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1998 Women's Softball World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Japan
Teams17
Final positions
Champions
 United States (6th title)
Runner-up
 Australia
Third place
 Japan
Fourth place China
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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 TwoBronze MedalGold Medal
A1 United States1B1 Australia0
B1 Australia2A1 United States1
A1 United States4
B2 Japan0
B2 Japan3
B3 China0

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