Softball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Softball

|games = 2008 Summer

|image = Softball 2008.png

|caption = Pictogram used to identify softball at the 2008 Games

|venue = Fengtai Softball Field

|dates = August 12–21, 2008

|teams = 8

|gold = {{sbw|Japan}}

|silver = {{sbw|United States}}

|bronze = {{sbw|Australia}}

|prev = 2004

|next = 2020

}}

Image:2008 Summer Olympics - softball.PNG

Softball at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing took place over a ten-day period starting August 12 and culminating in the medal finals on August 21. All games were played at the Fengtai Softball Field. Olympic softball is a women only competition, with men competing in the similar sport of baseball.

This is the last time Softball was contested as a core sport at the Olympics, as the International Olympic Committee voted to remove baseball from the program in the 2012 Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2005-07-08-baseball-softball-dropped_x.htm|title=Baseball, softball bumped from Olympics|first=Vicki|last=Michaelis|access-date=August 17, 2008|date=2005-07-08|publisher=USA Today}} Along with baseball, softball was rejected for inclusion in the 2016 Summer Olympics at the IOC's meeting in October 2009.{{cite news|title=Olympic Leaders Approve Golf and Rugby for 2016 Summer Games|url=http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,539269,00.html|work=Fox News|date=August 13, 2009|access-date=2010-02-16|agency=Associated Press}} However, softball was contested at the 2020 Games and will be included in the at the 2028 games as an additional sport.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/04/sports/olympics/baseball-softball-2020-tokyo-new-sports.html?_r=0 |title=Baseball and Softball Returning to Olympics in 2020 |author=Victor Mather |newspaper=New York Times|date=August 3, 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.si.com/softball/2023/10/20/softballs-addition-los-angeles-2028-olympics-new-life |title=Softball's Addition to 2028 Olympics Breathes New Life Into the Sport |author=Emma Baccellieri |newspaper=Sports Illustrated|date=October 20, 2023}}

Medalists

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| style="background:gold;"|Gold

| style="background:silver;"|Silver

| style="background:#c96;"|Bronze

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|{{flagIOCteam|JPN|2008 Summer}}

Naho Emoto
Motoko Fujimoto
Megu Hirose
Emi Inui
Sachiko Ito
Ayumi Karino
Satoko Mabuchi
Yukiyo Mine
Masumi Mishina
Rei Nishiyama
Hiroko Sakai
Rie Sato
Mika Someya
Yukiko Ueno
Eri Yamada

|{{flagIOCteam|USA|2008 Summer}}

Monica Abbott
Stacey Nuveman
Crystl Bustos
Jennie Finch
Laura Berg
Lauren Lappin
Lovieanne Jung
Cat Osterman
Tairia Flowers
Andrea Duran
Jessica Mendoza
Victoria Galindo
Kelly Kretschman
Caitlin Lowe
Natasha Watley

|{{flagIOCteam|AUS|2008 Summer}}

Jodie Bowering
Kylie Cronk
Kelly Hardie
Tanya Harding
Sandy Lewis
Simmone Morrow
Tracey Mosley
Stacey Porter
Melanie Roche
Justine Smethurst
Danielle Stewart
Natalie Titcume
Natalie Ward
Belinda Wright
Kerry Wyborn

Participants

{{sbw|AUS}}
{{sbw|CAN}}
{{sbw|CHN}}
{{sbw|TPE}}
{{sbw|JPN}}
{{sbw|NED}}
{{sbw|USA}}
{{sbw|VEN}}

Competition format

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.

Qualification

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.

Qualification schedule

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Date ! Event ! Location ! Qualifier
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Aug. 20–29, 2006 \| 2006 ISF World Championship \| {{flagicon\|CHN}} Beijing \| {{sbw\|USA}} {{sbw\|JPN}} {{sbw\|AUS}} {{sbw\|CAN}}
June 9–16, 2007 \| [https://web.archive.org/web/20070611131822/http://www.eurafricasoftball.com/ Europe & Africa Olympic Qualifying Tournament] \| {{flagicon\|ITA}} Trieste \| {{sbw\|NED}}
Feb. 1–5, 2007 \| Asian & Oceania Olympic Qualifying Tournament \| {{flagicon\|TPE}} Tainan City \| {{sbw\|TPE}}{{ref\|1\|1}}
Aug. 19–24, 2007 \| Pan-American Olympic Qualifying Tournament \| {{flagicon\|VEN}} Valencia \| {{sbw\|VEN}}

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Date

! Event

! Location

! Qualifier

| Host Nation

| {{sbw|CHN}}

Aug. 20–29, 2006

| 2006 ISF World Championship

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Beijing

| {{sbw|USA}}
{{sbw|JPN}}
{{sbw|AUS}}
{{sbw|CAN}}

June 9–16, 2007

| [https://web.archive.org/web/20070611131822/http://www.eurafricasoftball.com/ Europe & Africa Olympic Qualifying Tournament]

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Trieste

| {{sbw|NED}}

Feb. 1–5, 2007

| Asian & Oceania Olympic Qualifying Tournament

| {{flagicon|TPE}} Tainan City

| {{sbw|TPE}}{{ref|1|1}}

Aug. 19–24, 2007

| Pan-American Olympic Qualifying Tournament

| {{flagicon|VEN}} Valencia

| {{sbw|VEN}}

{{note|1|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.)

Group stage

=Preliminary round=

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style="width:10px; background:#cfc;"\|	Qualified for the semifinals
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The top four teams advance to the semifinal round.

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

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Tiebreaking procedures follow the International Softball Federation's standard procedure for the resolution of ties.[http://www.internationalsoftball.com/english/rules_standards/technical_code.pdf ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061211182222/http://www.internationalsoftball.com/english/rules_standards/technical_code.pdf |date=December 11, 2006 }}

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Medal round

The loser of 1&2 seed game will play the winner of the 3&4 seed game in the bronze medal match. The loser of the bronze medal match wins the bronze medal while the winner goes on to play the winner of the 1&2 seed game for the gold medal in the gold medal match.

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=Bronze medal match=

Winner advances to gold medal match. Loser wins bronze medal.

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References

External links

[http://olympic.org/uk/sports/programme/index_uk.asp?SportCode=SO IOC Softball]
[http://www.internationalsoftball.com/ International Softball Federation]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20080513144027/http://www.internationalsoftball.com/english/events/2008_olympic_softball.asp ISF Olympic Softball]
[https://digital.la84.org/digital/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/66074/download Softball – Official Results Book]

Category:Events at the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008

Summer Olympics

Category:Softball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Category:Softball competitions in China