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United States women's national softball teamCountry United States Federation USA Softball Confederation WBSC Americas Manager Ken Eriksen WBSC World Rank 1 (10 November 2023)[ 1] Appearances 5 (First in 1996 ) Best result Gold (1996 , 2000 , 2004 )Appearances 17 (First in 1965 ) Best result 1st (1974 , 1978 , 1986 , 1990 , 1994 , 1998 , 2002 , 2006 , 2010 , 2016 , 2018 , 2022 [ 2] )
The United States women's national softball team is the national softball team of the United States . It is governed by USA Softball (formerly known as the Amateur Softball Association ) and takes part in international softball competitions. The US team has been successful in international play, taking three straight gold medal in Olympic Games and eleven titles in Women's World Cup . At the 2004 Olympics , the Americans held their opponents to only one run scored in 7 games. The lone run came in a 5–1 victory over the Australian team . However, the team then won the silver medals at the 2008 and 2020 Summer Olympics , both times narrowly losing to Japan .
On March 26, 2008, the United States Olympic softball team had their 185-game winning streak (both official and exhibition games) snapped in a no-hitter thrown by Virginia Tech's pitcher Angela Tincher , who struck out 10 batters in a 1–0 exhibition win for the Hokies . The no-hit win proved something extra special in this case, as Tincher had previously tried out and failed to make the 2008 US Olympic softball team.[ 3]
In 2022, the World Games featured a softball tournament for the first time, giving the Americans a chance to avenge their olympic loss in Japan. Eight members who won the silver medal a year earlier were on the team. The roster was composed of eleven former student athletes and seven current athletes from 12 NCAA Division 1 teams.[ 4]
2020 Olympic roster [ edit ] The United States roster was released on June 20, 2021.[ 5]
Year Result Position 1996 Gold medal 1st 9 8 1 .889 41 8 2000 Gold medal 1st 10 7 3 .700 25 7 2004 Gold medal 1st 9 9 0 1.000 51 1 2008 Silver medal 2nd 9 8 1 .889 58 5 2020 Silver medal 2nd 6 5 1 .833 9 4 Total 3 titles 5/5 43 37 6 .862 184 25
Year Result Position 1965 Runners-up 2nd 1970 Runners-up 2nd 1974 Champions 1st 1978 Champions 1st 1982 Fourth Place 4th 1986 Champions 1st 1990 Champions 1st 11 11 0 1.000 1994 Champions 1st 10 10 0 1.000 70 4 1998 Champions 1st 12 11 1 .917 2002 Champions 1st 10 10 0 1.000 59 3 2006 Champions 1st 11 10 1 .909 71 6 2010 Champions 1st 10 10 0 1.000 95 6 2012 Runners-up 2nd 10 9 1 .900 2014 Runners-up 2nd 11 9 2 .818 70 15 2016 Champions 1st 8 8 0 1.000 76 10 2018 Champions 1st 10 10 0 1.000 71 13 2022 See Softball at the 2022 World Games [ 2] 2024 Runners-up 2nd 10 9 1 .900 56 8 Total 11 titles 17/17 —
Year Result Position 1981 Gold medal 1st 7 7 0 1.000 21 0 1985 Gold medal 1st 2009 Did not participate 2013 2022 Gold medal 1st 5 5 0 1.000 31 4 Total 3 titles 3/3 —
Year Result Position 1979 Gold medal 1st 1983 Silver medal 2nd 1987 Gold medal 1st 1991 Gold medal 1st 1995 Gold medal 1st 1999 Gold medal 1st 2003 Gold medal 1st 2007 Gold medal 1st 4 4 0 1.000 28 0 2011 Gold medal 1st 9 9 0 1.000 78 8 2015 Silver medal 2nd 7 6 1 .857 50 10 2019 Gold medal 1st 8 7 1 .875 45 6 2023 Gold medal 1st 6 6 0 1.000 60 8 Total 10 titles 12/12 —
Olympics : Gold Medal – 1996 , 2000 , 2004 ; Silver Medal – 2008 , 2020 Women's Softball World Cup : Gold Medal – 1974, 1978, 1986, 1990 , 1994 , 1998 , 2002 , 2006 , 2010 , 2016 , 2018 ; Silver Medal – 1965, 1970, 2012 . 2014 Softball at the World Games : Gold Medal – 1981 , 1985 , 2022 Softball at the Pan American Games : Gold Medal – 1979, 1987 , 1991 , 1995 , 1999 , 2003 , 2007 , 2011 , 2019 , 2023 ; Silver Medal – 1983 , 2015 USA Softball International Cup : 1st – 2006 , 2007 , 2009 , 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2014 , 2015 , 2018, 2019; 2nd – 2005, 2013 , 2016 Japan Softball Cup : 1st – 2006 , 2007, 2009,[ 7] [ 8] 2010, 2015; 2nd – 2016 Canada Cup : Gold Medal – 1999, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2022; Silver Medal – 2005, 2011, 2012, 2014; Bronze Medal – 2013 Results for the following international competitions could not be located:
1981 World Games 1985 World Games 1999 Canada Cup 2002 Canada Cup 2003 Canada Cup 2005 Canada Cup 2011 Canada Cup International friendlies were not included. The 2008 KFC Bound for Beijing Tour against colleges and NPF teams in the United States were not included as they were not against international opponents.
