This article is about the baseball world championship organized until 2011. For the current world championship organized from 2013, see World Baseball Classic.
The Baseball World Cup (BWC) was an international baseball tournament for national teams around the world, sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation (IBAF). First held in 1938 as the Amateur World Series (AWS), it was, for most of its history, the highest level of international baseball competition in the world. Even after it was supplanted in this regard in 2006 by the modern World Baseball Classic (WBC), the Baseball World Cup was still considered by the IBAF to be a major world championship, along with the WBC and the Summer Olympic Games.[1][2]
After the 2011 tournament, the Baseball World Cup was discontinued in favor of an expanded World Baseball Classic; the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) – successor to the IBAF – now organizes the WBC and awards its winner the title of "World Champion."[3] Additionally, the WBSC sanctions two new tournaments: the biennial 23U Baseball World Cup (begun as the 21U Baseball World Cup in 2014) and its quadrennial, flagship tournament, the WBSC Premier12 (starting in 2015), which involves the twelve best-ranked national teams in the world.[4]
The Baseball World Cup was held 38 times; the final one was in 2011 in Panama. The first tournament, held in 1938, featured only two teams, but the last tournament included 22 participants; the previous two featured 16 and 18 teams (in 2007 and 2005, respectively). The World Cup was originally called the Amateur World Series, until the tournament in 1988.
For much of its early existence, the competition was limited to the nations of Central America and the Caribbean; the United States withdrew early from the 1942 series, and would not return until 1969. The next edition, in 1970, saw two European national teams (Italy and the Netherlands) participate for the first time; in 1972, Japan became the first Asian country to participate in the global baseball tournament.
Until 1998 the competition was limited to strictly amateur players. After 1998, professional minor league players competed, but Major League Baseball did not allow its players to participate. In the months leading up to the high-profile first World Baseball Classic in 2006, many commentators heralded it as a "Baseball World Cup", perhaps not realizing that a tournament of that description already existed and had for almost seventy years.
However, the 2006 World Baseball Classic was the first international baseball tournament to include active players from the top-level major leagues around the world — namely Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball — making it a closer equivalent to the world cups of other sports, which commonly include players from the most prestigious professional leagues, than to the mostly-amateur Baseball World Cup.
Trophyedit
The champions of the first several Amateur World Series tournaments were presented the John Moores Trophy, named in honor of John Moores, a sponsor of the British Baseball Federation and future Everton F.C. executive.[6] Like the Stanley Cup, it was a single trophy passed from winner to winner, with the names of the world champions engraved; however, only the winners of the 1938, 1939, and 1940 editions are engraved (England and Cuba); the United States withdrew from the AWS in 1942, and the trophy was apparently not awarded after that.[7][8][a]
^The John Moores Trophy does reflect two tournaments in 1950 and 1956, won by the United States and Hawaii, respectively, but these were not Amateur World Series.[8]
Referencesedit
^(PDF). International Baseball Federation. 13 January 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 May 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2009.
^"Singapore 2005: 2012 Olympic Sport Vote". International Olympic Committee. 11 July 2005. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
^(PDF). WBSC. WBSC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 November 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
^The Congress approved a new format of International tournaments
^"WBSC Headquarters: After decades of relocations, Switzerland is now the permanent home of international baseball". WBSC.org. World Baseball Softball Confederation.
^"Amateur World Series". WBSC.org. World Baseball Softball Confederation.
^Leslie Mann (1940). Baseball Around the World. International Amateur Baseball Federation.
^ ab"Lot #52: THE JOHN MOORES TROPHY (1938)". SCP Auctions. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
^"THE HISTORY OF IBAF". Sporting Scribe. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
^Riccardo Schiroli (2019). The Game We Love. World Baseball Softball Confederation. p. 30.
