United States women's national softball team

The United States women's national softball team is the national softball team of the United States. It is governed by USA Softball (formerly known as the Amateur Softball Association) and takes part in international softball competitions. The US team has been successful in international play, taking three straight gold medals in Olympic Games and eleven titles in Women's World Cup. At the 2004 Olympics, the Americans held their opponents to only one run scored in 7 games. The lone run came in a 5–1 victory over the Australian team. However, the team then won the silver medals at the 2008 and 2020 Summer Olympics, both times narrowly losing to Japan.

On March 26, 2008, the United States Olympic softball team had their 185-game winning streak (both official and exhibition games) snapped in a no-hitter thrown by Virginia Tech's pitcher Angela Tincher, who struck out 10 batters in a 1–0 exhibition win for the Hokies. The no-hit win proved something extra special in this case, as Tincher had previously tried out and failed to make the 2008 US Olympic softball team.

In 2022, the World Games featured a softball tournament for the first time, giving the Americans a chance to avenge their Olympic loss in Japan. Eight members who won the silver medal a year earlier were on the team. The roster was composed of eleven former student athletes and seven current athletes from 12 NCAA Division 1 teams.

Roster

2025 World Games

2020 Summer Olympics

Competitive record

Olympic Games YearResultPosition 1996Gold medal1st 9 8 1 .889 41 8 2000Gold medal1st 10 7 3 .700 25 7 2004Gold medal1st 9 9 0 1.000 51 1 2008Silver medal2nd 9 8 1 .889 58 5 2020Silver medal2nd 6 5 1 .833 9 4Total3 titles5/543376 .862184 25

Women's World Cup YearResultPosition 1965Runners-up2nd 1970Runners-up2nd 1974Champions1st 1978Champions1st 1982Fourth Place4th 1986Champions1st 1990Champions1st 11 11 0 1.000 1994Champions1st 10 10 0 1.000 70 4 1998Champions1st 12 11 1 .917 2002Champions1st 10 10 0 1.000 59 3 2006Champions1st 11 10 1 .909 71 6 2010Champions1st 10 10 0 1.000 95 6 2012Runners-up2nd 10 9 1 .900 2014Runners-up2nd 11 9 2 .818 70 15 2016Champions1st 8 8 0 1.000 76 10 2018Champions1st 10 10 0 1.000 71 13 2022See Softball at the 2022 World Games 2024Runners-up2nd 10 9 1 .900 56 8 2027QualifiedTotal11 titles17/18—

World Games YearResultPosition 1981Gold medal1st 7 7 0 1.000 21 0 1985Gold medal1st 2009Did not participate 2013 2022Gold medal1st 5 5 0 1.000 31 4 2025Gold medal1st 5 5 0 1.000 32 8Total4 titles4/6—

Pan American Games YearResultPosition 1979Gold medal1st 1983Silver medal2nd 1987Gold medal1st 1991Gold medal1st 1995Gold medal1st 1999Gold medal1st 2003Gold medal1st 2007Gold medal1st 4 4 0 1.000 28 0 2011Gold medal1st 9 9 0 1.000 78 8 2015Silver medal2nd 7 6 1 .857 50 10 2019Gold medal1st 8 7 1 .875 45 6 2023Gold medal1st 6 6 0 1.000 60 8Total10 titles12/12—

Results summary Olympics: Gold Medal – 1996, 2000, 2004; Silver Medal – 2008, 2020 Women's Softball World Cup: Gold Medal – 1974, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2016, 2018; Silver Medal – 1965, 1970, 2012. 2014 Softball at the World Games: Gold Medal – 1981, 1985, 2022 Softball at the Pan American Games: Gold Medal – 1979, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2019, 2023; Silver Medal – 1983, 2015 USA Softball International Cup: 1st – 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019; 2nd – 2005, 2013, 2016 Japan Softball Cup: 1st – 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015; 2nd – 2016 Canada Cup: Gold Medal – 1999, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2022; Silver Medal – 2005, 2011, 2012, 2014; Bronze Medal – 2013

All-time results

Results for the following international competitions could not be located: 1981 World Games 1985 World Games 1999 Canada Cup 2002 Canada Cup 2003 Canada Cup 2005 Canada Cup 2011 Canada Cup

International friendlies were not included. The 2008 KFC Bound for Beijing Tour against colleges and NPF teams in the United States were not included as they were not against international opponents.

