Softball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

The eight teams in the Olympic softball tournament qualify through a series of tournaments. China, as the host nation, was guaranteed one automatic entry. The top four finalists at the 2006 Softball World Championships qualify for the Olympic tournament. Finally, there were continental qualifying tournaments for Europe/Africa, Pan-America, and Asia/Oceania, with the winners of each tournament earning a spot in the Olympic tournament.

Date	Event	Location	Qualifier
	Host Nation		China
Aug. 20–29, 2006	2006 ISF World Championship	Beijing	United States  Japan  Australia  Canada
June 9–16, 2007	Europe & Africa Olympic Qualifying Tournament	Trieste	Netherlands
Feb. 1–5, 2007	Asian & Oceania Olympic Qualifying Tournament	Tainan City	Chinese Taipei1
Aug. 19–24, 2007	Pan-American Olympic Qualifying Tournament	Valencia	Venezuela

^Note 1 : Chinese Taipei is the official IOC designation for the state officially referred to as the Republic of China, more commonly known as Taiwan. (See also political status of Taiwan for details.)

The top four teams advance to the semifinal round.

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Team	W	L	RS	RA	WIN%	GB	Tiebreaker
United States	7	0	53	1	1.000	-	-
Japan	6	1	23	13	.857	1	-
Australia	5	2	30	11	.714	2	-
Canada	3	4	17	23	.429	4	-
Chinese Taipei	2	5	10	23	.286	5	2-0 vs. CHN/VEN
China	2	5	19	21	.286	5	1-1 vs. TPE/VEN
Venezuela	2	5	15	35	.286	5	0-2 vs. CHN/TPE
Netherlands	1	6	8	48	.143	6	-

Tiebreaking procedures follow the International Softball Federation's standard procedure for the resolution of ties.^[5]

August 12

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2  Canada 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 6 11 0 WP: Lauren Bay(1-0)   LP: Chia-Yen Wu(0-1) Home runs: TPE: Chia-Ching Ll(1) CAN: None Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  United States 0 4 2 5 0 X X 11 11 0  Venezuela 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0 0 2 WP: Jennie Finch(1-0)   LP: Johana Gómez(0-1) Home runs: USA: Natasha Watley(1), Caitlin Lowe(1), Crystl Bustos(1) VEN: None

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  China 0 0 0 0 5 1 4 10 13 1  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 3 WP: Huili Yu(1-0)   LP: Kristi de Varies(0-1) Home runs: CHN: Lifang Zhang(1), Zhou Yi(1) NED: Marloes Fellinger(1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Australia 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 1  Japan 3 1 0 0 0 0 X 4 5 1 WP: Yukiko Ueno(1-0)   LP: Melanie Roche(0-1) Home runs: AUS: Jodie Bowering(1), Natalie Titcume(1) JPN: Satoko Mabuchi(1)

August 13

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  China 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 7 10 1  Venezuela 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 0 WP: Wei Lu(1-0)   LP: Mariangee Bogado(0-1) Home runs: CHN: Yanhong Yu(1) VEN: None Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  United States 0 0 0 0 1 2 X 3 5 0  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 WP: Cat Osterman(1-0)   LP: Tanya Harding(0-1) Home runs: USA: Crystl Bustos(2)[6] AUS: None

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Japan 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 9 1  Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 WP: Hiroko Sakai(1-0)   LP: Sheng-Jung Lai(0-1) Home runs: JPN: Satoko Mabuchi(2) TPE: None Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Canada 0 0 3 4 1 1 X 9 11 1  Netherlands 0 0 0 1 1 0 X 2 3 1 WP: Danielle Lawrie(1-0)   LP: Kristi de Varies(0-2) Home runs: CAN: Kaleigh Rafter(1), Melanie Matthews(1) NED: Sandra Gouverneur(1)

