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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 as well as the 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.

IBAF Headquarters Maison du Sport International 54, Avenue de Rhodanie 1007 Lausanne Switzerland Tel: +41-21-318 8240 Fax: +41-21-318 8241; +41-2-318 8242

IBAF Executive Offi ce of the President BASEBALL FEDERATION INTERNATIONAL Via Guglielmo Calderini 68 00196 Rome Italy Tel: +39-06-89561859 Fax: +39-06-88658348

E-mail: ibaf.offi [email protected] Web site: www.ibaf.org

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IBAF 12U Baseball World Championship - Chinese Taipei July 9 to 17

IBAF 16U Baseball World Championship - Mexico August 19 to 28

IBAF Baseball World Cup - Panama September 29 to October 15, 2011

European Championship Juveniles (12U) - Belarus 2011 IBAF TOURNAMENTS 2011 IBAF June 27 to July 2

European Championship Juniors (18U) - Spain July 4 to 10

European Championship Cadets (16U) - Czech Republic July 18 to 23

AAA Asia Championship (18U) - Japan August 28 to September 2

IX Panamericano Juvenil AAA (18U) - Colombia September 23 to October 20

XVI Pan American Games - Mexico October 19 to 25

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IBAF History 6 Executive Committee 10 Commissions 12 IBAF Presidents 13 IBAF Offi ces 14

IBAF Africa – ABSA 15 Member Federations 16 IBAF Oceania – BCO 21

Member Federations 22 OF CONTENTS TABLE IBAF Asia – BFA 26 Member Federations 27 IBAF Europe – CEB 33 Member Federations 34 IBAF Americas – COPABE 47 Member Federations 48

Professional Baseball 56

Olympic Movement 59

History of Baseball in the Olympic Games 80 World Baseball Classic 87 IBAF Baseball World Cup 89 IBAF Intercontinental Cup 100 IBAF 18U Baseball World Championships 108 IBAF 16U Baseball World Championships 113 IBAF 12U Baseball World Championships 115 IBAF Women’s Baseball World Cup 116 FISU World University Baseball Championships 120 Continental Championships 122

IBAF World Rankings 136

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IBAF HISTORY

The fi rst-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 fi lled the Olympic Stadium to watch a game between two American teams.

Following the success of Berlin, in August 1938, the fi rst Baseball World Cup was held in London. With the participation of just two teams, the United States and Great Britain, a series of fi ve games was played. The British team won four of the fi ve 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

6 YEARBOOK2011 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 IBAF HISTORY delegate from the 37 countries affi liated with the IBAF. The idea of baseball as a true fi xture in the Olympic Games was becoming a reality. 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 offi cial 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 fi rst-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 fi nishing with the silver and the USA with the bronze.

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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-25-man 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). IBAF HISTORY 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 fi rsts in this Games – one, the Olympic gold medal went to the United States (Cuba garnered the silver and South Korea, the bronze) and two, the tournament featured teams from fi ve continents, illustrating the growth of baseball internationally.

In the eight years since Sydney, baseball has seen many more positive changes. In 2002, the fi rst ever FISU World University Baseball Championships were played, and the IBAF approved the inception of the Women’s Baseball World Cup. Both events have gone on to see much success, and both were be played in 2008 in the Czech Republic and Japan, respectively.

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 fi rst 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 and 2016 games.

Since then, as part of a global effort to return baseball to the program, 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 fi rst World Baseball Classic was held in the United States, with Japan winning the gold medal.

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The Second edition of the World Baseball Classic was held in 2009. The tournament grew in size in both commercially and in terms of its global fan base and featured a multi country, multi city tournament setup, with the fi rst round of the classic being entirely held outside the United States. Japan emerged the winner over South Korea, with the United States and Venezuela the other semi fi nalists. IBAF HISTORY

2009 also featured the IBAF 2009 Baseball World Cup. The event being played across seven European countries, rather than in Cuba where it was originally scheduled to be played. The tournament saw the United States emerge victorious over Cuba, however equally as important demonstrated the fan-base for the game in Europe.

The conclusion of the 2009 tournament schedule also heralded a new era for the International Baseball Federation with the election of Riccardo Fraccari as President. Fraccari and his executive through new initiatives, including outreach, multimedia efforts and a new Web site (IBAF.org), look to greatly increase the relevance of the organisation to the global sports community and the global baseball community.

In conjunction with the improved relevance of the organisation, President Fraccari also has looked to improve the relationship with Major League Baseball, Nippon Professional Baseball, South Korean and Chinese Taipei professional baseball to enhance game development and overhaul the international tournament schedule. This will include an expansion to the World Baseball Classic to include qualifi cation, making the tournament available to up to 32 competing teams. 2013 is the next scheduled World Baseball Classic.

2011 will also see an IBAF Baseball World Cup, to be held in Panama in September. The tournament is expected to see elite professional compete.

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President Riccardo Fraccari Italy EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

1st Vice President 2nd Vice President 3rd Vice President Kazuhiro Tawa Alonso Perez Gonzalez Antonio Castro Japan Mexico Cuba

Secretary General Treasurer Member at-large Israel Roldan Renè Laforce Tom Peng Puerto Rico Belgium Taipei

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Member at-large Member at-large Continental Vice President Paul Seiler Luis Melero Europe USA Spain Martin Miller Germany EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Continental Vice President Continental Vice President Continental Vice President Africa Asia Americas Ishola Williams Kang Seung Kyoo Eduardo De Bello Nigeria South Korea Panama

Continental Vice President Oceania Executive Director Ron Finlay Roberto Fabbricini Australia Italy

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LEGAL COMMISSION MEDICAL / ANTIDOPING Chairman: Michael O’Reilly (USA) COMMISSION Members: Charles Zeno (PUR) Chairman: Gianfranco Beltrami (ITA) Vincenzo LaRocca (ITA) Members: José Quiles (PUR) Daniel Herrera (PAN) Leo Varriale (USA)

COMMISSIONS SCORING COMMISSION Atsushi Masujima (JPN) Chairman: Anna Maria Paini (ITA) Ying Lung Tseng (CTP)

THERAPEUTIC USE EXEMPTION TOURNAMENTS COMMISSION (TUE) COMMISSION Chairman: Jim Baba (CAN) Chairman: Gianfranco Beltrami (ITA) Members: Brett Pickett (AUS) Members: Gunther Effi nger (GER) Koli Aso (JPN) Julian Chang (HKG) George Santiago (USA) John Bourke (AUS) Peter Caliendo (USA) Jan Esselman (NED) ANTI-DOPING PANEL - Giuseppe Guilizzoni (ITA) TRIBUNAL Chairman: Jonathan Taylor (UK) Members: Catherine Ordway (AUS) UMPIRING COMMISSION Joseph de Pencier (CAN) Chairman: Gustavo Rodriguez (USA)

SPORT AND ENVIRONMENT COMMISSION Chairman: Julio Pernas (ESP) Member: Carlos Maysonet (PUR)

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I.B.F. 1938 Leslie Mann USA I.B.F. 1939 - 1943 Jaime Mariné CUB F.I.B.A. 1944 - 1945 Jorge Reyes MEX F.I.B.A. 1946 - 1947 Pablo Morales VEN F.I.B.A. 1948 - 1950 Chale Pereira NCA

F.I.B.A. 1951 - 1952 Pablo Morales VEN PRESIDENTS F.I.B.A. 1953 - 1968 Carlos M. Zecca CRC F.I.B.A. 1969 - 1975 Juan Isa AHO F.E.M.B.A. 1973 - 1974 William Fehring USA F.E.M.B.A. 1975 Carlos J. García NCA A.IN.B.A. 1976 - 1979 Manuel González Guerra CUB A.IN.B.A. 1980 Carlos J. García NCA I.B.A. 1981 - 1993 Robert E. Smith USA I.B.A./IBAF 1993 - 2007 Aldo Notari ITA IBAF 2007 - 2009 Harvey W. Schiller USA IBAF 2009 - to present Riccardo Fraccari ITA

President Riccardo Fraccari

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IBAF Headquarters IBAF Executive Offi ce of the Maison du Sport International President 54, Avenue de Rhodanie Via Guglielmo Calderini 68 1007 Lausanne 00196 Rome Switzerland Italy Tel: +41-21-318 8240 Tel: +39-06-88658348 IBAF OFFICES Fax: +41-21-318 8241; +41-2-318 8242 Fax: +39-06-88659417 E-mail: ibaf.offi [email protected] Web site: www.ibaf.org

President Riccardo Fraccari Assistant to the President Oscar Lopez

Executive Director Roberto Fabbricini [email protected]

