Women’s Softball World Cup set to return to Australia six decades later

ABC NEWS (Australia)

The Women's Softball World Cup will return to Australia in 2027, more than six decades after the national team won gold at the inaugural event in Melbourne. It's a major boost for the sport as the peak body pushes for its inclusion in the 2032 Brisbane Olympics and Paralympics.

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00:00A home run for women's sport.

00:04Three, two, one.

00:08Queensland will host the 2027 Softball World Cup Finals.

00:14Best eight teams of the world will be here.

00:16On this field in Redcliffe, north of Brisbane,

00:20hopefully under clearer skies.

00:22Fond memories for those who played.

00:24When we had the first World Series, it was in 1965 in Melbourne,

00:28which we were lucky enough to win.

00:31Margaret and her team's triumph in 1965

00:33was a breakthrough moment for women's sport.

00:36The national squad will be batting for another gold

00:39and potentially a spot at the 2028 LA Olympics.

00:44This announcement is so exciting.

00:45It's everything we've dreamed of.

00:46The home crown advantage lifts you.

00:47There's just no way around it.

00:49The energy and the pride comes with being in your own environment.

00:52For Softball Australia, it's a boost in its pitch

00:55to feature in the Brisbane Games.

00:58We have global appeal.

00:59At last year's Women's World Cup in Italy,

01:01there was over 64 million views.

01:04I think we've got an excellent case.

01:05The announcement inspiring the next generation

01:08of green and gold talent in the countdown to 2032.

01:14We just get to see what our future could be like.

01:16We play on we'll see you later.

01:21We continue to see what they did in the nächsten countries.

01:23We hope you'll see..

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