Softball was introduced as a World Games sport at the 1981 World Games in Santa Clara and discontinued after the 1985 games in London. It was reintroduced as a women's invitational sport in 2009 in Kaohsiung after it had been removed from the Olympic Games programme, and from 2022 it was again part of the official programme.
Medalists Men 1981 Santa Clara2025 Chengdunone
Women 1981 Santa Clara1985 London2009 Kaohsiung2013 Cali2022 Birmingham2025 Chengdu
See also Softball at the Summer Olympics women's competitions were held in 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2020. Women's Softball World Cup
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