Manager, Marketing and Tournaments Masaru Yokoo [email protected]

Assistant, Offi ce Operations and Anti-Doping Department Victor Isola [email protected]

Assistant, Offi ce Operations Anna Di Luca [email protected]

Assistant, Media Relations and Webmaster Philipp Wuerfel [email protected]

Coordinator, Administration Department Jacques Adrien Clermont [email protected]

Assistant, Administration and Accounting Sandrine Pennone [email protected]

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ABSA African Baseball & Softball Association

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: Mabothobile Shebe (LSO) Treasurer: Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke (NGR) Executive Director: Friday Ichide (NGR) Member: Marumo Morule (BWA) AFRICAN BASEBALL & SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION AFRICAN BASEBALL & SOFTBALL

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Burkina Faso Federacion Burkinabe de Baseball et Softball

ABSA B.P. 09 381 Ouagadougou 09 +226-76-600080 President Ibrahim N’Diaye

Cameroon Cameroon Baseball & Softball Federation Avenue Charles de Gaulle, 1069 P.O. Box 7399 Yaounde +237-2-232373 [email protected] President Sone Winslow Secretary General Achille Alinga

Ghana Ghana Baseball and Softball Association 3rd Floor National Sports Council Hostel Azumah Nelson Sports Complex, Kaneshie, P.O. Box OS 2229 Accra +233-277602965 +233-277246878 [email protected] President Rev. Albert Frimpong

AFRICAN BASEBALL & SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION AFRICAN BASEBALL & SOFTBALL Secretary General Ro Lamptey

Ivory Coast Fédération Ivoirienne de Baseball & Softball Immeuble EECI, Equip Houdaille 3éme Etage droite Avenue Houdaille, Abidjan – Plateau +225-20-206250 burfi [email protected] President Etienne N’Guessan

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Kenya Baseball Federation of Kenya c/o Association of Evangelicals of Africa, P.O. Box 50242 ABSA Nairobi +254-20-2722769 [email protected] President Solomon Gacece

Lesotho Lesotho Baseball and Softball Association P.O. Box 138 Maseru +266-22-321292 [email protected], [email protected] President Mabothobile Shebe

Liberia Liberia Baseball & Softball Association P.O. Box 10-6473 Monrovia

Mali Fédération Malienne de Base-Ball et de Softball Radio Libre Frequence, 3 B.P. 1929

Bamako ASSOCIATION AFRICAN BASEBALL & SOFTBALL +223-6783540, +223-6058112 [email protected] President Lassana Traore Secretary General El Hassane Mariko

Morocco Morocco Baseball Federation 55 Cité Es-Safadi, Villa Es-Saada, Rabat, Aviation

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Namibia Namibia Baseball Association

ABSA P.O. Box 3022 Windhoek

Nigeria Nigerian Baseball and Softball Association Inc. 302, Iju Ishaga Road, Agege-Lagos. (Shobowale House) 10005, Ifako-Ijaiye +234-1-7731970 [email protected] President Ishola Williams Secretary General Kehinde Laniyan

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Baseball & Softball Association c/o John F. Kennedy International School, Work Compound Tower Hill P.O. Box 1251, Freetown +232-76630539 [email protected] President Alhaji Unisa Secretary General Alim Sesay

South Africa

AFRICAN BASEBALL & SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION AFRICAN BASEBALL & SOFTBALL South African Baseball Union 21 Schultz Street, Horisen 1724, Roodepoort +27-11-402-5055/6 [email protected] www.baseballsa.co.za President Mark Alexander Executive Director Edwin Bennet Vice President Greg Lendis

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Togo Fédération Togolaise de Baseball et Softball

BP. 330, Lome ABSA +228-2212390 [email protected] President Djodji Kossi Tamakloe

Tunisia Fédération Tunisienne de Baseball et Softball Citè Olympique, Résidence Elhadika, Bloc A 3ème etage 1003, Tunis +216-71809731 [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] www.tunisiebaseball.org President Mounir Dridi Secretary General Abderrazak Benrabah Executive Director Ahlem Ganfaly

Uganda Uganda Baseball and Softball Association Plot 25, Clement Hill Road, P.O. Box 9006, Kampala +256-41-345408 [email protected] [email protected] President Sheila A. Richardson

