Six teams qualified for the Olympic softball tournament, including Japan, which, as host nation, qualified automatically. The United States team won the
2018 Women's Softball World Championship
The 2018 Women's Softball World Championship was an international softball competition held in Chiba, Japan, from 2 August to 12 August. It was the 16th edition of the tournament, and the third edition to be sanctioned by the World Baseball Softb ...
to qualify for the Olympics. The remaining four spots were allocated through three qualification tournaments: one spot for a Europe/Africa tournament, one spot for an Asia/Oceania tournament, and two spots for an Americas tournament.
Table
2018 Women's Softball World Championship
The World Championships featured 16 teams, with the winner earning an Olympic qualification spot (awarded to the runner-up instead if Japan wins).
The United States advanced to the final against already qualified host Japan, securing Olympic qualification.
Qualified teams
Group stage
; Group A
; Group B
Final round
Medal Round
Africa/Europe Qualifying Event
One quota spot was awarded at a combined continental qualifying tournament for Africa and Europe to be held from 23 to 27 July 2019. The tournament featured eight teams: the top six from the
2019 ESF Women's Championship and the top two from the
2019 Softball Africa Cup.
Teams were split into two groups with winners and runners up advancing into Super Round. The draw was held in
WBSC headquarters in
Lausanne
, neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR-74), ...
,
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
10 July 2019.
; Qualified teams
Pre-Qualification
2019 ESF Women's Championship
The 2019 European championship was held from 30 June to 6 July 2019.
;Participants
;Final standings
2019 Softball Africa Cup
The
2019 Softball Africa Cup was held from 9 to 12 May 2019 in
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
.
;Participants
;Final Standings
Final Africa-Europe Qualifier
;Group A
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;Group B
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Super Round
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Final standings
Asia/Oceania Qualifying Event
One quota spot was awarded at a combined continental qualifying tournament for Asia and Oceania to be held from 24to 29 September 2019 in
Shanghai
Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...
, China.
The tournament will feature eight teams: the top six from the
Asian Softball Championship 2019 and the top two from the
Oceania Softball Championship 2019.
Teams were split into two groups with top two advancing into Super Round. Draw was held in
WBSC headquarters in
Lausanne
, neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR-74), ...
,
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
10 July 2019.
;Qualified teams
;Asian Softball Championship 2019
;Oceania Softball Championship 2019
Final Oceania-Asia Qualifier
;Group A
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;Group B
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Super Round
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Final standings
Americas Qualifying Event
Two quota spots were allocated to the winner and runner-up of the Americas Qualifying Event to be held from 25 August to 1 September 2019 in
Surrey, British Columbia
Surrey is a city in British Columbia, Canada. It is located south of the Fraser River on the Canada–United States border. It is a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver regional district and metropolitan area. Mainly a suburban city, Surr ...
,
Canada
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. Tournament consisted of 12 teams split into two groups. Top three teams advanced to Super Round. Winner and runner-up of Super Round qualified for the Olympics. Qualification for the event was determined by placing in the 2019 Pan American Championship.
The draw was held 29 April in
WBSC headquarters in
Lausanne
, neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR-74), ...
,
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
. Argentina and British Virgin Island withdrew from the competition.
;Participants
Group stage
;Group A
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;Group B
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;Placement round
Teams failing to reach the Super Round play in Placement matches. The game between the 6th placed teams was cancelled due to Argentina and British Virgin Island withdrawing from the competition.
9th place Game
7th place Game
Super Round
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Final standings
See also
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Baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification
Six national teams qualified to compete in baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo . As host, Japan automatically qualified. Israel also qualified, by winning the Africa/Europe Qualifying Event in September 2019.
In addition, two teams ...
References
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Qualification for the 2020 Summer Olympics
Softball at the 2020 Summer Olympics