The International Softball Federation has released the seedings for the 
10th Junior Women's Fastpitch World Championships, to be played from July 1-7 in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. With the tournament becoming open entry, the GB Junior (Under-19) Women's Team will compete.
Despite the tournament being open to participation by all ISF member federations, a total of 16 teams have committed to taking part, the same number as previous Junior World Championships when participants were determined by qualification.
Two pools
The 16 teams will be divided into two pools for round-robin play, and the GB Junior Team, which finished sixth in European Championships last summer, has been seeded sixth in Pool A. The group is headed by the two powerful North American countries, the USA and Canada.
Here are the pools in full:
Pool A
USA
Canada
New Zealand
Czech Republic
Puerto Rico
Great Britain
Korea
Venezuela
Pool B
Japan
Australia
Brazil
China
Botswana
Netherlands
Singapore
Mexico
Page playoffs
After each pool has played a full round-robin, the top four teams in each pool will advance to a Double Page Playoff to determine the medals and other positions.
The game schedule for the tournament is expected to be published soon.
More information on the World Championship can be found on the tournament's official website: www.jwwc2013.com.
Selections for the GB Junior Team that will compete at the World Championships under new Head Coach Rachael Watkeys will be made later in February.