Secretary General Barnabas Nwesiga ASSOCIATION AFRICAN BASEBALL & SOFTBALL

Zambia Zambia Softball and Baseball Association Carousell Complex, Room 8, 2nd Floor, P.O. Box 31981, Lusaka +260-97-854987 +260-95854987 [email protected] President Geoffrey Yung’ana Secretary General Chabi Chodoka

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Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Baseball & Softball Association

ABSA 1, Chesterton House, 48 Sam Nujoma Street P.O. Box HR 9848 263, Harare +263-913010022 +263-912587720 [email protected], [email protected] President Mtasa Mandishona Secretary General Zifunzi Joram AFRICAN BASEBALL & SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION AFRICAN BASEBALL & SOFTBALL

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BCO Baseball Confederation of Oceania

48 Partridge Way Mooroolbark, Victoria, 3138, Australia Tel: +61-3-9727 1779 Fax: +61-3-9727 5959 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.baseballoceania.com

President: Ron Finlay (AUS) 1st Vice President: Bob Steffy (GUA) 2nd Vice President: Laurent Cassier (NCL) Secretary General: Chet Gray (AUS) Member: David Ballinger (NZL) OF OCEANIA BASEBALL CONFEDERATION Member: Ronald Seeto (FJI) Member: Thompson Tureke (SLB)

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American Samoa

BCO American Samoa Baseball Association P.O. Box 998081, 96799, Pago Pago +684-644-2529 [email protected] President Solaita Peni Solaita Secretary General Ken Tupua Executive Director J. Victor Langkilde

Australia Australian Baseball Federation PO Box 1028, 4213, Mudgeeraba +61-7-55106800 [email protected] www.baseball.com.au President Geoff Pearce Board Director Ron Finlay Board Director Peter Williams

Belau Belau Baseball Federation BASEBALL CONFEDERATION OF OCEANIA BASEBALL CONFEDERATION P.O. Box 155, 96940, Koror +680-488-6563 [email protected] President Temmy Shmull Secretary General Joyleen Baklai Temeneil Executive Director John Skebong

Cook Islands Baseball & Softball Cook Islands Association Ministry of Education P.O. Box 97, Rarotonga +682-25270

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Fiji Islands

Fiji Islands Baseball Association BCO C/- FASANOC, GPO Box 1279, 17 Bau Street 121, Suva +679-9997-883 baseballfi [email protected] www.sportingpulse.com/fi jibaseball President Ronald Seeto Secretary General Surkafa Katafono Executive Director Takao Mochida

Guam Guam Baseball Federation 210 Archbishop Flores Street, Suite 100 Hagatna 96910, Guam +1-671-646-4233 [email protected] President Ricardo Blas Secretary General Robert J. Steffy

Marshall Islands Republic of the Marshall Islands Baseball Federation OF OCEANIA BASEBALL CONFEDERATION Ministry of Social Services PO Box 1138 9690, Majoro Marshall Islands +692-6253902 minoc@missionpacifi c.org Secretary General Terry Sasser

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Micronesia

BCO Federated States of Micronesia Baseball Federation P.O. Box PS 319, Palikir Pohnpei FM 96941 +691-320-5916 [email protected] [email protected] President Moses Johnny Secretary General Nimos Salik Executive Director Jim Tobin

New Zealand Baseball New Zealand Incorporated 32 The Boulevard 2010, Pakuranga +643-384-8436 ryan.fl [email protected] www.baseballnz.org President David Ballinger Executive Director Ryan Flynn

Papua New Guinea BASEBALL CONFEDERATION OF OCEANIA BASEBALL CONFEDERATION Papua New Guinea Baseball Federation PNG Baseball Federation, PO Box 3078 111, Boroko +675-321-3022 [email protected] [email protected] President Chris Bais Secretary General Harry Keket

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Saipan

Saipan Major League Baseball Association BCO PO Box 501855 96950, Saipan +1-670-288-5426 [email protected] President Rose Igitol Secretary General Tony I. Rogolifoi 1st Vice President Bob Coldeen

Samoa Samoa Baseball Association SamoanSports Federation NOC Pte Bag Apia +685-25033 [email protected] President Niko Palamo

Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Baseball Federation Solomon Kitano Mendana Hotel, P.O. BOX 384 Honiara OF OCEANIA BASEBALL CONFEDERATION +677-7473290 [email protected] President Veronica Toben Secretary General Roland Piko Executive Director Thompson Turueke

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BFA Baseball Federation of Asia