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This article is about the baseball world championship organized until 2011 For the current world championship organized from 2013 see World Baseball Classic The Baseball World Cup BWC was an international baseball tournament for national teams around the world sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation IBAF First held in 1938 as the Amateur World Series AWS it was for most of its history the highest level of international baseball competition in the world Even after it was supplanted in this regard in 2006 by the modern World Baseball Classic WBC the Baseball World Cup was still considered by the IBAF to be a major world championship along with the WBC and the Summer Olympic Games 1 2 Baseball World CupMost recent season or competition 2011 Baseball World CupThe John Moores Trophy awarded in 1938SportBaseballFounded1938Ceased2011No of teams16 in 2011 ContinentInternationalLastchampion s NetherlandsMost titles Cuba 25 titles After the 2011 tournament the Baseball World Cup was discontinued in favor of an expanded World Baseball Classic the World Baseball Softball Confederation WBSC successor to the IBAF now organizes the WBC and awards its winner the title of World Champion 3 Additionally the WBSC sanctions two new tournaments the biennial 23U Baseball World Cup begun as the 21U Baseball World Cup in 2014 and its quadrennial flagship tournament the WBSC Premier12 starting in 2015 which involves the twelve best ranked national teams in the world 4 Contents 1 History 2 Trophy 3 Tournament results 4 Medal table 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References 8 External linksHistory editThe Baseball World Cup was held 38 times the final one was in 2011 in Panama The first tournament held in 1938 featured only two teams but the last tournament included 22 participants the previous two featured 16 and 18 teams in 2007 and 2005 respectively The World Cup was originally called the Amateur World Series until the tournament in 1988 The 1938 Amateur World Series was organized by IBF president Leslie Mann between the teams of the United States and Great Britain Mann along with Cuban sports administrator Jaime Marine helped turn the competition into an annual event in 1939 5 nbsp Lourdes Gurriel at the 1986 AWS For much of its early existence the competition was limited to the nations of Central America and the Caribbean the United States withdrew early from the 1942 series and would not return until 1969 The next edition in 1970 saw two European national teams Italy and the Netherlands participate for the first time in 1972 Japan became the first Asian country to participate in the global baseball tournament Until 1998 the competition was limited to strictly amateur players After 1998 professional minor league players competed but Major League Baseball did not allow its players to participate In the months leading up to the high profile first World Baseball Classic in 2006 many commentators heralded it as a Baseball World Cup perhaps not realizing that a tournament of that description already existed and had for almost seventy years However the 2006 World Baseball Classic was the first international baseball tournament to include active players from the top level major leagues around the world namely Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball making it a closer equivalent to the world cups of other sports which commonly include players from the most prestigious professional leagues than to the mostly amateur Baseball World Cup Trophy editThe champions of the first several Amateur World Series tournaments were presented the John Moores Trophy named in honor of John Moores a sponsor of the British Baseball Federation and future Everton F C executive 6 Like the Stanley Cup it was a single trophy passed from winner to winner with the names of the world champions engraved however only the winners of the 1938 1939 and 1940 editions are engraved England and Cuba the United States withdrew from the AWS in 1942 and the trophy was apparently not awarded after that 7 8 a When Jaime Marine succeeded Leslie Mann as president of the IBF during the 1940 Amateur World Series he renamed the trophy the Copa Presidente Batista after Fulgencio Batista the president of Cuba 9 Marine had participated in the Cuban Revolution of 1933 that brought Batista to power and had organized the dictator s Military Intelligence Service in 1935 10 Tournament results editYear Final Host Final four Number of teams Champions Runners up 3rd place 4th place 1938Details nbsp Great Britain nbsp Great Britain nbsp United States 2 1939Details nbsp Cuba nbsp Cuba nbsp Nicaragua nbsp United States 3 1940Details nbsp Cuba nbsp Cuba nbsp Nicaragua nbsp United States nbsp Venezuela 7 1941Details nbsp Cuba nbsp Venezuela nbsp Cuba nbsp Mexico nbsp Panama 9 1942Details nbsp Cuba nbsp Cuba nbsp Dominican Republic nbsp Venezuela nbsp Mexico 5 1943Details nbsp Cuba nbsp Cuba nbsp Mexico nbsp Dominican Republic nbsp Panama 4 1944Details nbsp Venezuela