Day 3 of WBSC World Cup Group B Action… China and Cuba Book Playoff Spots

 *** The following recap is courtesy of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC)… 

World No. 11 China and Cuba, ranked 28th in the world, became the first two teams to book Playoff spots in the WBSC Women’s Softball World Cup Group B on Thursday at the Camp Municipal de Beisbol i Sofbol de València in Spain. Friday’s last day of Opening Round round-robin play will see who out of Puerto Rico (world No. 4), the Netherlands (No. 10) and Spain (No. 12) will claim the remaining two Playoff places.

With the top four teams participating in Saturday’s Playoffs, China claimed their third win from as many games with an impressive 8-0 win over Spain in the last game on Thursday and can’t finish the Opening Round worse than second place. Cuba, similarly, who have three wins and one defeat, can’t finish worse than third.

🏆🥎 Check out the WBSC Women's Softball World Cup Group B bracket after Day 3!#SoftballWorldCupW pic.twitter.com/LdXoCF14f1

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Here are highlights of the four games from Day 3 competition:

GAME 1: China 8, Spain 0 

🇨🇳China remain undefeated#SoftballWorldCupW pic.twitter.com/4tRWh2w3Ut

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Box Score/Play by Play

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GAME 2: Netherlands 11, South Africa 1

🇳🇱 Netherlands sweep today's doubleheader!!!#SoftballWorldCupW pic.twitter.com/q8bJeqLzsi

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Box Score/Play by Play

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GAME 3: Puerto Rico 3, Cuba 1

Box Score/Play by Play

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GAME 4: Netherlands 3, Spain 2

🇳🇱 First win for the Netherlands!!!!!#SoftballWorldCupW pic.twitter.com/4QWC2fjof5

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Box Score/Play by Play

… and the Day 3 Player of the Day:

🥎⚡🇵🇷 What a performance by Aleshia Ocasio. Ocasio is our WBSC Player of the Day at the WBSC Women's Softball World Cup.#SoftballWorldCupW pic.twitter.com/WlH62Q9zmR

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 Looking ahead to Day 4:

🔥🏆🔜 Check out tomorrow's WBSC Women's Softball World Cup Group B schedule!#SoftballWorldCupW pic.twitter.com/xx46iuDUiQ

— WBSC ⚾🥎 (@WBSC) July 20, 2023