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MEDIA INFORMATION DIRECTORY WWW.IBAF.ORG

DIRECTORY & MEDIA GUIDE 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL BASEBALL FEDERATION Avenue de Mon Repos 24 Case Postale 6099 1002 Lausanne Switzerland Tel: (+41-21) 318 8240 Fax: (+41-21) 318 8241; (+41-21) 318 8242 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.ibaf.org Founded in 1938, the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) is the recognised baseball federation of the International Olympic Committee. Established in the Olympic capital of Lausanne in 1994, the IBAF is made up of over 100 national federation members, and it organises numerous major events, such as: the Baseball World Cup, the Women’s Baseball World Cup, the Intercontinental Cup, the Olympic Games baseball tournament, as well as numerous World Championships for all ages. The IBAF also sanctions the World Baseball Classic and works to continue the development and expansion of baseball all over the world.

GUÍA DE MEDIOS 2008-2009 FEDERACIÓN INTERNACIONAL DE BÉISBOL Avenue de Mon Repos 24 Case Postale 6099 1002 Lausanne Switzerland Tel: (+41-21) 318 8240 Fax: (+41-21) 318 8241; (+41-21) 318 8242 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.ibaf.org Fundada en 1938, la Federación Internacional de Béisbol (IBAF) es la federación de béisbol reconocida por el Comité Olímpico Internacional. Con sede en la capital Olímpica de Lausana desde 1994, la IBAF cuenta con más de 100 federaciones nacionales afiliadas y organiza la Copa Mundial de Béisbol, la Copa Mundial de Béisbol Femenino, la Copa Intercontinental, los torneos de béisbol en los Juegos Olímpicos, y campeonatos mundiales en diversas categorías. La IBAF también apadrina el Clásico Mundial de Béisbol y trabaja para desarrollar y extender la práctica del béisbol en todo el mundo.

TABLE OF CONTENTS IBAF History Executive Committee Commissions Commissioners’ Addresses IBAF Presidents IBAF Headquarters Continental Confederations Member Federations Professional Baseball Olympic Movement History of Baseball in the Olympic Games Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Baseball Tournament 2008 Olympic Games Baseball Schedule 2008 Olympic Games Qualifying Tournaments World Baseball Classic IBAF Baseball World Cup IBAF Intercontinental Cup IBAF “AAA” World Junior Championships (18U) IBAF “AA” World Youth Championships (16U) IBAF Women’s Baseball World Cup Continental Championships FISU World University Baseball Championship

ÍNDICE 1 7 10 13 18 19 21 27 56 59 67 79 83 85 93 95 109 115 117 119 121 144

Historia de la IBAF 4 Comité Ejecutivo 7 Comisiones 10 Direcciones de los Comisarios 13 Presidentes de la IBAF 18 Sede de la IBAF 19 Confederaciones Continentales 21 Federaciones miembros 27 Béisbol profesional 56 Movimiento Olímpico 59 Historia de béisbol en los Juegos Olímpicos 68 Torneo de Béisbol de los Juegos Olímpicos de Pekín 2008 79 Calendario del Béisbol Olímpico 2008 83 Torneos clasificatorios para los Juegos Olímpicos 2008 85 Clásico Mundial de Béisbol 93 Copa Mundial de Béisbol IBAF 96 Copa Intercontinental IBAF 109 “AAA”Campeonatos Mundiales Junior IBAF (18U) 115 “AA” Campeonatos Mundiales Juveniles IBAF (16U) 117 Copa Mundial de Béisbol Femenino IBAF 119 Campeonatos Continentales 121 Campeonato Mundial de Béisbol Universitario FISU 144

The first-ever international baseball event was a series of exhibition games that took place during the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis, MO. (USA). The exhibition was so successful that baseball, as an exhibition event, was repeated at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden. These two events laid the groundwork for the rise in popularity that the game saw internationally in the 1930s. In 1936, a baseball exhibition was held at the Olympic Games in Berlin. This exhibition was an enormous success as 92,565 spectators filled the Olympic Stadium to watch a game between two American teams. Following the success of Berlin, in August 1938, the first Baseball World Cup was held in London. With the participation of just two teams, the United States and Great Britain, a series of five games was played. The British team won four of the five games. This was followed by the formation of the International Baseball Federation (IBF). For many years following, the Baseball World Cup hosted only two to four countries at a time, but in 1950, international baseball had a breakthrough – the 11th Annual Baseball World Cup took place in Managua, Nicaragua, with a record participation of 12 countries. In what was the largest Baseball World Cup to date, Cuba was proclaimed champions. Over the next 30 years, international baseball prospered throughout the world (highlighted by over 100,000 spectators taking in another baseball demonstration game at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne). As time went on, continents formed their own baseball federations and countries began creating and hosting their very own global tournaments, such as the Pan American Games and the Asian Championships. The game of baseball was growing at a rapid rate. It was during this period of time that Cuba entrenched itself as an international baseball power. With countries all over the world striving to match their talent level, baseball was being pushed further into the forefront of the worldwide sports scene, and by extension, into the minds of the International Olympic Committee. When it was announced in early 1978 that the 1984 Olympic Games were to take place in Los Angeles, LA. (USA), Peter O’Malley, President and Owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, organized a meeting that was attended by virtually every delegate from the 37 countries affiliated with the IBAF. The idea of baseball as a true fixture in the Olympic Games was becoming a reality.

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Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles was the venue for the 1984 Olympic Baseball demonstration tournament, which was organized with the help of the big league club. The tournament, won by Japan, was watched by an average stadium crowd of 48,000, making baseball the third-most popular sport at the Olympic Games in terms of attendance. On October 13, 1986, the efforts put forth in Los Angeles came to fruition when, at the International Olympic Committee Session in Lausanne, Switzerland, baseball was included in the official programme of the 1992 Olympic Games to be hosted by Barcelona, Spain. In 1988, the USA won the last Olympic demonstration tournament at the Olympic Games in Seoul, and Cuba won the first-ever Olympic gold medal for baseball at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. The silvers went to Japan and Chinese Taipei and the bronze went to Puerto Rico respectively. In June 1993, at a Congress in Rome, Aldo Notari of Italy was unanimously elected as President of the international baseball organization. He immediately took steps towards making a crucial change: transferring the corporate headquarters to the Olympic capital in Lausanne, Switzerland. This was a key move, clearly integrating baseball into the Olympic Movement. Three years later, in 1996, the baseball tournament in the Atlanta Olympic Games topped its own record with 1,134,203 tickets sold. Cuba took home its second straight Olympic gold at the event, with Japan finishing with the silver and the USA with the bronze. In 1999, following an agreement between Major League Baseball (MLB), the MLB Players Association (MLBPA) and the international federation to allow the participation of non-25man roster professional players in the Sydney Games, the federation decided to return to its roots and changed its name to the International Baseball Federation (IBAF). With the inclusion of professional players, the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games baseball tournament was a tremendous success as 97.44 percent of capacity was averaged over the event’s 32 games. There were two firsts in this Games – one, the Olympic gold medal went to the United States (Cuba garnered the silver and Korea, the bronze) and two, the tournament featured teams from five continents, illustrating the growth of baseball internationally. In the eight years since Sydney, baseball has seen many more positive changes. In 2002, the first ever FISU World University Baseball Championships were played, and the IBAF approved the inception of the Women’s Baseball World Cup. Both events have

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2004 was a year of ups and downs for the sport. The year was highlighted by Cuba’s gold medal in the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. Australia took home the silver for its first Olympic baseball medal and Japan earned the bronze. Prior to the Olympic Games, however, baseball had learned that by the narrowest of margins, it had been voted off the Olympic Programme for the London Games of 2012. Since then, as part of a global effort to return baseball to the programme in 2016, Major League Baseball has created a new event, the World Baseball Classic (sanctioned by the IBAF), that features professional players from all over the world in a truly international event held prior to the start of the regular season. In 2006 the first World Baseball Classic was held in the United States, with Japan winning the gold medal. The next World Baseball Classic will be held in 2009 with four groups of teams kicking off play in international venues around the world. The first round of play will be held completely outside of the USA. The IBAF has also announced that the 2009 Baseball World Cup will be played across several European countries, rather than in Cuba where it was originally scheduled to be played. Both the World Baseball Classic’s move to four non-USA host cities for the first round of the event and the Baseball World Cup’s relocation to Europe, where baseball is still relatively new and growing, signal increased worldwide growth and awareness of the sport. Driving this new era of international baseball is Dr. Harvey W. Schiller, who was elected as the President of the IBAF in 2007. Schiller’s primary goals are to see the reinstatement of baseball in the 2016 Olympic Games and beyond and to continue to grow the sport around the world. Through new initiatives, outreach, multimedia efforts and a new Web site (IBAF.org), the IBAF works to educate those not familiar with baseball and to celebrate one of the world’s truly global sports. We are baseball. ™

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HISTORIA DE LA IBAF El primer evento internacional de béisbol fue una serie de partidos de exhibición que se jugaron durante los Juegos Olímpicos de St. Louis (EEUU) en 1904. La exhibición tuvo tanto éxito que el béisbol volvió a programarse como deporte de exhibición en los Juegos Olímpicos de 1912 en Estocolmo (Suecia). A pesar de su popularidad, no fue hasta los años 30 cuando el béisbol se convirtió en un foco de interés en la competición internacional. En 1936 tuvo lugar una exhibición del béisbol en los Juegos Olímpicos de Berlín. Esta exhibición fue un enorme éxito, ya que 92.565 espectadores llenaron el estadio olímpico para seguir un partido entre dos equipos americanos. Este acontecimiento presagió el futuro del deporte en el panorama internacional. Tras el éxito de Berlín, en agosto de 1938 se celebró la primera Copa Mundial de Béisbol en Londres. Con la participación de sólo dos equipos, los Estados Unidos y Gran Bretaña, se jugó una serie de cinco encuentros. El equipo británico ganó cuatro de los cinco partidos. Tras dicho acontecimiento se creó la Federación Internacional de Béisbol (IBF). Durante muchos años, en la Copa Mundial de Béisbol sólo participaron de dos a cuatro países, demostrando el poco interés que despertaba el deporte en otros países del mundo. Pero en 1950, el béisbol internacional vio la luz: la 11ª Copa Mundial Anual de Béisbol se celebró en Managua (Nicaragua), con una participación récord de 12 países. Con la participación más numerosa hasta la fecha, Cuba se proclamó campeona de la mayor Copa Mundial de Béisbol nunca antes celebrada. Durante los 30 años siguientes, el béisbol internacional prosperó en todo el mundo (destacando los más de 100.000 espectadores que asistieron a otro partido de demostración en los Juegos Olímpicos de 1956 en Melbourne). Con el paso del tiempo, los continentes formaron sus propias federaciones de béisbol y los países comenzaron a crear y a organizar sus propios torneos mundiales, como los Juegos Panamericanos y la Serie Mundial Global. El béisbol crecía rápidamente. Durante todo ese período, Cuba se afianzó como potencia beisbolística internacional. Muchos otros países se esforzaban por alcanzar el nivel de los cubanos, lo que empujó al béisbol al primer plano de la escena deportiva mundial, y por extensión, a las mentes del Comité Olímpico Internacional. Cuando a principios de 1978 se anunció que los Juegos Olímpicos de 1984 se celebrarían en Los Ángeles (California, EE.UU.)

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gone on to see much success, and both will be played in 2008 in the Czech Republic and Japan, respectively.

El Dodger Stadium de Los Ángeles fue la sede del torneo olímpico de demostración del béisbol de 1984, organizado con la ayuda del club de grandes ligas. El torneo, que ganó Japón, tuvo un aforo medio de 48.000 personas por partido, convirtiendo al béisbol en el tercer deporte más popular de unos juegos olímpicos en cuanto a asistencia de público. El 13 de octubre de 1986, los esfuerzos realizados en Los Ángeles dieron sus frutos cuando, en la Sesión del Comité Olímpico Internacional en Lausana (Suiza), el béisbol fue incluido en el programa oficial de los Juegos Olímpicos de Barcelona 1992 (España). En 1988, los EE.UU. ganaron el último torneo olímpico de demostración en los Juegos Olímpicos de Seúl, y Cuba se hizo con la primera medalla de oro olímpica para el béisbol en los Juegos Olímpicos de Barcelona 1992. Las platas fueron para Japón y China Taipei y el bronce para Puerto Rico. En junio de 1993, en un Congreso en Roma, el italiano Aldo Notari fue elegido por unanimidad Presidente de la organización. Inmediatamente se puso manos a la obra para conseguir un cambio importantísimo: trasladar la sede de la IBAF a la capital olímpica, Lausana (Suiza). Fue un movimiento crucial, que pretendía integrar claramente al béisbol en el Movimiento Olímpico. Tres años después, en 1996, el torneo de béisbol de los Juegos Olímpicos de Atlanta hizo saltar por los aires su propio record, con 1.134.203 entradas vendidas. Cuba se llevó su segundo oro olímpico seguido, Japón se alzó con la plata y los EE.UU. con el bronce. En 1999, tras un acuerdo entre la Major League Baseball (MLB), la Asociación de Jugadores de la MLB (MLBPA) y la federación internacional para permitir la participación de jugadores profesionales no incluidos en el roster de 25 hombres en los Juegos Olímpicos de Sydney, la organización decidió regresar a sus raíces y cambió su nombre para llamarse Federación Internacional de Béisbol (IBAF). Con la inclusión de jugadores profesionales, la competición de béisbol de los Juegos Olímpicos de Sydney 2000 fue un tremendo éxito, alcanzando una media del 97,44 por ciento de asistencia en los 32 partidos del torneo. Durante esos Juegos hubo dos ganadores: uno, los Estados Unidos, que se llevaron la medalla de oro olímpica (Cuba ganó la plata y Corea, el bronce); y dos, en el torneo participaron equipos de cinco continentes, lo que ilustra el crecimiento del béisbol a nivel internacional.

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En los ocho años transcurridos desde Sydney, el béisbol ha experimentado muchos cambios positivos e importantes. En 2002 se celebraron los primeros Campeonatos Mundiales de Béisbol Universitario, y la IBAF dio su visto bueno a la organización de la Copa Mundial de Béisbol Femenino. Ambos acontecimientos han cosechado un gran éxito, y ambos se jugarán en 2008 en la República Checa y Japón, respectivamente. 2004 fue un año de altibajos para nuestro deporte. Destacó la medalla de oro de Cuba en los Juegos Olímpicos de Atenas (Grecia). Australia se alzó con su primera medalla olímpica de béisbol, la de plata, y Japón ganó el bronce. Sin embargo, antes de las Olimpiadas, el béisbol supo que por un estrechísimo margen había sido eliminado del Programa Olímpico para los Juegos de Londres 2012. Desde entonces, en un esfuerzo mundial por conseguir que el béisbol vuelva al programa olímpico en 2016, la Major League Baseball ha puesto en marcha una nueva competición, el Clásico Mundial de Béisbol, un torneo verdaderamente internacional en el que juegan profesionales de todo el mundo y que se celebra justo antes del comienzo de la temporada regular. En 2006, la primera edición del Clásico Mundial de Béisbol se celebró en los Estados Unidos, donde Japón ganó el oro. El próximo Clásico Mundial de Béisbol se jugará en 2009, con cuatro grupos de equipos que se enfrentarán en distintos estadios internacionales de todo el mundo. Toda la primera ronda se jugará fuera de los Estados Unidos. La IBAF ha anunciado también que la Copa Mundial de Béisbol 2009 se jugará en varios países europeos, y no en Cuba, donde estaba inicialmente prevista. Tanto el Clásico Mundial de Béisbol, cuya primera fase se desarrollará en cuatro ciudades no estadounidenses, como el traslado de la Copa del Mundo de Béisbol a Europa, donde el béisbol es todavía relativamente nuevo pero está en pleno desarrollo, son señales crecientes del auge y conocimiento de nuestro deporte a nivel mundial. Liderando esta nueva era del béisbol internacional está el Dr. Harvey W. Schiller, elegido Presidente de la IBAF en 2007. Los principales objetivos de Schiller son la reincorporación del béisbol en los Juegos Olímpicos de 2016 y en adelante, y continuar desarrollando el deporte en todo el mundo. A través de nuevas iniciativas, campañas de promoción, proyectos multimedia y una nueva página Web (IBAF.org), la IBAF trabaja para educar a los que no conocen el béisbol y para rendir tributo a uno de los deportes más genuinamente mundiales que existen. Somos el béisbol.™

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Peter O’Malley, Presidente y Propietario de los Ángeles Dodgers, organizó una reunión a la que asistieron prácticamente todos los delegados de los 37 países afiliados a la IBAF. La idea del béisbol como verdadera baza en los Juegos Olímpicos se convirtió en una realidad.