Summary Year W L Pct 1965 8 3 .727 1970 8 2 .800 1974 9 0 1.000 1978 10 0 1.000 1979 13 1 .929 1982 7 3 .700 1983 10 2 .833 1986 13 0 1.000 1987 9 0 1.000 1990 10 0 1.000 Year W L Pct 1991 9 0 1.000 1994 10 0 1.000 1995 12 0 1.000 1996 8 1 .889 1998 11 1 .917 1999 12 0 1.000 2000 7 3 .700 2001 7 3 .700 2002 10 0 1.000 2003 9 0 1.000 Year W L Pct 2004 9 0 1.000 2005 3 2 .600 2006 20 1 .952 2007 24 1 .960 2008 10 1 .909 2009 22 0 1.000 2010 19 2 .905 2011 14 1 .933 2012 16 1 .941 2013 18 4 .818 2014 25 5 .8332015163.8422016182.9002017223.88020182001.0002019212.9132020No games played (COVID-19)2021 Totals 464 46 .910

1965 Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record February 13, 1965 World Championship Melbourne, Australia 2–1 0–1 February 14, 1965 1–0 1–1 February 14, 1965 2–0 2–1 February 15, 1965 7–0 3–1 February 16, 1965 8–0 4–1 February 17, 1965 1–0 (10) 5–1 February 18, 1965 3–1 6–1 February 18, 1965 7–1 7–1 February 19, 1965 7–0 7–2 February 20, 1965 6–0 8–2 February 21, 1965 1–0 8–3

1970 Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record August 23, 1970 World Championship Osaka, Japan 13–2 (6) 1–0 August 24, 1970 4–0 2–0 August 25, 1970 1–0 2–1 August 26, 1970 10–0 (5) 3–1 August 27, 1970 1–0 4–1 August 28, 1970 2–1 5–1 August 29, 1970 5–0 6–1 August 29, 1970 1–0 7–1 August 30, 1970 1–0 (10) 8–1 August 30, 1970 1–0 8–2

1974 Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record August 8, 1974 World Championship Stratford, Connecticut 10–0 (6) 1–0 August 10, 1974 5–0 2–0 August 10, 1974 1–0 3–0 August 11, 1974 13–0 (5) 4–0 August 12, 1974 11–0 (5) 5–0 August 13, 1974 17–0 (5) 6–0 August 14, 1974 9–0 7–0 August 15, 1974 6–0 8–0 August 16, 1974 3–0 9–0

1978 Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record October 14, 1978 World Championship San Salvador, El Salvador 8–0 1–0 October 15, 1978 16–0 (5) 2–0 October 15, 1978 14–0 (5) 3–0 October 16, 1978 6–1 4–0 October 17, 1978 1–0 5–0 October 18, 1978 3–2 6–0 October 19, 1978 4–0 7–0 October 20, 1978 3–0 8–0 October 21, 1978 1–0 9–0 October 22, 1978 4–0 10–0

1979 Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record July 2, 1979 Pan American Games San Juan, Puerto Rico 1–0 (15) 1–0 July 3, 1979 10–0 2–0 July 4, 1979 5–0 3–0 July 6, 1979 2–1 3–1 July 6, 1979 12–0 4–1 July 7, 1979 1–0 5–1 July 8, 1979 10–0 6–1 July 9, 1979 2–0 7–1 July 10, 1979 9–0 8–1 July 10, 1979 9–0 9–1 July 11, 1979 5–0 10–1 July 13, 1979 1–0 11–1 July 14, 1979 6–0 12–1 July 15, 1979 2–0 13–1

