior Men’s Softball World Cup Final between Australia and Japan
Episode 13: Watch Korea vs Panama in 2016 U-23 Baseball World Cup
Episode 12: Mexico, Canada battle to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic softball competition
Episode 11: Watch a semifinal thriller - Canada-Chinese Taipei at the Women's Baseball World Cup 2016
Episode 10: Historic first-ever WBSC U-12 Mixed Softball final between Chinese Taipei and Peru
Episode 9: Watch Korea vs Japan in 2015 Premier12 Semi-Final
Episode 8: Singapore, Argentina open 2020 U-18 Men’s Softball World Cup with a bang
Episode 7: Watch Chinese Taipei and Japan battle in the 2018 Women's Baseball World Cup
Episode 6: JPN vs USA dramatic 2019 U-19 Women’s Softball World Cup final
Episode 5: Re-live Mexico v USA 2019 U-12 Baseball World Cup elimination game
Episode 4: Mexico-New Zealand epic battle at WBSC Men’s Softball World Championship 2019Episode 2: Re-live the Japan-USA Final of the 2018 WBSC Women’s Softball World Championship
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