August 14

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  China 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0  Australia 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 2 WP: Tanya Harding(1-1)   LP: Huili Yu(1-1) Home runs: CHN: None AUS: Simmone Morrow(1,2) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Canada 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3  United States 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 8 6 1 WP: Cat Osterman(2-0)   LP: Dione Meier(0-1)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1  Japan 2 0 0 0 1 0 X 3 8 0 WP: Hiroko Sakai(2-0)   LP: Judith van Kampen(0-1)   Sv: Naho Emoto(1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Chinese Taipei 2 0 0 1 0 0 X 3 6 0  Venezuela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 WP: Chia-Yen Wu(1-1)   LP: Johana Gómez(0-2) Home runs: TPE: Hsueh-Mei Lu(1) VEN: None

August 15

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 2 WP: Lauren Bay(2-0)   LP: Wei Lu(1-1) Home runs: CHN: None CAN: Jennifer Yee(1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  United States 4 0 0 3 0 X X 7 9 0  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0 1 1 WP: Monica Abbott(1-0)   LP: Naho Emoto(0-1) Home runs: USA: Natasha Watley(2), Jessica Mendoza(1,2), Crystl Bustos(3) JPN: None

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Australia 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 5 0  Chinese Taipei 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 WP: Kelly Hardie(1-0)   LP: Sheng-Jung Lai(0-2) Home runs: AUS: Natalie Ward(1), Natalie Titcume(2) TPE: None Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Venezuela 3 3 0 2 X X X 8 7 0  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0 1 0 WP: Mariangee Bogado(1-1)   LP: Kristi de Varies(0-3)

August 16

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Japan 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 0  China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 WP: Yukiko Ueno(2-0)   LP: Wei Lu(1-2)   Sv: Hiroko Sakai(1) Home runs: JPN: Rie Sato(1) CHN: None Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  United States 1 0 5 1 X X X 7 10 0  Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0 2 1 WP: Jennie Finch(2-0)   LP: Su-Hua Lin(0-1) Home runs: USA: Jessica Mendoza(3) TPE: None

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2  Australia 0 2 0 2 0 0 4 8 7 0 WP: Justine Smethurst(1-0)   LP: Kristi de Varies(0-4) Home runs: NED: None AUS: Simmone Morrow(3), Sandy Lewis(1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Venezuela 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 0  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 WP: Mariangee Bogado(2-1)   LP: Danielle Lawrie(1-1) Home runs: VEN: Yuruby Alicart(1) CAN: None

August 17

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Chinese Taipei 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 6 1  China 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 WP: Ming-Hui Chueh(1-0)   LP: Huili Yu(1-2) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Venezuela 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 7 0  Japan 0 0 0 1 4 0 X 5 9 0 WP: Hiroko Sakai(3-0)   LP: Mariangee Bogado(2-2) Home runs: VEN: None JPN: Satoko Mabuchi(3), Eri Yamada (1)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 4 0  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 WP: Tanya Harding(2-1)   LP: Lauren Bay(2-1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  United States 1 2 3 2 X X X 8 13 0  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0 0 1 WP: Monica Abbott(2-0)   LP: Rebecca Soumeru(0-1) Home runs: USA: Tairia Flowers(1), Crystl Bustos(4), Jessica Mendoza(4) NED: None

August 18

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Netherlands 0 2 2 0 0 0 X 4 6 3  Chinese Taipei 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 1 WP: Rebecca Soumeru(1-1)   LP: Ming-Hui Chueh(1-1)   Sv: Rebecca Soumeru(1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  China 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0 1 1  United States 9 0 0 0 X X X 9 9 0 WP: Cat Osterman(3-0)   LP: Wei Lu(1-3) Home runs: CHN: None USA: Kelly Kretschman(1)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3  Japan 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 6 9 0 WP: Yukiko Ueno(3-0)   LP: Lauren Bay(2-2)   Sv: Mika Someya(1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Venezuela 0 0 0 0 2 X X 2 1 0  Australia 4 1 0 4 0 X X 9 8 0 WP: Justine Smethurst(2-0)   LP: Mariangee Bogado(2-3) Home runs: VEN: None AUS: Danielle Stewart(1)