Canada Cup (softball)

The Canada Cup began in 1993 in South Surrey, British Columbia at the Softball City Complex. The recorded gate for the entire 2005 tournament was over 105,000 fans. The first Canada Cup Champions were the Redding Rebels.

It is now 4 tournaments:
* Canada Cup: featuring the top women's teams globally
* Canada Cup Futures: featuring about 30 of the top U19 teams globally
* Canada Cup Showcase: featuring top U16 teams
* Canada Cup Special O: a mixed Special Olympics Division

Canada Cup is one of the most prestigious international softball tournaments.

The Women's tournament is the showcase event. In 2006, the Women's tournament included 16 teams including the National teams from

*Australia
*China
*Canada
*Chinese Taipei
*Netherlands
*Puerto Rico
*Venezuela

as well as the #2 teams from the national programs in Japan and Canada. A number of US and Japanese club teams completed the tournament.

Team Australia won the 2006 Women's tournament with the championship game against Team Canada playing in front of the home team crowd.

This tournament enjoys strong local support with hundreds of community volunteers. Each team is assigned a bat girl from one of the local teams plus a family support liaison from the community. Another unusual part of this tournament is the concurrent co-ed Slow-Pitch Friendship Division tournament for developmentally disabled adults which is run at the same site as the premier International Women's Fastpitch tournament. You can watch both at the same time.

External links

* [http://www.canadacup.com/ Official site]
* [http://sportsportal.ca/event/496/2008-canada-cup/ 2008 Canada Cup Results - CANADA]