Softball Television Schedule set for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

TOKYO, Japan – The official television schedule for the Tokyo Olympic Softball competition has been announced by NBCUniversal, the official broadcast television network for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Set to be held July 21-August 8, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, the U.S. Olympic Softball Team will kick off the Games on July 21 on NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) at 11 p.m. ET as the 17-game competition spans from July 21-27 at Fukushima Azuma Stadium and Yokohama Stadium.
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Wednesday, July 21, 2021 will mark 4,717 days

since the last Olympic softball game was played at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, where Team USA fell short of earning their fourth-consecutive Gold Medal with a 3-1 loss to Japan. Now, after a 13-year hiatus from the Olympic program, the sport of softball returns with the U.S. looking to reclaim the Gold Medal.
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In Tokyo, Team USA will join No. 2 Japan, No. 3 Canada, No. 5 Mexico, No. 8 Australia and No. 9 Italy as the field of six countries competing for the Gold. As the host country, Japan earned an automatic berth while Team USA punched their ticket to the Olympic Games after winning the 2018 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Softball World Championship. Italy earned their spot in Tokyo after winning the WBSC Softball Europe/Asia Qualifier, while Canada and Mexico qualified as the top two teams from the WBSC Women’s Softball Americas Qualifier. Australia punched the last ticket to Tokyo by winning the WBSC Softball Asia/Oceania Qualifier.
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Team USA has played all five other teams within the last seven years and will look to advance to their fifth gold medal game on July 27.
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Please visit nbcolympics.com to view the complete television schedule.
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NOTE: Tokyo, Japan is 13 hours ahead of USA Eastern Time.
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Date	Opponent	Local Time (JT) / ET	Television	Live Stream
July 21	vs Italy	12 p.m. / July 20 11 p.m.	NBCSN (LIVE)	NBCOlympics.com
July 22	vs Canada	9 a.m. / July 21 8 p.m.	NBCSN (LIVE)	NBCOlympics.com
July 24	vs Mexico	2:30 p.m. / 1:30 a.m.	NBCSN (DELAYED)	NBCOlympics.com
July 25	vs Australia	10 a.m. / July 24 9 p.m	CNBC (LIVE)	NBCOlympics.com
July 26	vs Japan	10 a.m. / July 25 9 p.m.	USA (LIVE)	NBCOlympics.com
July 27	Bronze Medal Game	1 p.m. / 12 a.m.	CNBC (LIVE)	NBCOlympics.com
July 27	Gold Medal Game	8 p.m. / 7 a.m.	NBCSN (LIVE)	NBCOlympics.com

About USA Softball
USA Softball (USAS) is a 501(c)(3) not-for profit organization headquartered in Oklahoma City, Okla., and is designated as the National Governing Body (NGB) of Softball in the United States and a member of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. One of the nation’s largest sports organizations, USAS sanctions competition through a network of Local Associations, which includes all 50 states and select metro associations.  USAS is dedicated to providing people of all ages the opportunity to play the game they love at a variety of levels by offering recreational, league, tournament and competitive play for fast pitch, slow pitch and modified pitch.  USAS annually conducts thousands of tournaments throughout the country including over 100 National Championships.  The USAS umpire program is among the nation’s largest and are widely known as the best trained umpires in the game. 

As the NGB for the sport of softball, USAS is responsible for training, equipping and promoting the six USA Softball National Teams that compete in events such as the Olympics, Pan American Games, World Championships and other international and domestic events. For more information on USAS, including its founding and history as the Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA), please visit, www.USASoftball.com.