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Italy women's national softball team - Wikipedia

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Italy women's national softball team

Information
Country	Italy
Federation	Federazione Italiana Baseball Softball
Confederation	WBSC Europe
WBSC World Rank	6 2 (10 November 2023)^[1]
Olympic Games
Appearances	3 (First in 2000)
Best result	5th
Women's Softball World Cup
Appearances	13 (First in 1974)
Best result	6th

Italy women's national softball team
Medal record
Representing Italy
European Championship
	1986 Antwerp
	1992 Bussum
	1995 Settimo Torinese
	1997 Prague
	1999 Antwerp
	2001 Prague
	2003 Saronno
	2005 Prague
	2007 Amsterdam
	2015 Rosmalen
	2019 Ostrava
	2021 Friuli Venezia Giulia
	1979 Rovereto
	1981 Haarlem
	1983 Parma
	1984 Antwerp
	1988 Hørsholm
	2011 Ronchi dei Legionari
	2013 Prague
	2017 Bollate
	1990 Genoa
	2022 Sant Boi

Italy women's national softball team is one of the top-ranked softball teams in Europe.

The Italian team has won the Women's Softball European Championship and record twelve times. Their latest European title came in 2021. In 2019, the Italian team won the WBSC Olympic Softball Qualifier by beating all five opponents and eventually qualified for the Olympic tournament in Tokyo.

History

The first participation in the World Championships took place in 1974, where Italy finished in 7th place. The team competed at the 1990 ISF Women's World Championship in Normal, Illinois where they finished with 6 wins and 3 losses.^[2] The team competed at the 1994 ISF Women's World Championship in St. John's, Newfoundland where they finished eleventh.^[3] The team competed at the 1998 ISF Women's World Championship in Fujinomiya City, Japan where they finished sixth.^[4]

The team competed at the 2002 ISF Women's World Championship in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan where they finished seventh.^[5]^[6] The team competed at the 2006 ISF Women's World Championship in Beijing, China where they finished sixth.^[7]^[8] After finishing out of the top 8 in the three following World Championship editions, Italy came back in 2018, in Chiba, and took seventh place thanks to a four-game winning streak that eliminated, among others, China from the medal contention. In the fight for sixth place, Italy was beaten by Mexico in a tight 1–0 loss after two extra-innings.

The team's slogan (also the official hashtag) is the Latin aphorism "hic et nunc" (here and now). Here and now, sisters! (Qui e ora, sorelle!) is the official history book of the Italy women's national softball team, written by Luca Farinotti and published by Italia sul podio and Federazione Italiana Baseball Softball.^[9] It was the first italian sports book in which the technical lexicon has been completely reinvented according to the female gender. The book was presented before the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[10]

Palmarès

Competition				Total
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0
World Championship	0	0	0	0
European Championship	9	6	2	17
Universiade	0	0	0	0
Total	9	6	1	16

Italy–Netherlands rivalry

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2020 Olympic roster

The roster was released on 4 July 2021.^[11]

Softball at the 2020 Summer Olympics –

Italy roster

Players

Coaches

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

0 Federico Pizzolini ^[12]

Coaches

Julio La Rosa Zequeira
Giovanna Palermi

References

^ "The WBSC Women's World Ranking". WBSC. 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
^ "1990 ISF Women's World Championship". United States: International Softball Federation. 2013. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
^ "1994 ISF Women's World Championship". United States: International Softball Federation. 2013. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
^ "1998 ISF Women's World Championship". United States: International Softball Federation. 2013. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
^ "2002 ISF Women's World Championship – Final Standings". United States: International Softball Federation. 2013. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
^ "FOUR TEAMS QUALIFY FOR 2004 OLYMPIC GAMES". United States: International Softball Federation. 4 August 2002. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
^ "2006 ISF Women's World Championship – Final Standings". United States: International Softball Federation. 2013. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
^ "USA WINS 2006 WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP". United States: International Softball Federation. 5 September 2006. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
^ "Qui e ora, sorelle - Luca Farinotti - Libro - Italia sul podio - | IBS". www.ibs.it (in Italian). Retrieved 12 June 2023.
^ "Italia Softball si presenta a Cervignano e accoglie il nuovo sponsor tecnico Erreà". Federazione Italiana Baseball Softball (in Italian). Retrieved 12 June 2023.
^ "Team Italy manager Federico Pizzolini reveals women's softball roster for Tokyo Olympics". fibs.it. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
^ "Team Roster Italy" (PDF). olympics.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

External links

(in Italian) Italian national softball teams
International Softball Federation

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