On the morning of March 18, the "2018 National Women's Softball Champions League" started in Zhongshan. 9 professional women's base teams from Guangdong, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Beijing, Shanghai and other provinces and regions across the country, 231 coaches and athletes gathered at the " Zhongshan International Baseball Town" Dongsheng Town . They will conduct a wonderful 9-day competition to compete for the highest honor of Chinese women's softball.
According to reports, this competition is a competition planned event hosted by National Sports General Administration Hand-Click Baseball and Softball Association and the China Softball Association. This event is also the first time that it is held in Zhongshan City . Guangdong Women's Softball Team head coach Zhang Weihong revealed that this Champions League, as one of the top events in the domestic women's base, is not only the main battlefield for the confrontation between the provincial teams, but also an important examination venue for selecting national women's base candidates.
This year, Chinese women's base will go to the Women's Base World Championships held in Japan in August and the Asian Games held in Indonesia in September. The World Championships are also the qualifying round of 2020 Tokyo Olympics , which means that players who have outstanding performance in this competition will be expected to have the opportunity to participate in the Olympics. "I hope to help the team achieve good results and also qualify for higher-level events." said Lu Xiaomin, the main player of Guangdong team, shortstop .
Feng Xiaolong, member of the Standing Committee of the Zhongshan CPPCC and chairman of the Zhongshan Baseball and Softball Association, said that in order to let more people understand baseball and softball through the game and pay attention to the "Zhongshan International Baseball" town, all tickets for this game are free to be distributed to the public. Citizens and fans can go to Zhongshan Panda Baseball Stadium and Dongsheng High School Baseball Stadium to watch the game, and experience the unique charm of the women's softball game up close.
Since "Zhongshan International Baseball Town" was approved as the first batch of sports and leisure characteristic towns in the country in August 2017, Dongsheng has held a number of national baseball and softball events. "In this event, our baseball and softball event data platform was also launched simultaneously." Feng Xiaolong said that this platform is the first professional baseball and softball data website in China. Through the platform, you can learn about the professional data of each game and each player in various competitions in real time. "The platform will be extended to baseball-related venues, facility management services, talent management services, etc. in the future, laying the foundation for Zhongshan to build a digital and informatized baseball town."
In the opening match of the morning of the same day, the Guangdong team lost to the Liaoning team with a score of 5:13.