1982 Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record July 3, 1982 World Championship Taipei, Taiwan 4–0 1–0 July 5, 1982 4–0 2–0 July 5, 1982 10–0 3–0 July 8, 1982 10–0 4–0 July 8, 1982 8–0 5–0 July 9, 1982 9–0 6–0 July 10, 1982 2–1 6–1 July 11, 1982 4–0 7–1 July 11, 1982 1–0 7–2 July 11, 1982 1–0 7–3

1983 Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record August 15, 1983 Pan American Games Caracas, Venezuela 6–5 0–1 August 16, 1983 16–0 (5) 1–1 August 16, 1983 14–0 2–1 August 17, 1983 7–4 3–1 August 18, 1983 6–0 4–1 August 19, 1983 1–0 5–1 August 20, 1983 17–0 6–1 August 20, 1983 8–1 7–1 August 21, 1983 16–6 8–1 August 22, 1983 3–0 9–1 August 23, 1983 7–1 10–1 August 24, 1983 5–4 10–2

1986 Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record January 18, 1986 World Championship Auckland, New Zealand 2–0 1–0 January 19, 1986 3–0 (10) 2–0 January 19, 1986 7–0 3–0 January 20, 1986 3–0 4–0 January 21, 1986 1–0 5–0 January 22, 1986 2–1 6–0 January 22, 1986 1–0 7–0 January 23, 1986 2–1 (8) 8–0 January 24, 1986 3–2 (12) 9–0 January 25, 1986 10–0 (5) 10–0 January 25, 1986 4–0 11–0 January 26, 1986 1–0 12–0 January 26, 1986 2–0 13–0

1987 Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record August 9, 1987 Pan American Games Indianapolis, Indiana 10–0 (6) 1–0 August 10, 1987 15–0 (5) 2–0 August 12, 1987 6–0 3–0 August 13, 1987 6–0 4–0 August 15, 1987 1–0 5–0 August 16, 1987 4–0 6–0 August 17, 1987 1–0 7–0 August 18, 1987 4–0 8–0 August 20, 1987 4–1 9–0

1990 Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record July 14, 1990 World Championship Normal, Illinois 7–0 1–0 July 15, 1990 19–0 (5) 2–0 July 15, 1990 8–0 3–0 July 16, 1990 10–0 (5) 4–0 July 17, 1990 2–1 5–0 July 18, 1990 10–0 (5) 6–0 July 19, 1990 2–0 7–0 July 19, 1990 14–0 (5) 8–0 July 20, 1990 1–0 9–0 July 21, 1990 6–1 10–0

1991 Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record Aug 1991 Pan American Games Havana, Cuba 4–0 1–0 Aug 1991 1–0 2–0 Aug 1991 10–0 3–0 Aug 1991 8–0 4–0 Aug 1991 7–0 5–0 Aug 1991 6–0 6–0 Aug 1991 6–0 7–0 Aug 1991 4–2 8–0 Aug 1991 14–1 9–0

1994 Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record July 29, 1994 World Championship St. John's, Newfoundland 10–0 (5) 1–0 July 30, 1994 18–0 2–0 July 30, 1994 7–0 (5) 3–0 August 1, 1994 14–0 (5) 4–0 August 2, 1994 5–3 5–0 August 4, 1994 5–0 6–0 August 6, 1994 1–0 (10) 7–0 August 6, 1994 2–0 8–0 August 6, 1994 2–1 (12) 9–0 August 7, 1994 6–0 10–0

