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.
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.
^"The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 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. 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
^"The WBSC Baseball5 World Ranking". WBSC. 16 November 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
External linksedit
Official website
Pan American Baseball Confederation website (on WorldNews (WN) Network domain)
May 04, 2024
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The WBSC Americas formerly known as Pan American Baseball Confederation COPABE Spanish Confederacion Panamericana de Beisbol Portuguese Confederacao Pan Americana de Beisebol is the governing body of baseball and softball within the Americas WBSC AmericasTypeSport organizationRegion servedAmericasMembership57 member associationsParent organizationWorld Baseball Softball ConfederationWebsitewww wbr wbscamericas wbr org Contents 1 History 2 Members 2 1 Baseball 2 2 Softball 3 WBSC World Rankings 3 1 Baseball 3 2 Softball 3 3 Baseball5 3 4 Historical leaders 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References 7 External linksHistory editTalks 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 Confederacion Panamericana de Beisbol 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 editBaseball edit Code Association National teams Founded Membership IOC member Note ARG nbsp Argentina M W 1960 Full Yes ARU nbsp Aruba M W 1950 Full Yes BAH nbsp Bahamas M W 1954 Full Yes BOL nbsp Bolivia M W Full Yes BRA nbsp Brazil M W Full Yes IVB nbsp British Virgin Islands M W Full Yes CAN nbsp Canada M W 1964 Full Yes CHI nbsp Chile M W 1954 Full Yes COL nbsp Colombia M W 1938 Full Yes CRC nbsp Costa Rica M W 1975 Full Yes CUB nbsp Cuba M W 1938 Full Yes CUW nbsp Curacao M W 1934 Provisional No Note 1 DOM nbsp Dominican Republic M W 1966 Full Yes ECU nbsp Ecuador M W 1945 Full Yes ESA nbsp El Salvador M W Full Yes GUA nbsp Guatemala M W Full Yes GUY nbsp Guyana M W 2012 Full Yes HAI nbsp Haiti M W 2013 Full Yes HON nbsp Honduras M W Full Yes JAM nbsp Jamaica M W Full Yes MEX nbsp Mexico M W 1987 Full Yes NCA nbsp Nicaragua M W 1950 Full Yes PAN nbsp Panama M W 1944 Full Yes PER nbsp Peru M W 1926 Full Yes PUR nbsp Puerto Rico M W 1970 Full Yes SXM nbsp Sint Maarten M W Provisional No Note 1 TTO nbsp Trinidad and Tobago M W Full Yes USA nbsp United States M W 1978 Full Yes ISV nbsp United States Virgin Islands M W Full Yes VEN nbsp Venezuela M W 1952 Full Yes Softball edit Code Association National teams Founded Membership IOC member Note ARG nbsp Argentina M W 1960 Full Yes ARU nbsp Aruba M W Full Yes BAH nbsp Bahamas M W 1972 Full Yes BIZ nbsp Belize M W Full Yes BOL nbsp Bolivia M W Full Yes BRA nbsp Brazil M W Full Yes IVB nbsp British Virgin Islands M W 1952 Full Yes CAN nbsp Canada M W 1965 Full Yes CAY nbsp Cayman Islands M W Full Yes CHI nbsp Chile M W 1954 Full Yes COL nbsp Colombia M W 1968 Full Yes CRC nbsp Costa Rica M W 2011 Full Yes CUB nbsp Cuba M W 1980 Full Yes CUW nbsp Curacao M W 1952 Provisional No Note 1 DOM nbsp Dominican Republic M W 1966 Full Yes ECU nbsp Ecuador M W 2014 Full Yes ESA nbsp El Salvador M W 1980 Full Yes GUA nbsp Guatemala M W 1990 Full Yes HAI nbsp Haiti M W 2013 Full Yes HON nbsp Honduras M W Full Yes JAM nbsp Jamaica M W 2016 Full Yes MEX nbsp Mexico M W 1985 Full Yes NCA nbsp Nicaragua M W 2006 Full Yes PAN nbsp Panama M W 1965 Full Yes PER nbsp Peru M W 1981 Full Yes PUR nbsp Puerto Rico M W Full Yes TCA nbsp Turks and Caicos Islands M W Provisional No Note 2 USA nbsp United States M W 1933 Full Yes ISV nbsp United States Virgin Islands M W Full Yes URU nbsp Uruguay M W Full Yes VEN nbsp Venezuela M W Full Yes a b c Constituent