2002 Women's Softball World Championship Explained

Country:Canada
Num Teams:16
Medal Type:world major
Num Championships:7
Prev Edition:1998
Next Edition:2006

The 2002 ISF Women's World Championship for softball was held July 26-August 4, 2002 in Saskatoon, Canada.[1] The United States, which went undefeated for the tournament, won a fifth straight world championship with a 1-0 victory over Japan. The first four teams qualified for the 2004 Olympics.

Pool Play

Group A

GPWLRFRA
770530
761405
7521812
743118
7341411
716324
716440
716750

Group B

GPWLRFRA
770481
761498
7523717
7431838
7342828
7253136
7161045
7071666

Playoffs

Day One

5-1
3-0
4-3
5-0

Puerto Rico and Italy Eliminated.

Day Two

2-4
4-2

Australia and New Zealand Eliminated.

Medal Round

Final ranking

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: X ISF Women's World Championship 2002 . International Softball Federation . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030001/http://www.isfsoftball.org/english/events/02_08_04_womens_world.asp . 2016-03-04 . dead .