Competing teams were Australia, Canada, Chinese Taipei (Taiwan), Japan, USA.
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The game was held at Estadio José Antonio Casanova in Fort Tiuna, a military garrison in Caracas.
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On August 13, during the game against the Netherlands, Hong Kong player Cheuk Woon-Yee was struck by a stray bullet in the leg.
She won a bronze medal in the 48 kg category at the 2002 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships held in Antalya, Turkey and a silver medal in the 46 kg category at the 2004 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships held in Riccione, Italy.
Fleury has a diverse background in sport, having interned for the Minister of State (Sport), volunteered at the 2010 Olympics for the Canadian Olympic Committee, served as equipment manager for the Canadian women's baseball team at the 2008 Women's Baseball World Cup and has served for ten years as a lifeguard supervisor for the city.
In the five times it has been held, the tournament has been won twice by United States and most recently three times by Japan in 2008, 2010 and 2012.
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Before this tournament the only other international women's baseball tournament was the Women's World Series, which usually involved only three or four nations, usually Australia, Canada, Japan and occasionally the USA.