Presidential Council

Martin Miller

Dr. Harvey W. Schiller

Alonso Pérez González*

President USA

3rd Vice President *Vacant, Leave of Absence

MEX

Alex W.J. Huang Member at Large TPE

Masatake Matsuda 1st Vice President JPN

Eric Pierre Dufour Member at Large FRA

David Molina Member at Large GUA

John C. Ostermeyer Secretary General AUS

Ishola Williams Continental Vice President: Africa

NGR

Eduardo De Bello Continental Vice President: Americas

PAN

René Laforce Treasurer BEL

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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

2nd Vice President GER

LEGAL COMMISSION Members:

Michael O’Reilly Arnaud Landry

USA SUI

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

MEDICAL COMMISSION

Nae-Heun Lee

Riccardo Fraccari

Continental Vice President: Asia

Continental Vice President: Europe

KOR

ITA

Chair: Members:



Dr. Gianfranco Beltrami Dr. Antonio Castro Dr. Daniel Herrera Dr. Atsushi Masujima Dr. Leo Varriale

ITA CUB PAN JPN USA

ANTI-DOPING COMMITTEES IBAF Anti-Doping Commissioners Panel

Robert Steffy

Shen Wei

Continental Vice President: Oceania

Member Ex-Officio

GUM

CHN

Chair: Members:

AUS ITA JAP PAN TPE

IBAF TUE Committee Chair: Members:

Lei Jun Member Ex-Officio CHN

Dr. Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke Member Ex-Officio NGR



Dr. Gianfranco Beltrami Dr. John Bourke Dr. Julian Chang Dr. Gunther Effinger

IBAF Anti-Doping Tribunal Chair: Members:

Jonathan Taylor Dr. Gianfranco Beltrami Dr. Julian Chang Dr. Daniel Herrera Arnaud Landry Catherine Ordway Michael O’Reilly Joseph de Pencier

Rodolfo Puente

Sandra Monteiro

Technical Delegate Ex-Officio CUB

Member Ex-Officio POR

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ITA AUS HKG GER

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GBR ITA HKG PAN SUI AUS USA CAN

COMMISSIONS



Nicki Vance Dr. Gianfranco Beltrami Dr. Michiko Dohi Dr. Daniel Herrera Ying Tseng

TECHNICAL COMMISSION Chair: Members:

SCORERS

Rodolfo Puente Koji Aso Giuseppe Guilizzoni Darin Van Tassel

CUB JPN ITA USA



Humberto Arrieta James Baba Paulus B.J. Bokern Angel Bonilla Frantisek Bunta Peter Caliendo Shih-Ming Chang Jan Esselman Michael Gaski Narelle Gosstray Chester Gray Fujio Harada Roland Hoffmann Yu Huang Friday Ichide André Lachance Xavier Mateu Enrique Mayorga Germán Mesa Juan Nuñez Jorge Otsuka Ro Jun Park Brett Pickett Shari Reiniger Francisco Romero George Santiago Mitsuyoshi Sato Wei Shen Justine M. Siegal Peter Ström Daisuke Tsutsui Warren Turner Thomas Valcke Robin F. Wallace

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CUB CAN NED DOM SVK USA TPE NED USA AUS AUS JPN GER TPE NIG CAN ESP MEX CUB DOM BRA KOR AUS CAN CUB PUR BRA CHN USA SWE JPN USA CAN USA



Pablo Carpio Andrés De León Carlos J. Del Pino Moira Dempsey Feiko Drost Rosalinda Hogetoorn Oscar A. Izaguirre José J. Martín Nereo Miani Anna Maria Paini Gary Rausch Peter Schulze Erika Sojat Harry Wedemeijer



ITA ITA ESP PAN CUB RSA NED NED VEN ESP ITA ITA USA GER ITA NED

UMPIRES SUB-COMMISSION Chair: Members:

Richard E. Runchey Roberto Marchi César Valdés

USA ITA CUB

ATHLETES’ COMMISSION



Massimo Fochi Omar Linares Claudio Liverziani Masanori Sugiura

ITA CUB ITA JPN

DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

Nae-Heun Lee Martin Miller John C. Ostermeyer Héctor Pereyra Ishola Williams

Asia Europe Oceania Americas Africa

Masato Mizuno Jiro Nagase Sadaharu Oh Peter O’Malley Kyoichi Sasaki Tsutomu Shida

JPN JPN JPN USA JPN JPN

FOUNDERS CLUB

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COMMISSIONS

COMMISSIONS

TECHNICAL COMMISSIONERS

Scoring Director: Giampaolo Reiter Members: Marco Battistella

Commissioners’ Addresses Eduardo De Bello Continental Vice President, Americas Calle Elida Diez N° E-24 Nuevo Reparto El Carmen Corregimiento Bella Vista, Panama City, Panama Tel: (+507-261) 3654; (+507-261) 1014; (+507-671) 9335 Fax: (+507-261) 0468 E-mail: [email protected] Massimo Fochi Athletes’ Commission Substitute Member Stadio Europeo “N. Cavalli” Viale Piacenza, 9 43100 Parma, Italy Tel: (+39-0521) 272785; (+39-348) 2442272 Fax: (+39-0521) 774301 E-mail: m22-fochi@vodafone-it Giuseppe Guilizzoni

Technical Commissioner Via P. Custodi 34 28100 Novara, Italy Tel: (+39-0321) 455 280; (+39-338) 733 8570 Fax: (+39-0321) 35 777; (+39-0321) 616 900 E-mail: [email protected]

Nae Heun Lee

Continental Vice President Asia 946-16 Dogokdong Kangnamku Seoul, Korea Tel: (+02-572) 8411 Fax: (+02-572) 7041 E-mail: [email protected]

Athletes’ Commission Member Calle José Marti N° 256 Entre Juan de la Haya y 27 de Noviembre Municipio Pinar del Río Provincia Pinar del Río, Cuba Tel: (+53-82) 77 4971

Claudio Liverziani

Athletes’ Commission Chairman c/o Saggiorato Via Andrea Costa 68 Rastignano, 40065 Bologna, Italy Tel: (+39-347) 671 7621 E-mail: [email protected]

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Umpire Sub-Commission Member Via Lori 4 56013 Marina di Pisa, Italy Tel: (+39-335) 538 7709 Fax: (+39-0503) 6380 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Martin Miller

2nd Vice President Bischofweg 9a 82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Tel: (+49) 8821 9668714 Fax: (+49) 8821 9668713 Mobil: (+49) 162 9874375 E-mail: [email protected]

Masato Mizuno

Founders Club Member 3-22 Kanda Ogawa Machi,Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 101 8477, Japan Fax: (+81-3) 5483 7210 E-mail: [email protected]

Sandra Monteiro

Member Ex-Officio R. Jose Ferreira da Costa, n6 2Dto. 3200-000 Lousã, Portugal Tel: (+351) 91 8029966; (+351) 91 3307575 Fax: (+351) 239 098996 E-mail: [email protected]

Jiro Nagase Founders Club Member 36-10, 2 Chome Sumida, Tokyo 131, Japan Tel: (+81-33) 614 3501 Fax: (+81-33) 614 0730 Sadaharu Oh

Founders Club Member World Children’s Baseball Foundation Kobasyashi Bldg 4-2-10 Kudan Minami, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 102-0074, Japan Tel: (+81-3) 5212 4466 Fax: (+81-3) 5212 1189 E-mail: [email protected]

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COMMISSIONERS’ ADDRESSES

COMMISSIONERS’ ADDRESSES

Omar Linares

Roberto Marchi

Peter O’Malley

Founders Club Member 515 South Figueroa, Suite 910 Los Angeles, CA 90071 USA Tel: (+1-213) 488 1900 Fax: (+1-213) 488 1919 E-mail: [email protected]

Michael J. O’Reilly

John C. Ostermeyer

Tsutomu Shida Founders Club Member 3F Shin-Kioicho, 4-1 Kioicho, Chiyoda-ku 102-0094, Tokyo, Japan Tel: (+81-3) 5908 1346 Fax: (+81-3) 5323 5620 E-mail: [email protected]

Rodolfo Puente

Dong-Yeol Shin Technical Commission Member 946-13 Dogok-Dong Kangnam-Gu Seoul 135-270, South Korea Tel: (+82-2) 572 8411; (+82-2) 2231 7492 Fax: (+82-2) 572 7041

Legal Commission Member 15 Broad St. Suite 501 Boston, MA 02109 USA Tel: (+1-617) 227 9779 Fax: (+1-617) 523 2183 Secretary General P.O. Box 13 Flinders Victoria 3929, Australia Tel: (+61-3) 5989 1114; (+61-3) 5989 1113 Fax: (+61-3) 5989 1118 E-mail: [email protected] Member Ex-Officio Goss No. 676 e/ Amado y Aranguren Vibora 10 de Octubre, La Habana, Cuba Tel: (+53-7) 873 2527; (+53-7) 878 6882 Fax: (+53-7) 878 1662 E-mail: [email protected]

Giampaolo Reiter Scoring Director, Technical Commission Piazza dell’ospitale 2 34 129 Trieste, Italy Tel: (+39) 040 3498825 Mob: (+39) 329 877 4951 E-mail: [email protected] Richard E. Runchey Umpire Sub-Commission Chairman 44933 Albert Drive Plymouth, Michigan 48170 USA Tel: (+1-734) 459 6728; (+1-313) 592 5695 E-mail: [email protected] Kyoichi Sasaki

Founders Club Member SSK Corporation, 1-2-9 Uehon-Machi Nishi Chuo-ku, Osaka 342, Japan Tel: (+81-66) 768 1118 Fax: (+81-66) 768 7046

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Masanori Sugiura

Athletes’ Commission Member 1206 Meraod Suita 1-1 Katayama-cho Suita City Osaka 564-0082, Japan Tel: (+81-6) 6384 5894 Fax: (+81-6) 6337 4859

César Valdes

Umpire Sub-Commission Member Villuenda 250 E/San Miguel y Nasarero Villa Clara, Cuba Tel: (+53-5) 3721 7203 Fax: (+53-5) 3778 1662 E-mail: [email protected]

Nicki Vance

IBAF Anti-Doping Commission Manager Avenue de Mon Repos 24 Case Postale 6099 1002 Lausanne, Switzerland Mob: (+61) 403 800 409 Tel: (+41-21) 318 8240 Fax: (+41-21) 318 8241 E-mail: [email protected]

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COMMISSIONERS’ ADDRESSES

COMMISSIONERS’ ADDRESSES

Yutake Shibata Technical Commission Member Sapia Tower 7-12 Marunouchi 1 chome Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005, Japan Tel. (+81-3) 321 3 6776 Fax (+81-3) 3201 07 07 E-mail: [email protected]

Technical Commission Member 102 Lakewood Drive Statesboro, Georgia, 30458, USA Tel: (+1-912) 764 3896; (+1-912) 871 1588 Fax: (+1-912) 764 9042; (+1-912) 681 0824 E-mail: [email protected]

Ishola Williams

Continental Vice President Africa 302 Iju Waterworks Road Iju-Ishaga, Lagos, Nigeria Tel: (+234) 8042130106; (+234) 8032193910 Fax: (+234-1) 7731970 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

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COMMISSIONERS’ ADDRESSES

Dr. Harvey W. Schiller President USA

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IBAF PRESIDENTS

Darin Van Tassell

International Baseball Federation FEDERACIÓN INTERNACIONAL DE BÉISBOL IBAF

President (New York) Dr. Harvey W. Schiller

Office of the President (New York) Katherine Romaine E-mail: [email protected]

Acting Executive Director (Lausanne)

Manager, Office and Baseball Operations (Lausanne) Fidel Breijo E-mail: [email protected]

IBAF Headquarters

Avenue de Mon Repos 24 Case Postale 6099 1002 Lausanne, Switzerland Tel: (+41-21) 318 8240 Fax: (+41-21) 318 8241; (+41-21) 318 8242 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.ibaf.org

New York, NY (USA) Office

Manager, Marketing and TV Rights (Lausanne) Erika Sramek-Saeki E-mail: [email protected]

Manager, Media Relations (Durham) Jake Fehling E-mail: [email protected]

75 Rockefeller Plaza, 27th Floor New York, New York 10019 USA Tel: (+1-212) 445 6260 Fax: (+1-212) 445 0054

Manager, Anti-Doping (Lausanne)

Durham, NC (USA) Office

Carlota Bincaz E-mail: [email protected]

403 Blackwell Street Durham, NC 27701 USA Tel: (+1-919) 474 8721 x225 Fax: (+1-919) 474 8822

Nicki Vance E-mail: [email protected]

Coordinator, Projects and Events (Lausanne)

Coordinator, Anti-Doping and Communications Support (Lausanne) Olivia Bille Peña E-mail: [email protected]

Coordinator, Projects and Events Support Services (Lausanne) Luciana Capobianco E-mail: [email protected]

Assistant, Special Projects (Lausanne) Masaru Yokoo E-mail: [email protected]

Coordinator, Media Relations (Durham) Bradley Young E-mail: [email protected]

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IBAF HEADQUARTERS

John C. Ostermeyer E-mail: [email protected]

CONTINENTAL CONFEDERATIONS ABSA

BCO

Baseball Confederation of Oceania

Paiko Road, Changaga P.M.B. 150 Minna Niger State, Nigeria Tel: (+234-66) 224 555 Fax: (+234-66) 224 555 E-mail: [email protected]

President: Ishola Williams (NGR) Vice President: Etienne N’Guessan (CIV) Secretary General: Fridah Shiroya (KEN) Treasurer: Françoise Kameni Lele (CMR) Executive Director: Friday Ichide (NGR) Member: Mark Alexander (RSA)

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48 Partridge Way Mooroolbark, Victoria, 3138, Australia Tel: (+61-3) 97271779 Fax: (+61-3) 97275959 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.baseballoceania.com

President: Robert Steffy (AUS) 1st Vice President: Johnson Toribiong (PLW) 2nd Vice President: Florent Perin (NCL) Secretary General: Chet Gray (AUS) Member at Large: Johnny Moses (FSM) Member at Large: Niko Palamo (SAM)

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CONTINENTAL CONFEDERATIONS

CONTINENTAL CONFEDERATIONS

African Baseball & Softball Association

BFA

CEB

946-16, Dogok-Dong, Kangnam-Gu Seoul, 135-270, Korea Tel: (+82-2) 572 8413 Fax: (+82-2) 572 8416

Frankfurt Office Otto-Fleck-Schneise 12 D - 60528 Frankfurt, Germany Tel: (+49-69) 6700 284 Fax: (+49-69) 67724 212 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.baseballeurope.com

President: Nae Heun Lee (KOR) Secretary General: Kyung-Hoon Minn (KOR) Deputy Secretary General: Sang-Hyun Lee (KOR) Advisor to President: Yukichi Maeda (JPN)

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European Baseball Confederation Confédération Européenne de Baseball

President: Martin Miller (GER) 1st Vice President: Riccardo Fraccari (ITA) 2nd Vice President: Alexander Ratner (RUS) 3rd Vice President: Gerard Vaandrager (NED) Secretary General: Sam Pelter (ISR) Treasurer: René Laforce (BEL) Vocal: Attila Borbély (HUN) Vocal: Ake Halvarson (SWE) Vocal: Eric-Pierre Dufour (FRA) Vocal: Osvaldo Vavra (CRO)

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CONTINENTAL CONFEDERATIONS

Baseball Federation of Asia

COPABE

Calle 3, Francisco Filos Vista Hermosa, Edificio 74 Planta baja, Local No.1, Panama Tel: (+507) 229 86 84 Fax: (+507) 229 86 84 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.beisbolprofesional.net

CONTINENTAL CONFEDERATIONS

CONTINENTAL CONFEDERATIONS

Pan American Baseball Confederation Confederación Panamericana de Béisbol

President: Eduardo De Bello (PAN) Secretary General: Enrique Mayorga (MEX) Treasurer: Jorge Otsuka (BRA) Executive Director: José Calazán (PAN) Vice President: Edwin Zerpa (VEN) Vice President: Paul Seiler (USA) Vice President: Lucien Mohamed (ARU) Vocal: Ramón León (COL) Vocal: Mario Rojas (HON) Vocal: Rodolfo Puente (CUB)

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Member FEDERATIONS American Samoa - ASA

American Samoa Baseball Association P.O. Box 1299 Pago Pago, 96799 Tel: (+684) 644 4123; (+684) 633 4449 Fax: (+684) 644 2529; (+684) 633 5281 E-mail: [email protected] President: Ben Solaita

Australian Baseball Federation Level 1, 7 Short Street, Southport, QLD 4215 P.O. Box 10468 Southport, Business Centre QLD 4215 Tel: (+61-7) 5509 4144 Fax: (+61-7) 5509 4155 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.baseball.com.au President: Geoff Pearce Press Officer: Jenny Stockman

Austria - AUT

Argentina - ARG

Federación Argentina de Béisbol Av. Revolución de Mayo No 1656 B Cristol- Córdoba C.P.: 5014 Tel: (+54-351) 457 5472 Fax: (+54-351) 457 5512 E-mail: [email protected] President: José Ramón Majul Secretary General: Pablo Barrientos

Austrian Baseball-Softball Federation Sportzentrum Spenadlwiese A-1020 Wien Tel: (+43-1) 774 4114 Fax: (+43-1) 774 4115 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.baseballaustria.com President: Rainer Husty Secretary General: Joerg Wachter

Bahamas - BAH

Armenia - ARM

Baseball Federation of Armenia Proshyan 11 0019 Yerevan, 375019 Tel: (+374-91) 425 458; (+374-93) 111 222 Fax: (+374-10) 275 491; (+374-10) 588 983 E-mail: [email protected] President: Arman Yavryan Secretary General: Arthur Varpetyan

Aruba - ARU

Amateur Baseball Bond Aruba Sabana Grandi 39, Sta. Cruz Centro Deportivo G.P. Trinidad Oranjestad, DC1712 Tel: (+297) 585 931769 Fax: (+297) 583 37 72 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.leaguelineup.com/abba President: Lucien E. Mohamed Secretary General: Rudolfo Wester

Bahamas Baseball Association 13 Little Hyde Park Seabreeze Lane P.O. Box N-1747, Nassau Tel: (+1) 242 364 0138 Fax: (+1) 242 392 2320 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: internationalbaseball.org/bahamas.htm President: James Franklin Wood Secretary General: Oria Wood Knowles Press Officer: Samuel E. Rodger

Belarus - BLR

Belarus Baseball and Softball Federation Surganova 2-53 220012 Minsk Tel: (+375-17) 290 79 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Web site: www.baseball.by President: Aliaksandr Davydau Secretary General: Aliaksandr Sechka

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Australia - AUS

Belgium - BEL

Koninklijke Belgische Baseball en Softball Federatie Boulevard d’Avroy, 192 bus 12 B-4000 Liège Tel: (+32-4) 250 0600 Fax: (+32-4) 250 0600 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.kbbsf.be President: Jérôme Legris Secretary General: Lucien Destexhe Vice President: Paul Van Craenenbrouck Press Officer: Jérôme Legris

Bolivia - BOL

Federación Boliviana de Béisbol y Softbol Avda. Heroínas No. 0-686 P.O. Box 89, Cochabamba Tel: (+591-4) 425 9400 Fax: (+591-4) 425 9427 E-mail: [email protected] President: Antonio Gaete Argote Secretary General: Marcelo Gómez Rodrigo

Brunei Amateur Softball & Baseball Association P.O. Box 2442 Bandar Seri Begawan 1924 Phone: (+673-2) 382382 Fax: (+673-2) 383833 Web site: www.internationalbaseball.org/brunei.htm President: Pehin Brigen Hj. Jaafar Aziz Secretary General: P.J. Sulaiman

Bulgaria - BUL

Bulgarian Baseball Federation bul. “Vasil Levski” No 75 Sofia 1040 Tel: (+359) 2 9300 744 Fax: (+359) 2 9300 744 E-mail: [email protected] President: Yassen Nedelchev

Burkina Faso - BFA

Fédération Burkinabé de Baseball et Softball 09 Bp 381 09 Ouagadougou

Confederação Brasileira de Beisebol e Softbol Rua Visconde de Ouros 161 Jardim Aeroporto, São Paulo 04632-020 Tel: (+55-11) 5034 9904; (+55-11) 5034 2512 Fax: (+55-11) 5034 0262 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.cbbs.com.br

Cameroon - CMR

President: Jorge Otsuka Secretary General: Alexandre Nita Press Officer: Eric Akita

President: Sone Winslow (Mrs. Francoise Kameni Lele, Acting President) Secretary General: John Calvin Mukete Vice President: Francoise Kameni Lele

British Virgin Islands - IVB

Canada - CAN

British Virgin Islands Baseball Federation Road Town, P.O. Box 231, Tortola Tel: (+1-284) 494 4706 Fax: (+1-284) 494 4706 President: Derry Fahie

Cameroon Baseball & Softball Federation P.O. Box 7399 Yaoundé Tel: (+237) 22 23 23 73 Fax: (+237) 22 23 52 62 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.fcbscameroon.org

