Following are the standings of softball preliminaries at the Beijing Olympic Games on August 17 (tabulated under games played, won, lost, runs for, runs against)

1 United States 6 6 0 44 1

2 Japan 6 5 1 17 13

3 Australia 6 4 2 21 9

4 Canada 6 3 3 17 17

5 China 6 2 4 19 12

5 Chinese Taipei 6 2 4 8 19

5 Venezuela 6 2 4 13 26

8 Netherlands 6 0 6 4 46

(Xinhua News Agency August 18, 2008)