The 15th edition of the men's flagship softball event, scheduled to be held from July 7 to 16, will include more than 80 games at the Pepsi Softball Centre.

A total of 64 of those will take place in the round-robin over the first week, while the other 16 will be spread across three days of play-off action.

Also hosts of the previous edition of the tournament, Canada claimed the title in 2015 when they beat New Zealand 10-5 in the final in Saskatoon. 

Countries have been divided into two pools to compete in the round-robin, with the top four finishers from each advancing to the double-page play-off round.

The remaining teams will compete in the placement round.

Canada are joined in Pool A by Argentina, Australia, the Dominican Republic, Hong Kong, India, South Africa and the United States.

Pool B includes New Zealand and Venezuela, the third-place finishers in 2015.

It is completed by Botswana, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Great Britain, Indonesia, Japan and Turkey.

All participating teams will compete on the first day of action tomorrow with Britain taking on Botswana in the tournament's curtain raiser.

Canada are due to begin their campaign against South Africa in the evening, immediately following the Opening Ceremony on the main competition field.

The gold and bronze medal matches are scheduled to take centre stage on July 16.

Both India and Turkey will be making their Men's World Championship debuts this year.

India's first outing will see them face Australia and Turkey's opening contest pits them against New Zealand.

The event will mark the first time Yukon has hosted an elite men’s competition but the Canadian territory has staged three previous World Championships; the junior men’s in 2008 and 2014, as well as the senior women’s in 2012.