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

President: Kang Seung Kyoo (KOR) Vice President: Suzuki Yoshinobu (JPN) BASEBALL FEDERATION OF ASIA OF BASEBALL FEDERATION Vice President: Chen Tai Cheng (TPE) Vice President: Shen Wei (CHN) Secretary General: Lee, Sang Hyun (KOR) Member at Large: Allan Mak Nin Fung (HKG) Member at Large: Hector C. Navasero (PHL) Member at Large: Khawar Shah (PAK)

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Brunei

Brunei Amateur Softball & Baseball Association BFA P.O. Box 2442 Bandar Seri Begawan 1924

China Chinese Baseball Association No.2 Tiyuguan Rd Chongwen District 100763, Beijing [email protected], [email protected] www.baseball.sport.org.cn President Jun Lei Secretary General Wei Shen

Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Baseball Association 4F., No. 238, Sec.2, Jianguo N. Rd., Zhongshan Dist. BASEBALL FEDERATION OF ASIA OF BASEBALL FEDERATION 104, Taipei City +886-2-2507-2688 [email protected] www.ctbaorg.tw President Chen, Tai-Cheng Secretary General Richard Lin

Hong Kong Hong Kong China Baseball Association Room 1003, 1/F., Olympic House, 1 Stadium Path Causeway Bay [email protected] www.hkbaseball.org President Philip Li Secretary General Felix Yip Executive Director Ka Wor Fang

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India

BFA Amateur Baseball Federation of India B-IV/317B, Keshav Puram 110035, Delhi +91-11-64501976 abfi [email protected] www.baseballindia.com

Indonesia Indonesia Amateur Baseball & Softball Federation Komplek Ruko Kalibata Indah Jl. Rawajati Timur Raya Blok AM No. 18 - Kalibata 12750, Jakarta Selatan [email protected] www.perbasasi.com President Gugun Yudinar Secretary General Kikik Lukman Ernawan BASEBALL FEDERATION OF ASIA OF BASEBALL FEDERATION Executive Director Arunadi Prawiladilaga

Iran Baseball Federation, Islamic Republic of Iran 3rd fl oor, No.19, 8th Baharestan St., Pasdaran Ave. Tehran +98-2122768404 [email protected] www.ifsafed.ir President Gholam Ali Secretary General Mohammad Alipour

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Iraq

Iraqi Baseball Federation BFA National Olympic Committee of Iraq, Baghdad +964-7902292960 [email protected] President Ahmed Jamal Ahmed Secretary General Ali Abdulhussen Al-Baldawi

Japan Baseball Federation of Japan Sapia Tower, 7-12 Marunouchi, 1-chome, 100-0005, Chiyoda-ku,Tokyo [email protected] www.jaba.or.jp President Eiji Hatta Secretary General Masayuki Naito Executive Director Kazuhiro Tawa BASEBALL FEDERATION OF ASIA OF BASEBALL FEDERATION

Kazakhstan Baseball and Softball Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan 8th Mikroraion 80-3 Almaty 050035 [email protected]

North Korea (DPR of Korea) Baseball and Softball Association of DPR Korea Kumsongdong-2, Kwangbok Street, Mangyongdae District P.O. Box 56 Pyongyang City

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South Korea (Republic of Korea)

BFA Korean Baseball Association #946-16, Dokok-Dong, Kangnam-Gu, Seoul 135-270 [email protected] www.korea-baseball.com President Kang, Seung-Kyoo Secretary General Lee, Sang-Hyun Executive Director Yoon, Jung-Hyun

Malaysia Federation of Baseball Malaysia 24, Jalan Damansara Permai, Damansara Heights 50490 Kuala Lumpur +60-3-2092-2004 [email protected] www.baseballmalaysia.wordpress.com President YBhg Dato’ Noh Abdullah BASEBALL FEDERATION OF ASIA OF BASEBALL FEDERATION Secretary General JNahar Dato’ Johari Vice President YBhg Tan Sri Dato’ Syed Jalaludin Syed Salim

Mongolia Mongolian National Baseball Federation Room 102, Olympic House Chinggis Avenue 201648, Ulaanbaatar, Khan-Uul District +976-11-481-395 [email protected] President Enkhboldsodon Tumurkhuyag Secretary General Norjmaa Gochoosuren

