WBSC Americas
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.
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| Type | Sport organization |
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Region served | Americas |
Membership | 57 member associations |
Parent organization | World Baseball Softball Confederation |
| Website | www |
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 |
(M, W) | 1960 | Full | Yes | |
| ARU |  Aruba |
(M, W) | 1950 | Full | Yes | |
| BAH |  Bahamas |
(M, W) | 1954 | Full | Yes | |
| BOL | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Bolivia |
(M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| BRA |  Brazil |
(M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| IVB |  British Virgin Islands |
(M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| CAN | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |
(M, W) | 1964 | Full | Yes | |
| CHI |  Chile |
(M, W) | 1954 | Full | Yes | |
| COL |  Colombia |
(M, W) | 1938 | Full | Yes | |
| CRC |  Costa Rica |
(M, W) | 1975 | Full | Yes | |
| CUB |  Cuba |
(M, W) | 1938 | Full | Yes | |
| CUW |  Curaçao |
(M, W) | 1934 | Provisional | No | [Note 1] |
| DOM |  Dominican Republic |
(M, W) | 1966 | Full | Yes | |
| ECU |  Ecuador |
(M, W) | 1945 | Full | Yes | |
| ESA |  El Salvador |
(M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| GUA |  Guatemala |
(M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| GUY |  Guyana |
(M, W) | 2012 | Full | Yes | |
| HAI |  Haiti |
(M, W) | 2013 | Full | Yes | |
| HON |  Honduras |
(M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| JAM |  Jamaica |
(M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| MEX |  Mexico |
(M, W) | 1987 | Full | Yes | |
| NCA |  Nicaragua |
(M, W) | 1950 | Full | Yes | |
| PAN |  Panama |
(M, W) | 1944 | Full | Yes | |
| PER |  Peru |
(M, W) | 1926 | Full | Yes | |
| PUR |  Puerto Rico |
(M, W) | 1970 | Full | Yes | |
| SXM |  Sint Maarten |
(M, W) | Provisional | No | [Note 1] | |
| TTO |  Trinidad and Tobago |
(M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| USA |  United States |
(M, W) | 1978 | Full | Yes | |
| ISV |  United States Virgin Islands |
(M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| VEN |  Venezuela |
(M, W) | 1952 | Full | Yes | |
Softball
| Code | Association | National teams | Founded | Membership | IOC member |
Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARG | Argentina |
(M, W) | 1960 | Full | Yes | |
| ARU | Aruba |
(M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| BAH | Bahamas |
(M, W) | 1972 | Full | Yes | |
| BIZ |  Belize |
(M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| BOL | Bolivia |
(M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| BRA | Brazil |
(M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| IVB | British Virgin Islands |
(M, W) | 1952 | Full | Yes | |
| CAN | Canada |
(M, W) | 1965 | Full | Yes | |
| CAY |  Cayman Islands |
(M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| CHI | Chile |
(M, W) | 1954 | Full | Yes | |
| COL | Colombia |
(M, W) | 1968 | Full | Yes | |
| CRC | Costa Rica |
(M, W) | 2011 | Full | Yes | |
| CUB | Cuba |
(M, W) | 1980 | Full | Yes | |
| CUW | Curaçao |
(M, W) | 1952 | Provisional | No | [Note 1] |
| DOM | Dominican Republic |
(M, W) | 1966 | Full | Yes | |
| ECU | Ecuador |
(M, W) | 2014 | Full | Yes | |
| ESA | El Salvador |
(M, W) | 1980 | Full | Yes | |
| GUA | Guatemala |
(M, W) | 1990 | Full | Yes | |
| HAI | Haiti |
(M, W) | 2013 | Full | Yes | |
| HON | Honduras |
(M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| JAM | Jamaica |
(M, W) | 2016 | Full | Yes | |
| MEX | Mexico |
(M, W) | 1985 | Full | Yes | |
| NCA | Nicaragua |
(M, W) | 2006 | Full | Yes | |
| PAN | Panama |
(M, W) | 1965 | Full | Yes | |
| PER | Peru |
(M, W) | 1981 | Full | Yes | |
| PUR | Puerto Rico |
(M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| TCA |  Turks and Caicos Islands |
(M, W) | Provisional | No | [Note 2] | |
| USA | United States |
(M, W) | 1933 | Full | Yes | |
| ISV | United States Virgin Islands |
(M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| URU |  Uruguay |
(M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| VEN | Venezuela |
(M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
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WBSC World Rankings
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Baseball5
| Americas* | WBSC | +/- | National Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 |  5 |
Cuba | 1393 |
| 2 | 10 | 4 |
Venezuela | 905 |
| 3 | 12 | 1 |
Mexico | 807 |
| 4 | 45 |  |
Jamaica | 4 |
| *Local rankings based on WBSC ranking points | ||||
Historical leaders
Highest Ranked Americas member in the WBSC Rankings
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See also
Notes
References
- "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- "The WBSC Women's Baseball World Ranking". WBSC. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
- "The WBSC Men's Softball World Ranking". WBSC. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- "The WBSC Women's World Ranking". WBSC. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- "The WBSC Baseball5 World Ranking". WBSC. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
External links
- Official website
- Pan American Baseball Confederation website (on WorldNews (WN) Network domain)
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