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2019 Men's Softball World Championship

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2019 Men's Softball World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Czech Republic
Dates 13–23 June 2019
Teams16
Final positions
Champions
 Argentina (1st title)
Runner-up
 Japan
Third place
 Canada
Fourth place New Zealand

The 2019 WBSC Men's Softball World Championship is an international softball tournament taking place in Prague and Havlíčkův Brod, Czech Republic from 13–23 June 2019.[1] It will be the 16th edition of the tournament. This marks the first time the World Championship was held in Europe.

New Zealand is the defending champion.[1]

Pools composition

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Pool A
 Argentina  Botswana  Cuba  Czech Republic  Japan  Mexico  New Zealand  Philippines
Pool B
 Australia  Canada  Denmark  Netherlands  Singapore  South Africa  United States  Venezuela

Preliminary round

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Pool A

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Rk Team W L PCT RS RA RDIFF
1  Japan 7 0 1.000 34 9 25
2  Argentina 6 1 .857 53 18 35
3  New Zealand 4 3 .571 42 16 26
4  Czech Republic 3 4 .429 20 30 -10
5  Cuba 3 4 .429 30 16 14
6  Mexico 3 4 .429 28 32 -4
7  Botswana 2 5 .286 10 31 -21
8  Philippines 0 7 .000 5 70 -65

Note: MEX - CZE 2:3; CUB - CZE 4:5; MEX - CUB 2:7

Pool B

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Rk Team W L PCT RS RA RDIF
1  Canada 7 0 1.000 47 7 40
2  Australia 6 1 .857 40 13 27
3  United States 5 2 .714 40 17 23
4  Venezuela 4 3 .571 29 15 14
5  Denmark 3 4 .429 27 29 -2
6  South Africa 1 6 .143 15 41 -26
7  Netherlands 1 6 .143 21 48 -27
8  Singapore 1 6 .143 7 56 -49

Note: RSA - SGP 3:4; SGP - NED 0:13; RSA - NED 7:0

Play-offs

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
June 21 10:30
 
 
 Japan6
 
June 22 16:30
 
 Venezuela0
 
 Japan2
 
June 21 16:30
 
 New Zealand1
 
 Australia4
 
June 23 19:30
 
 New Zealand7
 
 Argentina3
 
June 21 13:30
 
 Japan2
 
 Argentina9
 
June 22 19:30
 
 United States 0
 
 Argentina7
 
June 21 19:30
 
 Canada03rd Place
 
 Czech Republic0
 
June 23 16:30
 
 Canada4
 
 New Zealand1
 
 
 Canada2
 

Placement Round 5th–8th place

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Placement round5th Place
 
      
 
June 22 10:30
 
 
 Venezuela7
 
June 23 13:30
 
 Czech Republic0
 
 Venezuela4
 
June 22 13:30
 
 United States5
 
 United States8
 
 
 Australia6
 
7th Place
 
 
June 23 10:30
 
 
 Czech Republic1
 
 
 Australia2

Placement Round 9th–16th place

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9th Place
   
 Denmark 3
 Cuba 0
11th Place
   
 Mexico 7
 South Africa 0
13th Place
   
 Botswana 5
 Netherlands 6
15th Place
   
 Philippines 3
 Singapore 4

Final standings

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Rk Team W L
1  Argentina 9 1
2  Japan 9 1
3  Canada 9 1
4  New Zealand 5 5
5  United States 7 3
6  Venezuela 5 5
7  Australia 7 3
8  Czech Republic 3 7
Failed to qualify for Playoffs
9  Denmark 4 4
10  Cuba 3 5
11  Mexico 4 4
12  South Africa 1 7
13  Netherlands 2 6
14  Botswana 2 6
15  Singapore 2 6
16  Philippines 0 8
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References

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  1. ^ a b Etchells, Daniel. "New Zealand set to begin defence of Men's Softball World Championship title". Inside the Games. Retrieved 12 June 2019.