nbsp Venezuela nbsp Mexico nbsp Cuba nbsp Panama 8 1945Details nbsp Venezuela nbsp Venezuela nbsp Colombia nbsp Panama nbsp Nicaragua 6 1947Details nbsp Colombia nbsp Colombia nbsp Puerto Rico nbsp Nicaragua nbsp Mexico 9 1948Details nbsp Nicaragua nbsp Dominican Republic nbsp Puerto Rico nbsp Colombia nbsp Mexico 8 1950Details nbsp Nicaragua nbsp Cuba nbsp Dominican Republic nbsp Venezuela nbsp Panama 12 1951Details nbsp Mexico nbsp Puerto Rico nbsp Venezuela nbsp Cuba nbsp Dominican Republic 11 1952Details nbsp Cuba nbsp Cuba nbsp Dominican Republic nbsp Puerto Rico nbsp Panama 13 1953Details nbsp Venezuela nbsp Cuba nbsp Venezuela nbsp Nicaragua nbsp Dominican Republic 11 1961Details nbsp Costa Rica nbsp Cuba nbsp Mexico nbsp Venezuela nbsp Panama 10 1965Details nbsp Colombia nbsp Colombia nbsp Mexico nbsp Puerto Rico nbsp Panama 9 1969Details nbsp Dominican Republic nbsp Cuba nbsp United States nbsp Dominican Republic nbsp Venezuela 11 1970Details nbsp Colombia nbsp Cuba nbsp United States nbsp Puerto Rico nbsp Colombia 12 1971Details nbsp Cuba nbsp Cuba nbsp Colombia nbsp Nicaragua nbsp Puerto Rico 10 1972Details nbsp Nicaragua nbsp Cuba nbsp United States nbsp Nicaragua nbsp Japan 16 1973Details nbsp Cuba nbsp Cuba nbsp Puerto Rico nbsp Venezuela nbsp Dominican Republic 8 1973Details nbsp Nicaragua nbsp United States nbsp Nicaragua nbsp Puerto Rico nbsp Colombia 11 1974Details nbsp United States nbsp United States nbsp Nicaragua nbsp Colombia nbsp Dominican Republic 9 1976Details nbsp Colombia nbsp Cuba nbsp Puerto Rico nbsp Japan nbsp Nicaragua 11 1978Details nbsp Italy nbsp Cuba nbsp United States nbsp South Korea nbsp Japan 11 1980Details nbsp Japan nbsp Cuba nbsp South Korea nbsp Japan nbsp United States 12 1982Details nbsp South Korea nbsp South Korea nbsp Japan nbsp United States nbsp Chinese Taipei 10 1984Details nbsp Cuba nbsp Cuba nbsp Chinese Taipei nbsp United States nbsp Japan 13 1986Details nbsp Netherlands nbsp Cuba nbsp South Korea nbsp Chinese Taipei nbsp United States 12 1988Details nbsp Italy nbsp Cuba nbsp United States nbsp Chinese Taipei nbsp Japan 12 1990Details nbsp Canada nbsp Cuba nbsp Nicaragua nbsp South Korea nbsp Puerto Rico 12 1994Details nbsp Nicaragua nbsp Cuba nbsp South Korea nbsp Japan nbsp Nicaragua 16 1998Details nbsp Italy nbsp Cuba nbsp South Korea nbsp Nicaragua nbsp Italy 16 2001Details nbsp Taiwan nbsp Cuba nbsp United States nbsp Chinese Taipei nbsp Japan 16 2003Details nbsp Cuba nbsp Cuba nbsp Panama nbsp Japan nbsp Chinese Taipei 16 2005Details nbsp Netherlands nbsp Cuba nbsp South Korea nbsp Panama nbsp Netherlands 18 2007Details nbsp Taiwan nbsp United States nbsp Cuba nbsp Japan nbsp Netherlands 16 2009Details nbsp Italy nbsp United States nbsp Cuba nbsp Canada nbsp Puerto Rico 22 2011Details nbsp Panama nbsp Netherlands nbsp Cuba nbsp Canada nbsp United States 16Medal table editRank Country Gold nbsp Silver nbsp Bronze nbsp Total nbsp 1 nbsp Cuba 25 4 2 31 2 nbsp United States 4 8 3 15 3 nbsp Venezuela 3 2 4 9 4 nbsp Colombia 2 2 2 6 5 nbsp South Korea 1 5 2 8 6 nbsp Puerto Rico 1 4 4 9 7 nbsp Dominican Republic 1 3 2 6 8 nbsp Great Britain 1 0 0 1 8 nbsp Netherlands 1 0 0 1 10 nbsp Nicaragua 0 5 5 10 11 nbsp Mexico 0 4 1 5 12 nbsp Japan 0 1 5 6 13 nbsp Chinese Taipei 0 1 3 4 14 nbsp Panama 0 1 2 3 15 nbsp Canada 0 0 2 2 Total 39 40 37 116See also edit nbsp Baseball portal Women s Baseball World Cup Baseball awards World Baseball at the Summer Olympics Intercontinental Cup International Baseball Federation IBAF International Amateur Baseball Tournament WBSC Premier12 World Baseball ClassicNotes edit The John Moores Trophy does reflect two tournaments in 1950 and 1956 won by the United States and Hawaii respectively but these were not Amateur World Series 8 References edit IBAF World Ranking Notes PDF International Baseball Federation 13 January 2009 Archived from the original PDF on 9 May 2019 Retrieved 23 June 2009 Singapore 2005 2012 Olympic Sport Vote International Olympic Committee 11 July 2005 Retrieved 23 July 2009 Premier12 2019 Official Program Page 6 PDF WBSC WBSC Archived from the original PDF on 27 November 2019 Retrieved 26 November 2019 The Congress approved a new format of International tournaments WBSC Headquarters After decades of relocations Switzerland is now the permanent home of international baseball WBSC org World Baseball Softball Confederation Amateur World Series WBSC org World Baseball Softball Confederation Leslie Mann 1940 Baseball Around the World International Amateur Baseball Federation a b Lot 52 THE JOHN MOORES TROPHY 1938 SCP Auctions Retrieved 5 March 2024 THE HISTORY OF IBAF Sporting Scribe Retrieved 5 March 2024 Riccardo Schiroli 2019 The Game We Love World Baseball Softball Confederation p 30 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Baseball World Cup 2009 Baseball World Cup Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Baseball World Cup amp oldid 1214721379, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, 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