OKLAHOMA CITY – Over 60 softball games will be played July 4-10 at the ASA Hall of Fame Complex – OGE Energy Field – INTEGRIS Field as the Amateur Softball Association (ASA)/USA Softball announced today the complete game schedule for the World Cup of Softball XI and Border Battle VIII. Featuring eight of the Top 10 Women’s National Teams in the world, the World Cup of Softball, a sanctioned World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Softball Division event, and Border Battle return to Oklahoma City for the first time since 2013.
Click here to view the entire game schedule for World Cup of Softball XI
With a record-12 countries slated to participate, the World Cup of Softball XI features No. 1 Japan, No. 2 USA, No. 3 Australia, No. 4 Canada, No. 6 China, No. 7 Netherlands, No. 8 New Zealand and No. 10 Czech Republic. Also slated to compete are No. 11 Puerto Rico, No. 14 Mexico, No. 19 Venezuela, No. 23 Philippines and the USA Softball Women’s Elite Team. Rankings are calculated by the WBSC world ranking system, which tracks the performance of each country’s National Team over a three-year period.
The 2016 Women’s National Team and Elite Team rosters were named in January as 18 athletes have been selected to represent the Red, White and Blue on the Women’s National Team and an additional 16 have been named to the Women’s Elite Team. For complete schedules and rosters for both the Women’s National Team and Women’s Elite Team, please click here.
Click here to view the entire game schedule for Border Battle VIII
The eighth-annual Men’s Border Battle Slow Pitch game will also return to Oklahoma City for the first time since 2013 on Wednesday, July 6 when the USA Softball Men’s Slow Pitch National Team takes the field against Canada in Border Battle VIII. Team USA captured their sixth Border Battle win in 2015 with a 22-7 win over Canada in Midland, Mich. In addition to the Border Battle, the USA Softball Men’s Slow Pitch National Team and the USA Softball Men’s Futures Slow Pitch National Team will also be competing in the Slow Pitch Showdown on July 5.
The 2016 USA Softball Men’s Slow Pitch National Team and USA Softball Men’s Futures Slow Pitch National Team were announced in March, and rosters can be viewed by clicking here.
All-session Gold Pass tickets, which are $175 for reserved seating, and general admission tickets, which are $60, can be purchased by phone at 800-654-8337 or online at ASAUSASoftball.com. Gold Pass all-session tickets include a USA Softball hat, World Cup XI program, a personalized name slide on the videoboard at OGE Energy Field, exclusive parking and advanced autograph sessions. Fans that hold the Gold Pass all-session ticket will have open seating in the Gold Pass section (click here to view seating chart). Single session Gold Pass and general admission tickets will go on sale in early June.
For complete coverage of World Cup XI and Border Battle VIII, including bios, rosters, live stats, streaming and results log on to www.ASAUSASoftball.com.
About ASA/USA Softball
Founded in 1933, the Amateur Softball Association (ASA)/USA Softball is the National Governing Body of Softball in the United States and a member of the United States Olympic Committee. One of the nation’s largest sports organizations, ASA/USA Softball sanctions competition in every state through a network of 70 local associations and has grown from a few hundred teams in the early days to over 165,000 teams today, representing a membership of more than 2.2 million. ASA/USA is responsible for training, equipping and promoting the six USA Softball National Teams that compete in international and domestic competitions. The USA Softball Women’s National Team is one of only two women’s sports involved in the Olympic movement to capture three consecutive gold medals at the Olympic Games since 1996. The U.S. women have also won nine World Championship titles as well as claimed eight World Cup of Softball titles. For more information about ASA/USA Softball, please visit http://www.asausasoftball.com/.
About the World Baseball Softball Confederation
Headquartered in the Olympic Capital city of Lausanne, Switzerland, the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) was established in April 2013 and granted recognition as the sole competent authority in baseball and softball by the International Olympic Committee at the 125th IOC Session in September 2013. The WBSC represents a united baseball/softball sports movement that encompasses over 65 million athletes worldwide and attract approximately 150 million fans annually to stadiums worldwide.
The WBSC governs all international competitions involving any of the National Teams of its 141 National Federation members. The WBSC oversees the Softball World Championships (Men, Women, U-19 Men, and U-19 Women), Premier12, World Baseball Classic, and the U-12, U-15, U-18, U-21 and Women’s Baseball World Cups. For further information, please go to www.WBSC.org or follow the WBSC on Twitter at @WBSC.
