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Editor’s Recap:

The groups and participating teams for the XVIII WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup, which will take place in three stages across 2024 and 2025 is set. The final seven teams were determined after the completion of the Africa and Americas Qualifiers in March and April.

South Africa and Botswana qualified from the African Qualifier, while Argentina, Venezuela, Guatemala, Colombia, and the Dominican Republic earned their spots through the Pan American Championship. However, Botswana declined their participation, and the spot was awarded to Israel as a wild card.

The groups are as follows:

• Group A (Hermosillo, Mexico, June 12-16): Australia, Czechia, Venezuela, Mexico, and Dominican Republic
• Group B (Prince Albert, Canada, July 10-14): Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Israel, and Argentina
• Group C (Oklahoma City, USA, September 17-21): USA, Japan, Guatemala, South Africa, Netherlands, and Colombia

The top two teams from each group, plus two wild cards, will advance to the World Championship Finals in Prince Albert in the summer of 2025. A total of 57 games will be played across the Group Stage, with each group playing a 15-game round-robin before the Play-Offs.

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The last seven teams have been confirmed to participate in the XVIII WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup following the completion of the Africa and Americas Qualifiers.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today confirmed the groups for the XVIII WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup Group Stage, which will take place in June, July and September this year following the completion of the Africa and Americas qualifiers in March and April respectively.

World No. 4 Argentina repeated as Pan American champions on 14 April to earn a ticket to the WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup along with No. 7 Venezuela, No. 12 Guatemala, No. 19 Colombia and No. 20 Dominican Republic. While South Africa, ranked No. 16, and Botswana, ranked No. 33, earned their tickets to the World Cup at the African Qualifier on 3 March. However, Botswana declined their participation in the competition, opening a spot for a wild card, which was subsequently awarded to world No. 15 Israel.

   

Remembering Cecilio

Due to the lack of team participation, only having 5 teams when the fields were paid, the Cecilio Smalling Memorial will be a one day tournament. Since we are not going to utilize at least 3 fields at Little Lake Park, the City of Santa Fe Springs has moved us to Los Nietos. 

Today, another team wanted to be added so now we have 6 teams but it will still be a one day tournament. 

Please visit the SCIFL website to view the Alliance Round Robin and Single Elimination schedule. 

The entry fee is $360 which can be paid online by selecting the amount “Other” and entering $360, change the donation time to Alliance, and check off the “Add $.. USD to help cover the fees” on the Donation site. You can also pay the entry fee by Zelle using the SCIFL email address, not my cell. Cash is also accepted at the park before your first game. 

Sincerely,

Jesse Ortiz

SCIFL President

NAFA Assistant Executive Director

Disclaimer
We will continue to use the bat tester and provide tamper proof decal stickers at this event. Each bat will need to be tested prior to use. Bats that do not have the current tamper proof decal sticker will not be allowed in the game. Players should not try to take the tamper proof decal sticker off because any bat with a sticker that looks like it’s been tampered with will not be allowed in play.

In order to start the games on time please arrive at least 45 minutes prior to game time so we can test your bat and provide passing bats with a tamper proof decal sticker for umpires to check on the field.

SCIFL is a non-profit organization that only receives funds from the entry fee teams pay to cover the expenses of running a tournament. Once a team commits to the tournament the expenses are calculated and the field rentals are paid in advance. If a team has committed and then decides to drop out of the tournament, for any reason, they will be subject to the entry fee to cover expenses. The fees will need to be paid prior to any future SCIFL and NAFA tournaments to avoid the team’s roster (players) from suspension. SCIFL will take the team’s roster from the last tournament the team played and will place it on a suspension list if the cancellation fee is not paid. This means players from that team will not be able to play in any SCIFL and NAFA tournaments until the cancellation fee is paid, so please make sure when you commit you are committed to playing in the tournament.

Sincerely,

Jesse Ortiz

SCIFL President

NAFA Assistant Executive Director