1998 Women's Softball World Championship
# 1998 Women's Softball World Championship

The 1998 ISF Women's World Championship for softball was held July 20–30, 1998 in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, Japan. A fourth straight title was won by the team from the United States, coached by Margie Wright, which avenged its only loss of the tournament to Australia by a 1-0 margin in the final.

## Pool Play

### Group I

| | GP | W | L |
| - | - | - | - |
| United States | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Canada | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| Italy | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| Chinese Taipei | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| Czech Republic | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| Colombia | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1 | 7 |
| Denmark | 8 | 0 | 8 |

### Group II

| | GP | W | L |
| - | - | - | - |
| Australia | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Japan | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| China | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| Netherlands Antilles | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| South Korea | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| Philippines | 7 | 0 | 7 |

## Playoffs

### Day One

| Italy | 1-0 | Venezuela |
| - | - | - |
| China | 7-0 | Chinese Taipei |
| United States | 1-0 | Japan |
| Australia | 1-0 | Canada |

Venezuela and Chinese Taipei Eliminated.

### Day Two

| Japan | 2-0 | Italy |
| - | - | - |
| China | 3-0 | Canada |

Italy and Canada Eliminated.

### Day Three

| Canada | 1-0 | Italy |
| - | - | - |

### Medal Round

| Day Two | Day Two | Day Two | Bronze Medal | Bronze Medal | Bronze Medal | Gold Medal | Gold Medal | Gold Medal |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| A1 | United States | 1 | | | | B1 | Australia | 0 |
| B1 | Australia | 2 | | | | A1 | United States | 1 |
| | | | A1 | United States | 4 | | | |
| | | | B2 | Japan | 0 | | | |
| B2 | Japan | 3 | | | | | | |
| B3 | China | 0 | | | | | | |
