The first round at the Women’s Softball World Championship in Surrey, Canada ended on Sunday with 15 games. Three European teams survived the preliminary phase and qualified for the championship round robin of 16 teams: Great Britain, Netherlands and Italy. The remaining European participants will continue the tournament in the placement round.
On the third and last day of the first round the Netherlands clinched first place in their group with a 7-2 win over the Philippines. The Czech Republic received their second win in that pool with a forfeit over Pakistan. However due to the lost game against the Philippines they missed out on advancing to the championship round.
Additionally Greece shut out Guatemala 2-0. Great Britain edged out Ireland 15-0. Austria celebrated their first win on the international stage with a 13-2 victory over Israel. Meanwhile Serbia lost to Australia 0-13, as did Switzerland against Mexico, Japan downed France 7-0 and New Zealand prevailed barely over Italy 8-7. Japan, USA, Mexico, Canada, Puerto Rico, China, New Zealand and the Netherlands remained undefeated during the opening round in Surrey.
Results Day 3:
| Away | Home | Result | Boxscore | ||||
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| Philippines | Netherlands | 2-7 | final |  |
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| Mexico | Switzerland | 13-0 | final | |
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| Serbia | Australia | 0-13 | final | |
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| Kenya | Peru | 3-10 | final | |
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| Czech Rep. | Pakistan | Home forfeit | |||||
| New Zealand | Italy | 8-7 | final | |
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| Guatemala | Greece | 0-2 | final | |
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| Ecuador | P. Rico | 0-7 | final | |
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| China | Cuba | 9-1 | final | |
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| France | Japan | 0-7 | final | |
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| Gr. Britain | Ireland | 15-0 | final | |
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| Ch. Taipei | India | 15-0 | final | |
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| Uganda | Canada | 0-10 | |||||
| Brazil | USA | 0-13 | final | |
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| Israel | Austria | 2-13 | final | |
Standings Opening Round:
| Pool A | W | L | Pct | GB |
| Jpn | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | — |
| Ven | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.0 |
| Fra | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.0 |
| Pool B | W | L | Pct | GB |
| Usa | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | — |
| Bra | 2 | 1 | .666 | 1.0 |
| Aut | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.0 |
| Isr | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.0 |
| Pool C | W | L | Pct | GB |
| Mex | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | — |
| Aus | 2 | 1 | .666 | 1.0 |
| Sui | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.0 |
| Srb | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.0 |
| Pool D | W | L | Pct | GB |
| Can | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | — |
| Gbr | 2 | 1 | .666 | 1.0 |
| Uga | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.0 |
| Irl | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.0 |
| Pool E | W | L | Pct | GB |
| Pur | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | — |
| Tpe | 2 | 1 | .666 | 1.0 |
| Ecu | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.0 |
| Ind | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.0 |
| Pool F | W | L | Pct | GB |
| Ned | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | — |
| Phi | 2 | 1 | .666 | 1.0 |
| Cze | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.0 |
| Pak | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.5 |
| Pool G | W | L | Pct | GB |
| Chn | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | — |
| Cub | 2 | 1 | .666 | 1.0 |
| Gre | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.0 |
| Gua | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.0 |
| Pool H | W | L | Pct | GB |
| Nzl | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | — |
| Ita | 2 | 1 | .666 | 1.0 |
| Per | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.0 |
| Ken | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.0 |
All information about the Women’s Softball World Championship in Surrey can be found at www.wbsc.org