Baseball Canada Suite A-7, 2212 Gladwin Crescent Ottawa, Ontario K1B 5N1 Tel: (+1-613) 748 5606 Fax: (+1-613) 748 5767 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.baseball.ca President: Raymond Carter Secretary General: Jim Baba Press Officer: Luc Hébert

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Brazil - BRA

Brunei Darussalam - BRU

Chile - CHI

Federación de Béisbol y Softbol de Chile Avda. Vicuña Mackenna 40, Of. 13 Providencia, Santiago de Chile Tel: (+56-2) 635 9453 Fax: (+56-2) 222 9968 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.beisbolchile.cl President: Roberto Véliz Muñoz Secretary General: David Saavedra Fernández Press Officer: Manuel Canihuante Roco

China - CHN

Chinese Baseball Association 5, Tiyuguan Road, Beijing 100763 Tel: (+86-10) 6714 5078; (+86-10) 6716 9082 Fax: (+86-10) 6716 2993 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Acting President: Lei Jun Executive President: Du Zhaocai Secretary General: Shen Wei Vice Secretary General: Tian Yuan Staff: Yi Sheng Staff: Ding Feng

Chinese Taipei - TPE

Chinese Taipei Baseball Association 16 Floor, 270 Chung Hsiao E. Road, sec.4 Taipei Tel: (+886-2) 2711 8128 Fax: (+886-2) 2711 5487 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.ctba.org.tw President: Alex W.J. Huang Secretary General: Richard T.C. Lin Press Officer: Al Chen Federación Colombiana de Béisbol La Matuna, Edificio Concasa, Oficina 404 Cartagena de Indias 2253 Tel: (+57-5) 664 2566 Fax: (+57-5) 6656 401 E-mail: [email protected] President: Ramón León Hernández Secretary General: Rafael Bravo León

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Baseball & Softball Cook Islands Association Ministry of Education, P.O. Box 97 Rarotonga Tel: (+682) 25270 Fax: (+682) 25864 President: Joel Pokura

Costa Rica - CRC

Federación Costarricense de Béisbol Aficionado Estudio de Béisbol Antonio Escarré San Cayetano 3635 San Jose Tel: (+506) 373 5173 Fax: (+506) 223 2560; (+506) 286 0472 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Web site: www.FCbeisbol.org President: Rodrigo Vargas Castaing Secretary General: Francisco Vargas Arias Press Officer: Franklin Solís Ortiz

Croatia - CRO

Croatian Baseball Association Trg sportova 11 10000 Zagreb Tel: (+385-1) 301 2355 Fax: (+385-1) 309 1119 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.baseball-cro.hr President: Osvaldo Vavra Secretary General: Zdenko Ostovic

Cuba - CUB

Federación Cubana de Béisbol Aficionado Estadio Latinoamericano calle Pedro Pérez No. 302 entre Patria y Sarabia, Cerro, Habana Tel: (+53-7) 878 6882; (+53-7) 873 2528 Fax: (+53-7) 878 1662 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.beisbolcubano.cu President: Higinio Velez Carrión Secretary General: Luis Carton Contador Press Officer: Rodolfo Garcia Lozano

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MEMBER FEDERATIONS

Colombia - COL

Cook Islands, South Pacific - COK

Cyprus - CYP

Cyprus Amateur Baseball Federation P.O. Box 777, Larnaca 6307 Fax: (+357-4) 660 870 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] President: Nicos Mannouris Secretary General: Stelios Stylianou

Czech Republic - CZE

Czech Baseball Association Atletická 100/2, P.O. Box 40 160 17 Praha 6 Tel: (+420) 242 429 211 Fax: (+420) 242 429 211 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.baseball.cz

Federación Ecuatoriana de Béisbol Complejo de Béisbol, Ciudadela Kennedy, Calle G y la 7ma oeste Guayaquil, Guayas 09-04-351-P Fax: (+593-4) 269 2834; (593-4) 239 5553 E-mail: [email protected] President: Ernesto Pólit Ycaza Secretary General: Juan Quintana Andrade Press Officer: Juan Quintana Andrade

El Salvador - ESA

President: Petr Ditrich Secretary General: Jiri Votinsky Press Officer: Jiri Votinsky

Denmark - DEN

Danish Baseball Softball Federation Idraettens Hus, Broendby Stadion 20 2605 Broendby Tel: (+45-43) 262 437 Fax: (+45-43) 262 176 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.dbasof.dk President: Bo Orla-Jensen Secretary General: Frants Gufler Press Officer: Christina Laub Frank

Dominican Republic - DOM

Federación Dominicana de Béisbol Aficionado Calle Ortega y Gasset Esq. Avenida John F. Kennedy Estadio de Béisbol # 2, Centro Olímpico Juan Pablo Duarte Distrito Nacional Tel: (+1-809) 562 4541; (+1-809) 562 4771 (+1-809) 567 7477 E-mail: [email protected]

Federación Salvadoreña de Béisbol Parque de Pelota “Saturnino Bengoa” Alameda Dr. Manuel Enrique Araujo, Km. 5 Carretera a Santa Tecla, San Salvador Tel: (+503) 2279 2476 Fax: (+503) 2298 4112 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] President: Mariano Humberto Novoa Fogelbach Secretary General: Iván Moreno Mariano

Estonia - EST

Estonian Baseball & Softball Federation Põhja 31-6, Keila 76610 Tel: (+372) 604 5472 Fax: (+372) 678 0303 President: Jaanus Väljamäe

Fiji Islands - FIJ

Fiji Islands Baseball Association c/o The Fiji Association of Sports & National Olympic Committee (FASANOC) 17 Bau Street, Flagstaff, GPO Box 1279 Tel: (+679) 3303 525; (+679) 9920 352 Fax: (+679) 3301 647 E-mail: [email protected] President: William (Billy) Johns Secretary General: Ronald Seeto

President: Héctor Manuel Pereyra Checo Secretary General: Juan Nuñez Nepomuceno Press Officer: Dimaggio Abreu

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Ecuador - ECU

Finland - FIN

Finnish Baseball and Softball Association Radiokatu 20 - 00093 Slu Tel: (+358-9) 3481 3135 Fax: (+358-9) 3481 2602 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.baseballfinland.com President: Simopekka Vänskä Secretary General: Sampo Pihkala

France - FRA

Fédération Française de Baseball et Softball 41, rue de Fécamp, 75012 Paris Tel: (+33) 1 44 68 89 30 Fax: (+33) 1 44 68 96 00 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.ffbsc.org President: Eric-Pierre Dufour Secretary General: André Parker Vice-President: Nadège Esteban Vice-President: Denis-Didier Rousseau Press Officer: Jean Sebastien Ménigoz

Georgia - GEO

Baseball Federation of Georgia 49a Chavchavadze Ave. Tbilisi 380062 Tel: (+995-32) 230 279; (+995-32) 231 421 Fax: (+995-32) 230 279 E-mail: [email protected] President: Ramaz Goglidze Secretary General: Gela Chikhradze Press Officer: Gela Chikhradze Deutscher Baseball und Softball Verband e.v. Geschäftstelle / Head Office Flugplatzstr. 31 55126 Mainz Tel: (+49) 6131 215590 Fax: (+49) 6131 21559 10 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.baseball-softball.de

Ghana Baseball and Softball Association 3rd Floor Coplan House, Kojo Thompson Road, Adabraka P.O. Box AN 11489, Accra Tel: (+233-21) 228520 Fax: (+233-21) 228520 E-mail: [email protected] President: Abraham K. Padi Secretary General: RO Lamptey Press Officer: Albert Frimpang

Great Britain - GBR

British Baseball Federation Ariel House 74a Charlotte Street London W1T 4QJ Tel: (+44-20) 7453 7055 opt 2 Fax: (+44-20) 7453 7007 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.baseballsoftballuk.com President: Rob Rance Secretary General: John Walmsley Press Officer: Tim Stride

Greece - GRE

Hellenic Amateur Baseball Federation Entrance A Former Hellinikon West Airport Hellinikon P.C. 16777, Athens Tel: (+302) 10 985 9031; (+302) 10 985 9032 Fax: (+302) 10 985 9815 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.baseballhellas.gr President: Panagiotis Mitsiopoulos Secretary General: Gerassimos Katsigiannis Press Officer: Akrivi Koutroumani

MEMBER FEDERATIONS

MEMBER FEDERATIONS

Germany - GER

Ghana - GHA

President: Michael Hartmann Secretary General: Arndt Wiedmaier Press Officer: Arndt Wiedmaier

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Guam - GUM

Guam Baseball Federation c/o Guam National Olympic Committee Attn: Ricardo Blas, President 152 East Espiritu Street Tamuning, Guam 96913 P.O. Box 21809 GMF Hagatna 96921 Tel: (+1-671) 647 4661 Fax: (+1-671) 646 4233 E-mail: [email protected] Commissioner: Mark Charfauros

Guatemala - GUA

Federación Nacional de Béisbol Guatemala Avenida Simeón Cañas, Final Hipodromo del Norte Zona 2, Ciudad de Guatemala 01002 Tel: (+502) 2254 0858 Fax: (+502) 2254 1119 E-mail: [email protected] President: David Molina Cassiano Secretary General: Dagoberto Vásquez Grajeda

Hungarian National Baseball & Softball Federation Lehel u.11, 1134 Budapest Tel: (+36-30) 212 7827 Fax: (+36-1) 350 0415 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.baseball.hu President: Robert B. Irving Secretary General: Peter Vida

India - IND

Amateur Baseball Federation of India 112/14 Onkar Nagar B, Tri Nagar Delhi 110035, India Tel: (+91-11) 6450 1976 Fax: (+91-11) 2718 0043 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.baseballindia.com President: Ramakant S. Angle Secretary General: P.C. Bhardwaj Press Officer: Sudhanshu Roy

Indonesia - INA

Honduras - HON

Federación Hondureña de Béisbol Apartado Postal 150 Villa Olímpica, Oficina Fehda Tegucigalpa Tel: (+504) 232 6921 Fax: (+504) 232 1539 E-mail: [email protected] President: Mario A. Rojas Secretary General: Grace Figueroa Press Officer: César Quezada

Indonesia Amateur Baseball & Softball Federation Wisma Kosgoro Bldg., 14th Fl. JI.M.H. Thamrin 53 Jakarta 10350 Tel: (+62-21) 230 0988; (+62-21) 314 1808 ext. 237 Fax: (+62-21) 722 2932 E-mail: [email protected] President: Gunawan Tjandra Secretary General: Suryo Adi Prasetyo Press Officer: Harry A. Trisnadi

Iran - IRI

Hong Kong China - HKG

Hong Kong China Baseball Association Room 1003, Olympic House, No 1 Stadium Path Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Tel: (+852) 2504 8330 Fax: (+852) 2504 4663 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.hkbaseball.org President: Laurence Lee Secretary General: Allan Mak Nin-Fung Press Officer: Philip Li

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Baseball Federation, Islamic Republic of Iran Varzandeh 51. Mofateh Avenue Tehran 15815/1881 Tel: (+98-21) 8830 7813 Mob: (+98-21) 8882 4014 Fax: (+98-21) 8882 4014 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] President: Hossein Sadegh Abedin Secretary General: Mohammad Reza Kashani Press Officer: Mohammad Reza Sadraei Kashani

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MEMBER FEDERATIONS

Hungary - HUN

Ireland - IRL

Baseball Ireland 12 Valley Avenue, Druid Valley Cabinteely Dublin 18 35 The Green, Blessington Abbey Blessington, Co Wicklow Tel: (+353) 8762 36917; (+353) 4589 1753 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Web site: www.baseballireland.com President: Mike Kindle Secretary General: Robert McGarry Press Officer: Erin Mullally

Israel - ISR

Israel Association of Baseball P.O. Box 48159 Tel Aviv 61481 Tel: (+972) 050 8962017 Fax: (+972-2) 991 0945 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.iab.org.il

Fédération Ivoirienne de Baseball & Softball Immeuble EECI, Equipe Houdaille 3éme d. Avenue Houdaille, BP 7832 Abidjan 01 Tel: (+225-20) 206 252; (+225-22) 471 131 Fax: (+225-20) 322 471 E-mail: [email protected] President: Etienne N’Guessan Secretary General: Bilé Tanoe

Jamaica - JAM

Jamaica Baseball Association 78 Harbour Street, P.O. Box 695 Kingston Phone: (+876) 922 4882 / 876 927 7742 Fax: (+876) 922 9830

Japan - JPN

President: Haim Katz Secretary General: Peter Kurz Vice President: Nathan Pomerantz

Italy - ITA

Federazione Italiana Baseball Softball Viale Tiziano 74 - 00196 Rome Tel: (+39-06) 3685 8376 Fax: (+39-06) 3685 8201 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.fibs.it President: Riccardo Fraccari Vice President: Massimo Fochi Vice President: Giovanni Antonio Sanna Press Officer: Riccardo Schiroli

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Baseball Federation of Japan Sapia Tower 8F 1-7-12 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo, 100-0005 Tel: (+81-3) 320 11155 Fax: (+81-3) 320 10707 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.jaba.or.jp President: Masatake Matsuda Secretary General: Masaru Ushiro General Manager, International Division: Kazu Tawa

Kazakhstan - KAZ

Baseball and Softball Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan 8th Mikroraion 80-3 Almaty 050035 Fax: (+7-3272) 534 062 E-mail: [email protected] President: Zhan Kanapyanov Secretary General: Mansur Yarullin

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MEMBER federations

Ivory Coast - CIV

Kenya - KEN

Lesotho - LES

President: Solomon Gacece Secretary General: George Mahindai

President: Putsoa Moroke Shebe Mabothobile Secretary General: Shelile Teboho

Korea - KOR

Liberia - LBR

Baseball Federation of Kenya Assoc. of Evangelicals of Africa & Madagascar P.O. Box 50242, Nairobi 00200 Tel: (+254-20) 2722 769 Fax: (+254-20) 271 3004 E-mail: solgacece@aea_co.ke; [email protected]

Korean Baseball Association 4F. 946-16 Dogok-dong, Kangnam-ku Seoul 135-270 Tel: (+82-2) 572 8411; (+82-2) 572 8413 Fax: (+82-2) 572 7041; (+82-2) 548 6830 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] President: Kyung Hoon Minn Secretary General: Sang-Hyun Lee Press Officer: Sang-Hyun Lee

Korea D.P.R. - PRK

Baseball and Softball Association of DPR Korea Kumsongdong-2, Kwangbok Street Mangyongdae District, P.O. Box 56, Pyongyang City Tel: (+850-2) 181 11 ext. 8164 Fax: (+850-2) 381 4403 President: Kim Su Hak Secretary General: O Sok Hwan Press Officer: Ko Chol Ho

Liberia Baseball & Softball Association c/o Charles Potter P.O. Box 10-6473, Monrovia Fax: (+231) 226 006 President: Christian King Secretary General: Fred J. A. Pratt

Lithuania - LTU

Lithuanian Baseball Association Paupio 28, LT-11341 Vilnius - Lithuania Tel: (+370) 659 64238; (+370) 5 233 45 19 Fax: (+370) 5 233 45 19 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.beisbolas.lt President: Vidmantas Vasiliauskas Secretary General: Edmuntas Matusevicius Vice President: Algimatas Neverdauskas Vice President: Petras Vilcinskas Vice President: Raimundas Kalanta Vice President: Gintaras Sadaunykas

Latvian Baseball Federation 39-24 S. Eizensteina Str. LV-1079 Riga E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.beisbols.lv

Malaysia - MAS

President: Igors Aleksejevs Vice President: Raimonds Koptenkovs

President: Abdullah Dato’ Noh Secretary General: Ibrahim Ramlay Press Officer: Farizul Latif Zulkifly

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Federation of Baseball Malaysia 24, Jalan Damasara Permai, Damansara Heights 50490 Kuala Lumpur Fax: (+603) 2092 5490

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Latvia- LVA

Lesotho Baseball and Softball Association P.O. Box 138, Setsoto Stadium, Stadium Road Maseri 100 Tel: (+266-22) 321 292 Fax: (+266-22) 310 494 E-mail: [email protected]

Mali - MLI

Micronesia - MCR

President: Moussa B. Diabate

Vice President: Moses Johnny Secretary General: Jim Tobin Press Officer: Tadasy Yamaguchi

Fédération Malienne de Base-Ball et de Softball C/o Col. Moussa B. Diabate Chef du Cabinet de Défense Bamako Tel: (+223) 223 3398 Fax: (+223) 223 3398

Malta - MLT

Maltese Association Baseball Softball 18A Triq II - Qortin Mellieha MLH 04 Tel: (+356) 9921 6868 Fax: (+356) 2124 2899 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.baseballsoftballmalta.org President: Mario Debono Vice President: Patrick Pace

Marshall Islands - MHL

Republic of the Marshall Islands Baseball Federation P.O. Box 288 Majuro 96960 Marshall Islands Tel: (+692) 625 5520 Fax: (+692) 455 5820

Mexico - MEX

President: Alonso Pérez González 1st Vice President: Enrique Mayorga Betancourt Secretary General: Carlos López Villagran Press Officer: Gilberto Solís

Moldova - MDA

National Sport Federation of Baseball and Softball of Republic of Moldova str. Avicena 13, MD-2025 mun. Chisinau Tel: (+373) 692 30 727 Fax: (+373) 22 400 389 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Web site: www.moldbaseball.com President: Vadim Dermenji Secretary General: Vladislav Beltic Office: Andrei Butnari

Mongolia - MGL

Mongolian National Baseball Federation Room 102, Olympic House Chinggis Avenue Ulaanbaatar, Khan-Uul District, 201648 Tel: (+976-11) 481 395; (+976-99) 163 400; (+976-11) 345267 Fax: (+976-11) 343 541; (+976-99) 163 400 E-mail: [email protected] President: Enkhboldsodon Tumurkhuyag Secretary General: Norjmaa Gochoosuren

Morocco - MAR

Morocco Baseball Federation 55 Cité Es-Safadi, Villa Es-Saada, Rabat, Aviation President: Hamid Rachdi Alami

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Federación Mexicana de Béisbol, A.C. Av. Río Churubusco s/n Puerta 9 Ciudad Deportiva 08010 Mexico D.F. Tel: (+52-55) 5649 1491 Fax: (+52-55) 5649 1491 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Federated States of Micronesia Baseball Federation P.O. Box PS 319, Palikir, Pohnpei FM 96941 Tel: (+691) 320 8914 Fax: (+691) 320 8915; (+691) 320 5955 E-mail: [email protected]

Myanmar - MYA

Myanmar Baseball Federation 26, Than Lwin Road, Bahan Township Yangon Tel: (+95) 1 251915; (+95) 1 252649 Fax: (+95) 1 251915; (+95) 1 252649 E-mail: [email protected] Vice President: Naing Win

Namibia - NAM

Namibia Baseball Association C/o Namibia National Sports Council P.O. Box 3022, Windhoek Ausspannplapz P.O. Box 5165 Tel: (+264-61) 242 353; (+264-81) 124 6449 Fax: (+264-61) 242 407 E-mail: [email protected] President: Walter Hankey