country of the Netherlands Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom WBSC World Rankings editBaseball edit WBSC Men s Rankings as of 18 December 2023 1 Americas WBSC National Team Points 1 2 nbsp nbsp Mexico 4764 2 3 nbsp nbsp United States 4492 3 6 nbsp nbsp Venezuela 3975 4 8 nbsp nbsp Cuba 3121 5 9 nbsp nbsp Dominican Republic 2667 6 10 nbsp nbsp Panama 2534 7 12 nbsp nbsp Puerto Rico 2355 8 13 nbsp nbsp Colombia 2105 9 16 nbsp nbsp Canada 1397 10 20 nbsp nbsp Nicaragua 1021 11 23 nbsp nbsp Brazil 762 12 26 nbsp 2 nbsp Curacao 317 13 31 nbsp 1 nbsp Argentina 225 14 44 nbsp 2 nbsp Peru 99 15 45 nbsp 1 nbsp Honduras 86 16 50 nbsp 2 nbsp El Salvador 47 17 51 nbsp 1 nbsp Chile 43 18 53 nbsp 1 nbsp Guatemala 39 19 54 nbsp 5 nbsp Costa Rica 37 20 59 nbsp 1 nbsp Bahamas 29 21 64 nbsp nbsp U S Virgin Islands 21 22 65 nbsp nbsp Ecuador 19 23 76 nbsp nbsp Bolivia 4 Local rankings based on WBSC ranking points WBSC Women s Rankings as of 22 September 2023 2 Americas WBSC National Team Points 1 3 nbsp 2 nbsp Venezuela 581 2 4 nbsp nbsp United States 510 3 5 nbsp 7 nbsp Mexico 496 4 6 nbsp 3 nbsp Puerto Rico 490 5 8 nbsp 5 nbsp Canada 428 6 10 nbsp 3 nbsp Cuba 350 7 18 nbsp 12 nbsp Dominican Republic 72 Local rankings based on WBSC ranking points Softball edit WBSC Men s Softball Rankings as of 26 April 2023 3 Americas WBSC National Team Points 1 1 nbsp nbsp Argentina 4224 2 4 nbsp 2 nbsp Canada 3358 3 5 nbsp nbsp United States 2655 4 8 nbsp nbsp Venezuela 2133 5 9 nbsp nbsp Cuba 1807 6 10 nbsp nbsp Mexico 1775 7 13 nbsp nbsp Guatemala 934 8 19 nbsp 1 nbsp Dominican Republic 221 9 24 nbsp nbsp Colombia 147 10 28 nbsp nbsp Panama 52 10 28 nbsp nbsp Peru 52 12 31 nbsp nbsp Puerto Rico 45 13 35 nbsp 1 nbsp Belize 10 Local rankings based on WBSC ranking points WBSC Women s Rankings as of 10 November 2023 4 Americas WBSC National Team Points 1 1 nbsp nbsp United States 4301 2 3 nbsp nbsp Puerto Rico 2815 3 5 nbsp 1 nbsp Canada 1885 4 7 nbsp 1 nbsp Mexico 1684 5 11 nbsp 3 nbsp Cuba 953 6 16 nbsp 2 nbsp Peru 771 7 17 nbsp 2 nbsp Venezuela 770 8 23 nbsp 7 nbsp Brazil 451 9 29 nbsp nbsp Argentina 320 10 37 nbsp 4 nbsp Guatemala 196 11 41 nbsp 2 nbsp Dominican Republic 149 12 42 nbsp 1 nbsp El Salvador 139 13 43 nbsp 7 nbsp Colombia 118 14 46 nbsp 2 nbsp Curacao 85 15 48 nbsp 1 nbsp Nicaragua 71 16 50 nbsp 5 nbsp Chile 67 17 55 nbsp 1 nbsp Costa Rica 42 18 60 nbsp 3 nbsp Ecuador 16 19 62 nbsp 1 nbsp Aruba 6 19 62 nbsp 1 nbsp U S Virgin Islands 6 21 65 nbsp nbsp British Virgin Islands 2 Local rankings based on WBSC ranking points Baseball5 edit WBSC Baseball5 Rankings as of 16 November 2023 5 Americas WBSC National Team Points 1 3 nbsp nbsp Cuba 2393 2 8 nbsp 1 nbsp Mexico 1560 3 17 nbsp 3 nbsp Venezuela 905 4 48 nbsp 2 nbsp Jamaica 4 Local rankings based on WBSC ranking points Historical leaders edit Highest Ranked Americas member in the WBSC Rankings Men s baseball Women s baseball Men s softball Women s softballSee also editWorld Baseball Softball Confederation Baseball at the Central American and Caribbean Games Baseball at the Pan American Games Baseball at the 2010 South American Games 2008 Copa America baseball Baseball awards Americas Latin American Series Caribbean Series South American Baseball ChampionshipNotes editReferences edit The WBSC World Ranking WBSC 18 December 2023 Retrieved 18 December 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 10 November 2023 Retrieved 10 November 2023 The WBSC Baseball5 World Ranking WBSC 16 November 2023 Retrieved 16 November 2023 External links editOfficial website Pan American Baseball Confederation website on WorldNews WN Network domain Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title WBSC Americas amp oldid 1191087084, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
