1998 Women's Softball World Championship
Appearance
(Redirected from 1998 ISF Women's World Championship)
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Japan |
Teams | 17 |
Final positions | |
Champions | United States (6th title) |
Runner-up | Australia |
Third place | Japan |
Fourth place | China |
← 1994 2002 → |
The 1998 ISF Women's World Championship for softball was held July 20–30, 1998 in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, Japan. A fourth straight title was won by the team from the United States, coached by Margie Wright, which avenged its only loss of the tournament to Australia by a 1-0 margin in the final.
Pool Play
[edit]Group I
[edit]GP | W | L | |
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United States | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Canada | 8 | 6 | 2 |
Italy | 8 | 6 | 2 |
Chinese Taipei | 8 | 5 | 3 |
Netherlands | 8 | 4 | 4 |
Czech Republic | 8 | 3 | 5 |
Colombia | 8 | 3 | 5 |
South Africa | 8 | 1 | 7 |
Denmark | 8 | 0 | 8 |
Group II
[edit]GP | W | L | |
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Australia | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Japan | 7 | 6 | 1 |
China | 7 | 5 | 2 |
Venezuela | 7 | 3 | 4 |
Netherlands Antilles | 7 | 3 | 4 |
New Zealand | 7 | 3 | 4 |
South Korea | 7 | 1 | 6 |
Philippines | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Playoffs
[edit]Day One
[edit]Italy | 1-0 | Venezuela |
China | 7-0 | Chinese Taipei |
United States | 1-0 | Japan |
Australia | 1-0 | Canada |
Venezuela and Chinese Taipei Eliminated.
Day Two
[edit]Japan | 2-0 | Italy |
China | 3-0 | Canada |
Italy and Canada Eliminated.
Day Three
[edit]Canada | 1-0 | Italy |
Medal Round
[edit]Day Two | Bronze Medal | Gold Medal | |||||||||||
A1 | United States | 1 | B1 | Australia | 0 | ||||||||
B1 | Australia | 2 | A1 | United States | 1 | ||||||||
A1 | United States | 4 | |||||||||||
B2 | Japan | 0 | |||||||||||
B2 | Japan | 3 | |||||||||||
B3 | China | 0 | |||||||||||