Netherlands - NED

Koninklijke Nederlandse Baseball en Softball Bond Huis van de Sport Wattbaan 31-49 3439 ML Niewegein Tel: (+31-30) 7513650 Fax: (+31-30) 7513651 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.knbsb.nl President: Ruud Van Zetten Secretary General: Reinoud Wieling Netherlands Antillean Baseball Federation Kaya Rakeliou 41 Schelpwijk, Willemstad, Curacao Salina 28, Wracao Curaçao Tel: (+599-9) 738 1434 Fax: (+599-9) 433 3101 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] President: George R. de Lira Secretary General: Giovanni Atalita

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Baseball New Zealand Incorporated P.O. Box 58104 Greenmount Auckland 8 Awatea Road Parnell 1001 Auckland Tel: (+64-9) 6339309; (+64-9) 027 271 6440; (+64-9) 377 0662 Fax: (+64-9) 636 2087; (+64-9) 274 9310; (+64-9) 377 2228 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] [email protected] President: John Stephney Noel Davies Press Officer: Bernice Dingwall

Nicaragua - NCA

Federación Nicaragüense de Béisbol Asociada Estadio “Denis Martínez” Apartado Postal 2443, Managua Tel: (+505) 222 7620 Fax: (+505) 255 1171 E-mail: [email protected] President: Carlos García Solórzano Secretary General: Ivan Garcia Press Officer: Noel Urcuyo Báez

Nigeria - NGR

Nigerian Baseball and Softball Association Inc. 302, Iju Waterworks Road, Ishaga, Agege, Lagos Tel: (+234-1) 492 5535 Fax: (+234-1) 492 5535 E-mail: [email protected] President: Ishola Williams Secretary General: William Boyd Press Officer: Vicky Olumudi

Norway - NOR

Norges Soft og Baseball Forbund Serviceboks 1 Ulleval Stadion, 0840 Oslo Tel: (+47-21) 02 98 55 Fax: (+47-21) 02 90 03 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.soft-baseball.no President: Christian Abrahamsen Vice President: Bjorn Christian Thode

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MEMBER federations

Netherlands Antilles - AHO

New Zealand - NZL

Pakistan - PAK

Pakistan Federation Baseball & Softball National Hockey Stadium, Ferozepur Road, Lahore Tel: (+92-42) 923 06 65 Fax: (+92-42) 571 1828 President: Shaukat Javed Secretary General: Khawar Shah

Palau - PLW

Belau Baseball Federation P.O. Box 155 Koror 96940 Tel: (+680) 488 1126 Fax: (+680) 488 3354 E-mail: [email protected] President: Johnson Toribiong 1st Vice President: Alexander Merep

Panama - PAN

Federación Panameña de Béisbol Aficionado Estadio Nacional, Ave. Cerro Patacón, Kilómetro 3, Apartado 9664 Zona 4, Panamá 10741 Tel: (+507) 230 4524 Fax: (+507) 230 4524 E-mail: [email protected] President: Franz Wever Secretary General: Eduardo Alfaro Press Office: Nicolas S. Espinosa Papua New Guinea Baseball Federation P.O. Box 5399 Boroko NCD Tel: (+675) 324 3151; (+675) 325 6401 Fax: (+675) 325 0185 E-mail: [email protected] President: Chris Bais Secretary General: Harry Keket

Federación Deportiva Peruana de Béisbol Av. Canadá, Cuadra 30, San Luis, Lima 30 Tel: (+51-1) 473 2870; (+51-1) 448 3939 Fax: (+51-1) 473 2870; (+51-1) 433 0163 E-mail: [email protected] President: Gerardo Maruy Takayama Vice President: Víctor Tamashiro Tamashiro Secretary General: Juan Palomino Yamamoto Press Officer: Gladys Grimaldi Cavero

Philippines - PHI

Philippine Amateur Baseball Association 7487 Bagtikan Street San Antonio Village, Makati 1203, Metro Manilla Tel: (+63-2) 890 8277; (+63-2) 896 7218 Fax: (+63-2) 897 7732 E-mail: [email protected] President: Hector Cruz Navasero Secretary General: Ernesto P.Abarientos Press Officer: Roberto Rondez

Poland - POL

Polish Baseball and Softball Federation ul. Lazienkowska 6a 00-449 Warsaw Tel: (+48-22) 529 87 49; (+48-22) 621 77 49 Fax: (+48-22) 529 89 22 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Web site: www.baseball.pl President: Michal Kaczmarek Secretary General: Waldemar Szymanski Press Officer: Edward Rozwadowski

Portugal - POR

Federação Portuguesa de Basebol e Softbol R. Dr. Alvaro Barreirinhas Cunhal/ Edif C Coord Transp Piso 1, 2204-909 Abrantes Tel: (+351-91) 802 99 66 Fax: (+351-239) 09 89 96 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.fpbsweb.org President: Sandra Monteiro Vice President: Ricardo Panuzzo

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Papua New Guinea - PNG

Peru - PER

Puerto Rico - PUR

Samoa - SAM

President: Israel Roldán González Secretary General: José J. Martinez Longo Press Officer: Lucy Pereira

President: Niko Palamo Secretary General: Henry Taefu

Federación de Béisbol Aficionado de Puerto Rico P.O. Box 191897 San Juan 00919-1897 Tel: (+1-787) 772 1003; (+1-787) 772 1004 Fax: (+1-787) 772 1005 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.beisboldoblea.com

San Marino - SMR

Romania - ROU

Romanian Baseball and Softball Federation B-dul Basarabiei 37-39 Sector 2, cod 22103, Bucuresti Tel: (+40-21) 317 00 93 Fax: (+40-21) 317 00 93 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] President: Vasile Molan Secretary General: Cristian Costescu Press Officer: Cristian Costescu

San Marino Federation Baseball Softball Via Rancaglia 30, 47899 Serravalle Tel: (+378) 901 211; (+378) 906 488 Fax: (+378) 906 468 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] President: Maurizio Gasperoni Secretary General: Fabrizia Giuccioli

Serbia - SRB

Serbian Baseball Association Kumanovska 17 11000 Beograd Tel: (+381-11) 344 2712 Fax: (+381-11) 344 1770 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.baseball.org.yu

Russia - RUS

Russian Baseball Federation Luzhnetskaya nab. 8 Moscow, GSP, 119992 Tel: (+7-095) 725 4549 Fax: (+7-495) 248 3434 E-mail: [email protected] President: Yuri Kopilov Secretary General: Vladimir Telkov Press Officer: Alexander Ratner

Saipan - MNP

Saipan Major League Baseball Association c/o 50185, Saipan MP 96950 Tel: (+16) 70 664 88 87

President: Vlada Krstivojevic Secretary General: Nikola Vucevic

Singapore - SIN

Singapore Baseball & Softball Association Unit 16, Zone One, South Entrance, National Stadium 15, Stadium Road Singapore 397718 Tel: (+65) 6345 0646; (+65) 6299 1342 Fax: (+65) 6345 0646 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Web site: web.singnet.com.sg/~ssasoftb President: Johnny Goh Secretary General: Kok Guen Press Officer: Abdul Aziz Bin Abu Talib

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Samoa Baseball Association c/o Samoan Sports Federation & NOC Private Bag Apia Tel: (+685) 25 033 Fax: (+685) 26 701; (+685) 26 675 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Web site: www.baseballoceania.com

Slovakia - SVK

Spain - ESP

President: Stanislav Horacek Secretary General: Frantisek Bunta Press Officer: Frantisek Bunta

President: Julio Pernas López

Slovak Baseball Federation Junaka 6, Bratislava 832 80 Tel/Fax: (+421) 2 4924 9547 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Web site: www.sbf.sk

Slovenia - SLO

Baseball & Softball Association of Slovenia Savlje 6, PP 3722 Ljubljana 1001 Tel: (+386) 423 670 50 Fax: (+386) 420 220 62 Tel: (+386-1) 430 1115 Fax: (+386-1) 431 2026; (+386-1) 431 0820 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] President: Janko Pucnik Secretary General: Igor Veselinovic Press Officer: Luka Kreitmayer

Solomon Islands - SOL

Solomon Islands Baseball Federation c/o National Olympic Committee of Solomon Islands P.O. Box 532, Honiara Tel: (+67) 725 686

South Africa - RSA

President: Mark Alexander Press Officer: Edwin Bennett

Sri Lanka - SRI

Sri Lanka Amateur Baseball & Softball Association 25/48, Kalinga Mawatha Polhengoda, Colombo 05 Tel: (+01-12) 44 00 41; 0773082591 Fax: (+01-12) 34 28 13 E-mail: [email protected] President: Upul Perera Secretary General: Mr. K. Manoj C. Fernando

Sweden - SWE

Swedish Baseball & Softball Federation Kungsgatan 19 54131 Skövde Tel: (+46) 500 44 77 85 Fax: (+46) 500 44 77 51 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.baseboll-softboll.se President: Mats Fransson Secretary General: Kristian Palvia Press Officer: Magnus Hedstrom

Switzerland - SUI

Swiss Baseball & Softball Federation c/o Monique Schmitt Birsmattstr. 21 4106 Therwil Tel: (+41-61) 721 5463 Fax: (+41-61) 723 8191 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.swiss-baseball.ch President: Marco Iten Secretary General: Monique Schmitt Press Officer: Monique Schmitt

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South African Baseball Union P.O. Box 2398, Highlands North, Johannesburg 2037 Tel: (+27) 11 402 5505; (+27) 11 402 5506 Fax: (+27) 11 402 3499 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: baseball.co.za

Real Federación Española de Béisbol y Sófbol Calle Coslada 10 4° Izq. 28028 Madrid Tel: (+34-91) 355 28 44 Fax: (+34-91) 355 12 06 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Web site: www.rfebeisbolsofbol.com

Thailand - THA

Amateur Baseball Association of Thailand n° 1 Moo 7, Phaholyothin Road, Km. 51 Tambol Chiang Rak-Noi, Ayutthaya 13170 13180 Tel: (+66-35) 361 439; (+66-35) 361 503 Fax: (+66-35) 361 477 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] President: Tienchai Sirisumpan Secretary General: Vutichai Udomkarnjananan Press Officer: Pavena Sumallayasak

Togo - TOG

Fédération Togolaise de Base-ball et Soft-ball 57 Rue de l’Ogou, Face direction des Peaces Corps Americains B.P. 330, Lomé Tel: (+228) 907 8283 Fax: (+228) 222 8061 President: Koshi Djodji Tamakloe Secretary General: Emile Komlan Abalo Press Officer: Koffi Galokpo

Trinidad and Tobago - TRI

Baseball Softball Association of Trinidad and Tobago Savannah Villas Arranguez Building 8, Apt 8, San Juan Tel: (+186) 879 83539 Fax: (+186) 862 31650 E-mail: [email protected] President: Michael Legerton Fédération Tunisienne de Baseball et Softball 5 Rue Bab Souika - 1006 Tunis P.O. Box N 61 - 1059 Tunis Hafsia Tel: (+216-71) 565 486 Fax: (+216-71) 565 486 President: Mohamed Ben Guiza Secretary General: Naoufel Kaddour Press Officer: Maher Ben Guiza

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Turkiye Beyzbol Federasyonu Ulus Ishani A Blok P.K. 06050 Ulus Ankara Tel: (+90-312) 309 8646 Fax: (+90-312) 312 3992 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.tbsf.org.tr President: Sooner Yilmaz Secretary General: Fikret Bulutgu Press Officer: Taylin Yumak

Uganda - UGA

Uganda Baseball and Softball Association P.O. Box 30034, Kampala Plot If Luthwu Ruje Bugolobi 9006 Kampala Tel: (+256-41) 285 861; (+256-77) 552 046; (+256-41) 434 5408 Fax: (+256-41) 285 861 E-mail: [email protected] President: Sheila Agonzibwe Secretary General: Barnabas Mwesiga

United States of America - USA USA Baseball Durham Bulls Athletic Park P.O. Box 1131 Durham, NC 27702 Tel: (+1) 919 474 8721 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.usabaseball.com

Executive Director: Paul Seiler Press Officer: Jake Fehling

U.S. Virgin Islands - ISV

Virgin Islands Baseball Federation Innovative Business Center 4006 Estate Diamond, St. Croix 00820 Tel: (+1-340) 773 4425; (+1-340) 772 1570 Fax: (+1-340) 772 1570 President: Thomas A. Johnson Secretary General: Morgan D. Quigley Press Officer: Isaac Causey

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Tunisia - TUN

Turkey - TUR

Ukrainian Baseball Softball Federation Kropyvnytskogo str. 14, Kiev, 01004 Tel: (+38) 44 562 7667

Uzbekistan - UZB

Uzbekistan Baseball Federation 15/1 Almazar Street 70003 Tashkent Tel: (+998) 712 306 630

Venezuela - VEN

Federación Venezolana de Béisbol Av. Urdaneta, Animas a Platanal, Edif. las Marías, Piso 4°, Ofic. 401 Caracas Tel: (+58) 212 563 5919; (+58) 414 281 9416 E-mail: [email protected]

Professional Baseball Major League Baseball USA Office of the Commissioner 245 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10167, USA Tel: (+1-212) 931 7800 Fax: (+1-212) 949 5650 Web site: www.mlb.com Commissioner: Allan H. Selig President and Chief Operating Officer: Robert DuPuy Exec VP of Baseball Operations: Jimmi Lee Solomon Exec VP of Business: Tim Brosnan Exec VP of Labor Relations & Human Resources: Rob Manfred Exec VP of Finance: Jonathan Mariner Exec VP of Administration and CIO: John McHale, Jr.

Zambia - ZAM

Zambia Softball and Baseball Association P.O. Box 31981, Lusaka Tel: (+978) 548 9700 Fax: (+ 978) 877 34

Zimbabwe - ZIM

Zimbabwe Baseball & Softball Association P.O. Box 7792, Harare Tel: (+263) 477 3725 Fax: (+263) 477 3725 E-mail: [email protected]

MEMBER federations

President: Morris Banda

Major League Baseball Players Association USA 12 East 49th Street, New York, NY 10017, USA Tel: (+1-212) 826 0808 Fax: (+1-212) 752 3649 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.mlbplayers.com



Executive Director: Don Fehr Chief Operating Officer: Gene Orza Special Assistant to Executive Director: Phil Bradley Special Assistant to Executive Director: Bobby Bonilla Special Assistant to Executive Director: Stan Javier Special Assistant to Executive Director: Steve Rogers General Counsel: Michael Weiner Director of Communications: Greg Bouris National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum USA 25 Main Street, Box 590, Cooperstown, NY 13326, USA Tel: (+1-607) 547 7200 Fax: (+1-607) 547 2044 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.baseballhalloffame.org President: Jeff Idleson

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Ukraine - UKR

Professional baseball

USA 3500 Porsche Way, Suite 100, Ontario, CA 91764, USA Tel: (+1-909) 980 1881 Fax: (+1-909) 980 7794 E-mail: [email protected]

Korean Baseball Organization KOR The Hall of Baseball, 946-16, Dogok-Dong Kangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea Tel: (+82-2) 3461 7887 Fax: (+82-2) 3472 7800

Director: Frank A. Marcos

Commissioner: Yong-oh Park Secretary General: Sang-Kook Lee

Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum CAN P.O. Box 1838, 140 Queen St. St. Marys, Ontario, N4X 1C2, Canada E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.baseballhalloffame.ca

Chairman of the Board: John G. Starzynksi President and CEO: Tom Valcke Director of Operations: Scott Crawford

Chinese Professional Baseball League TPE 2FL., No. 32 Pateh Road, Sec. 3 Taipei 105, Chinese Taipei, R.O.C. Tel: (+886-2) 2577 6992 Fax: (+886-2) 2577 2606 Web site: www.cpbl.com.tw

Director of International Affairs: Richard Wang

Nippon Professional Baseball League

JPN Imperial Tower, 14F, 1-1-1 Uchisaiwicho Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan 1000011 Tel: (+81-3) 3502 0022 Fax: (+81-3) 3502 0140

Commissioner: Ryozo Kato Executive Director: Kazuo Hasegawa Secretary General: Kazuo Asegawa Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum JPN 3-61, Koraku-1-chome Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-0004 Japan

President: Yasuchika Negoro Executive Director: Hajime Toyokura Executive Director: Tadao Koike

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Major League Baseball Scouting Bureau

Olympic Movement

Olympic Movement AGFIS/GAISF

International Olympic Committee Château de Vidy C.P. 356, 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland Tel: (+41-21) 621 61 11 Fax: (+41-21) 621 62 16 Web site: www.olympic.org

Museum and Olympic Studies Centre Villa Olympique 1, Quai d’Ouchy 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Tel: (+41-21) 621 65 11 Fax: (+41-21) 621 65 12 Web site: www.museum.olympic.org

AIBA

International Boxing Association Maison du Sport International Avenue de Rhodanie 54 - CH-1007 Lausanne, Switzerland Tel: (+41-21) 321 2777 Fax: (+41-21) 321 2772 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.aiba.net

ASOIF

Olympic Solidarity

Villa Mon Repos, Parc Mon Repos 1 C.P. 1374 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland Tel: (+41-21) 310 2600 Fax: (+41-21) 310 2699 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.olympic.org

Association of Summer Olympic International Federations Maison du Sport International Av. De Rhodanie 54 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland Tel: (+41-21) 601 4888 Fax: (+41-21) 601 4889 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.asoif.com

FEI

International Equestrian Federation Avenue Mon Repos 24 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland Tel: (+41-21) 310 4747 Fax: (+41-21) 310 4760 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.horsesport.org

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IOC

General Association of International Sports Federations Villa Le Mas 4 Boulevard du Jardin Exotique 98000 Monte-Carlo, Monaco Tel: (+377) 9797 6510 Fax: (+377) 9325 2873 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.agfisonline.com

FIBA

FILA

FIE

FINA

International Fencing Federation Maison du Sport International Avenue de Rhodanie 54 CH-1007 Lausanne, Switzerland Tel: (+41-21) 320 3115 Fax: (+41-21) 320 3116 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.fie.ch

FIFA

International Federation of Football Association P.O. Box 8044, Strasse 20 Zurich, Switzerland Tel: (+41-0) 43 222 7777 Fax: (+41-0) 43 222 7878 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.fifa.com

International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles Av. Juste-Olivier 17 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Tel: (+41-21) 312 8426 Fax: (+41-21) 323 6073 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.fila-wrestling.com International Swimming Federation Av. de l’Avant-Poste 4 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland Tel: (+41-21) 310 4710 Fax: (+41-21) 312 6610 Web site: www.fina.org

FISA

International Rowing Federation Maison du Sport International Av. de Rhodanie 54 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland Tel: (+41-21) 617 8373 Fax: (+41-21) 617 8375 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.worldrowing.com

FITA

FIG

International Gymnastics Federation Avenue de la Gare 12 1003 Lausanne, Switzerland Tel: (+41-21) 321 5510 Fax: (+41-21) 321 5519 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.fig-gymnastics.com