Myanmar Myanmar Baseball Federation 26, Than Lwin Road, Bahan Township Yangon

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Pakistan

Pakistan Federation Baseball & Softball BFA National Hockey Stadium, Ferozepur Road, Lahore [email protected] President Shaukat Javed Secretary General Khawar Shah Executive Director Syed Fakhar Ali Shah

Philippines Philippine Amateur Baseball Association 7487 Bagtikan Street, San Antonio Village 1203, Makati City [email protected] President Dr. Emmanuel Y. Angeles Secretary General Atty. Gonzalo Duque Executive Director Rogelio Rabago BASEBALL FEDERATION OF ASIA OF BASEBALL FEDERATION

Singapore Singapore Baseball & Softball Association AR JAS Sports Centre 600 West Coast Road 127445, Singapore [email protected] www.sbsa.org.sg President Nelson Goh Secretary General Miss Foopei

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Amateur Baseball & Softball Association 25/48, Kalinga Mawatha, Polhengoda Colombo 05 [email protected]

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Thailand

BFA Amateur Baseball Association of Thailand 1 Moo 7 Phaholyothin Road KM 51, Tambon Chiengrak-noi Amphur Bangpa-in 13180 Pranakorn Sri Ayuthaya [email protected] www.baseball.or.th President Somsak Pornpudphong Secretary General Vutichai Udomkarnjananan

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Baseball Federation 15/1 Almazar Street 70003 Tashkent [email protected] www.fevebeisbol.com BASEBALL FEDERATION OF ASIA OF BASEBALL FEDERATION

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CEB Confederation of European Baseball Confédération Européenne de Baseball

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

President: Martin Miller (GER) 1st Vice President: Petr Ditrich (CZE) 2nd Vice President: Alexander Ratner (RUS) 3rd Vice President: Mick Manning (IRL) CONFEDERATION OF EUROPEAN BASEBALL CONFEDERATION Secretary General: Samuel Pelter (ISR) Treasurer: René Laforce (BEL) Vocal: Attila Borbély (HUN) Vocal: Monique Schmitt (SUI) Vocal: Juan Garcia (ESP) Vocal: Rainer Husty (AUT)

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Armenia

CEB Baseball Federation of Armenia 8 Tumanyan str, 429-430 Yerevan [email protected] President Arman Yavryan Secretary General Arthur Varpetyan

Austria Austrian Baseball Federation Sportzentrum Spenadlwiese 1020, Vienna +43-1-7744114 offi [email protected] www.baseballaustria.com President Rainer Husty Vice President Baseball Christoph Wieser Vice President Softball Michael Schmidt

Belarus Belarus Baseball and Softball Federation Surganova str., 2-54 CONFEDERATION OF EUROPEAN BASEBALL CONFEDERATION 220012, Minsk +375-29-6545822 [email protected] offi [email protected] www.baseball.by President Alexandr Davydov Secretary General Aliaksandr Sechka

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Belgium

Koninklijke Belgische Baseball en Softball Federatie CEB Rue du Doolegt 4/21 1140, Bruxelles +32-497-147-108 [email protected] www.frbbs.be President Jérôme Legris Secretary General Marc De Saedeleer

Bulgaria Bulgarian Baseball Federation 75 Vasil Levski Blvd. 1040, Sofi a [email protected] www.baseball.bg President Yassen Nedelchev Secretary General Youri Alkalay Executive Director Simona Vassileva

Croatia Croatian Baseball Association CONFEDERATION OF EUROPEAN BASEBALL CONFEDERATION Trg Krešimira Cosica 11 10000, Zagreb [email protected] www.baseball-cro.hr President Osvaldo Vavra Secretary General Zdenko Ostovic Executive Director Kristina Uroic

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Cyprus

CEB Cyprus Amateur Baseball Federation P.O. Box 777, Larnaca +357-4-620460 [email protected] Managing Director Alexia Prentza

Czech Republic Czech Baseball Association Zátopkova 100/2 160 17, Prague 6 +420-220-513-290 [email protected] www.baseball.cz President Petr Ditrich Secretary General František Pribyl

Denmark Danish Baseball Softball Federation Kirkebakken 80 8330, Beder +45-2235-7895 [email protected] CONFEDERATION OF EUROPEAN BASEBALL CONFEDERATION www.baseball.dk President Rod Moore Secretary General Omar Gamarra

Estonia Estonian Baseball & Softball Federation Põhja 31-6 76610, Keila +372-52-86-993 [email protected] www.baseball.ee President Tauno Koppel

