Italy women's national softball team

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Italy women's national softball team
Medal record
Representing  Italy
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 1986 Antwerp
Gold medal – first place 1992 Bussum
Gold medal – first place 1995 Settimo Torinese
Gold medal – first place 1997 Prague
Gold medal – first place 1999 Antwerp
Gold medal – first place 2001 Prague
Gold medal – first place 2003 Saronno
Gold medal – first place 2005 Prague
Gold medal – first place 2007 Amsterdam
Gold medal – first place 2015 Rosmalen
Gold medal – first place 2019 Ostrava
Silver medal – second place 1979 Rovereto
Silver medal – second place 1981 Haarlem
Silver medal – second place 1983 Parma
Silver medal – second place 1984 Antwerp
Silver medal – second place 1988 Hørsholm
Silver medal – second place 2011 Ronchi dei Legionari
Silver medal – second place 2013 Prague
Silver medal – second place 2017 Bollate
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Genoa

Italy women's national softball team is one of the top-ranked softball teams in Europe.

The Italian team has won the ESF Women's Championship eleven times (leader in Europe). The latest European title came in Ostrava, where Italy hit more than 40 home runs in 12 games and beat the Netherlands in a tight final contest. Later in the year, the Italian team won the WBSC Olympic Softball Qualifier by beating all five opponents and eventually qualified for the Olympic tournament in Tokyo.

The first participation in the World Championships took place in 1974, where Italy finished in 7th place. The team competed at the 1990 ISF Women's World Championship in Normal, Illinois where they finished with 6 wins and 3 losses.[1] The team competed at the 1994 ISF Women's World Championship in St. John's, Newfoundland where they finished eleventh.[2] The team competed at the 1998 ISF Women's World Championship in Fujinomiya City, Japan where they finished sixth.[3]

The team competed at the 2002 ISF Women's World Championship in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan where they finished seventh.[4][5] The team competed at the 2006 ISF Women's World Championship in Beijing, China where they finished sixth.[6][7] After finishing out of the top 8 in the three following World Championship editions, Italy came back in 2018, in Chiba, and took seventh place thanks to a four-game winning streak that eliminated, among others, China from the medal contention. In the fight for sixth place, Italy was beaten by Mexico in a tight 1–0 loss after two extra-innings.

Palmarès[]

Competition 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Olympic Games 0 0 0 0
World Championship 0 0 0 0
European Championship 9 6 1 16
Universiade 0 0 0 0
Total 9 6 1 16

Italy–Netherlands rivalry[]

2020 Olympic roster[]

The roster was released on 4 July 2021.[8]

Softball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Italy roster
Players Coaches
Pitchers
 Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

 Manager

Coaches


See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "1990 ISF Women's World Championship". United States: International Softball Federation. 2013. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  2. ^ "1994 ISF Women's World Championship". United States: International Softball Federation. 2013. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  3. ^ "1998 ISF Women's World Championship". United States: International Softball Federation. 2013. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  4. ^ "2002 ISF Women's World Championship – Final Standings". United States: International Softball Federation. 2013. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  5. ^ "FOUR TEAMS QUALIFY FOR 2004 OLYMPIC GAMES". United States: International Softball Federation. 4 August 2002. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  6. ^ "2006 ISF Women's World Championship – Final Standings". United States: International Softball Federation. 2013. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  7. ^ "USA WINS 2006 WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP". United States: International Softball Federation. 5 September 2006. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  8. ^ "Team Italy manager Federico Pizzolini reveals women's softball roster for Tokyo Olympics". fibs.it. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Team Roster Italy" (PDF). olympics.com. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

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