Starting today, the Softball Summer Challenge will see four Italian youth clubs facing the Italian and the Czech Youth National Teams. Until August 27, twenty-five friendly games will be played in fields around Milan, Italy: Bollate, Caronno, Legnano, and Saronno.

U18 Italian National Team:
Bancora Giulia Margherita, Bartoli Anita, Carotti Alice, Cavaglieri Elena, Cianfriglia Manuela, Di Matteo Martina, Ghergolet Martina, Giacometti Agnese, Mambelli Virginia, Meano Virginia, Munaretto Valeria, Nannetti Beatrice, Porro Sofia, Raviola Elisa, Torre Silvia, Toso Sara, Zumerle Marianna
Staff:
Longagnani Andrea, Marfoglia Paola, Nava Simona, Villani Marco, Venturini Claudia, Raffo Lorenzo, Pucci Valentina

U15 Italian National Team:
Addari Fabiana, Albertin Chiara, Amato Claudia, Aroldi Silvia, Binetti Caterina, Del Col Balletto Matilde, Desii Sara, Di Lauro Chiara, Dusi Beatrice, Franco Giulia, Franzoni Silvia Daniela, Garavello Ludovica, Manera Delia, Matta Giulia, Moretti Lucrezia, Pella Martina, Villa Carlotta
Staff:
Brusa Giulio, Filippini Stefano, Perizzolo Maristella, Di Lauro Dante, Marinelli Claudio, Cioni Marta

U18 Czech National Team:
Marie-Jana Binková, Róza Blažková, Štěpánka Boučková, Marina Burkovičová, Karolína Dvořáková, Markéta Jasanská, Kateřina Kindermannová, Karolína Kovalská, Aneta Molentová, Alexie Moravčíková, Eliška Plevová, Eliška Poláchová, Klára Pospěchová, Nikola Schwarzingerová, Taťána Toušková, Hana Vazačová  
Staff:
Tomáš Kusý, Jiří Pleva, Pavel Burkovič, Václava Čejková-Kolací, Jaroslav Maron, Denisa Hrdinová      

U15 Czech National Team:
Karolína Beránková, Markéta Doležalová, Karolína Domesová, Tereza Hanzalová, Kristýna Horáčková, Amálie Chaloupková, Nicole Kalenská, Eliška Karvánková, Kateřina Kinclová, Karolína Nosková, Lucie Plosová, Zoe Slaná, Iva Straková, Eliška Stříbrská, Markéta Vlčková, Sára von Tsurikov
Staff:
Daniela Viktorýnová, Eva Rychtaříková, Jana Chýlová, Magdaléna Chytrová, Ondřej Šlouf  


Follow the results at this link.

Both the Czech and the Italian National Teams should have taken part in the 2020 U-15 Women's European Championship scheduled for July 13 - 18. The event has been canceled and will be played in 2022.

In 2021, the U-18 Women's National Teams of Italy and the Czech Republic will have the possibility to play the U-18 Women’s European Championship in Prague, Czech Republic, July 19 – 24.
The two teams will also represent Europe in the WBSC U-18 Women’s Softball World Cup that has been postponed from 2020 to 2021, in Lima, Peru.

/ Elda Ghilardi