1995 Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record March 14, 1995 Pan American Games Mar del Plata, Argentina 6–0 1–0 March 15, 1995 11–0 (5) 2–0 March 16, 1995 6–1 3–0 March 17, 1995 1–0 (10) 4–0 March 18, 1995 11–0 5–0 March 19, 1995 14–0 6–0 March 19, 1995 10–0 7–0 March 20, 1995 2–0 8–0 March 21, 1995 2–0 9–0 March 22, 1995 11–0 (5) 10–0 March 24, 1995 5–0 11–0 March 25, 1995 7–0 12–0

1996 Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record July 21, 1996 Summer Olympics Columbus, Georgia 10–0 (6) 1–0 July 22, 1996 9–0 2–0 July 23, 1996 6–1 3–0 July 24, 1996 4–0 4–0 July 25, 1996 4–2 5–0 July 26, 1996 2–1 5–1 July 27, 1996 3–2 6–1 July 29, 1996 1–0 (10) 7–1 July 30, 1996 3–1 8–1

1998 Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record July 21, 1998 World Championship Fujinomiya, Japan 5–0 1–0 July 22, 1998 3–0 2–0 July 23, 1998 11–0 (6) 3–0 July 25, 1998 12–0 (5) 4–0 July 25, 1998 14–0 (5) 5–0 July 26, 1998 9–0 6–0 July 26, 1998 3–0 7–0 July 27, 1998 10–0 (5) July 28, 1998 1–0 (9) 9–0 July 29, 1998 2–1 (12) 9–1 July 30, 1998 4–0 10–1 July 30, 1998 1–0 11–1

1999 Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record July 29, 1999 Pan American Games Winnipeg, Manitoba 9–0 1–0 July 30, 1999 5–0 2–0 July 31, 1999 7–0 3–0 July 31, 1999 5–0 4–0 August 1, 1999 15–0 (5) 5–0 August 1, 1999 7–0 6–0 August 2, 1999 8–1 7–0 August 3, 1999 12–0 (5) 8–0 August 3, 1999 3–0 9–0 August 4, 1999 6–0 10–0 August 6, 1999 5–0 11–0 August 7, 1999 1–0 (8) 12–0

2000 Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record September 17, 2000 Summer Olympics Sydney, Australia 6–0 1–0 September 18, 2000 3–0 2–0 September 19, 2000 2–1 (11) 2–1 September 20, 2000 2–0 (13) 2–2 September 21, 2000 2–1 (13) 2–3 September 22, 2000 2–0 3–3 September 23, 2000 6–0 4–3 September 24, 2000 3–0 (10) 5–3 September 25, 2000 1–0 6–3 September 26, 2000 2–1 (8) 7–3

2002 Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record July 26, 2002 World Championship Saskatoon, S.K. 2–0 1–0 July 27, 2002 13–0 2–0 July 28, 2002 4–0 3–0 July 29, 2002 14–0 (5) 4–0 July 30, 2002 9–0 (5) 5–0 July 31, 2002 4–0 6–0 August 1, 2002 7–0 (5) 7–0 August 2, 2002 4–3 8–0 August 3, 2002 1–0 (9) 9–0 August 4, 2002 1–0 10–0

2003 Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record August 5, 2003 Pan American Games Santo Domingo, DR 9–0 (5) 1–0 August 6, 2003 1–0 2–0 August 7, 2003 10–0 (5) 3–0 August 8, 2003 11–0 (5) 4–0 August 9, 2003 2–0 5–0 August 10, 2003 13–0 (5) 6–0 August 11, 2003 7–0 (5) 7–0 August 13, 2003 2–1 8–0 August 14, 2003 4–0 9–0

2004 Date Event Location Winner Score Loser Yearly Record August 14, 2004 Summer Olympics Athens, Greece 7–0 (5) 1–0 August 15, 2004 10–0 (5) 2–0 August 16, 2004 3–0 (8) 3–0 August 17, 2004 4–0 4–0 August 18, 2004 7–0 (5) 5–0 August 19, 2004 7–0 (5) 6–0 August 20, 2004 3–0 7–0 August 22, 2004 5–0 8–0 August 23, 2004 5–1 9–0

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