The 1998

ISF Women's World Championship The Women's Softball World Cup is a fastpitch softball tournament for women's national teams held historically every four years, now every two years, by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). The tournament, originally known as the ''I ...

for

softball Softball is a Variations of baseball, variation of baseball, the difference being that it is played with a larger ball, on a smaller field, and with only underhand pitches (where the ball is released while the hand is primarily below the ball) ...

was held July 20–30, 1998 in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, Japan. A fourth straight title was won by the team from the United States, coached by

Margie Wright Marjorie Ann Wright (born December 28, 1952) is an American former college softball coach. She was the head softball coach at California State University, Fresno—more commonly known as Fresno State—from 1986 to 2012. She led the Fresno Stat ...

, which avenged its only loss of the tournament to Australia by a 1-0 margin in the final.

Pool Play

Group I

Group II

Playoffs

Day One

Venezuela and Chinese Taipei Eliminated.

Day Two

Italy and Canada Eliminated.

Day Three

Medal Round

External links

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Softball Softball is a Variations of baseball, variation of baseball, the difference being that it is played with a larger ball, on a smaller field, and with only underhand pitches (where the ball is released while the hand is primarily below the ball) ...

Women's Softball World Championship

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Sport in Shizuoka Prefecture

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July 1998 sports events in Asia