Canada Cup International Softball Championship Explained

The Canada Cup is an annual international women's softball tournament held at the Softball City Complex in South Surrey, British Columbia.

Format

Following an announcement on June 13, 1991 by the International Softball Federation that women's fastpitch was being made a full-medal sport at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, the Canada Cup was created to provide the Canadian national softball team with a world calibre team competition in order to help prepare for Olympic qualifying.

Over the years, the Canada Cup has evolved into one of the most prestigious international softball tournaments. Today, the competition is split among four separate tournaments:

Although a number of US and Japanese club teams have competed in the Canada Cup, the showcase event has evolved primarily into a national team competition between the following countries:

This tournament enjoys strong local support with hundreds of community volunteers. Each team is assigned a bat girl from one of the local teams plus a family support liaison from the community. Another unusual part of this tournament is the concurrent co-ed Slow-Pitch Friendship Division tournament for developmentally disabled adults which is run at the same site as the premier International Women's Fastpitch tournament. You can watch both at the same time.

Tournament History

YearChampionsRunners-upAttendance
Redding Rebels43,968
1994Redding Rebels56,829
1995California Commotion70,108
199679,136
199895,869
1999 (Gold)100,419
2000109,814
2001 (Red)110,346
2002 (World) (Elite)122,504
2003 (Elite)113,916
200491,201
2005 (Elite)105,856
2006112,676
2007119,301
2008102,647
2009N/A
2010Cancelled
2011N/A
2012N/A
2013N/A
2014N/A
2022T.C. ColoradoN/A

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