Softball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Infobox Softball at the Olympics
year = 2008


gold = sbw|JPN
silver = sbw|USA
bronze = sbw|AUS
others = flagicon|CAN flagicon|CHN flagicon|NED flagicon|TPE flagicon|VEN
location = Fengtai Softball Field, Beijing, China
date = August 12-August 18
semi = August 20
final = August 21

Softball at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing took place over a ten day period starting August 12 and culminating with the medal finals on August 21. All games were played at the Fengtai Softball Field. Olympic softball is competed by women only, with men competing in the similar sport of baseball.

The International Olympic Committee has voted to remove softball from the program for the 2012 Olympics. Many theories abound, but the most common one is that the U.S. teams are simply too dominant in the sport, having won gold in the previous three Olympics and winning them convincingly. [ [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/beijing/team/2008-08-21-softball-usa-japan-gold-medal_N.htm?csp=34 Even in defeat, U.S. proves point about softball's parity] ] 2008 is the last time that softball will be contested at the Olympics unless it is reinstated at a future date. The IOC will vote on this subject again in 2009.

Medalists

In one of the major upsets of the 2008 Summer Olympics, Japan defeated U.S. 3-1 to win the gold medal. The Americans have won gold and dominated their opponents in the previous three Olympics. This is the only Olympic Softball Gold Medal that the U.S. has not won. Their dominance was cited as one of reasons why the IOC voted to drop the sport from the 2012 Olympics.

The top four teams will advance to the semifinal round.

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Tiebreaking procedures follow the International Softball Federation's standard procedure for the resolution of ties. [http://www.internationalsoftball.com/english/rules_standards/technical_code.pdf]

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Medal Round

Loser of 1&2 seed game will play the Winner of the 3&4 seed game in the Bronze Medal Match. The Loser of the Bronze Medal Match wins the Bronze Medal while the winner goes on to play the winner of the 1&2 seed game for the Gold Medal in the Gold Medal Match.

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RD2=Bronze medal game
RD3=Gold medal game

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emifinals

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Bronze Medal Match

Winner advances to gold medal match. Loser wins bronze medal.

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Gold Medal Match

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References

External links

* [http://olympic.org/uk/sports/programme/index_uk.asp?SportCode=SO IOC Softball]
* [http://www.internationalsoftball.com/ International Softball Federation]
* [http://www.internationalsoftball.com/english/events/2008_olympic_softball.asp ISF Olympic Softball]