2010 Women's Softball World Championship

{{Infobox international softball tournament

| image = Logoisfwomen'sworldchampionship.png

| size = 200px

| country = Venezuela

| dates = 23 June – 2 July

| num_teams =

| defending_champion = United States

| prev_year = 2006

| medal_type = world major

| champion_other = {{Sbw|USA}}

| num_championships = 9

| second_other = {{Sbw|JPN}}

| third_other = {{Sbw|CAN}}

| fourth_other = {{Sbw|CHN}}

| games = 66

}}

The 2010 ISF Women's World Championship was an international softball competition held at Estadio La Rinconada and Estadio Fuerte Tiuna in Caracas, Venezuela from June 23 to July 2, 2010. It was the 12th edition of the tournament.[http://www.dutchsoftballteam.com/wk10.htm 12th edition scheduled to start on 23 June 2010]

In the end, the United States won their ninth and seventh consecutive title.[https://www.espn.com/olympics/news/story?id=5350956 U.S. downs Japan for 7th title in row]

Mascot

The mascot chosen for this edition is called Sofi, a white cat so cute, beautiful, insightful and courageous, as is the Venezuelan woman. To promote this event as part of the celebration of Venezuelan Bicentennial of Independence. Designed by Fractal Studio, a design studio in Venezuela, the name Sofi is a contraction of Softball International.

First round

=Pool A=

class="wikitable" width="50%" style="text-align:center;"

! width="20%" | Teams

! width="7%" | {{Tooltip | W | Wins}}

! width="7%" | {{Tooltip | L | Loss}}

! width="8%" | Pct.

! width="7%" | GB

! width="8%" | {{Tooltip | R | Runs scored}}

! width="8%" | {{Tooltip | RA | Runs allowed}}

bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

|align=left| {{Sbw|JPN}}

701.000422
bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

|align=left| {{Sbw|CAN}}

61.8571495
bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

|align=left| {{Sbw|TPE}}

52.71422617
bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

|align=left| {{Sbw|NED}}

43.57132323
align=left| {{Sbw|CUB}}34.42941913
align=left| {{Sbw|GBR}}25.28651027
align=left| {{Sbw|ARG}}16.14361245
align=left| {{Sbw|RSA}}07.0007554

class="wikitable"
width=15px bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|Qualified for the playoffs

=Pool B=

class="wikitable" width="50%" style="text-align:center;"

! width="20%" | Teams

! width="7%" | {{Tooltip | W | Wins}}

! width="7%" | {{Tooltip | L | Loss}}

! width="8%" | Pct.

! width="7%" | GB

! width="8%" | {{Tooltip | R | Runs scored}}

! width="8%" | {{Tooltip | RA | Runs allowed}}

bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

|align=left| {{Sbw|USA}}

701.000685
bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

|align=left| {{Sbw|VEN}}

61.85713013
bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

|align=left| {{Sbw|AUS}}

52.71423713
bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

|align=left| {{Sbw|CHN}}

43.5713409
align=left| {{Sbw|CZE}}34.42942141
align=left| {{Sbw|NZL}}25.28652155
align=left| {{Sbw|DOM}}16.14361025
align=left| {{Sbw|BOT}}07.0007571

Playoffs

=Day 1=

{{Baseballbox

|date = June 30, 2010

|team1 = {{Sbw-rt|JPN}}

|score = 2–0

|boxurl =

|team2 = {{Sbw|VEN}}

|stadium = {{flagicon|VEN}} Caracas

|attendance = }}

{{Baseballbox

|date = June 30, 2010

|team1 = {{Sbw-rt|USA}}

|score = 16–1

|boxurl =

|team2 = {{Sbw|CAN}}

|stadium = {{flagicon|VEN}} Caracas

|attendance = }}

{{Baseballbox

|date = June 30, 2010

|team1 = {{Sbw-rt|TPE}}

|score = 0–1

|boxurl =

|team2 = {{Sbw|CHN}}

|stadium = {{flagicon|VEN}} Caracas

|attendance = }}

{{Baseballbox

|date = June 30, 2010

|team1 = {{Sbw-rt|AUS}}

|score = 3–2

|boxurl =

|team2 = {{Sbw|NED}}

|stadium = {{flagicon|VEN}} Caracas

|attendance = }}

=Day 2=

{{Baseballbox

|date = July 1, 2010

|team1 = {{Sbw-rt|VEN}}

|score = 1–6

|boxurl =

|team2 = {{Sbw|CHN}}

|stadium = {{flagicon|VEN}} Caracas

|attendance = }}

{{Baseballbox

|date = July 1, 2010

|team1 = {{Sbw-rt|CAN}}

|score = 3–2

|boxurl =

|team2 = {{Sbw|AUS}}

|stadium = {{flagicon|VEN}} Caracas

|attendance = }}

=Medal round=

{{PagePlayoffBracket | RD1=Day Two

| RD2=Bronze Medal

| RD3=Gold Medal

| RD1-seed1=W1

| RD1-team1={{Sbw|JPN}}

| RD1-score1=0

| RD1-seed2=W2

| RD1-team2={{Sbw|USA}}

| RD1-score2=4

| RD1-seed3=W5

| RD1-team3={{Sbw|CHN}}

| RD1-score3=0

| RD1-seed4=W6

| RD1-team4={{Sbw|CAN}}

| RD1-score4=1

| RD2-seed1=L7

| RD2-team1={{Sbw|JPN}}

| RD2-score1=12

| RD2-seed2=W8

| RD2-team2={{Sbw|CAN}}

| RD2-score2=3

| RD3-seed1=W7

| RD3-team1={{Sbw|USA}}

| RD3-score1=7

| RD3-seed2=W9

| RD3-team2={{Sbw|JPN}}

| RD3-score2=0

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Final standings

{{col-start}}

{{col-2}}

class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"
width=25|Rk

!width=170|Team

!width=25|{{Tooltip|W|Total wins in the tournament}}

!width=25|{{Tooltip|L|Total losses in the tournament}}

{{Gold1}}

|align=left|{{Sbw|USA}}

|10

0
{{Silver2}}

|align=left|{{Sbw|JPN}}

|9

2
colspan="4"|Failed to qualify for the gold medal game
{{Bronze3}}

|align=left|{{Sbw|CAN}}

|8

3
4

|align=left|{{Sbw|CHN}}

|6

4
colspan="4"|Failed to qualify for the Medal round
5

|align=left|{{Sbw|VEN}}

|6

3
6

|align=left|{{Sbw|AUS}}

|6

3
7

|align=left|{{Sbw|TPE}}

|5

3
8

|align=left|{{Sbw|NED}}

|4

4
colspan="4"|Failed to qualify for the Playoffs
9

|align=left|{{Sbw|CUB}}

|3

4
10

|align=left|{{Sbw|CZE}}

|3

4
11

|align=left|{{Sbw|GBR}}

|2

5
12

|align=left|{{Sbw|NZL}}

|2

5
13

|align=left|{{Sbw|DOM}}

|1

6
14

|align=left|{{Sbw|ARG}}

|1

6
15

|align=left|{{Sbw|RSA}}

|0

7
16

|align=left|{{Sbw|BOT}}

|0

7

{{col-2}}

{{winners|bb|2010 ISF Women's World champions|USA|9th}}

{{col-end}}

References