An international tournament has once again escaped my attention. The 5th Annual World Wiffleball Classic organized by Christian Cherry happened June 4th and 5th. 106 players from 40 nations faced off at Portage High School's turf football field to find out who was the best team in the world. El Salvador defeated Poland in the final round to win the tournament. Australia took third place and Belgium took 4th. I have no idea where the USA ended up. I'm not exactly sure where the tournament is but I know it's somewhere in northwestern Indiana...clearly the best location to have a worldwide tournament for a sport. I wonder if they really had teams legitimately from other countries. It seems a little far-fetched that people would go through all that trouble and expense just to play in a wiffleball tournament. But if this is legit, awesome. To find out more about this tournament there have been two articles written about it:
