Softball at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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![]() Softball pictogram for the 2020 Summer Olympics | ||||||||||
Venue | Yokohama Stadium Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium | |||||||||
Dates | 21–27 July 2021 | |||||||||
No. of events | 1 | |||||||||
Competitors | 90 from 6 nations | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |
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Qualification | men |
Tournament | men |
Rosters | men |
Softball at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |
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Qualification | women |
Tournament | women |
Rosters | women |
Softball was featured at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in its first Olympic appearance since 2008.[1] The tournament consisted of six teams. Baseball/softball was one of five optional sports added to the program of the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2] The first six opening round games were played at Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium in an effort to highlight Fukushima's recovery from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, while the remaining games were played at Yokohama Stadium.[3] Softball will not return in 2024.[4]
It was originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but on 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] Because of this pandemic, the games were played behind closed doors.[6] The opening match of the event between Australia and Japan meant that for the first time since 1996, the opening match of the summer Olympiad was not a football match.[7]