U18 Women s Softball World Cup Chinese team won fourth place

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 2 (Reporters Wang Meng, Yue Dongxing) On October 1, local time in Oklahoma, USA, the 2025 U18 Women's Softball World Cup ended. In the bronze medal battle, U18 Chinese women's base lost 2:4 to Mexico, finishing fourth place, tying the best place in the past seven sessions. Although it passed by the podium, the Chinese team played its own style in this competition. In the first game of the group round-robin match, against the defending champion and host US team, although the Chinese team lost 0:6, they scored 6 hits, only two fewer than their opponents; against the Canadian team, the Chinese team played 12 hits in the whole game, ending the game with just four games to achieve a 10:0 victory; against the Chinese Taipei team, the Chinese team scored 12 hits in the whole game, defeating their opponents 4:1, advancing to the semi-finals with the second in the group, and entering the Super Round Round Tournament. In the

, the Chinese team won the first match against Mexico, 7:3, with 12 hits; against the world's No. 1 Japanese team, the Chinese team lost 0:5 to the opponent. Although the hit number 3:10 reflects the gap in attacking ability, the performance of zero mistakes in the whole game is remarkable.

Wang Yarui and Li Dan also won the "Best Lineup Award" of this event as outfielders.

In the championship and runner-up match that day, the US team defeated the Japanese team 7:2 to win the championship, and the Japanese team won the runner-up.

Picture from China Softball Association