The General Tire World Cup of Softball IX kicks off today (July 7) and will run through Sunday at Bill Barber Park in Irvine, Calif.

The tournament, hosted by Southern California ASA, features seven participating countries (Canada, Chinese Taipei, Japan, Mexico, Philippines, USA, and Venezuela) after Puerto Rico had to cancel participation due to the economic problems facing the country.

Their will be 26 games played over the next seven days: here’s the schedule of games**.

Date	Time (PDT)	Matchup	Media
July 7	11 a.m.	Philippines vs. Venezuela	Live stats I Live Stream
	2 p.m.	Venezuela vs. Chinese Taipei	Live stats I Live Stream
	4:30 p.m.	Canada vs. Japan	Live stats I Live Stream
	7 p.m.	USA vs. Mexico – Exhibition*	Live stats I Live Stream
July 8	11 a.m.	Venezuela vs. Japan	Live stats I Live Stream
	2 p.m.	Philippines vs. Mexico	Live stats I Live Stream
	4:30 p.m.	Canada vs. Chinese Taipei	Live stats I Live Stream
	7 p.m.	USA vs. Venezuela	Live stats I Live Stream
July 9	11 a.m.	Philippines vs. Canada	Live stats I Live Stream
	2 p.m.	Canada vs. Venezuela	Live stats I Live Stream
	4:30 p.m.	Japan vs. Mexico	Live stats I Live Stream
	7 p.m.	USA vs. Philippines	Live stats I Live Stream
July 10	12:30 p.m.	Chinese Taipei vs. Mexico	Live stats I Live Stream
	6 p.m.	USA vs. Canada – Pink Game	Live stats I ESPN
	8:30 p.m.	Japan vs. Philippines	Live stats I Live Stream
July 11	10 a.m.	Mexico vs. Venezuela	Live stats I Live Stream
	12:30 p.m.	Chinese Taipei vs. Philippines	Live stats I Live Stream
	6 p.m.	USA vs. Japan	Live stats I ESPN
July 12	10 a.m.	USA vs. Mexico	Live stats I ESPN2
	12:30 p.m.	Mexico vs. Canada	Live stats I Live Stream
	5 p.m.	USA vs. Chinese Taipei	Live stats I ESPN2
	7 p.m.	Chinese Taipei vs. Japan	Live stats I Live Stream
July 13	10 a.m.	Seed 1 vs. Seed 2	Live stats I ESPN
	12:30 p.m.	Seed 7 vs. Seed 6	Live stats I Live Stream
	2 p.m.	Seed 5 vs. Winner Seed 7 vs Seed 6	Live stats I Live Stream
	4 p.m.	Seed 3 vs. Seed 4	Live stats I Live Stream

** All Times are Pacific Daylight Time

 

A sanctioned event by the International Softball Federation (ISF), the Japanese National team will look to defend its World Cup title as they defeated Team USA 6-3 in the championship game in 2013.

Tickets are on still available by visiting http://www.socalasa.org.  Click here to purchase (all tickets WILL CALL).

Also, the event will have daily fan gate giveaways…. here’s the schedule for each day:

Mon:
First 500 Fans to enter the park receive a 2014 USA Softball Women’s National Team Poster!
Be there when USA Softball Alumni athletes are honored during pre-game ceremonies before the USA vs. Mexico exhibition game at 7 p.m.

Tues:
First 500 Fans to enter the park receive a pair of ASA/USA Softball YOUTH Sunglasses!

Wed:
First 1,000 Fans to enter the park receive a Sample SunRype Fruit Strip

Thurs:
First 250 Fans to enter the park receive a PINK “Keep Calm and Play Softball” Poster
NOTE: Thursday is PINK OUT DAY! Wear Pink to support Breast Cancer Awareness

Fri:
First 300 Fans receive a koozie courtesy of General Tire.

Sat:
First 500 Fans to enter the park receive a  Lanyard!

Sun:
First 300 Fans receive a Chapstick courtesy of Sports Authority!

 

NOTE: Gates open one hour before first scheduled game time.

For complete coverage of World Cup IX including bios, rosters, live stats, streaming and results log on to www.USASoftball.com.