Australia women's national softball team

Australia women's national softball team
Information
Country Australia
FederationSoftball Australia
ConfederationWBSC Oceania
WBSC World Rank 10 Decrease 3 (10 November 2023)[1]
Olympic Games
Appearances5 (First in 1996)
Best result 2nd (1 time, in 2004)
Women's Softball World Cup
Appearances17 (First in 1965)
Best result 1st (1 time, in 1965)
Australia women's national softball team
Medal record
Softball at the Summer Olympics
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Team
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta Team
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney Team
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1965 Melbourne
Silver medal – second place 1998 Fujinomiya
Bronze medal – third place 1974 Stratford
Bronze medal – third place 1982 Taipei
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Beijing
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Haarlem
World Cup of Softball
Silver medal – second place 2009 Oklahoma City
Silver medal – second place 2012 Oklahoma City
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Oklahoma City
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Oklahoma City

The Australia women's national softball team, also known as the Aussie Spirit,[2] is the national softball team of Australia. It is governed by Softball Australia and takes part in international softball competitions. They are one of Australia's most successful women's sporting teams on the world stage, and they have achieved outstanding results over the last 3 decades. Alongside the USA team, the Aussie Spirit are the only other team to medal at all 4 Olympics that softball was included as a sport in the Olympics program.[2] At the inaugural Women's Softball World Championship held in Melbourne, 1965. Australia claimed the first ever title, winning Gold and stamped themselves as a pioneer in the sport.

  1. ^ "The WBSC Women's World Ranking". WBSC. 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  2. ^ a b "404 page not found - Softball Australia". www.softball.org.au. Retrieved 21 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)