2017 Junior Women's Softball World Championship

2017 Junior Women's Softball World Championship
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	July 24 – 30, 2017
Teams	26 (from 5 continents)
Defending champions	United States (2015)
Final positions
Champions	United States (6th title)
Runner-up	Japan
Third place	Puerto Rico

The 2017 Junior Women's Softball World Championship was an international softball competition held in Clearwater, Florida from July 24 to 30, 2017. It was the 12th edition of the tournament.^[1]

Participating teams

A total of 26 national youth teams competed in the tournament.

Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Oceania
South Africa (-)	United States (2) Canada (3) Puerto Rico (7) Mexico (10) Brazil (11) Guatemala (20) Peru (21) Dominican Republic (24) Argentina (30) Bahamas (-)	Japan (1) China (6) Chinese Taipei (9) Philippines (17) South Korea (26) India (36)	Netherlands (8) Italy (12) Czech Republic (13) Great Britain (14) Ireland (31) Israel (37) Turkey (-)	Australia (4) New Zealand (4)

Group stage

Group A

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
United States	6	0	1.000	–
Chinese Taipei	5	1	.833	1
Philippines	4	2	.667	2
Italy	3	3	.500	3
Guatemala	2	4	.333	4
South Africa	1	5	.167	5
Turkey	0	6	.000	6

Group B

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Japan	6	0	1.000	–
Australia	5	1	.833	1
Brazil	4	2	.667	2
Netherlands	3	3	.500	3
Peru	2	4	.333	4
Bahamas	1	5	.167	5
Israel	0	6	.000	6

Group C

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Puerto Rico	5	0	1.000	–
Czech Republic	4	1	.800	1
Dominican Republic	3	2	.600	2
New Zealand	2	3	.400	3
Argentina	1	4	.200	4
India	0	5	.000	5

Group D

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Canada	5	0	1.000	–
China	3	2	.600	2
Mexico	3	2	.600	2
Great Britain	2	3	.400	3
Ireland	1	4	.200	4
South Korea	1	4	.200	4

17th–26th place classification

Round 1

28 July 2017 12:00	South Korea	14–2	Bahamas

28 July 2017 14:00	India	5–4	South Africa

Round 2

28 July 2017 17:00	Turkey	0–18	Argentina

28 July 2017 17:00	South Korea	9–1	Guatemala

28 July 2017 19:30	Israel	1–16	Ireland

28 July 2017 19:30	India	1–12	Peru

Round 3

29 July 2017 9:00	Peru	1–5	Ireland

29 July 2017 9:30	South Korea	7–4	Argentina

17th place match

30 July 2017 12:00	South Korea	14–1	Ireland

9th–16th place classification

In this round, the eight teams will play a Page playoff. The teams placed 3rd in the Group stage will play the Major quarterfinals; the teams placed 4th in the Group stage will play the Minor quarterfinals. The winners of the Minor QFs will play in the Classification round against the losers of the Major QFs.

Minor quarterfinals

28 July 2017 11:30	Italy	7–3	New Zealand

28 July 2017 13:30	Netherlands	2–0	Great Britain

Major quarterfinals

28 July 2017 16:30	Brazil	3–10	Mexico

28 July 2017 19:00	Dominican Republic	3–5	Philippines

Classification round

29 July 2017 11:30	Italy	5–4	Brazil

29 July 2017 14:00	Netherlands	3–5	Dominican Republic

Major semifinal

29 July 2017 17:30	Mexico	1–0	Philippines

Minor semifinal

29 July 2017 19:00	Italy	3–8	Dominican Republic

Preliminary final

30 July 2017 14:30	Dominican Republic	0–2	Philippines

Grand final

30 July 2017 16:00	Mexico	5–3	Philippines

Championship round

In this round, the eight teams will play a Page playoff. The teams placed 1st in the Group stage will play the Major quarterfinals; the teams placed 2nd in the Group stage will play the Minor quarterfinals. The winners of the Minor QFs will play in the Classification round against the losers of the Major QFs.