The White Sox, New Zealand A and the Junior White Sox will play a double round-robin series from 24-26 October at Auckland’s Rosedale Park in their first group activity since the onset of COVID-19 pandemic.

The new U-18 youth world cup, which rebrands the WBSC U-19 Women’s Softball World Championship, has been rescheduled for 27 March to 4 April 2021 in the Peruvian capital.

A total of 28 players participated in the practice session held in Bologna. Italy will represent Europe in the WBSC U-18 Women’s Softball World Cup 2021 in Lima, Peru.

The 25-game Summer Softball Challenge was played outside Milan by the U-18 and U-15 national teams from the two European nations and four local clubs.

The 25-game, WBSC-sanctioned series will feature both countries’ U-15 and U-18 national teams. The games will be held in Bollate, Legnano, Caronno and Saronno, Italy.

Canada will re-do the athlete-selection process for the U-18 women’s softball national team after the postponement of the World Cup to 2021.

The first edition of the U-18 Women’s Softball World Cup (which replaced the former U-19 Women’s Softball World Championship) was set to take place from 23-30 August in Lima, Peru, but was postponed in April to a later unconfirmed date in the year due to the continued spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

European nations will battle next year for spots in the WBSC Men’s Softball World Cups (Senior, U-23 and U-18), the U-18 Women’s Softball World Cup and the U-12 Mixed Softball World Cup.

The Chinese Softball Association is leading the charge to return to the diamond with a system for online training and data management for the U-15 and U-18 National Team players.

South Africa will represent the African continent, while Colombia received the last available wild card