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Over the years, the Canada Cup has evolved into one of the most prestigious international softball tournaments. Today, the competition is split among four separate tournaments:
Canada Cup: Showcase event, featuring the top women's teams globally
Canada Cup Futures: featuring about 30 of the top U19 teams globally
Although a number of US and Japanese club teams have competed in the Canada Cup, the showcase event has evolved primarily into a national team competition between the following countries:
This tournament enjoys strong local support with hundreds of community volunteers. Each team is assigned a bat girl from one of the local teams plus a family support liaison from the community. Another unusual part of this tournament is the concurrent co-ed Slow-Pitch
Friendship Division tournament for developmentally disabled adults which is run at the same site as the premier International Women's Fastpitch tournament. Viewers can watch both at the same time.
