Group B of the 2024 Women's Softball World Cup will take place from 18 to 22 July 2023 in Valencia, Spain.[1] The group consists of host nation Spain, China, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Netherlands and South Africa.
Draw position | Team | Confederation | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | data-sort-type="number" | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | WBSC Rankings[2] | ||
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B1 | style=white-space:nowrap | data-sort-value="*" | Hosts | 9 June 2022 | 2nd | data-sort-value="2.0" | Group stage (1994) | 12 | |||
B2 | style=white-space:nowrap | Asia Cup runners-up | 6 April 2023 | 12th | data-sort-value="7.0" | Runners-up (1986, 1994) | 11 | ||||
B3 | style=white-space:nowrap | Pan American Championship third place | 19 November 2022 | 6th | data-sort-value="4.0" | Championship round (2016) | 28 | ||||
B4 | style=white-space:nowrap | Pan American Championship fourth place | 19 November 2022 | 12th | data-sort-value="4.0" | Playoff round (2018) | 4 | ||||
B5 | style=white-space:nowrap | European Championship winners | 29 July 2022 | 15th | data-sort-value="5.0" | Fourth place (2016) | 10 | ||||
B6 | style=white-space:nowrap | African qualifier winner | 15 February 2023 | 8th | data-sort-value="2.0" | Group stage (1974, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012) | 38 | ||||
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The winner of the final and the repechage qualify for the 2024 finals.[4]
Round | Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
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5th place match | 22 July 2023 | 10:00 | 0–5 | 7 | Camp Municipal de València | Boxscore | ||||
3rd place match | 22 July 2023 | 12:30 | 2–1 | 7 | Camp Municipal de València | Boxscore | ||||
Final | 22 July 2023 | 15:00 | 2–1 | 7 | Camp Municipal de València | Boxscore | ||||
Repechage | 22 July 2023 | 18:00 | 2–0 | 7 | Camp Municipal de València | Boxscore | ||||