WBSC Europe Softball Technical and Competitions Committee released the WBSC Europe Softball Competitions Regulations and its appendix for the 2022 season. Alongside, the player age table and the deadlines for participants in WBSC Europe Softball Championships and Cups for the upcoming season have been published.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation Europe (WBSC Europe) has published the Softball Competitions Regulations and its appendix for the 2022 season.

  • The Softball Competitions Regulations 2022 can be found here.
  • The Softball Specific Competitions Regulations Appendix 2022 can be found here.

Also, the Softball Technical and Competitions Committee prepared some documents to help the participants in the WBSC Europe Softball Championships and Cups:

  • The Deadline Table for Participants 2022 - Championships can be found here.
  • The Deadline Table for Participants 2022 - Cups can be found here.
  • The Player Age Table 2022 can be found here, as extracted from the Competitions Regulations Article 8.14.

In the Competitions Regulations, the main changes concern suspended and deferred games (CR 5.2.) and the entering of the rosters (CR 9 and CR 10). From the 2022 season, the WBSC management system (my.wbsc.org) will be the only method to enter the rosters of the teams partaking in the WBSC Europe Softball Championships and Cups. 

Following the Member Federations' request, the qualification of players based on age category has changed allowing the 16-year-old players to be considered adult players. 

All changes to the Softball Competitions Regulations are visible in italics.