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WBSC Americas

WBSC Americas
TypeSport organization
Region served
Americas
Membership
57 member associations
Parent organization
World Baseball Softball Confederation
Websitewww.wbscamericas.org

The WBSC Americas, formerly known as Pan American Baseball Confederation (COPABE, Spanish: Confederación Panamericana de Béisbol, Portuguese: Confederação Pan-Americana de Beisebol), is the governing body of baseball and softball within the Americas.

History

Talks of the need of a baseball confederation in the Americas sparked with the founding of the Confederation of European Baseball back in the 1950s, although it was not until 1984, during the World Cup played in Cuba, that 12 countries of the Americas finally voted in favor of a formation of a confederation.

The first ever Confederación Panamericana de Béisbol (COPABE) executive meeting was held in March 1985, and 11 countries participated in its first ever Congress on March 15. The Congress saw the election of Oswaldo Matias Flores (Cuba) as the first president of the organization.

On October 5, 1987, the first Pan American Championship was played (Cuba won the tournament). The day after the final game of the tournament was held, the Congress elected Edwin Zerpa Pizzorno (Venezuela) as the next president of the organization.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s COPABE concentrated on developing tournaments at the youth level all over the Americas.

Members

Baseball

Code Association National teams Founded Membership IOC
member 		Note
ARG Argentina Argentina (M, W) 1960 Full Yes
ARU Aruba Aruba (M, W) 1950 Full Yes
BAH The Bahamas Bahamas (M, W) 1954 Full Yes
BOL Bolivia Bolivia (M, W) Full Yes
BRA Brazil Brazil (M, W) Full Yes
IVB British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands (M, W) Full Yes
CAN Canada Canada (M, W) 1964 Full Yes
CHI Chile Chile (M, W) 1954 Full Yes
COL Colombia Colombia (M, W) 1938 Full Yes
CRC Costa Rica Costa Rica (M, W) 1975 Full Yes
CUB Cuba Cuba (M, W) 1938 Full Yes
CUW Curaçao Curaçao (M, W) 1934 Provisional No [Note 1]
DOM Dominican Republic Dominican Republic (M, W) 1966 Full Yes
ECU Ecuador Ecuador (M, W) 1945 Full Yes
ESA El Salvador El Salvador (M, W) Full Yes
GUA Guatemala Guatemala (M, W) Full Yes
GUY Guyana Guyana (M, W) 2012 Full Yes
HAI Haiti Haiti (M, W) 2013 Full Yes
HON Honduras Honduras (M, W) Full Yes
JAM Jamaica Jamaica (M, W) Full Yes
MEX Mexico Mexico (M, W) 1987 Full Yes
NCA Nicaragua Nicaragua (M, W) 1950 Full Yes
PAN Panama Panama (M, W) 1944 Full Yes
PER Peru Peru (M, W) 1926 Full Yes
PUR Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (M, W) 1970 Full Yes
SXM Sint Maarten Sint Maarten (M, W) Provisional No [Note 1]
TTO Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (M, W) Full Yes
USA United States United States (M, W) 1978 Full Yes
ISV United States Virgin Islands United States Virgin Islands (M, W) Full Yes
VEN Venezuela Venezuela (M, W) 1952 Full Yes

Softball

Code Association National teams Founded Membership IOC
member 		Note
ARG Argentina Argentina (M, W) 1960 Full Yes
ARU Aruba Aruba (M, W) Full Yes
BAH The Bahamas Bahamas (M, W) 1972 Full Yes
BIZ Belize Belize (M, W) Full Yes
BOL Bolivia Bolivia (M, W) Full Yes
BRA Brazil Brazil (M, W) Full Yes
IVB British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands (M, W) 1952 Full Yes
CAN Canada Canada (M, W) 1965 Full Yes
CAY Cayman Islands Cayman Islands (M, W) Full Yes
CHI Chile Chile (M, W) 1954 Full Yes
COL Colombia Colombia (M, W) 1968 Full Yes
CRC Costa Rica Costa Rica (M, W) 2011 Full Yes
CUB Cuba Cuba (M, W) 1980 Full Yes
CUW Curaçao Curaçao (M, W) 1952 Provisional No [Note 1]
DOM Dominican Republic Dominican Republic (M, W) 1966 Full Yes
ECU Ecuador Ecuador (M, W) 2014 Full Yes
ESA El Salvador El Salvador (M, W) 1980 Full Yes
GUA Guatemala Guatemala (M, W) 1990 Full Yes
HAI Haiti Haiti (M, W) 2013 Full Yes
HON Honduras Honduras (M, W) Full Yes
JAM Jamaica Jamaica (M, W) 2016 Full Yes
MEX Mexico Mexico (M, W) 1985 Full Yes
NCA Nicaragua Nicaragua (M, W) 2006 Full Yes
PAN Panama Panama (M, W) 1965 Full Yes
PER Peru Peru (M, W) 1981 Full Yes
PUR Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (M, W) Full Yes
TCA Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands (M, W) Provisional No [Note 2]
USA United States United States (M, W) 1933 Full Yes
ISV United States Virgin Islands United States Virgin Islands (M, W) Full Yes
URU Uruguay Uruguay (M, W) Full Yes
VEN Venezuela Venezuela (M, W) Full Yes
  1. ^ a b c Constituent country of the Netherlands.
  2. ^ Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom.

WBSC World Rankings

Baseball

Softball

Baseball5

WBSC Baseball5 Rankings (as of 9 August 2024)[5]
Americas* WBSC +/- National Team Points
1 2 Increase 1  Cuba 2947
2 7 Increase 1  Mexico 1896
3 13 Increase 2  Venezuela 1127
4 45 Steady  Puerto Rico 48
5 46 Decrease 1  Bolivia 17
6 47 Increase 1  Jamaica 9
7 49 Decrease 2  Peru 3
*Local rankings based on WBSC ranking points

Historical leaders

Highest Ranked Americas member in the WBSC Rankings

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^ "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 18 November 2024. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  2. ^ "The WBSC Women's Baseball World Ranking". WBSC. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  3. ^ "The WBSC Men's Softball World Ranking". WBSC. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  4. ^ "The WBSC Women's World Ranking". WBSC. 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  5. ^ "The WBSC Baseball5 World Ranking". WBSC. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_American_Baseball_Confederation