International Archery Federation Maison du Sport International Avenue de Rhodanie 54 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland Tel: (+41-21) 614 3050 Fax: (+41-21) 614 3055 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.archery.org

FIH

FIVB

International Hockey Federation Rue du Valentin 61 1004 Lausanne, Switzerland Tel: (+41-21) 641 06 06 Fax: (+41-21) 641 06 07 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.worldhockey.org

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International Volleyball Federation Château Les Tourelles Edouard-Sandoz 2-4 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Tel: (+41-21) 345 3535 Fax: (+42-21) 345 3545 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.fivb.ch

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International Basketball Federation Avenue Louis Casaï, 53 1216 Cointrin/Geneva, Switzerland Tel: (+41-22) 545 0000 Fax: (+41-22) 545 0099 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.fiba.com

IAAF

ISAF

IBF

ISF

International Badminton Federation Stadium Badminton Kuala Lumpur Batu 3 ½, Jalan Cheras 56000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tel: (+60-3) 92 83 71 55 Fax: (+60-3) 92 84 71 55 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.internationalbadminton.org

International Sailing Federation Ariadne House, Town Quay Southampton Hampshire S014 2AQ, Great Britain Tel: (+44-2380) 635 111 Fax: (+44-2380) 635 789 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.sailing.org International Softball Federation 1900 South Park Road Plant City, FL 33563 USA Tel: (+1-813) 864 0100 Fax: (+1-813) 864 0105 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.internationalsoftball.com

ISSF

ICF

International Canoe Federation Avenue de Rhodanie 54 CH 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland Tel: (+ 41-21) 612 02 90 Fax: (+ 41-21) 612 02 91 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.canoeicf.com

International Shooting Sport Federation Bavariaring 21 80336 Münich, Germany Tel: (+49-89) 544 3550 Fax: (+49-89) 544 35544 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.issf-shooting.org

ITF

IHF

International Handball Federation Peter-Merian Strasse 23 P.O. Box 4002, Basel, Switzerland Tel: (+41-61) 228 9040 Fax: (+41-61) 228 9055 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.ihf.info

International Tennis Federation Bank Lane, Roehampton London SW15 5XZ, Great Britain Tel: (+44-20) 88 78 6464 Fax: (+44-20) 88 78 7799 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.itftennis.com

ITTF

IJF

The International Table Tennis Federation Chemin de la Roche 11 CH-1020 Renens, Switzerland Tel: (+41-21) 340 7090 Fax: (+41-21) 340 7099 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.ittf.com

International Judo Federation Budapest 1051 Roosevelt ter 2, Hungary Tel: (+36-1) 302 7270 Fax: (+36-1) 302 7271 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.ijf.org

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International Association of Athletics Federations 17 rue Princesse Florestine B.P. 359 98007 Monte-Carlo, Monaco Cédex Tel: (+377) 9310 8888 Fax: (+377) 9315 9515 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.iaaf.org

ITU

International Triathlon Union 988 Harbourside Drive, Suite 221 North Vancouver, BC, Canada, V7P 3T2 Tel: (+1-604) 926 7250 Fax: (+1-604) 926 7260 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.triathlon.org

WTF

The World Taekwondo Federation 4F Joyang Building 113 Sameseong-dong Gangham-gu Seoul, Korea 134-090 Tel: (+82-2) 566 2505 Fax: (+82-2) 553 4728 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.wtf.org

International Weightlifting Federation Pf. 614, 1374 Budapest, Hungary Tel: (+36-1) 331 8153; (+36-1) 353 0530 Fax: (+36-1) 353 0199; (+36-1) 269 0208 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.iwf.net

OLYMPIC MOVEMENT

OLYMPIC MOVEMENT

IWF

UCI

International Cycling Union Ch. de la Mêlée 12 1860 Aigle, Switzerland Tel. (+41-24) 468 58 11 Fax (+41-24) 468 58 12 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.uci.ch

UIPM

International Union of the Modern Pentathlon Stade Louis II - Entrance E 13, avenue des Castelans, 98000 Monaco Tel: (+377) 9777 8555 Fax: (+377) 9777 8550 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.pentathlon.org

WADA

World Anti-Doping Agency Main Headquarters Stock Exchange Tower 800 Place Victoria Suite 1700 P.O. Box 120 Montreal, Québec H4Z 1B7, Canada Tel: (+1-514) 904 9232 Fax: (+1-514) 904 8650 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.wada-ama.org

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HISTORY OF BASEBALL IN THE Olympic Games

Following the Los Angeles Games, and Cuba’s run to the gold, baseball was added to the Olympic Programme by the International Olympic Committee. Although not officially on the programme until 1992, the world watched as the Americans took the gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. Since then, Cuba has reigned over the Olympic baseball scene, winning the golds in the Barcelona (ESP) 1992 Olympic Games, the 1996 Games in Atlanta, GA. (USA) and in 2004 in Athens (GRE). The Cubans took silver to the United States in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney (AUS). In the process, baseball has grown into one of the most popular sports in the Olympic Games.

El béisbol hizo su debut en la escena internacional como deporte de exhibición en Estocolmo en 1912. A pesar de la popularidad del béisbol durante esos juegos olímpicos y también en Melbourne 44 años después, donde se registró el récord de asistencia a un solo partido de béisbol con más de 100.000 espectadores, no fue hasta los Juegos Olímpicos de Los Ángeles 1984 cuando el béisbol fue plenamente considerado como deporte olímpico. Tras los Juegos de Los Ángeles, donde Cuba se llevó la medalla de oro, el béisbol fue añadido al programa olímpico por el Comité Olímpico Internacional. Aunque no estuvo oficialmente dentro del programa hasta 1992, el mundo pudo ver a los estadounidenses alzarse con la medalla de oro en los Juegos Olímpicos de Seúl 1988. Desde entonces, Cuba ha reinado sobre la escena olímpica del béisbol, ganando el oro en los Juegos Olímpicos Barcelona 1992 (ESP), Atlanta 1996 (EEUU) y Atenas 2004 (GRE). Los cubanos quedaron con la plata ante los Estados Unidos en los Juegos Olímpicos de Sydney 2000 (AUS). Con el tiempo, el béisbol se ha convertido en uno de los deportes más populares en los Juegos Olímpicos. Sin embargo, ahora que los ocho equipos clasificados se preparan para los Juegos Olímpicos de Pekín 2008, existe la triste posibilidad de que caiga el telón sobre el béisbol olímpico. Después de la votación del Comité Olímpico Internacional que sacó al béisbol del programa olímpico para las olimpiadas de Londres 2012, los juegos de Pekín significan mucho para el béisbol. Los equipos no sólo competirán por ganar medallas: también jugarán por el futuro olímpico del béisbol.

With the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, upon us, baseball faces the possibility of this being the sport’s Olympic curtain call. With the International Olympic Committee voting baseball off the Olympic Programme for the 2012 London Games, the Beijing Games mean more to the sport than ever before. Not only will the teams be competing for a gold medal, but they will also be playing for baseball’s Olympic future as well.

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HISTORY OF BASEBALL IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES

Baseball made its debut on the Olympic stage as a demonstration sport at Stockholm in 1912. As popular as baseball was at those Olympic Games and in Melbourne 44 years later where it set the baseball single-game attendance record with over 100,000 spectators, it was not until the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games that baseball was fully embraced as an Olympic staple.

Historia del béisbol en los Juegos Olímpicos

1992 Olympic Games – Barcelona

Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992

August 2, 1992 Dominican Republic def. Italy, 7-5 Spain def. Puerto Rico, 7-6 Japan def. USA, 7-1 Cuba def. Chinese Taipei, 8-1

Gold: Cuba Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: Japan

Semifinals

Also competed (in order of finish): USA, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Italy, and Spain

Medal Rounds

Preliminaries

August 4, 1992 Cuba def. USA, 6-1 Chinese Taipei def. Japan, 5-2 August 5, 1992 Cuba def. Chinese Taipei, 11-1 (Gold) Japan def. USA, 8-3 (Bronze)

July 26, 1992 Chinese Taipei def. Italy, 8-2 Cuba def. Dominican Republic, 8-0 USA def. Spain, 4-1 Japan def. Puerto Rico, 9-0

HISTORY OF BASEBALL IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES

HISTORY OF BASEBALL IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES

August 1, 1992 Cuba def. Puerto Rico, 9-4 Chinese Taipei def. Japan, 2-0 Italy def. Spain, 14-4 USA def. Dominican Republic, 10-0

July 27, 1992 USA def. Chinese Taipei, 10-9 Cuba def. Italy, 18-1 Puerto Rico def. Dominican Republic, 7-5 Japan def. Spain, 12-1 July 28, 1992 Chinese Taipei def. Puerto Rico, 10-1 USA def. Italy, 10-0 Cuba def. Japan, 8-2 Dominican Republic def. Spain, 11-2 July 29, 1992 Japan def. Dominican Republic, 17-0 Puerto Rico def. Italy, 2-0 Cuba def. USA, 9-6 Chinese Taipei def. Spain, 20-0 July 31, 1992 Japan def. Italy, 13-3 Chinese Taipei def. Dominican Republic, 11-0 Cuba def. Spain, 18-0 USA def. Puerto Rico, 8-2

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1996 Olympic Games – Atlanta

July 27, 1996 Japan def. Nicaragua, 13-6 Cuba def. Italy, 20-6 USA def. Australia 15-5 July 28, 1996 Korea def. Netherlands, 11-3 Cuba def. USA, 10-8 Nicaragua def. Australia, 10-0

Games of the XXVI Olympiad Atlanta 1996 Gold: Cuba Silver: Japan Bronze: USA Also competed (in order of finish): Nicaragua, Netherlands, Italy, Australia, and Korea

July 30, 1996 USA def. Netherlands, 17-1 Japan def. Italy, 12-1 Australia def. Korea, 11-8

Semifinals

Preliminaries

July 20, 1996 USA def. Nicaragua, 4-1 Cuba def. Australia 19-8 Japan def. Netherlands, 12-2

August 1, 1996 Japan def. USA, 11-2 Cuba def. Nicaragua, 10-3

Medal Rounds

August 2, 1996 Cuba def. Japan, 13-0 (Gold) USA def. Nicaragua, 10-3 (Bronze)

July 21, 1996 Italy def. Korea, 2-1 Cuba def. Japan, 8-7 July 22, 1996 Netherlands def. Australia, 16-6 Nicaragua def. Italy, 7-2 USA def. Korea, 7-2 July 23, 1996 Cuba def. Netherlands, 18-2 Nicaragua def. Korea, 8-3 Australia def. Japan, 9-6 July 24, 1996 USA def. Italy, 15-3 Cuba def. Korea, 14-11 July 25, 1996 Nicaragua def. Netherlands, 5-0 Italy def. Australia, 12-8 USA def. Japan 15-5

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HISTORY OF BASEBALL IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES

July 29, 1996 Netherlands def. Italy, 8-7 Cuba def. Nicaragua, 8-7 Japan def. Korea, 14-4

2000 Olympic Games – Sydney

XXVII Games of the XXVII Olympiad Sydney 2000 Gold: USA Silver: Cuba Bronze: Korea Also competed (in order of finish): Japan, Netherlands, Italy, Australia, and South Africa September 17, 2000 Cuba def. S. Africa, 16-0 USA def. Japan, 4-2 Korea def. Italy, 10-2 Netherlands def. Australia, 6-4

September 23, 2000 S. Africa def. Netherlands, 3-2 Korea def. Japan, 7-6 Italy def. Australia, 8-7 Cuba def. USA, 6-1 September 24, 2000 Netherlands def. Italy, 3-2 Korea def. S. Africa, 13-3 Cuba def. Japan, 6-2 USA def. Australia, 12-1



Semifinals

September 26, 2000 Cuba def. Japan, 3-0 USA def. Korea, 3-2

Medal Rounds

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HISTORY OF BASEBALL IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES

Preliminaries

September 22, 2000 Korea def. Netherlands, 2-0 Cuba def. Australia, 1-0 Japan def. S. Africa, 8-0 USA def. Italy, 4-2

September 27, 2000 USA def. Cuba, 4-0 (Gold) Korea def. Japan, 3-1 (Bronze)

September 18, 2000 Cuba def. Italy, 13-5 Australia def. Korea, 5-3 USA def. S. Africa, 11-1 Japan def. Netherlands, 10-2 September 19, 2000 Italy def. S. Africa, 13-0 Japan def. Australia, 7-3 USA def. Netherlands, 6-2 Cuba def. Korea, 6-5 September 20, 2000 Japan def. Italy, 6-1 Netherlands def. Cuba, 4-2 Australia def. S. Africa, 10-4 USA def. Korea, 4-0

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2004 Olympic Games – Athens

August 20, 2004 Italy def. Chinese Taipei, 5-4 Japan def. Canada, 9-1 Australia def. Greece, 11-6 Cuba def. Netherlands, 9-2 August 21, 2004 Japan def. Chinese Taipei, 4-3 Cuba def. Canada, 5-2 Australia def. Netherlands, 22-2 Greece def. Italy, 12-7

Games of the XXVIII Olympiad Athens 2004 Gold: Cuba Silver: Australia Bronze: Japan Also competed (in order of finish): Canada, Chinese Taipei, Netherlands, Greece, and Italy August 15, 2004 Cuba def. Australia, 4-1 Japan def. Italy, 12-0 Canada def. Chinese Taipei, 7-0 Netherlands def. Greece, 11-0

Semifinals

August 24, 2004 Cuba def. Canada, 8-5 Australia def. Japan, 1-0

Medal Rounds

HISTORY OF BASEBALL IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES

HISTORY OF BASEBALL IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES

Preliminaries

August 22, 2004 Chinese Taipei def. Netherlands, 5-1 Japan def. Greece, 6-1 Cuba def. Italy, 5-0 Canada def. Australia, 11-0

August 25, 2004 Cuba def. Australia, 6-2 (Gold) Japan def. Canada, 11-2 (Bronze)

August 16, 2004 Chinese Taipei def. Australia, 3-0 Canada def. Italy, 9-3 Japan def. Netherlands, 8-3 Cuba def. Greece, 5-4 August 17, 2004 Canada def. Netherlands, 7-0 Chinese Taipei def. Greece, 7-1 Australia def. Italy, 6-0 Japan def. Cuba, 6-3 August 18, 2004 Netherlands def. Italy, 10-4 Australia def. Japan, 9-4 Canada def. Greece, 2-0 Cuba def. Chinese Taipei, 10-2

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BEIJING 2008 Olympic Games BASEBALL TOURNAMENT XXIX Olympic Games

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1st Technical Delegate 2nd Technical Delegate E.C./Head of Jury of Appeal E.C./Jury of Appeal E.C./Jury of Appeal E.C./Jury of Appeal Competition Director Technical Commission Head Technical Commissioner Technical Commissioner Technical Commissioner Technical Commissioner Technical Commissioner Technical Commissioner Technical Commissioner Technical Commissioner Umpiring Director International Umpire International Umpire International Umpire International Umpire International Umpire International Umpire International Umpire International Umpire International Umpire International Umpire International Umpire International Umpire International Umpire International Umpire International Umpire International Umpire International Umpire International Umpire Scoring Director International Scorer International Scorer International Scorer International Scorer National Scorer National Scorer National Scorer National Scorer National Scorer National Scorer National Scorer National Scorer

Paul Seiler Chester Gray Riccardo Fraccari David Molina Peter Caliendo Martin Miller Darin Van Tassell Rodolfo Puente Zamora Humberto Arrieta Koji Aso Ezequiel Buenrostro Jan Esselman Huawei Lin Geoffrey Robertson George Santiago Thomas Valcke Richard Runchey Joseph Burleson Fabrizio Chirici Perry Costello Juan Cuevas Rodriguez Nelson Diaz Edgar Estivison Brian Hodgson Paul Hyham Kazuhiro Kuwabara Wen-Ching Liao Malcom Mackay Luis A. Ramirez Rosas Carlos Rey Cotto Juan V. Rodriguez Ron Shewchuk Daniel Toledo Rodriguez Edwin Van Den Berk Jianxiang Yang Susana Santos Carlos del Pindo Moira Dempsey Jennie Moloney Rosalinda Hogetoorn Xiaomin Chen Yao Guo Yulu Li Jingchun Liu Xiaoju Sun Zhimin Sun Yuansheng Wu Fei Zong

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USA AUS ITA GUA USA GER USA CUB CUB JPN MEX NED TPE AUS PUR CAN USA USA ITA USA CUB CUB PAN CAN AUS JPN TPE AUS MEX PUR PUR CAN MEX NED CHN ESP CUB RSA AUS NED CHN CHN CHN CHN CHN CHN CHN CHN

BEIJING 2008 OLYMPIC GAMES

BEIJING 2008 OLYMPIC GAMES

BEIJING 2008 Beijing 2008 Organising Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) Department of BOCOG 267 Be Si Huan Zhong Lu Haidian District Beijing 10083, China Tel: (+86-10) 66699185 Fax: (+86-10) 66699229 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.beijing2008.com

IBAF Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Technical Committee

BEIJING 2008 OLYMPIC GAMES BASEBALL TOuRNAMENT Japan

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BEIJING 2008 OLYMPIC GAMES

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10:30 11:30 18:00 19:00

Schedule of Events Chinese Taipei vs. Netherlands China vs. Canada Korea vs. USA Cuba vs. Japan

Thursday, August 14

10:30 11:30 18:00 19:00

Netherlands vs. USA Korea vs. China Cuba vs. Canada Chinese Taipei vs. Japan

Friday, August 15

10:30 11:30 18:00 19:00

China vs. Chinese Taipei USA vs. Cuba Canada vs. Korea Japan vs. Netherlands

Saturday, August 16

10:30 11:30 18:00 19:00

USA vs. Canada Cuba vs. Chinese Taipei China vs. Netherlands Japan vs. Korea

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Rest Day

FINAL ROUND

*All games are played on the WKB Main Field

Friday, August 22 10:30 18:00

Semifinal Game Semifinal Game

1st place vs. 4th place 2nd place vs. 3rd place

Saturday, August 23 10:30 18:00 21:25

Bronze Medal Game Gold Medal Game Medal Ceremony

WKB Field 2 WKB Main Field WKB Field 2 WKB Main Field

Sunday, August 17 Rest Day

Monday, August 18

10:30 11:30 18:00 19:00

Canada vs. Japan Chinese Taipei vs. Korea Netherlands vs. Cuba USA vs. China

Tuesday, August 19

10:30 11:30 18:00 19:00

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Thursday, August 21

Wednesday, August 13

10:30 11:30 18:00 19:00

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Netherlands vs. Canada Korea vs. Cuba Japan vs. China USA vs. Chinese Taipei

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Wednesday, August 20

2008 Olympic GAMES Baseball Schedule

Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Qualifying Tournaments

The first place finisher in the 2007 African Continental Olympic Qualifying Championship earned a berth in the 2008 Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament. 1st place: South Africa 2nd place: Nigeria 3rd place: Ghana Also competed (in order of finish): Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Cameroon

South Africa (5-0) Nigeria (3-1)

W–Zimbabwe, 20-0 W–Zimbabwe, 17-3 W–Lesotho, 29-0 W–Ghana, 13-5 W–Cameroon, 16-1 L–S. Africa, 12-2 W–Nigeria, 12-2 W–Cameroon, 22-5 W–Ghana, 15-0

Zimbabwe (2-3)

Lesotho (1-3)

Ghana (3-2)

L–Nigeria, 13-5 W–Cameroon, 22-0 W–Zimbabwe, 3-1 W–Lesotho, 11-5 L–S. Africa, 15-0

Cameroon (0-4)

L–Nigeria, 17-3 W–Cameroon, 18-1 L–Lesotho, 18-1 L–S. Africa, 20-0 L–S. Africa, 29-0 L–Ghana, 22-0 L–Ghana, 3-1 L–Ghana, 11-5 L–S. Africa, 16-1 W–Cameroon, 19-11 L–Zimbabwe, 7-4 L–Zimbabwe, 19-11 W–Lesotho, 7-4

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The first and second place teams from the Americas Championship/ Olympic Qualifier received an automatic bid to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The third and fourth place teams earned a spot in the 2008 Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament. 1st place: USA 2nd place: Cuba 3rd place: Mexico 4th place: Canada Also competed (in order of finish): Venezuela, Panama, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Brazil, and Ecuador

Preliminary Round:

The top four from Group A and Group B advanced to the final round.

