The 2013 ISF Men's World Championship, also known as the 2013 ISF Tradestaff Men's World Championship for sponsorship reasons, was an international

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) ...

tournament. The tournament was held at Rosedale Park in

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from 1–10 March 2013. It was the 13th time the World Championship took place. Sixteen nations competed, including defending champions

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. In the end,

won over

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. Defending champions, Australia finished third.

Final standings

External links

Official website (Archived)Final standings

References

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