The Women’s Softball World Championship in Surrey, Canada is down to its last day. On Saturday the United States reached the final as the first team with a 4-3 win over Japan. Japan and host Canada will determine the second spot on Sunday afternoon. The Netherlands meanwhile clinched a spot in the final four with an 8-1 rout against Venezuela. However in the next game the dream of a medal ended, when host Canada prevailed 9-2.
In the placement round Ireland downed Israel 7-6 to clinch their first ever World Championship win. Their second victory followed shortly after with an 11-3 over Kenya. Austria lost 3-12 to the Czech Republic. Serbia prevailed 7-6 over Switzerland. Greece celebrated 4-0 and 2-1 wins over Peru and Guatemala.
Results from Saturday:
Championship Round
| July 23, 2016 | ||||
| CRG6 | ned 8 : 1 ven | Box | ||
| CRG5 | can 5 : 0 mex | Box | ||
| SPCRG3 | gbr 0 : 1 bra | Box | ||
| CRG7 | usa 4 : 3 jpn | Box | ||
| SPCRG4 | phi 0 : 2 pur | Box | ||
| CRG8 | ned 2 : 9 can | Box | ||
| SPCRG5 | tpe 0 : 1 aus | Box | ||
Placement Round
| July 23, 2016 | ||||
| PRG5 | gua 12 : 1 ecu | Box | ||
| SPPRG3 | irl 7 : 6 isr | Box | ||
| PRG6 | gre 4 : 0 per | Box | ||
| SPPRG4 | pak 0 : 7 ken | Box | ||
| PRG7 | cze 12 : 3 aut | Box | ||
| SPPRG5 | sui 6 : 7 srb | Box | ||
| PRG8 | gua 1 : 2 gre | Box | ||
| SPPRG6 | irl 11 : 3 ken | Box | ||
All information about the Women’s Softball World Championship at www.wbsc.org