Group A:

Cuba, Panama, Dominican Republic, and Nicaragua advanced to the final round. Colombia and Ecuador were eliminated.

Cuba (5-0)

Panama (4-1)

Nicaragua (3-2)

Dom. Rep. (2-3)

Colombia (1-4)

Ecuador (0-5)

W–Panama, 7-6 W–Nicaragua, 11-0 W–Dom. Rep., 17-3 W–Colombia, 14-0 W–Ecuador, 15-1 L–Cuba, 3-17 L–Panama, 2-3 L–Nicaragua, 4-6 W–Colombia, 9-3 W–Ecuador, 13-1

L–Cuba, 6-7 W–Nicaragua, 3-1 W–Dom. Rep., 3-2 W–Colombia, 11-3 W–Ecuador, 15-3 L–Cuba, 0-14 L–Panama, 3-11 L–Nicaragua, 0-4 L–Dom. Rep., 3-9 W–Ecuador, 9-5

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2008 Olympic Games QUALIFYING TOURNAMENTS

2008 Olympic Games QUALIFYING TOURNAMENTS

2007 African Continental Olympic Qualifying Championship; Johannesburg, South Africa

2006 Americas Championship/Olympic Qualifier Havana, Cuba

Group B:

United States, Mexico, Canada, and Venezuela advanced to the final round. Puerto Rico and Brazil were eliminated. W–Mexico, 15-3 W–Canada, 9-3 L–Venezuela, 9-12 W–Puerto Rico, 5-2 W–Brazil, 8-7

Venezuela (2-3)

W–USA, 12-9 L–Mexico, 4-5 L–Canada, 5-7 W–Puerto Rico, 2-1 L–Brazil, 5-10

Mexico (4-1)

L–USA, 3-15 W–Canada, 2-1 W–Venezuela, 5-4 W–Puerto Rico, 8-7 W–Brazil, 2-1

Canada (3-2)

L–USA, 3-9 L–Mexico, 1-2 W–Venezuela, 7-5 W–Puerto Rico, 6-5 W–Brazil, 7-3

Puerto Rico (1-4) Brazil (1-4) L–USA, 2-5 L–Mexico, 7-8 L–Canada, 5-6 L–Venezuela, 1-2 W–Brazil, 10-6

L–USA, 7-8 L–Mexico, 1-2 L–Canada, 3-7 W–Venezuela, 10-5 L–Puerto Rico, 6-10

Cuba (6-1)

Mexico (5-2)

FINAL ROUND USA (6-1)

W–Cuba, 8-5 W–Mexico, 15-3 W–Canada, 9-3 L–Venezuela, 9-12 W–Panama, 11-5 W–Nicaragua, 5-2 W–Dom. Rep., 12-2

L–USA, 5-8 W–Mexico, 4-0 W–Canada, 9-0 W–Venezuela, 10-1 W–Panama, 7-6 W–Nicaragua, 11-0 W–Dom. Rep., 17-3

Canada (4-3)

Venezuela (3-4)

Nicaragua (2-5)

Dom. Rep. (0-7)

L–USA, 3-9 L–Cuba, 0-9 L–Mexico, 1-2 W–Venezuela, 9-5 W–Panama, 15-12 W–Nicaragua, 3-1 W–Dom. Rep., 13-1 L–USA, 2-5 L–Cuba, 0-11 L–Mexico, 0-2 L–Canada, 1-3 W–Venezuela, 6-5 L–Panama, 1-3 W–Dom. Rep., 6-4

W–USA, 12-9 L–Cuba, 1-10 L–Mexico, 4-5 L–Canada, 5-9 W–Panama, 6-2 L–Nicaragua, 5-6 W–Dom. Rep., 8-2

L–USA, 3-15 L–Cuba, 0-4 W–Canada, 2-1 W–Venezuela, 5-4 W–Panama, 10-7 W–Nicaragua, 2-0 W–Dom. Rep., 5-4

The first place team from the 2007 Asian Championships/Olympic Qualifier received an automatic bid to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The second and third place teams earned a spot in the 2008 Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament. 1st Place: Japan 2nd Place: Korea 3rd Place: Chinese Taipei Also competed: Philippines, Thailand, Hong Kong, and Pakistan Note: Philippines advanced from “Group B” with the best overall record (2-0-1), which also included Thailand, Hong Kong and Pakistan (in order of finish). This group competed in a round-robin format over three days prior to the 2007 Asian Championships/Olympic Qualifier in order to see who would round out the group with Chinese Taipei, Japan and Korea.

Japan (3-0)

Korea (2-1) W–Philippines, 10-0 W–Philippines, 13-1 W–Korea, 4-3 L–Japan, 3-4 W–C. Taipei, 10-2 W–C. Taipei, 5-2 Philippines (0-3) L–Korea, 1-13 L–Japan, 0-10 L–C. Taipei, 0-9

Panama (2-5)

L–USA, 5-11 L–Cuba, 6-7 L–Mexico, 7-10 L–Canada, 12-15 L–Venezuela, 2-6 W–Nicaragua, 3-1 W–Dom. Rep., 3-2

L–USA, 2-12 L–Cuba, 3-17 L–Mexico, 4-5 L–Canada, 1-13 L–Venezuela, 2-8 L–Panama, 2-3 L–Nicaragua, 4-6

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2008 Olympic Games QUALIFYING TOURNAMENTS

2008 Olympic Games QUALIFYING TOURNAMENTS

USA (4-1)

2007 Asian Championships/Olympic Qualifier Taichung, Taipei

2007 European Championships/Olympic Qualifier Barcelona, Spain

1st Place: Netherlands 2nd Place: Great Britain 3rd Place: Spain Also competed (in order of finish): Germany, France, Sweden, Italy, Croatia, Ukraine, Russia, Austria, and Czech Republic Note: Although Great Britain finished second, qualifying for the Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament, it regretfully forfeited its right to compete in the event. With its departure, Spain moved into second place and with the best record among the nonqualifying teams, Germany was pushed to the #3 position and thus into the Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

Great Britain, Spain and France advanced to the final round. Italy, Ukraine and Russia were eliminated.

Great Britain (4-1) Spain (4-1) W–Spain, 12-8 W–France, 4-3 L–Italy, 0-6 W–Ukraine, 9-0 W–Russia, 10-7

L–G. Britain, 8-12 W–France, 6-2 W–Italy, 6-4 W–Ukraine, 5-4 W–Russia, 4-0

France (3-2)

Italy (3-2)

Ukraine (1-4)

Russia (0-5)

W–G. Britain, 6-0 L–Spain, 4-6 L–France, 1-5 W–Ukraine, 13-0 W–Russia, 4-3

L–G. Britain, 0-9 L–Spain, 4-5 L–France, 2-6 L–Italy, 0-13 W–Russia, 4-3

L–G. Britain, 3-4 L–Spain, 2-6 W–Italy, 5-1 W–Ukraine, 6-2 W–Russia, 4-2 L–G. Britain,7-10 L–Spain, 0-4 L–France, 2-4 L–Italy, 3-4 L–Ukraine, 3-4

FINAL ROUND Netherlands (5-0) Great Britain (3-2) Spain (3-2)

Preliminary Round:

The top three teams from each group advanced to the final round.

Group A:

Netherlands, Germany and Sweden advanced to the final round. Croatia, Austria and Czech Republic were eliminated.

Netherlands (5-0) Germany (4-1)

Sweden (3-2)

Croatia (2-3)

Czech Republic (0-5)

W–Germany, 6-3 L–Netherlands, 3-6 W–Sweden, 14-2 W–Sweden, 9-1 W–Croatia, 13-0 W–Croatia, 8-7 W–Austria, 22-0 W–Austria, 10-0 W–Czech Rep., 11-0 W–Czech Rep., 6-1

Austria (1-4)

L–Netherlands, 0-13 L–Netherlands, 0-22 L–Germany, 7-8 L–Germany, 0-10 L–Sweden, 2-11 L–Sweden, 1-4 W–Austria, 8-3 L–Croatia, 3-8 W–Czech Rep., 9-0 W–Czech Rep., 9-0

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W–G. Britain, 6-1 W–Spain, 10-8 W–Germany, 6-3 W–France, 18-0 W–Sweden, 14-2

L–Netherlands, 1-6 W–Spain, 12-8 L–Germany, 5-7 W–France, 4-3 W–Sweden, 10-7

L–Netherlands, 8-10 L–G. Britain, 8-12 W–Germany, 11-3 W–France, 6-2 W–Sweden, 8-5

Germany (3-2)

France (1-4)

Sweden (0-5)

L–Netherlands, 3-6 W–G. Britain, 7-5 L–Spain, 3-11 W–France, 7-1 W–Sweden, 9-1

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2008 Olympic Games QUALIFYING TOURNAMENTS

2008 Olympic Games QUALIFYING TOURNAMENTS

The first place team from the 2007 European Championship/ Olympic Qualifier received an automatic bid to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The second and third place teams earned a spot in the 2008 Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

Group B:

2007 Oceania Olympic Qualifying Tournament The first place finisher in the 2007 Oceania Olympic Qualifying Tournament earned a berth in the 2008 Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

Note: With the withdrawal of New Zealand, this event was never held, and as a result, Australia automatically advanced to the Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

L–Canada, 0-11 L–Korea, 5-14 L–C. Taipei, 3-13 L–Mexico, 1-2 L–Australia, 0-9 L–Germany, 0-1 W–S. Africa, 2-1

S. Africa (0-7)

L–Canada, 0-10 L–Korea, 0-5 L–C. Taipei, 0-4 L–Mexico, 0-5 L–Australia, 11-13 L–Germany, 3-4 L–Spain, 1-2

2008 Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament Taichung, Taipei The first, second and third place finishers in the Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament received bids to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. 1st place: Canada 2nd place: Korea 3rd place: Chinese Taipei Also competed (in order of finish): Mexico, Australia, Germany, Spain, and South Africa

Canada (6-1)

Korea (6-1)

Chinese Taipei (5-2)

Mexico (4-3)

Australia (4-3)

Germany (2-5)

W–Korea, 4-3 W–C. Taipei, 6-5 W–Mexico, 15-10 L–Australia, 5-10 W–Germany, 2-1 W–Spain, 11-0 W–S. Africa, 10-0 L–Canada, 10-15 L–Korea, 1-6 L–C. Taipei, 1-6 W–Australia, 7-4 W–Germany, 4-0 W–Spain, 2-1 W–S. Africa, 5-0

L–Canada, 3-4 W–C. Taipei, 4-3 W–Mexico, 6-1 W–Australia, 16-2 W–Germany, 12-1 W–Spain, 14-5 W–S. Africa, 5-0 W–Canada, 10-5 L–Korea, 2-16 L–C. Taipei, 0-5 L–Mexico, 4-7 W–Germany, 4-1 W–Spain, 9-0 W–S. Africa, 13-11

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L–Canada, 5-6 L–Korea, 3-4 W–Mexico, 6-1 W–Australia, 5-0 W–Germany, 4-0 W–Spain, 13-3 W–S. Africa, 4-0 L–Canada, 1-2 L–Korea, 1-12 L–C. Taipei, 0-2 L–Mexico, 0-4 L–Australia, 1-4 W–Spain, 1-0 W–S. Africa, 4-3

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2008 Olympic Games QUALIFYING TOURNAMENTS

2008 Olympic Games QUALIFYING TOURNAMENTS

1st place: Australia

Spain (1-6)

World Baseball Classic

World Baseball Classic

Japan won the first-ever World Baseball Classic by defeating Cuba 10-6, while Korea topped the Dominican Republic to take home the bronze, both of which were played to record crowds. The next World Baseball Classic will be held in 2009 and from that event on, the WBC will be held every four years.

Clásico Mundial de Béisbol El Clásico Mundial de Béisbol (WBC) es un nuevo torneo creado por la Major League Baseball y la Asociación de Jugadores de la Major League, y está sancionado por la IBAF. Este evento nació para rendir tributo a la gran popularidad y al desarrollo del béisbol a nivel internacional. Es un evento muy especial, ya que es el único torneo en el que participan los mejores jugadores de cada país. La primera edición se celebró en Puerto Rico, Japón y Estados Unidos en 2006.

TEAMS

2006

Australia

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Canada

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China

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Chinese Taipei

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Cuba

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Dominican Republic

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Italy

10

Japan

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Korea

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Mexico

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Netherlands

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Panama

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Puerto Rico

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South Africa

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USA

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Venezuela

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WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC

WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC

The World Baseball Classic (WBC) is a new event that was created by the Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association, and is sanctioned by the IBAF. This event was created as a tribute to the growth and popularity of baseball on an international level. What makes the event unique is that it is the only venue in which the top-level players from every participating country compete. The inaugural event in 2006 took place in Puerto Rico, Japan and the United States.

2006 World Baseball Classic Overall Results

Japón ganó el primer Clásico Mundial de Béisbol, derrotando a Cuba por 10-6, mientras que Corea venció a la República Dominicana y se llevó a casa el bronce, y en ambos encuentros hubo record de público. El próximo Clásico Mundial de Béisbol se jugará en 2009 y en adelante se celebrará cada cuatro años.

2006 World Baseball Classic Gold: Japan Silver: Cuba Bronze: Korea Also competed (in order of finish): Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Venezuela, United States, Canada, Italy, Netherlands, Chinese Taipei, Australia, Panama, China, and South Africa.

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Copa Mundial de Béisbol IBAF La Copa Mundial de Béisbol IBAF (BWC) es un torneo internacional aprobado por la IBAF. Estados Unidos y Gran Bretaña fueron los dos únicos equipos que participaron en la primera edición en 1938, cuando Gran Bretaña derrotó a los EEUU en cuatro de los cinco partidos y se llevó la medalla de oro. El número de aficionados fue en aumento, la BWC continuó creciendo, y a partir de 1950, la Copa Mundial se convirtió en parte integrante del béisbol internacional.

The IBAF Baseball World Cup (BWC) is an international event that is sanctioned by the IBAF. In 1938, the United States and Great Britain were the only teams involved in the inaugural event, with Great Britain defeating the USA in four of the five games to win the gold medal. With an increasing fan base, the BWC continued to grow, and from 1950 on, the event became a fixture within the international baseball community. As the BWC grew, so did the level by which Cuba dominated. The international power has medaled in 29 of the 37 tournaments and leads all countries in gold medal finishes with 25. The United States and Venezuela are tied for second in gold medals with three. The United States won the 2007 IBAF Baseball World Cup title for only the third time ever, beating Cuba 6-3 in the final. This was the first time that the United States won the Baseball World Cup when Cuba was also competing in the event. Cuba, going for its 10th straight Baseball World Cup championship, came in second while Japan shutout the Netherlands in the bronze medal match, 5-0. The United States’ lone loss of the tournament came in a 6-2 upset loss to Italy. The next IBAF Baseball World Cup will be held in Italy and throughout Europe in 2009, and will be an environmentally-friendly “green” event.

A medida que se desarrollaba la Copa Mundial, aumentaba el dominio de Cuba. Esta potencia internacional ha cosechado medallas en 29 de los 37 torneos celebrados hasta la fecha es líder en el medallero, con 25 medallas de oro. Estados Unidos y Venezuela le siguen, empatados con tres medallas de oro cada uno. Los Estados Unidos ganaron por tercera vez el título de la Copa Mundial del Béisbol de la IBAF en 2007, venciendo a Cuba por 6-3 en la final. Era la primera vez que los Estados Unidos ganaban la Copa Mundial de Béisbol compitiendo también Cuba. Precisamente los cubanos, que iban en pos de su 10º triunfo seguido en la Copa Mundial de Béisbol, quedaron segundos, mientras que Japón vencía por 5-0 a los Países Bajos en el partido por la medalla de bronce. La única derrota de los Estados Unidos en el torneo fue contra Italia, con un resultado de 6-2 abajo. La próxima Copa Mundial de Béisbol de la IBAF se celebrará en Italia y en otros países europeos en 2009 y será un evento que no hace daño al medioambiente.

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IBAF Baseball World Cup Overall Results I BASEBALL WORLD CUP Great Britain, 1938 Gold: Great Britain Silver: USA

Venezuela, 1944 Gold: Venezuela Silver: Mexico Bronze: Cuba Also competed (in order of finish): Panama, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Nicaragua, and Puerto Rico

Cuba, 1939 Gold: Cuba Silver: Nicaragua Bronze: USA

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Cuba, 1940 Gold: Cuba Silver*: Nicaragua Silver*: USA Also competed (in order of finish): Venezuela, Hawaii, Mexico, and Puerto Rico * There was no Bronze medal awarded in this tournament.

