Softball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Eight teams competed in the Olympic softball tournament, and the competition consisted of two rounds. The preliminary round followed a round robin format, where each of the teams played all the other teams once. Following this, the top four teams advanced to a page playoff system round consisting of two semifinal games, and finally the bronze and gold medal games.

The top four teams advanced to the semifinal round.

Team	W	L	RS	RA	WIN%	GB	Tiebreaker
United States	6	1	37	7	.857	-	-
China	5	2	29	9	.714	1	3 RA vs. AUS/JPN
Australia	5	2	22	11	.714	1	6 RA vs. CHN/JPN
Japan	5	2	24	18	.714	1	10 RA vs. CHN/AUS
Canada	3	4	15	17	.429	3	-
Chinese Taipei	2	5	19	19	.286	4	-
Netherlands	1	6	4	32	.143	5	1–0 vs. PUR
Puerto Rico	1	6	5	44	.143	5	0–1 vs. NED

July 21

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E  Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3  United States 2 0 3 0 0 5 10 13 0 WP: Granger (1–0)   LP: Martinez (0–1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E  Chinese Taipei 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 8 3 WP: Sippel (1–0)   LP: Tu HP (0–1)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  China 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 6 0  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 WP: Wang L (1–0)   LP: Roche (0–1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 7 0  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 WP: Takayama (1–0)   LP: Mels (0–1)

July 22

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Australia 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 4 7 0  Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 WP: Harding (1–0)   LP: Han (0–1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 3 – 3 5 1 WP: T Watanabe (1–0)   LP: Wang L (1–1)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 4 – 4 4 0 WP: Snelgrove (1–0)   LP: Echevarría (0–1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3  United States 0 5 0 3 1 0 – 9 10 1 WP: Williams (1–0)   LP: Knol (0–1)

July 23

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  China 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 1  Canada 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 2 WP: Wang L (2–1)   LP: Sippel (1–1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 7 12 0  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 1 WP: Tu HM (1–0)   LP: Mels (0–2)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Japan 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1  United States 3 0 0 0 0 3 – 6 10 0 WP: M Smith (1–0)   LP: Kobayashi (0–1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1  Puerto Rico 0 2 0 0 0 0 – 2 2 1 WP: Echevarría (1–1)   LP: Wilkins (0–1)

July 24

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4  United States 1 1 2 0 0 0 – 4 5 1 WP: Harrigan (1–0)   LP: Tu HM (1–1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E  China 0 5 1 4 0 10 11 0  Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 WP: Ma (1–0)   LP: Mize (0–1)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 WP: Holliday (1–0)   LP: Mels (0–3) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0  Japan 1 0 0 3 0 0 – 4 9 1 WP: Takayama (2–0)   LP: Sonnenberg (0–1)

July 25

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3  China 2 0 0 3 2 1 – 8 13 1 WP: He (1–0)   LP: Pannen (0–1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Australia 0 0 0 0 4 0 6 10 11 0  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 WP: Roche (1–1)   LP: T Watanabe (1–1)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Puerto Rico 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0  Chinese Taipei 0 1 0 0 9 0 – 10 11 1 WP: Tu HM (2–1)   LP: Echevarría (1–2) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  United States 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 4 1  Canada 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 5 WP: Williams (2–0)   LP: Snelgrove (1–1)

July 26

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Japan 0 0 1 4 0 2 1 8 12 1  Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 WP: Takayama (3–0)   LP: Martinez (0–2) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 WP: Harding (2–0)   LP: Fernandez (0–1)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Netherlands 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4  Canada 0 0 2 1 0 1 – 4 5 1 WP: Sippel (2–1)   LP: Mels (0–4)   Sv: Debbie Sonnenberg (1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  China 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 2  Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 WP: Wang L (3–1)   LP: Tu HM (1–2)

July 27

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Canada 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 4 0  Australia 2 0 0 0 3 0 – 5 9 3 WP: Roche (2–1)   LP: Snelgrove (1–2) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Netherlands 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 8 1  Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 WP: Mels (1–4)   LP: Echevarría (1–3)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  China 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 0  United States 0 1 0 0 0 2 – 3 8 1 WP: M Smith (2–0)   LP: Wang L (3–2) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Japan 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 5 10 0  Chinese Taipei 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 WP: Kobayashi (1–1)   LP: Han (0–1)