2017 Junior Women's Softball World Championship

The 2017 Junior Women's Softball World Championship was an international softball competition held in Clearwater, Florida from July 24 to 30, 2017. It was the 12th edition of the tournament.[1]

2017 Junior Women's Softball World Championship
Tournament details
Host country United States
Dates July 24 – 30, 2017
Teams26 (from 5 continents)
Defending champions United States
Final positions
Champions
 United States (6th title)
Runner-up
 Japan
Third place
 Puerto Rico
2015
2019

Participating teams

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A total of 26 national youth teams competed in the tournament.

Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania
  South Africa (-)   United States (2)
  Canada (3)
  Puerto Rico (7)
  Mexico (10)
  Brazil (11)
  Guatemala (20)
  Peru (21)
  Dominican Republic (24)
  Argentina (30)
  Bahamas (-)
  Japan (1)
  China (6)
  Chinese Taipei (9)
  Philippines (17)
  South Korea (26)
  India (36)
  Netherlands (8)
  Italy (12)
  Czech Republic (13)
  Great Britain (14)
  Ireland (31)
  Israel (37)
  Turkey (-)
  Australia (4)
  New Zealand (4)

Group stage

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Group A

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Team W L Pct. GB
  United States 6 0 1.000
  Chinese Taipei 5 1 .833 1
  Philippines 4 2 .667 2
  Italy 3 3 .500 3
  Guatemala 2 4 .333 4
  South Africa 1 5 .167 5
  Turkey 0 6 .000 6

Group B

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Team W L Pct. GB
  Japan 6 0 1.000
  Australia 5 1 .833 1
  Brazil 4 2 .667 2
  Netherlands 3 3 .500 3
  Peru 2 4 .333 4
  Bahamas 1 5 .167 5
  Israel 0 6 .000 6

Group C

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Team W L Pct. GB
  Puerto Rico 5 0 1.000
  Czech Republic 4 1 .800 1
  Dominican Republic 3 2 .600 2
  New Zealand 2 3 .400 3
  Argentina 1 4 .200 4
  India 0 5 .000 5

Group D

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Team W L Pct. GB
  Canada 5 0 1.000
  China 3 2 .600 2
  Mexico 3 2 .600 2
  Great Britain 2 3 .400 3
  Ireland 1 4 .200 4
  South Korea 1 4 .200 4

17th–26th place classification

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Round 1

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28 July 2017
12:00
South Korea   14–2   Bahamas
28 July 2017
14:00
India   5–4   South Africa

Round 2

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28 July 2017
17:00
Turkey   0–18   Argentina
28 July 2017
17:00
South Korea   9–1   Guatemala
28 July 2017
19:30
Israel   1–16   Ireland
28 July 2017
19:30
India   1–12   Peru

Round 3

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29 July 2017
9:00
Peru   1–5   Ireland
29 July 2017
9:30
South Korea   7–4   Argentina

17th place match

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30 July 2017
12:00
South Korea   14–1   Ireland

9th–16th place classification

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In this round, the eight teams played a Page playoff. The teams placed third in the Group stage will play the Major quarterfinals; the teams placed fourth in the Group stage will play the Minor quarterfinals. The winners of the Minor quarterfinals will play in the Classification round against the losers of the Major quarterfinals.

Minor quarterfinals

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28 July 2017
11:30
Italy   7–3   New Zealand
28 July 2017
13:30
Netherlands   2–0   Great Britain

Major quarterfinals

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28 July 2017
16:30
Brazil   3–10   Mexico
28 July 2017
19:00
Dominican Republic   3–5   Philippines

Classification round

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29 July 2017
11:30
Italy   5–4   Brazil
29 July 2017
14:00
Netherlands   3–5   Dominican Republic

Major semifinal

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29 July 2017
17:30
Mexico   1–0   Philippines

Minor semifinal

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29 July 2017
19:00
Italy   3–8   Dominican Republic

Preliminary final

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30 July 2017
14:30
Dominican Republic   0–2   Philippines

Grand final

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30 July 2017
16:00
Mexico   5–3   Philippines

Championship round

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In this round, the eight teams played a Page playoff. The first place teams in the Group stage will play the Major quarterfinals; the second placeteams in the Group stage will play the Minor quarterfinals. The winners of the Minor quarterfinals will play in the Classification round against the losers of the Major quarterfinals.

Minor quarterfinals

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28 July 2017
12:00
Chinese Taipei   7–6   Czech Republic
28 July 2017
14:00
China   2–0   Australia

Major quarterfinals

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28 July 2017
17:00
Canada   7–8   Japan
28 July 2017
19:30
Puerto Rico   3–8   United States

Classification round

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29 July 2017
12:00
Chinese Taipei   1–8   Canada
29 July 2017
14:30
China   0–7   Puerto Rico

Major semifinal

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29 July 2017
17:00
United States   4–1   Japan

Minor semifinal

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29 July 2017
19:30
Canada   5–6   Puerto Rico

Preliminary final

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30 July 2017
14:30
Japan   7–2   Puerto Rico

Grand final

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30 July 2017
16:00
United States   13–4   Japan

Final standings

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References

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