On Thursday morning in Oklahoma City, United States the 4th KFC World Cup of Softball starts with the European clash between Italy and the Netherlands. Also in the five-day tournament are Olympic champion Japan, favorite USA, Australia and Canada. ESPN will broadcast selected games on his European affiliate ESPN America, starting on Friday at 2am CET with the game between USA and the Netherlands. The Dutch team, USA, Canada and Australia are coming to Oklahoma after competing in the Canada Cup, which was won by the Americans with a perfect 12-0 record. The Netherlands won two of ten games. The World Cup ends on Monday with the classification games and the finals.
Schedule:
Thursday, July 16:
11.30am Italy – Netherlands
2pm Australia – Japan
7pm USA – Netherlands
9pm Canada – Italy
(all times local, CDT)