The final of the 23rd National High School Women’s Baseball Selection Tournament was held for the first time at Tokyo Dome on the 3rd, and Fukui Institute of Technology Fukui defeated Hyogo and Kobe Koryo 2-1 in the 10th inning after a tiebreaker and won the championship for the first time. .. Following the national championship final held at Koshien Stadium in August last year, female players played at the stadium they longed for.
A record 38 teams, including the coalition team, participated in this tournament. It started on March 26th and was held in Kazo City, Saitama Prefecture until the semi-finals. Women’s high school baseball has three major tournaments: the spring selection tournament, the summer championship, and the autumn youth tournament.
In recent years, the number of women’s teams and players has increased, and professional baseball giants, Hanshin Tigers, etc. have created women’s teams, and the field of activity is expanding.