Softball at the 2025 World Games
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The softball competition at the 2025 World Games took place from 6 to 17 August 2025 at the Softball Stadium within the Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre in Chengdu, China.[1][2] The discipline included two events: a women's tournament, and for the first time in the games, a men's tournament as well.[3]
VenueXindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre Softball Stadium
Dates6–10 August 2025 (men)
13–17 August 2025 (women)
13–17 August 2025 (women)
No. of events2
Competitors20 teams from 12 nations
| Softball at the 2025 World Games | |
|---|---|
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| Venue | Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre Softball Stadium |
| Dates | 6–10 August 2025 (men) 13–17 August 2025 (women) |
| No. of events | 2 |
| Competitors | 20 teams from 12 nations |
Qualification
A total of eight teams qualified for each event:[4]
| Event | Total places | Qualified NOCs | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's | ||||
| Host nation | 0[a] | N/a | ||
| WBSC World Rankings | 6 |  Argentina Australia Japan Canada Venezuela United States | ||
| Wildcard | 2 |  Czech Republic Singapore | ||
| Women's | ||||
| Host nation | 1 |  China | ||
| WBSC World Rankings | 6 | United States Japan Puerto Rico Chinese Taipei Netherlands Canada | ||
| Wildcard | 1 | Australia | ||
Participating nations
Argentina (1)
Australia (2)
Canada (2)
China (1)
Chinese Taipei (1)
Czech Republic (1)
Japan (2)
Netherlands (1)
Puerto Rico (1)
Singapore (1)
United States (2)
Venezuela (1)
Medal table
* Host nation (China)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Japan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (5 entries) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's tournament[6] |
Japan Koki Sato Kaito Masaki Ryuji Okawa Yusuke Sakuraba Kotaro Yasumi Seii Kuroiwa Hiroki Ikeda Fumiya Ueda Taiyo Kataoka Kanta Nishida Shota Onodera Yusuke Morita Fuga Nagai Kazuya Toriyama Tei Hamamoto United StatesBlaine Milheim Tyler Johnson Jeffrey Lewis Nicholas Mullins Erick Ochoa Zachary Shaw Marco Diaz Tyler Damon Frank Kimlinger Brennan Ducharme Bradley Kilpatrick Jonathan Lynch Yusef Davis Jr. Braden Ducharme Cody Gibbons |
not awarded | Canada Max Major Nick White Kyle Ezekiel Blake Hunter Ty Sebastian Bradley Ezekiel Jordan Hudson Jordan Pomeroy Mitch McKay Justin Schofield Sean Cleary Derek Hyde Tyler Randerson Shane Boland Justin Laskowski VenezuelaPedro Flores Luis Colombo Ángel Adames Jean Flores Engelbert Herrera José Dorantes Rogelio Sequera Edruin Ramírez Franklin Benítez Rafael Flores Kleiver Rodríguez Erwin Díaz Eudomar Toyo Alfredo Aguilar |
| Women's tournament[6] |
United States Skylar Wallace Ally Carda Maya Brady Jayda Coleman Amanda Lorenz Rachel Garcia Janae Jefferson Tiare Jennings Megan Faraimo Sahvanna Jaquish Kelly Maxwell Jessie Warren Dejah Mulipola Hannah Flippen Bubba Nickles |
Chinese Taipei Shen Chia-wen Ke Hsia-ai Li Szu-shih Ho Yi-fan Chen Ching-yu Su Yi-hsuan Chiang Ting-en Yeh Kuei-ping Yang An-chi Liu Hsuan Chen Chia-yi Chu Yi-shan Tu Ya-ting Lin Feng-chen Lin Chih-ying |
Japan Sakura Miwa Kanna Kudo Kyoko Ishikawa Yui Sakamoto Minori Naito Yuuki Kamata Ayana Karoji Yukari Hamamura Yukiko Ueno Natsumi Fujimori Urara Fujimoto Yume Kiriishi Haruka Agatsuma Hotaru Tsukamoto Miu Goto |
Results
Men's tournament
Preliminary round
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 10 | +15 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Venezuela |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 4 | |
| 3 | Argentina |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 2 | 5th–8th Classification |
| 4 | Czech Republic |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 26 | −23 | 0 |
Source: TWG 2025
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 8 | +27 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Canada |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 4 | |
| 3 | Singapore |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 33 | −13 | 2 | 5th–8th Classification |
| 4 |  Australia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 35 | −21 | 0 |
Source: TWG 2025
Classification stage
Bracket
| 5th–8th Classification | Fifth place play-off | |||||
| August 9 – Chengdu | ||||||
| Czech Republic | 15 | |||||
| August 9 – Chengdu | ||||||
| Singapore | 10 | |||||
| Czech Republic | 0 | |||||
| August 9 – Chengdu | ||||||
| Argentina | 3 | |||||
| Australia | 1 | |||||
| Argentina | 12 | |||||
| Seventh place play-off | ||||||
| August 9 – Chengdu | ||||||
| Singapore | 5 | |||||
| Australia | 12 | |||||
Knockout stage
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Gold medal match | |||||
| August 9 – Chengdu | ||||||
| Canada | 1 | |||||
| August 9 – Chengdu | ||||||
| Japan | 6 | |||||
| Japan | X | |||||
| August 9 – Chengdu | ||||||
| United States | X | |||||
| Venezuela | 0 | |||||
| United States | 7 | |||||
| Bronze medal match | ||||||
| August 9 – Chengdu | ||||||
| Canada | X | |||||
| Venezuela | X | |||||
A rainout was declared cancelling the gold and bronze medal matches. The winning semifinalists were awarded gold medals while the losers were given bronze medals.[7]
Final standings
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
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Japan |
| United States | |
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Canada |
| Venezuela | |
| 5 | Argentina |
| 6 | Czech Republic |
| 7 | Australia |
| 8 | Singapore |
Women's tournament
Preliminary round
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | +18 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 4 | |
| 3 | Netherlands |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 2 | 5th–8th Classification |
| 4 | China (H) |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 19 | −16 | 0 |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 10 | +12 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Japan |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 4 | |
| 3 | Australia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 20 | −8 | 2 | 5th–8th Classification |
| 4 | Puerto Rico |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 27 | −17 | 0 |
Source: TWG 2025
Classification stage
Bracket
| 5th–8th Classification | Fifth place play-off | |||||
| August 16 – Chengdu | ||||||
| Australia | 3 | |||||
| August 16 – Chengdu | ||||||
| China | 4 | |||||
| China | X | |||||
| August 16 – Chengdu | ||||||
| Puerto Rico | X | |||||
| Netherlands | 1 | |||||
| Puerto Rico | 3 | |||||
| Seventh place play-off | ||||||
| August 16 – Chengdu | ||||||
| Australia | X | |||||
| Netherlands | X | |||||
The play-offs for fifth place and seventh place were cancelled due to rain.[8] The final standings including the 5th to 8th place teams were later confirmed.[9]
Knockout stage
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Gold medal match | |||||
| August 16 – Chengdu | ||||||
| United States | 7 | |||||
| August 16 – Chengdu | ||||||
| Japan | 6 | |||||
| United States | 5 | |||||
| August 16 – Chengdu | ||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | |||||
| Canada | 4 | |||||
| Chinese Taipei | 6 | |||||
| Bronze medal match | ||||||
| August 16 – Chengdu | ||||||
| Japan | 11 | |||||
| Canada | 1 | |||||
Final standings
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
|
United States |
 |
Chinese Taipei |
|
Japan |
| 4 | Canada |
| 5 | Australia |
| 6 | Puerto Rico |
| 7 | Netherlands |
| 8 | China |