Category Archives: Baseball

Olympic Baseball, Softball, Tokyo 2020 Games Postponed To 2021

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) welcomed the difficult joint decision today of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee and Japan Prime Minister Abe Shinzo to postpone the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 to a date no later than the summer of 2021. The IOC stated that the Tokyo 2020 Games will […]

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Final Olympic Baseball Qualifier postponed to June

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), together with host Chinese Taipei Baseball Association (CTBA) and the Chinese Taipei Professional Baseball League (CPBL), today announced that the WBSC Baseball Final Qualification Event for the Games of the XXXII Olympiad Tokyo 2020, scheduled to take place in Taichung and Dou Liu, TPE, from 1-5 April, has been […]

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2019: “The Biggest Year In Int’l Baseball, Softball History” – Riccardo Fraccari

This past year was the biggest year ever for the international game and National Team competitions, both from a historical point of view as well as from a total number of events point of view, with players taking away some of the best memories and experiences of their careers. Over the last 12 months, the […]

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Seven New Members Join WBSC Family

The WBSC welcomed seven new members to its family during a dynamic 3rd World Congress held in Sakai, Japan on Thursday. The new members (listed below) were unanimously voted in by the WBSC Congress, bringing the total number of WBSC member federations to 200 plus 13 associate members: Bermuda Baseball Laos Baseball Benin Baseball & […]

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Ahead 2020 Pre Olympics Women’s Basketball Qualifier: Nigeria Invites Atosu, Akhator, Kalu

D’Tigress Head Coach, Otis Hughley has announced a 12 man roaster for the 2020 pre Olympics qualifiers coming up in Mozambique between November 14 to 17. Otis has recalled United States of America based Upe Atosu, whose last game for Nigeria was at the 2017 Afrobasket final win over Senegal. 2019 Afrobasket Most Valuable Player […]

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WBSC Unveils Innovative Game Management System For New 5-on-5 Baseball5

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today launched a new Game Management System (GMS) as well as new guidelines for officials for the new urban five-on-five discipline Baseball5. The new GMS, which was trialled at select 2019 events, is intended to greatly simplify and standardise Baseball5 competitions. The main innovation is the introduction of a […]

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ISRAEL’S BASEBALL TEAM QUALIFIES FOR OLYMPICS FOR FIRST TIME IN HISTORY

Israel’s National Baseball Team today qualified for the Olympic Games for the first time in history, winning the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Europe/Africa Qualification Event for the Games of the XXXII Olympiad Tokyo 2020, following an 11-1, eight-inning win over South Africa at Parma’s Nino Cavalli Stadium. With Israel’s entry into the Olympic baseball […]

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Social media erupts as Chinese Taipei tops USA in Final of WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup 2019

World No. 4 Chinese Taipei surprised four-time defending World Champions USA in the Final of the XXIX World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) U-18 Baseball World Cup® 2019 Sunday night at Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark, setting off a media explosion in Chinese Taipei. Politician Tsai Ing-wen, the highest elected official in the respective territory, congratulated the team […]

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WBSC Announces Game Schedule For Softball Asia/Oceania Qualifier in Shanghai, China

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) announced today the schedule of the WBSC Softball Asia/Oceania Qualifier, to be held in Shanghai, China, from 24-28 September. The top six Asian teams will face the best two nations from Oceania in Shanghai, with the last spot at the Olympic Games at stake. The eight participating teams were […]

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Canada, Mexico Qualify For Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games As top Two Teams Across Americas

The softball national teams of Mexico and Canada earned a place in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, sealing the top two spots of the WBSC Softball Americas Qualification Event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. It will be the first time Mexico will participate in an Olympic softball event, the pinnacle of the sport, while […]

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WBSC awards broadcast rights in North America to CBC Sports and Flo Sports for Softball Americas Qualifier

WBSC awards broadcast rights in North America to CBC Sports and Flo Sports for Softball Americas Qualifier The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today announced that CBC Sports and Flo Sports have been awarded exclusive broadcast rights in Canada and USA, respectively, for the WBSC Women’s Softball Americas Qualifier. The event opens on Sunday, 25 […]

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WBSC Awards MEDIAPRO Exclusive Broadcast Rights in the Americas to 2022

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today awarded MEDIAPRO the exclusive broadcast rights across the Americas for all WBSC’s world championships through 2022, as well as the flagship global competition on the calendar, the 2019 WBSC Premier12 — an Olympic qualifier this November which will feature the Men’s National Teams from the 12 best-ranked baseball […]

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