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Cuba, 1941 Gold: Venezuela Silver: Cuba Bronze: Mexico Also competed (in order of finish): Panama, Dominican Republic, USA, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, and El Salvador

V BASEBALL WORLD CUP Cuba, 1942 Gold: Cuba Silver: Dominican Republic Bronze: Venezuela Also competed (in order of finish): Mexico and USA VI BASEBALL WORLD CUP

Colombia, 1947 Gold: Colombia Silver: Puerto Rico Bronze: Nicaragua Also competed (in order of finish): Mexico, Venezuela, Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Guatemala

X BASEBALL WORLD CUP Nicaragua, 1948 Gold: Dominican Republic Silver: Puerto Rico Bronze: Colombia Also competed (in order of finish): Mexico, Panama, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and El Salvador XI BASEBALL WORLD CUP

Nicaragua, 1950 Gold: Cuba Silver: Dominican Republic Bronze: Venezuela Also competed (in order of finish): Panama, Nicaragua, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Honduras

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Cuba, 1943 Gold: Cuba Silver: Mexico Bronze: Dominican Republic Also competed: Panama

Mexico, 1951 Gold: Puerto Rico Silver: Venezuela Bronze: Cuba Also competed (in order of finish): Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador

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XIII BASEBALL WORLD CUP Cuba, 1952 Gold: Cuba Silver: Dominican Republic Bronze: Puerto Rico Also competed (in order of finish): Panama, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Mexico, Colombia, Netherlands Antilles, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Honduras XIV BASEBALL WORLD CUP Venezuela, 1953 Gold: Cuba Silver: Venezuela Bronze: Nicaragua Also competed (in order of finish): Dominican Republic, Panama, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, and El Salvador XV BASEBALL WORLD CUP

Costa Rica, 1961 Gold: Cuba Silver: Mexico Bronze: Venezuela Also competed (in order of finish): Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Netherlands Antilles, Honduras, and El Salvador

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Colombia, 1965 Gold: Colombia Silver: Mexico Bronze: Puerto Rico Also competed (in order of finish): Panama, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Netherlands Antilles, and El Salvador Dominican Republic, 1969 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Dominican Republic Also competed (in order of finish): Venezuela, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Mexico, Guatemala, and Netherlands Antilles

Colombia, 1970 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Puerto Rico Also competed (in order of finish): Colombia, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Netherlands Antilles, Italy, Canada, and Netherlands

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Cuba, 1971 Gold: Cuba Silver: Colombia Bronze: Nicaragua Also competed (in order of finish): Puerto Rico, Panama, Canada, Dominican Republic, Italy, Mexico, and Netherlands Antilles

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Nicaragua, 1972 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Nicaragua Also competed (in order of finish): Japan, Panama, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Chinese Taipei, Canada, Guatemala, Honduras, Brazil, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Italy, and Germany

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Nicaragua, 1973 Gold: USA Silver: Nicaragua Bronze: Puerto Rico Also competed (in order of finish): Colombia, Chinese Taipei, Honduras, Canada, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Germany

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USA, 1974 Gold: USA Silver: Nicaragua Bronze: Colombia Also competed (in order of finish): Dominican Republic, Canada, Puerto Rico, Italy, Chinese Taipei, and South Africa

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Colombia, 1976 Gold: Cuba Silver: Puerto Rico Bronze: Japan Also competed (in order of finish): Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Korea, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Panama, Mexico, and Netherlands Italy, 1978 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Korea Also competed (in order of finish): Japan, Nicaragua, Italy, Netherlands, Mexico, Canada, Australia, and Belgium XXVI BASEBALL WORLD CUP Japan, 1980 Gold: Cuba Silver: Korea Bronze: Japan Also competed (in order of finish): USA, Canada, Italy, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Australia, Mexico, and Netherlands

XXVII BASEBALL WORLD CUP Korea, 1982 Gold: Korea Silver: Japan Bronze: USA Also competed (in order of finish): Chinese Taipei, Canada, Netherlands, Panama, Dominican Republic, Italy, and Australia Cuba, 1984 Gold: Cuba Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: USA Japan, Korea, Panama, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Netherlands Antilles, Italy, Dominican Republic, and Netherlands

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Netherlands, 1986 Gold: Cuba Silver: Korea Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed (in order of finish): USA, Japan, Italy, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Netherlands, Colombia, Netherlands Antilles, and Belgium

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Canada, 1990 Gold: Cuba Silver: Nicaragua Bronze: Korea Also competed (in order of finish): Puerto Rico, Japan, Chinese Taipei, USA, Canada, Netherlands, Italy, Mexico, and Venezuela

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Nicaragua, 1994 Gold: Cuba Silver: Korea Bronze: Japan Also competed (in order of finish): Nicaragua, Panama, Chinese Taipei, Italy, USA, Australia, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Canada, Sweden, and France

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Italy, 1998 Gold: Cuba Silver: Korea Bronze: Nicaragua Also competed (in order of finish): Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Australia, Dominican Republic, USA, Panama, Canada, China, Chinese Taipei, Spain, South Africa, and Russian Federation

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Chinese Taipei, 2001 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed (in order of finish): Japan, Panama, Korea, Netherlands, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Australia, Canada, Italy, Russian Federation, South Africa, France, and Philippines

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Italy, 1988 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed (in order of finish): Japan, Canada, Puerto Rico, Nicaragua, Korea, Italy, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, and Spain

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Cuba, 2003 Gold: Cuba Silver: Panama Bronze: Japan Also competed (in order of finish): Chinese Taipei, USA, Nicaragua, Brazil, Korea, Canada, Netherlands, Mexico, Italy, Russian Federation, China, and France

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Netherlands, 2005 Gold: Cuba Silver: Korea Bronze: Panama Also competed (in order of finish): Netherlands, Japan, Nicaragua, USA, Puerto Rico, Canada, Australia, China, Chinese Taipei, Brazil, Colombia, Spain, Sweden, Czech Republic, and South Africa

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Chinese Taipei, 2007 Gold: USA Silver: Cuba Bronze: Japan Also competed (in order of finish): Netherlands, Korea, Australia, Mexico, Chinese Taipei, Canada, Italy, Panama, Venezuela, Spain, Germany, South Africa, and Thailand

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For over 35 years, the Intercontinental Cup has been one of the premier international baseball tournaments in the world. The event, which since 2002 takes place every four years in alternate with the Olympic Games, features international baseball powers from all over the world competing to take home the gold. Cuba holds a commanding lead in Intercontinental Cup titles with 10. With the Beijing Olympic Games on tap for 2008, the Intercontinental Cup will not be played.

Copa Intercontinental Durante más de 35 años, la Copa Intercontinental ha sido uno de los principales torneos internacionales de béisbol. En esta competición, que desde 2002 se celebra cada cuatro años alternando con los Juegos Olímpicos, se enfrentan potencias internacionales del béisbol de todo el mundo. Cuba es líder en victorias, con 10. Debido a la celebración de los Juegos Olímpicos de Pekín en 2008, la Copa Intercontinental no se jugará este año.

Intercontinental Cup Overall Results I Intercontinental Cup

Italy, 1973 Gold: Japan Silver: Puerto Rico Bronze: USA Also competed (in order of finish): Nicaragua, Canada, Italy, Chinese Taipei, and Argentina

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Canada, 1975 Gold: USA Silver: Japan Bronze: Nicaragua Also competed (in order of finish): Canada, Puerto Rico, Korea, Italy, and Colombia

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Nicaragua, 1977 Gold: Korea Silver: USA Bronze: Japan Also competed (in order of finish): Nicaragua, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Chinese Taipei, Canada, and Venezuela

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Cuba, 1979 Gold: Cuba Silver: Japan Bronze: USA Also competed (in order of finish): Nicaragua, Puerto Rico and Panama

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Canada, 1981 Gold: USA Silver: Cuba Bronze: Dominican Republic Also competed (in order of finish): Korea, Canada, Japan, Panama, and Australia

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Belgium, 1983 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed (in order of finish): Netherlands, Korea, Canada, and Nicaragua

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Canada, 1985 Gold: Cuba Silver: Korea Bronze: Japan Also competed (in order of finish): Chinese Taipei, Canada, USA, Nicaragua, and Australia

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Cuba, 1987 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Japan Also competed (in order of finish): Chinese Taipei, Canada, Korea, Mexico, Nicaragua, Aruba, and Italy

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Puerto Rico, 1989 Gold: Cuba Silver: Japan Bronze: Puerto Rico Also competed (in order of finish): Korea, Chinese Taipei, USA, and Italy

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Spain, 1991 Gold: Cuba Silver: Japan Bronze: Nicaragua Also competed (in order of finish): Chinese Taipei, Korea, Mexico, Italy, Spain, USSR, and France

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Cuba, 1995 Gold: Cuba Silver: Japan Bronze: Nicaragua Also competed (in order of finish): Korea, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Chinese Taipei, Mexico, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, and South Africa

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Spain, 1997 Gold: Japan Silver: Cuba Bronze: Australia Also competed (in order of finish): USA, Nicaragua, Italy, France, and Spain

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Australia, 1999 Gold: Australia Silver: Cuba Bronze: Japan Also competed (in order of finish): USA, Chinese Taipei, Italy, Korea, and Netherlands

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Cuba, 2002 Gold: Cuba Silver: Korea Bronze: Dominican Republic Also competed (in order of finish): Chinese Taipei, Japan, Venezuela, Italy, Netherlands, Brazil, Mexico, and China

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Chinese Taipei, 2006 Gold: Cuba Silver: Netherlands Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed (in order of finish): Japan, Australia, Italy, Korea, and Philippines

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Italy, 1993 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Japan Also competed (in order of finish): Nicaragua, Korea, Australia, Mexico, Italy, Spain, and France

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TEAMS TEAMS Argentina Argentina Aruba Aruba

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In 2006, Korea defeated the United States 4-3 in the gold medal game of the IBAF “AAA” World Junior Championships (18U), while Canada took the bronze. This was Korea’s fourth gold medal since the tournament’s inception in 1981. Cuba leads all countries with 11 gold medals in the championships, but did not place in 2006. Edmonton, Canada will be the host for the 2008 IBAF “AAA” World Junior Championships (18U).

“AAA” Campeonatos Mundiales Junior IBAF (18U) En 2006, Corea derrotó a los Estados Unidos por 4-3 en la final de los “AAA” Campeonatos Mundiales Junior IBAF (18U), y Canadá se llevó el bronce. Era la cuarta medalla de oro para Corea desde el inicio del torneo en 1981. Cuba es líder de esta competición, con 11 medallas de oro, pero no la ganó en 2006. Edmonton (Canadá) será la ciudad organizadora de los “AAA” Campeonatos Mundiales Junior IBAF (18U) en 2008. USA, 1981 Gold: Korea Silver: USA Bronze: Australia

Canada, 1984 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Chinese Taipei

USA, 1982 Gold: USA Silver: Japan Bronze: Australia

USA, 1985 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Chinese Taipei

USA, 1983 Gold: Chinese Taipei Silver: USA Bronze: Canada

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USA, 1995 Gold: USA Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: Australia

Australia, 1988 Gold: USA Silver: Cuba Bronze: Chinese Taipei

Cuba, 1996 Gold: Cuba Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: USA

Canada, 1989 Gold: USA Silver: Cuba Bronze: Australia

Canada, 1997 Gold: Cuba Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: Canada

Cuba, 1990 Gold: Cuba Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: USA

Chinese Taipei , 1999 Gold: USA Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: Cuba

Canada, 1991 Gold: Canada Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: USA

Canada, 2000 Gold: Korea Silver: USA Bronze: Cuba

Mexico, 1992 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Chinese Taipei

Canada, 2002 Gold: Cuba Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: USA

Canada, 1993 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Chinese Taipei

Chinese Taipei, 2004 Gold: Cuba Silver: Japan Bronze: Korea

Canada, 1994 Gold: Korea Silver: USA Bronze: Chinese Taipei

Cuba, 2006 Gold: Korea Silver: USA Bronze: Canada

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IBAF “AA” World YOUTH Championships (16U) The IBAF “AA” World Youth Championships (16U) is an international event that features the premier 16-and-under baseball talent throughout the world. What started as an annual event has now become a bi-annual tournament. Cuba and the United States have dominated the World Youths, with five and three gold medals, respectively. The last IBAF “AA” World Youth Championships (16U) was held in 2005 with Cuba winning its fifth gold medal. The 2007 event was played, but was not sanctioned by the IBAF, and the next event will be held in 2009.

Los “AA” Campeonatos Mundiales Juveniles IBAF (16U) constituyen un acontecimiento internacional en el que participan los mejores jugadores del mundo de hasta 16 años de edad. Este torneo empezó jugándose cada año, pero ahora se ha convertido en un torneo bi-anual. Cuba y los Estados Unidos son los protagonistas del medallero en los “AA” Campeonatos Mundiales Juveniles IBAF (16U): Cuba ha ganado cinco medallas de oro y los Estados Unidos han ganado tres. Los últimos “AA” Campeonatos Mundiales Juveniles IBAF (16U) se celebraron en 2005 y el vencedor fue Cuba, que se alzó con su quinta medalla de oro. Los Campeonatos Mundiales Juveniles de 2007 se jugaron pero no fueron aprobados por la IBAF. La próxima edición se jugará en 2009.

Chinese Taipei, 1997 Gold: Cuba Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: Australia

Mexico, 1990 Gold: Japan Silver: Brazil Bronze: Cuba

USA, 1998 Gold: USA Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: Venezuela

Australia, 1991 Gold: Chinese Taipei Silver: Japan Bronze: Brazil

Mexico, 2001 Gold: USA Silver: Venezuela Bronze: Australia

Brazil, 1993 Gold: Brazil Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: Korea

Chinese Taipei, 2003 Gold: USA Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: Cuba

Mexico, 1994 Gold: Cuba Silver: Dominican Rep. Bronze: Brazil

Mexico, 2005 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Australia *The 2007 Youth World Championships were not sanctioned by the IBAF.

Brazil, 1995 Gold: Cuba Silver: Brazil Bronze: USA Japan, 1996 Gold: Cuba Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: USA

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Japan, 1989 Gold: Japan Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: China

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Canada, 2004 Gold: USA Silver: Japan Bronze: Canada Also competed (in order of finish): Australia and Chinese Taipei

II Women’s Baseball World Cup The IBAF Women’s Baseball World Cup is still a relatively new addition among the IBAF’s international competitions. In its first year – in 2004 – the IBAF Women’s Baseball World Cup featured five nations, with the United States securing the gold medal in a 2-0 shutout of Japan in the finals. In 2006, the number of participating teams increased, further illustrating the growth of the sport internationally among the female baseball community. With more fans in attendance than ever before, seven teams gathered in Taipei to see the United States bring home the gold, again taking down Japan in the final, 13-11. The United States is looking for a three-peat in the summer of 2008 as the IBAF Women’s Baseball World Cup will be played in Matsuyama, Japan. Making an appearance in this tournament will again be Canada, Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei, and newcomers India and Korea.

La Copa Mundial de Béisbol Femenino IBAF sigue siendo relativamente reciente entre las competiciones internacionales de la IBAF. En su primera edición – en 2004 – la Copa Mundial de Béisbol Femenino contó con cinco naciones participantes, y los Estados Unidos ganaron la medalla de oro en la final contra Japón por 2-0. En 2006, el número de equipos aumentó, lo que ilustra muy claramente el crecimiento del béisbol femenino a nivel mundial. Con más público que nunca, siete equipos se enfrentaron en Taipei y los Estados Unidos ganaron el oro, venciendo una vez más a Japón en la final por 13-11.

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Chinese Taipei, 2006 Gold: USA Silver: Japan Bronze: Canada Also competed (in order of finish): Australia, Chinese Taipei, Cuba, and Hong Kong

Los Estados Unidos quieren seguir con la racha de tres triunfos ya que en verano de 2008 la Copa Mundial de Béisbol Femenino IBAF se jugará en Matsuyama (Japón). En este torneo participarán de nuevo Canadá, Japón, Australia, Hong Kong, China Taipei, y los recién llegados India y Corea.

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ABSA African Baseball & Softball Association

7th All Africa Games Baseball Competition

South Africa, 1999 Gold: South Africa Silver: Nigeria Bronze: Zimbabwe Also competed (in order of finish): Ghana, Lesotho and Uganda

IV Africa Cup Baseball Championship Uganda, 2001 Gold: South Africa Silver: Nigeria Bronze: Uganda Also competed: Kenya

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I Africa Cup Baseball Championship

Zimbabwe, 1992 Gold: South Africa Silver: Zimbabwe Bronze: Nigeria Also competed: Namibia

Nigeria, 2003 Gold: South Africa Silver: Nigeria Bronze: Zimbabwe Also competed (in order of finish): Uganda and Lesotho

2007 African Continental Olympic Qualifying Championship

II Africa Cup Baseball Championship

South Africa, 1993 Gold: South Africa Silver: Zimbabwe Bronze: Nigeria Also competed (in order of finish): Namibia and Zambia

South Africa Gold: South Africa Silver: Nigeria Bronze: Ghana Also competed (in order of finish): Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Cameroon

III Africa Cup Baseball Championship

Zimbabwe, 1995 Gold: South Africa Silver: Zimbabwe Bronze: Nigeria Also competed: Zambia

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I Pan American Games

Argentina, 1951 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Mexico Also competed (in order of finish): Nicaragua, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, and Argentina

II Pan American Games

Mexico, 1955 Gold: Dominican Republic Silver: USA Bronze: Venezuela Also competed (in order of finish): Mexico, Netherlands Antilles

III Pan American Games

USA, 1959 Gold: Venezuela Silver: Puerto Rico Bronze: USA Also competed (in order of finish): Cuba, Mexico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, and Brazil

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ABSA OVERALL RESuLTS

CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Brazil, 1963 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Mexico Also competed (in order of finish): Venezuela and Brazil

V Pan American Games

Canada, 1967 Gold: USA Silver: Cuba Bronze: Puerto Rico Also competed (in order of finish): Mexico and Canada

VI Pan American Games

Colombia, 1971 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Colombia Also competed (in order of finish): Canada, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, and Mexico VII Pan American Games Mexico, 1975 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Venezuela Also competed (in order of finish): Mexico, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Canada, Puerto Rico, and El Salvador

VIII Pan American Games

Puerto Rico, 1979 Gold: Cuba Silver: Dominican Republic Bronze: Puerto Rico Also competed (in order of finish): USA, Bahamas, Venezuela, Colombia, Canada, and Mexico

IX Pan American Games

Canada, 1983 Gold: Cuba Silver: Nicaragua Bronze: USA Also competed (in order of finish): Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Panama, Canada, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Netherlands Antilles, and Brazil

X Pan American Games

USA, 1987 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Puerto Rico Also competed (in order of finish): Canada, Nicaragua, Aruba, Venezuela, and Netherlands Antilles

XI Pan American Games

Cuba, 1991 Gold: Cuba Silver: Puerto Rico Bronze: USA Also competed (in order of finish): Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Mexico, Aruba, Canada, and Netherlands Antilles

XII Pan American Games

Argentina, 1995 Gold: Cuba Silver: Nicaragua Bronze: Puerto Rico Also competed (in order of finish): Mexico, Panama, Argentina, Netherlands Antilles, Brazil, USA, and Guatemala

XIII Pan American Games

Canada, 1999 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Canada Also competed (in order of finish): Panama, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Guatemala, and Brazil (Mexico disqualified)

XIV Pan American Games

Dominican Republic, 2003 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Mexico Also competed (in order of finish): Nicaragua, Brazil, Panama, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, and Bahamas

XV Pan American Games

Brazil, 2007 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Mexico/Nicaragua* Also competed (in order of finish): Panama, Dominican Republic, Brazil, and Venezuela *Game cancelled due to weather

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IV Pan American Games

CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

TEAMS TEAMS Aruba Aruba Argentina Argentina Bahamas Bahamas Brazil Brazil Canada Canada Colombia Colombia Costa Rica Costa Cuba Rica Cuba Dom. Rep. Dom. Rep. El Salvador ElGuatemala Salvador Guatemala Mexico Mexico Net. Antilles Net. Antilles Nicaragua Nicaragua Panama Panama Puerto Rico Puerto USA Rico USA Venezuela Venezuela TEAMS TEAMS Aruba Aruba Argentina Argentina Bahamas Bahamas Brazil Brazil Canada Canada Colombia Colombia Costa Rica Costa Cuba Rica Cuba Dom. Rep. Dom. Rep. El Salvador ElGuatemala Salvador

I 1951 I ARG 1951 . ARG

II 1955 II MEX 1955 . MEX

III 1959 III USA 1959 . USA

IV 1963 IV BRA 1963 . BRA

V 1967 V CAN 1967 . CAN

VI 1971 VI COL 1971 . COL

VII 1975 VII MEX 1975 . MEX

VIII 1979 VIII PUR 1979 . PUR

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.. .. .. . 4 43

.. .. .. . 7 76

.. . 5 5. . 8 87

. 6 64 48 8. .. . 5 5. . 7 7. . 2 23

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.. .. .. . 5 5. .. . 2 2. ..

