Africa/Europe Olympic Qualifier
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These shots were taken during the Africa/Europe Olympic qualifying tournament, June 9-16, 2007 in Trieste, Italy. (All photos by Franco Bagattini).

Lenka Jaklová and her Czech Republic teammates fell one game short of playing in the Grand Final for the chance to go to Beijing.

South Africa was back after having tried to qualify via the ISF XI Women's World Championship in 2006.

Shown here in a game against Italy, Croatia would springboard from the qualifying tournament to a bronze medal finish one month later at the 12-team VI European Championship Women "B" event.

Great Britain would finish tied with Russia for fifth place.

Katerina Koutougkou and the Greek team were seeking a return to the Games after having made their Olympic Softball debut in 2004.

Rebecca Someru showed why she will be one of the aces on the Netherlands pitching staff in Beijing.