Year W L Pct 1965 8 3 .727 1970 8 2 .800 1974 9 0 1.000 1978 10 0 1.000 1979 13 1 .929 1982 7 3 .700 1983 10 2 .833 1986 13 0 1.000 1987 9 0 1.000 1990 10 0 1.000
Year W L Pct 1991 9 0 1.000 1994 10 0 1.000 1995 12 0 1.000 1996 8 1 .889 1998 11 1 .917 1999 12 0 1.000 2000 7 3 .700 2001 7 3 .700 2002 10 0 1.000 2003 9 0 1.000
Year W L Pct 2004 9 0 1.000 2005 3 2 .600 2006 20 1 .952 2007 24 1 .960 2008 10 1 .909 2009 22 0 1.000 2010 19 2 .905 2011 14 1 .933 2012 16 1 .941 2013 18 4 .818 2014 25 5 .833 2015 16 3 .842 2016 18 2 .900 2017 22 3 .880 2018 20 0 1.000 2019 21 2 .913 2020 No games played (COVID-19) 2021 Totals 464 46 .910
Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record February 13, 1965 World Championship Melbourne, Australia Australia 2–1 United States 0–1 February 14, 1965 United States 1–0 New Zealand 1–1 February 14, 1965 United States 2–0 Japan 2–1 February 15, 1965 United States 7–0 Papua New Guinea 3–1 February 16, 1965 United States 8–0 Papua New Guinea 4–1 February 17, 1965 United States 1–0 (10) Australia 5–1 February 18, 1965 United States 3–1 New Zealand 6–1 February 18, 1965 United States 7–1 Japan 7–1 February 19, 1965 Australia 7–0 United States 7–2 February 20, 1965 United States 6–0 Japan 8–2 February 21, 1965 Australia 1–0 United States 8–3
Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record August 23, 1970 World Championship Osaka, Japan United States 13–2 (6) Zambia 1–0 August 24, 1970 United States 4–0 New Zealand 2–0 August 25, 1970 Philippines 1–0 United States 2–1 August 26, 1970 United States 10–0 (5) Mexico 3–1 August 27, 1970 United States 1–0 Australia 4–1 August 28, 1970 United States 2–1 Canada 5–1 August 29, 1970 United States 5–0 Chinese Taipei 6–1 August 29, 1970 United States 1–0 Japan 7–1 August 30, 1970 United States 1–0 (10) Philippines 8–1 August 30, 1970 Japan 1–0 United States 8–2
Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record August 8, 1974 World Championship Stratford, Connecticut United States 10–0 (6) New Zealand 1–0 August 10, 1974 United States 5–0 Canada 2–0 August 10, 1974 United States 1–0 Philippines 3–0 August 11, 1974 United States 13–0 (5) U.S. Virgin Islands 4–0 August 12, 1974 United States 11–0 (5) Puerto Rico 5–0 August 13, 1974 United States 17–0 (5) Italy 6–0 August 14, 1974 United States 9–0 Australia 7–0 August 15, 1974 United States 6–0 Australia 8–0 August 16, 1974 United States 3–0 Japan 9–0
Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record October 14, 1978 World Championship San Salvador, El Salvador United States 8–0 Chinese Taipei 1–0 October 15, 1978 United States 16–0 (5) Nicaragua 2–0 October 15, 1978 United States 14–0 (5) Panama 3–0 October 16, 1978 United States 6–1 Belize 4–0 October 17, 1978 United States 1–0 New Zealand 5–0 October 18, 1978 United States 3–2 Italy 6–0 October 19, 1978 United States 4–0 Bahamas 7–0 October 20, 1978 United States 3–0 Australia 8–0 October 21, 1978 United States 1–0 Chinese Taipei 9–0 October 22, 1978 United States 4–0 Canada 10–0
Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record July 2, 1979 Pan American Games San Juan, Puerto Rico United States 1–0 (15) Canada 1–0 July 3, 1979 United States 10–0 El Salvador 2–0 July 4, 1979 United States 5–0 Dominican Republic 3–0 July 6, 1979 Belize 2–1 United States 3–1 July 6, 1979 United States 12–0 Dominican Republic 4–1 July 7, 1979 United States 1–0 Puerto Rico 5–1 July 8, 1979 United States 10–0 Bermuda 6–1 July 9, 1979 United States 2–0 Belize 7–1 July 10, 1979 United States 9–0 Bermuda 8–1 July 10, 1979 United States 9–0 El Salvador 9–1 July 11, 1979 United States 5–0 Canada 10–1 July 13, 1979 United States 1–0 Puerto Rico 11–1 July 14, 1979 United States 6–0 Belize 12–1 July 15, 1979 United States 2–0 Puerto Rico 13–1
Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record July 3, 1982 World Championship Taipei, Taiwan United States 4–0 Australia 1–0 July 5, 1982 United States 4–0 Singapore 2–0 July 5, 1982 United States 10–0 Colombia 3–0 July 8, 1982 United States 10–0 Guatemala 4–0 July 8, 1982 United States 8–0 Belgium 5–0 July 9, 1982 United States 9–0 Sweden 6–0 July 10, 1982 Chinese Taipei 2–1 United States 6–1 July 11, 1982 United States 4–0 Philippines 7–1 July 11, 1982 Chinese Taipei 1–0 United States 7–2 July 11, 1982 Australia 1–0 United States 7–3
Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record August 15, 1983 Pan American Games Caracas, Venezuela Puerto Rico 6–5 United States 0–1 August 16, 1983 United States 16–0 (5) Venezuela 1–1 August 16, 1983 United States 14–0 Netherlands Antilles 2–1 August 17, 1983 United States 7–4 Belize 3–1 August 18, 1983 United States 6–0 Canada 4–1 August 19, 1983 United States 1–0 Puerto Rico 5–1 August 20, 1983 United States 17–0 Netherlands Antilles 6–1 August 20, 1983 United States 8–1 Venezuela 7–1 August 21, 1983 United States 16–6 Belize 8–1 August 22, 1983 United States 3–0 Canada 9–1 August 23, 1983 United States 7–1 Canada 10–1 August 24, 1983 Canada 5–4 United States 10–2
Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record January 18, 1986 World Championship Auckland , New Zealand United States 2–0 Puerto Rico 1–0 January 19, 1986 United States 3–0 (10) Italy 2–0 January 19, 1986 United States 7–0 Indonesia 3–0 January 20, 1986 United States 3–0 Netherlands 4–0 January 21, 1986 United States 1–0 Chinese Taipei 5–0 January 22, 1986 United States 2–1 Canada 6–0 January 22, 1986 United States 1–0 China 7–0 January 23, 1986 United States 2–1 (8) Australia 8–0 January 24, 1986 United States 3–2 (12) New Zealand 9–0 January 25, 1986 United States 10–0 (5) Zimbabwe 10–0 January 25, 1986 United States 4–0 Japan 11–0 January 26, 1986 United States 1–0 New Zealand 12–0 January 26, 1986 United States 2–0 China 13–0
Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record August 9, 1987 Pan American Games Indianapolis, Indiana United States 10–0 (6) El Salvador 1–0 August 10, 1987 United States 15–0 (5) Peru 2–0 August 12, 1987 United States 6–0 Venezuela 3–0 August 13, 1987 United States 6–0 Belize 4–0 August 15, 1987 United States 1–0 Netherlands Antilles 5–0 August 16, 1987 United States 4–0 Puerto Rico 6–0 August 17, 1987 United States 1–0 Canada 7–0 August 18, 1987 United States 4–0 Puerto Rico 8–0 August 20, 1987 United States 4–1 Puerto Rico 9–0
Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record July 14, 1990 World Championship Normal, Illinois United States 7–0 Philippines 1–0 July 15, 1990 United States 19–0 (5) Bermuda 2–0 July 15, 1990 United States 8–0 Puerto Rico 3–0 July 16, 1990 United States 10–0 (5) Mexico 4–0 July 17, 1990 United States 2–1 Australia 5–0 July 18, 1990 United States 10–0 (5) Netherlands Antilles 6–0 July 19, 1990 United States 2–0 Japan 7–0 July 19, 1990 United States 14–0 (5) Zimbabwe 8–0 July 20, 1990 United States 1–0 Canada 9–0 July 21, 1990 United States 6–1 New Zealand 10–0
Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record July 29, 1994 World Championship St. John's, Newfoundland United States 10–0 (5) South Korea 1–0 July 30, 1994 United States 18–0 Spain 2–0 July 30, 1994 United States 7–0 (5) Moldova 3–0 August 1, 1994 United States 14–0 (5) Great Britain 4–0 August 2, 1994 United States 5–3 Chinese Taipei 5–0 August 4, 1994 United States 5–0 Cuba 6–0 August 6, 1994 United States 1–0 (10) Australia 7–0 August 6, 1994 United States 2–0 Australia 8–0 August 6, 1994 United States 2–1 (12) China 9–0 August 7, 1994 United States 6–0 China 10–0
Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record March 14, 1995 Pan American Games Mar del Plata, Argentina United States 6–0 Puerto Rico 1–0 March 15, 1995 United States 11–0 (5) Netherlands Antilles 2–0 March 16, 1995 United States 6–1 Canada 3–0 March 17, 1995 United States 1–0 (10) Cuba 4–0 March 18, 1995 United States 11–0 Argentina 5–0 March 19, 1995 United States 14–0 Puerto Rico 6–0 March 19, 1995 United States 10–0 Netherlands Antilles 7–0 March 20, 1995 United States 2–0 Canada 8–0 March 21, 1995 United States 2–0 Cuba 9–0 March 22, 1995 United States 11–0 (5) Argentina 10–0 March 24, 1995 United States 5–0 Cuba 11–0 March 25, 1995 United States 7–0 Puerto Rico 12–0
Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record July 21, 1996 Summer Olympics Columbus, Georgia United States 10–0 (6) Puerto Rico 1–0 July 22, 1996 United States 9–0 Netherlands 2–0 July 23, 1996 United States 6–1 Japan 3–0 July 24, 1996 United States 4–0 Chinese Taipei 4–0 July 25, 1996 United States 4–2 Canada 5–0 July 26, 1996 Australia 2–1 United States 5–1 July 27, 1996 United States 3–2 China 6–1 July 29, 1996 United States 1–0 (10) China 7–1 July 30, 1996 United States 3–1 China 8–1
Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record July 21, 1998 World Championship Fujinomiya, Japan United States 5–0 Netherlands 1–0 July 22, 1998 United States 3–0 Italy 2–0 July 23, 1998 United States 11–0 (6) Colombia 3–0 July 25, 1998 United States 12–0 (5) South Africa 4–0 July 25, 1998 United States 14–0 (5) Denmark 5–0 July 26, 1998 United States 9–0 Chinese Taipei 6–0 July 26, 1998 United States 3–0 Canada 7–0 July 27, 1998 United States 10–0 (5) Czech Republic July 28, 1998 United States 1–0 (9) Japan 9–0 July 29, 1998 Australia 2–1 (12) United States 9–1 July 30, 1998 United States 4–0 Japan 10–1 July 30, 1998 United States 1–0 Australia 11–1
Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record July 29, 1999 Pan American Games Winnipeg, Manitoba United States 9–0 Colombia 1–0 July 30, 1999 United States 5–0 Netherlands Antilles 2–0 July 31, 1999 United States 7–0 Netherlands Antilles 3–0 July 31, 1999 United States 5–0 Cuba 4–0 August 1, 1999 United States 15–0 (5) Bahamas 5–0 August 1, 1999 United States 7–0 Canada 6–0 August 2, 1999 United States 8–1 Colombia 7–0 August 3, 1999 United States 12–0 (5) Bahamas 8–0 August 3, 1999 United States 3–0 Canada 9–0 August 4, 1999 United States 6–0 Cuba 10–0 August 6, 1999 United States 5–0 Canada 11–0 August 7, 1999 United States 1–0 (8) Canada 12–0
Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record September 17, 2000 Summer Olympics Sydney, Australia United States 6–0 Canada 1–0 September 18, 2000 United States 3–0 Cuba 2–0 September 19, 2000 Japan 2–1 (11) United States 2–1 September 20, 2000 China 2–0 (13) United States 2–2 September 21, 2000 Australia 2–1 (13) United States 2–3 September 22, 2000 United States 2–0 New Zealand 3–3 September 23, 2000 United States 6–0 Italy 4–3 September 24, 2000 United States 3–0 (10) China 5–3 September 25, 2000 United States 1–0 Australia 6–3 September 26, 2000 United States 2–1 (8) Japan 7–3
Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record July 26, 2002 World Championship Saskatoon, S.K. United States 2–0 Italy 1–0 July 27, 2002 United States 13–0 Czech Republic 2–0 July 28, 2002 United States 4–0 Canada 3–0 July 29, 2002 United States 14–0 (5) Russia 4–0 July 30, 2002 United States 9–0 (5) Chinese Taipei 5–0 July 31, 2002 United States 4–0 China 6–0 August 1, 2002 United States 7–0 (5) Netherlands Antilles 7–0 August 2, 2002 United States 4–3 Australia 8–0 August 3, 2002 United States 1–0 (9) Japan 9–0 August 4, 2002 United States 1–0 Japan 10–0
Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record August 5, 2003 Pan American Games Santo Domingo, DR United States 9–0 (5) Cuba 1–0 August 6, 2003 United States 1–0 Canada 2–0 August 7, 2003 United States 10–0 (5) Bahamas 3–0 August 8, 2003 United States 11–0 (5) Puerto Rico 4–0 August 9, 2003 United States 2–0 Venezuela 5–0 August 10, 2003 United States 13–0 (5) Dominican Republic 6–0 August 11, 2003 United States 7–0 (5) Colombia 7–0 August 13, 2003 United States 2–1 Dominican Republic 8–0 August 14, 2003 United States 4–0 Canada 9–0
Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record August 14, 2004 Summer Olympics Athens, Greece United States 7–0 (5) Italy 1–0 August 15, 2004 United States 10–0 (5) Australia 2–0 August 16, 2004 United States 3–0 (8) Japan 3–0 August 17, 2004 United States 4–0 China 4–0 August 18, 2004 United States 7–0 (5) Canada 5–0 August 19, 2004 United States 7–0 (5) Greece 6–0 August 20, 2004 United States 3–0 Chinese Taipei 7–0 August 22, 2004 United States 5–0 Australia 8–0 August 23, 2004 United States 5–1 Australia 9–0
Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record July 13, 2006 World Cup of Softball Oklahoma City, OK United States 14–0 (5) Great Britain 1–0 July 14, 2006 United States 6–1 Canada 2–0 July 15, 2006 United States 9–0 (5) Australia 3–0 July 15, 2006 United States 14–0 (5) China 4–0 July 16, 2006 United States 11–0 (5) Japan 5–0 July 17, 2006 United States 5–2 Japan 6–0 August 27, 2006 World Championship Beijing, China United States 6–1 Italy 7–0 August 28, 2006 United States 7–0 (5) North Korea 8–0 August 29, 2006 United States 4–0 Canada 9–0 August 30, 2006 United States 7–0 (5) Great Britain 10–0 September 1, 2006 United States 15–0 (4) New Zealand 11–0 September 2, 2006 United States 2–0 China 12–0 September 3, 2006 United States 10–0 (5) South Africa 13–0 September 4, 2006 United States 11–2 (6) Australia 14–0 September 4, 2006 Japan 3–1 United States 14–1 September 5, 2006 United States 5–1 Australia 15–1 September 5, 2006 United States 3–0 Japan 16–1 November 17, 2006 Japan Softball Cup Yokohama, Japan United States 8–0 China 17–1 November 18, 2006 United States 2–0 Netherlands 18–1 November 18, 2006 United States 8–4 Japan 19–1 November 19, 2006 United States 7–0 Japan 20–1
Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record June 30, 2007 Canada Cup Surrey, Canada United States 1–0 Japan Elite 1–0 July 1, 2007 United States 10–0 (3) Puerto Rico 2–0 July 2, 2007 United States 11–0 (4) Australia 3–0 July 3, 2007 United States 10–0 (3) Washington Blast 4–0 July 4, 2007 United States 10–1 (5) Chinese Taipei 5–0 July 5, 2007 United States 17–0 (3) White Rock Renegades 6–0 July 6, 2007 United States 13–1 (6) Venezuela 7–0 July 6, 2007 United States 7–0 (5) Japan 8–0 July 7, 2007 United States 12–0 (3) Japan Elite 9–0 July 8, 2007 United States 5–0 Japan 10–0 July 12, 2007 World Cup of Softball Oklahoma City, OK United States 9–1 Venezuela 11–0 July 13, 2007 United States 8–0 (5) China 12–0 July 14, 2007 United States 9–0 (5) Dominican Republic 13–0 July 14, 2007 United States 4–1 Japan 14–0 July 15, 2007 United States 7–0 Canada 15–0 July 15, 2007 United States 4–1 Venezuela 16–0 July 16, 2007