Group C of the 2024 Women's Softball World Cup will take place from 22 to 26 July 2023 in Castions di Strada and Buttrio, Italy.[1] The group consists of host nation Italy, Japan, Canada, Venezuela, New Zealand and Philippines. Japan and Canada advanced to the Finals to be held in 2024. Italy also advanced to the Finals as host/wildcard.
| Draw position | Team | Confederation | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | data-sort-type="number" | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | WBSC Rankings[2] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C1 | style=white-space:nowrap | data-sort-value="*" | Hosts/European Championship third place | 9 June 2022 | 14th | data-sort-value="4.0" | Playoff round (1998, 2002, 2006, 2018) | 8 | |||
| C2 | style=white-space:nowrap | Asia Cup winners | 6 April 2023 | 16th | data-sort-value="8.0" | Winners (1970, 2012, 2014) | 2 | ||||
| C3 | style=white-space:nowrap | Pan American Championship runners-up | 19 November 2022 | 17th | data-sort-value="7.0" | Runners-up (1978) | 5 | ||||
| C4 | style=white-space:nowrap | Pan American Championship fifth place | 20 November 2022 | 10th | data-sort-value="4.0" | Playoff round (2006, 2016) | 22 | ||||
| C5 | style=white-space:nowrap | Oceania | Automatic (Oceania) | 17th | data-sort-value="8.0" | Winners (1982) | 29 | ||||
| C6 | style=white-space:nowrap | Asia Cup fourth place | 6 April 2023 | 8th | data-sort-value="6.0" | Third place (1970) | 26 | ||||
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All times listed are local, CEST (UTC+2).[4]
The winner of the final and the repechage qualify for the 2024 finals.[5]
| Round | Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th place match | 26 July 2023 | 11:00 | 4–0 | 7 | Campo Comunale da Softball | Boxscore | ||||
| 3rd place match | 26 July 2023 | 14:00 | 5–6 | 7 | Campo Comunale da Softball | Boxscore | ||||
| Final | 26 July 2023 | 17:00 | 7–1 | 7 | Campo Comunale da Softball | Boxscore | ||||
| Repechage | 26 July 2023 | 20:00 | Canceled | Campo Comunale da Softball | ||||||
Game was cancelled due to weather conditions.