The U-15 Women's Softball European Championship gets underway on Monday

The U-15 Women's Softball European Championship gets underway on Monday
17/07/2022
From Monday, July 18, to Saturday, July 23, the eleventh edition of the U-15 Women's Softball European Championship will take place in Enschede, Netherlands. Ten nation squads will take part in the competition and battle for the title of European Champion. Two National Teams will qualify for the next expected WBSC World Cup.

The U-15 Women's Softball European Championship is set to take place in the Kngdom of the Netherlands, from July 18 to 23, 2022. Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, and Ukraine will play for a full week on two fields of the Dutch Twente Region.

The nine teams will play a single round-robin. In total, fourth-two games will be played during the U-15 Women's Softball European Championship. From Monday till Friday, 36 games are scheduled for the first phase of the tournament. Once defined the standings, the final will be played on Saturday, July 23, 2022.

The playball is set for Monday, July 18, when the Croatian squad will face Lithuania at 9:00. The Opening Ceremony is schedule at 18:00, on the same day.

The finals are programmed for Saturday, July 23, when the U-15 Women's Softball European Champion will be crowned. The Championship Game is set to start at 18:30. The finalists will qualify for the WBSC U-15 Women’s Softball World Cup.

In 2019, the Kingdom of the Netherlands won the title in Zagreb, Croatia topping the Italy, 2-0.

All the teams' rosters will be official after the technical meeting (planned for July 17 at 20:00) and then published on the U-15 Women's Softball European Championship website

The games will be transmitted on WBSC Europe YouTube Channel. 
Follow the play-by-play, results, and standings on the WBSC Europe website.

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