6. . 1 15 59

.. . 4 4. .. . . . 3 31

3. . 1 17 7. .. . 9 9. . 8 8. . 5 52

9. . 4 4. .. . . . 8 82

7. . 1 12 2. .. . 9 9. .. . . . 3 34

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26 6XIV

23 3XV

46 6

2003 XIV DOM 2003 . DOM

2007 XV BRA 2007 . BRA

.. . 9 95 5. .. ..

.. .. . 6 6. .. ..

. 1 17 7. . 8 83 3. . 4 46 6. . 2 2. .

. 1 15 5. ..

.. . 3 3. . 4 4. .. . 2 25 5 IX 1983 IX CAN 1983 .. CAN

.. . .. . 11 117 78 8. . 1 14 4. ..

Net. Antilles Nicaragua Nicaragua Panama Panama Puerto Rico

.. . 10 10 2 26 69

Puerto USA Rico USA Venezuela

93 35

Venezuela

5

Guatemala Mexico Mexico Net. Antilles

BFA Championships

.. .. .. . 1 1. .. . 4 45

31 1XI

.. . 3 3. .. . . .. . 2 24 4 XII

1987 X USA 1987 6 USA

1991 XI CUB 1991 7 CUB

1995 XII ARG 1995 . ARG

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. 1 1. .. . 10 10 4 47 72 25 53 39 9. .

XIII 1999 XIII CAN 1999 . CAN

.. .. . 8 83 3. ..

. 1 15 5. . 7 7. .. . 6 64 4. . 2 2. .

BFA Baseball Federation of Asia

I BFA Championship

Philippines, 1954 Gold: Philippines Silver: Japan Bronze: Korea Also competed: Chinese Taipei II BFA Championship Philippines, 1955 Gold: Japan Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: Korea Also competed: Philippines

III BFA Championship

Japan, 1959 Gold: Japan Silver: Korea Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed: Philippines

. 3 3. . 3 34 4. . 2 27 7

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CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

COPABE OVERALL RESULTS

CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Chinese Taipei, 1962 Gold: Japan Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: Korea Also competed: Philippines V BFA Championship Korea, 1963 Gold: Korea Silver: Japan Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed: Philippines

XI BFA Championship

VI BFA Championship

XIII BFA Championship

Philippines, 1965 Gold: Japan Silver: Korea Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed: Philippines

VII BFA Championship

Japan, 1967 Gold: Japan Silver: Korea Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed: Philippines

VIII BFA Championship

Chinese Taipei, 1969 Gold: Japan Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: Philippines Also competed: Korea

IX BFA Championship

Korea, 1971 Gold: Korea Silver: Japan Bronze: Philippines Also competed (in order of finish): Australia and Chinese Taipei

X BFA Championship

Philippines, 1973 Gold: Japan Silver: Korea Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed (in order of finish): Philippines and Australia

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Korea, 1975 Gold: Korea Silver: Japan Bronze: Australia Also competed (in order of finish): Chinese Taipei and Philippines XII BFA Championship Korea, 1983 Gold: Korea Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: Japan Also competed (in order of finish): Australia and Philippines Australia, 1985 Gold: Japan Silver: Korea Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed (in order of finish): Australia and China XIV BFA Championship Japan, 1987 Gold: Chinese Taipei Silver: Japan Bronze: Korea Also competed (in order of finish): Guam, Australia, China, and India XV BFA Championship Korea, 1989 Gold: Japan Silver: Korea Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed (in order of finish): China, Guam, Philippines, and India

XVI BFA Championship

China, 1991 Gold: Japan Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: Korea Also competed (in order of finish): Australia, Philippines, China, and Guam

130

CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

IV BFA Championship

CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

XXlll BFA Championship

Japan, 2005 Gold: Japan Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: China Also competed (in order of finish): Korea, Philippines and Thailand

XXIV BFA Championship

XVIII BFA Championship

Japan, 1995 Gold: Japan Silver: Korea Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed (in order of finish): China, Philippines and Thailand

XIX BFA Championship

Chinese Taipei, 2007 Gold: Japan Silver: Korea Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed (in order of finish): Philippines, Thailand, Hong Kong, and Pakistan

Chinese Taipei, 1997 Gold: Korea Silver: Japan Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed (in order of finish): China, Thailand and Philippines

BFA OVERALL RESuLTS

XX BFA Championship

Australia

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.

.

.

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China

.

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.

.

.

.

.

Chinese Taipei

4

2

3

2

3

3

3

2

Korea, 1999 Gold: Korea Silver: Japan Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed (in order of finish): China, Philippines and Thailand

TEAMS

I 1954 PHI

II 1955 PHI

III 1959 JPN

IV 1962 TPE

V 1963 KOR

VI 1965 PHI

VII 1967 JPN

VIII 1969 TPE

Guam

.

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.

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.

Hong Kong

.

.

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.

.

.

.

India

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Chinese Taipei, 2001 Gold: Chinese Taipei Silver: Korea Bronze: Japan Also competed (in order of finish): Philippines and Indonesia

Indonesia

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Japan

2

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

Korea

3

3

2

3

1

2

2

4

Korea DPR

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

XXII BFA Championship & Olympic Qualification

Pakistan

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Philippines

1

4

4

4

4

4

4

3

Thailand

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

XXI BFA Championship

Japan, 2003 Gold: Japan Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: Korea Also competed (in order of finish): China, Philippines, Indonesia, and Pakistan

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132

CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

XVII BFA Championship

Australia, 1993 Gold: Japan Silver: Korea Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed (in order of finish): Australia, China, Korea, and Philippines

CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

CEB CHAMPIONSHIPS

TEAMS

IX 1971 KOR

X 1973 PHI

XI 1975 KOR

XII 1983 KOR

XIII 1985 AUS

XIV 1987 JPN

XV 1989 KOR

XVI 1991 CHN

Australia

4

5

3

4

4

5

.

4

China

.

.

.

.

5

6

4

6

Chinese Taipei

5

3

4

2

3

1

3

2

Guam

.

.

.

.

.

4

5

7

Hong Kong

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

India

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.

.

.

.

7

7

.

Indonesia

.

.

.

.

.

.

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.

Japan

2

1

2

3

1

2

1

1

Korea

1

2

1

1

2

3

2

3

Korea DPR

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

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Pakistan

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Philippines

3

4

5

5

.

.

6

5

Thailand

.

.

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.

.

.

.

TEAMS

XVII 1993 AUS

XVIII 1995 JPN

XIX 1997 TPE

XX 1999 KOR

XXI 2001 TPE

XXII 2003 JPN

XXIII 2005 JPN

XXIV 2007 TPE

Australia

4

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

China

5

4

4

4

.

4

3

.

Chinese Taipei

3

3

3

3

1

2

2

3

Guam

.

.

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.

.

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.

.

Hong Kong

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

6

India

.

.

.

.

.

.

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.

Indonesia

.

.

.

.

5

6

.

.

Japan

1

1

2

2

3

1

1

1

Korea

2

2

1

1

2

3

4

2

Korea DPR

6

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Pakistan

.

.

.

.

.

7

.

7

Philippines

7

5

6

5

4

5

5

4

Thailand

.

6

5

6

.

.

6

5

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CEB European Confederation of Baseball Confédération Européenne de Baseball

I European Championship Belgium, 1954 Gold: Italy Silver: Spain Bronze: Belgium Also competed: Germany

II European Championship

Spain, 1955 Gold: Spain Silver: Belgium Bronze: Germany Also competed (in order of finish): Italy and France

III European Championship

Italy, 1956 Gold: Netherlands Silver: Belgium Bronze: Italy Also competed (in order of finish): Spain and Germany

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CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

BFA OVERALL RESuLTS (CONTINuED)

CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Germany, 1957 Gold: Netherlands Silver: Germany Bronze: Italy Also competed (in order of finish): Spain and Belgium

V European Championship

Netherlands, 1958 Gold: Netherlands Silver: Italy Bronze: Germany Also competed (in order of finish): Belgium, Spain and France

VI European Championship

Spain, 1960 Gold: Netherlands Silver: Italy Bronze: Spain Also competed: Germany

VII European Championship

Netherlands, 1962 Gold: Netherlands Silver: Italy Bronze: Spain Also competed (in order of finish): Belgium, Germany, France, and Sweden

XI European Championship

Germany, 1969 Gold: Netherlands Silver: Italy Bronze: Spain Also competed (in order of finish): Germany, Belgium, Sweden, and France

XII European Championship

Italy, 1971 Gold: Netherlands Silver: Italy Bronze: Germany Also competed (in order of finish): Belgium, San Marino, Spain, Great Britain, Sweden, and France

XIII European Championship

Netherlands, 1973 Gold: Netherlands Silver: Italy Bronze: Spain Also competed (in order of finish): Belgium, Sweden and France

XIV European Championship

VIII European Championship

Spain, 1975 Gold: Italy Silver: Netherlands Bronze: Germany Also competed (in order of finish): Spain, Sweden and France

IX European Championship

Netherlands, 1977 Gold: Italy Silver: Netherlands Bronze: Belgium Also competed (in order of finish): Sweden and Spain

X European Championship

Italy, 1979 Gold: Italy Silver: Netherlands Bronze: Belgium Also competed: Sweden

Italy, 1964 Gold: Netherlands Silver: Italy Bronze: Spain Also competed (in order of finish): Sweden and France

XVI European Championship

Spain, 1965 Gold: Netherlands Silver: Italy Bronze: Germany Also competed (in order of finish): Spain and Sweden Belgium, 1967 Gold: Belgium Silver: Great Britain Bronze: Germany Also competed (in order of finish): Spain and Sweden

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XV European Championship



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CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

IV European Championship

CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Netherlands, 1981 Gold: Netherlands Silver: Italy Bronze: Sweden Also competed: Belgium

XVIII European Championship

Italy, 1983 Gold: Italy Silver: Netherlands Bronze: Belgium Also competed (in order of finish): Spain, Sweden and France

XIX European Championship

Netherlands, 1985 Gold: Netherlands Silver: Italy Bronze: Belgium Also competed (in order of finish): Sweden, Spain and San Marino

XX European Championship

Spain, 1987 Gold: Netherlands Silver: Italy Bronze: Spain Also competed (in order of finish): Belgium, Sweden, France, and Germany

XXI European Championship

France, 1989 Gold: Italy Silver: Netherlands Bronze: Spain Also competed (in order of finish): Sweden, France, Belgium, Great Britain, and Germany

XXII European Championship

Italy, 1991 Gold: Italy Silver: Netherlands Bronze: Spain Also competed (in order of finish): France, Belgium, USSR, Sweden, and Great Britain

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XXIII European Championship

Sweden, 1993 Gold: Netherlands Silver: Italy Bronze: Sweden Also competed (in order of finish): France, Spain, Belgium, Germany, and Russia

XXIV European Championship

Netherlands, 1995 Gold: Netherlands Silver: Italy Bronze: Belgium Also competed (in order of finish): Spain, France, Germany, Sweden, Russia, Ukraine, and Slovenia

XXV European Championship

France, 1997 Gold: Italy Silver: Netherlands Bronze: Spain Also competed (in order of finish): Russia, France, Belgium, Czech Republic, Sweden, Great Britain, Germany, Ukraine, and Slovenia

XXVI European Championship

Italy, 1999 Gold: Netherlands Silver: Italy Bronze: France Also competed (in order of finish): Russia, Spain, Belgium, Sweden, Czech Republic, Great Britain, Germany, Croatia, and Slovenia

XXVII European Championship

Germany, 2001 Gold: Netherlands Silver: Russia Bronze: Italy Also competed (in order of finish): France, Czech Republic, Spain, Germany, Croatia, Belgium, Great Britain, Ukraine, and Sweden

138

CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

XVII European Championship

CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Netherlands, 2003 Gold: Netherlands Silver: Greece Bronze: Spain Also competed (in order of finish): Sweden, Italy, Czech Republic, France, Russia, Great Britain, Croatia, Belgium, and Germany

XXIX European Championship

Czech Republic, 2005 Gold: Netherlands Silver: Italy Bronze: Spain Also competed (in order of finish): Germany, Czech Republic, France, Great Britain, Sweden, Greece, Ukraine, Russia, and Croatia

XXX European Championships

Spain, 2007 Gold: Netherlands Silver: Great Britain Bronze: Spain Also competed (in order of finish): Germany, France, Sweden, Italy, Croatia, Ukraine, Russia, Austria, and Czech Republic

CEB OVERALL RESuLTS TEAMS

I 1954 BEL

II 1955 ESP

III 1956 ITA

IV 1957 GER

V 1958 NED

VI 1960 ESP

VII 1962 NED

VIII 1964 ITA

Austria

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Belgium

3

2

2

5

4

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4

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Croatia

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Czech Rep.

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France

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5

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.

6

.

6

5

Germany

4

3

5

2

3

4

5

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Great Britain

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Greece

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.

.

.

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.

Italy

1

4

3

3

2

2

2

2

Netherlands

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1

1

1

1

1

1

Russia

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San Marino

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Slovenia

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Spain

2

1

4

4

5

3

3

3

Sweden

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7

4

Ukraine

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USSR

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.

.

.

.

.

IX 1965 ESP

X 1967 BEL

XI 1969 GER

XII 1971 ITA

XIII 1973 NED

XIV 1975 ESP

XV 1977 NED

XVI 1979 ITA

TEAMS Austria

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Belgium

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1

5

4

4

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3

3

Croatia

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Rep. Czech Rep.

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France

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.

7

9

6

6

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Germany

3

3

4

3

.

3

.

.

Britain Great Britain

.

2

.

7

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Greece

.

.

.

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.

.

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.

Italy

2

.

2

2

2

1

1

1

Netherlands

1

.

1

1

1

2

2

2

Russia

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Marino San Marino

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.

5

.

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Slovenia

.

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.

.

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Spain

4

4

3

6

3

4

5

.

Sweden

5

5

6

8

5

5

4

4

Ukraine

.

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.

.

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USSR

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.

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.

.

.

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.

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CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

XXVIII European Championship

CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

TEAMS

XVII 1981 NED

XVIII 1983 ITA

XIX 1985 NED

XX 1987 ESP

XXI 1989 FRA

XXII 1991 ITA

XXIII 1993 SWE

XXIV 1995 NED

BCO CHAMPIONSHIPS BCO Baseball Confederation of Oceania

BCO Championship USSR TEAMS

.

.

.

.

.

6

XXV 1997 FRA

XXVI 1999 ITA

XXVII 2001 GER

XXVIII 2003 NED

XXIX 2005 CZE

XXX 2007 ESP

.

.

Guam, 1999 Gold: Guam Silver: American Samoa Bronze: Micronesia Also competed (in order of finish): Palau, CNMI and New Caledonia Oceania Championship for the World Cup Qualifying Fiji Islands, 2003 Gold: Guam Silver: American Samoa Bronze: Palau Also competed (in order of finish): Micronesia, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, and Fiji Islands

Oceania World Cup Qualification Tournament Guam, 2003 Gold: Australia Silver: Guam

USSR

.

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.

.

141

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CEB OVERALL RESuLTS (CONTINuED)

CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

BCO Oceania Championship 2004

FISu WORLD uNIVERSITY BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

Gold: Australia (via Guam withdrawal)

BCO Oceania Championship 2007

Gold: Australia (via New Zealand withdrawal)

TEAMS American Samoa

BCO Championship 1999 - Guam

Oceania World Ocean Champ Cup Qualification World Cup Qual. Tournament 2003 - Guam 2003 - Guam

2

2

.

Australia

.

.

1

CNMI

5

.

.

Micronesia

3

4

.

Fiji Islands

.

7

.

Guam

1

1

2

New Caledonia

6

5

.

Palau

4

3

.

Solomon Islands

.

6

.

TEAMS

BCO Oceania BCO Oceania Championship Championship 2004 - Cancelled 2007 - Cancelled

American Samoa

.

.

Australia

1

1

CNMI

.

.

Micronesia

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.

Fiji Islands

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.

Guam

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New Caledonia

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Palau

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Solomon Islands

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The FISU World University Baseball Championships are organised by the International University Sports Federation with the technical assistance of the International Baseball Federation. The 2008 IV FISU World University Baseball Championships will be held in Prague, Czech Republic.

Campeonatos Mundiales de Béisbol Universitario de la FISU Los Campeonatos Mundiales de Béisbol Universitario de la FISU son organizados por la Federación Internacional de Deportes Universitarios con la asistencia técnica de la Federación Internacional de Béisbol. Los IV Campeonatos Mundiales de Béisbol Universitario de la FISU 2008 se celebrarán en Praga (República Checa).

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BCO OVERALL RESuLTS

I World University Baseball Championship

II World University Baseball Championship

FISU World University Championship OVERALL RESULTS TEAMS Bahamas Canada

I 2002 ITA

II 2004 TPE

III 2006 CUB

.

.

9

6 .

11 .

Chinese Taipei, 2004 Gold: USA Silver: Japan Bronze: Korea Also competed (in order of finish): Chinese Taipei, Czech Republic, Canada, and Mexico

China Chinese Taipei Cuba

7 4 1

Czech Republic

8

III World University Baseball Championship

France

10

Italy Japan

6 3

Korea

5 .

Cuba, 2006 Gold: USA Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: Cuba Also competed (in order of finish): Japan, Italy, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Nicaragua, Virgin Islands, Czech Republic, and Bahamas

Mexico Nicaragua Puerto Rico USA Virgin Islands

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3

5 4 .

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7 . .

7 8 6

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FISU WORLD UNIVERSITY BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

Italy, 2002 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Japan Also competed (in order of finish): Chinese Taipei, Korea, Italy, China, Czech Republic, Canada, and France

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