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Finland

Finnish Baseball and Softball Association CEB Radiokatu 20 00093 SLU, Helsinki +358-40-592-1675 [email protected] www.baseball.fi President Simopekka Vänskä Secretary General Tony Jones

France Fédération Française de Baseball et Softball 41, rue de Fécamp 75012, Paris +33-608-85-57-19 [email protected] www.ffbsc.org President Didier Seminet Secretary General Jean Christophe Tiné

Georgia Baseball Federation of Georgia CONFEDERATION OF EUROPEAN BASEBALL CONFEDERATION 49a Chavchavadze Ave. 177, Tbilisi [email protected] President Ramaz Goglidze Secretary General Gela Chikhradze Executive Director Gia Kemoklidze

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Germany

CEB Deutscher Baseball und Softball Verband e.V. Flugplatzstr. 31 55126, Mainz +49-6131-21559-0 [email protected] www.baseball-softball.de President Michael Hartmann Vice President Jürgen Elsishans Executive Director Arndt Wiedmaier

Great Britain British Baseball Federation 5th Floor Ariel House, 74a Charlotte Street W1T 4QJ, London [email protected] www.britishbaseball.org President Mark Salter Secretary General Mark Mullins Executive Director Marty Cullen

Greece CONFEDERATION OF EUROPEAN BASEBALL CONFEDERATION Hellenic Amateur Baseball Federation A’ Entrance, West Airport of Hellenikon 16777, Hellenikon [email protected] President Panagiotis Mitsiopoulos Secretary General Panangelos Kanistras

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Hungary

Hungarian National Baseball & Softball Federation CEB Lehel u. 11. H-1134, Budapest +36-209-434-678 [email protected] [email protected] www.baseball.hu President Dr. Attila Vámos Secretary General András Radácsi

Iceland Icelandic Baseball & Softball Association Kurland 4 108 Reykjavik +354-820-0825 offi [email protected] www.baseball.is President Raj K. Bonifacius

Ireland Baseball Ireland 35 The Green, Blessington Abbey CONFEDERATION OF EUROPEAN BASEBALL CONFEDERATION Blessington Wicklow +353-87-905-6951 [email protected] www.baseballireland.com President Will Beglane Secretary General Sean Mitchell Executive Director Mick Manning

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Israel

CEB Israel Association of Baseball POB 48159 61481, Tel Aviv [email protected] www.baseball.org.il President Haim Katz Secretary General Peter Kurz Executive Director Leon Klarfeld

Italy Federazione Italiana Baseball Softball Viale Tiziano, 74 00196, Rome +39-06-32297201 segreteria@fi bs.it www.fi bs.it President Riccardo Fraccari Vice President Massimo Fochi Vice President Giovanni Antonio Sanna Secretary General Marcello Standoli CONFEDERATION OF EUROPEAN BASEBALL CONFEDERATION Latvia Latvian Baseball Federation S. Eizenšteina iela 39-24 LV-1079, Riga +371-282-27397 [email protected] www.beisbols.lv President Igors Aleksejevs

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Lithuania

Lithuanian Baseball Association CEB Paupio 28 11341, Vilnius [email protected] www.beisbolas.lt President Vidmantas Vasiliauskas Secretary General Edmuntas Matusevicius

Malta Maltese Association Baseball Softball 18A Triq il-Qortin MLH 2507, Mellieha [email protected] www.baseballsoftballmalta.org President Mario Debono Secretary General Sylvana Zammit Pulo Executive Director Giancarlo Tolu

Moldova National Sport Federation of Baseball and Softball of Republic of Moldova CONFEDERATION OF EUROPEAN BASEBALL CONFEDERATION str. Avicena 13 MD-2025, Chisinau +373-69230727 [email protected] www.baseballmoldova.com President Vadim Dermenji Secretary General Vladislav Beltic Executive Director Andrei Butnari

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Netherlands

CEB Koninklijke Nederlandse Baseball en Softball Bond P.O.Box 2650, Wattbaan 31-49 3439 ML/3430 GB Nieuwegein +31-30-7513650 [email protected] www.knbsb.nl President Bob Bergkamp Secretary General Ruurd Koopmans Executive Director Hans Meijer

Norway Norges Soft og Baseball Forbund Sognsveien 75L 840, Oslo +47-21-02-98-55 [email protected] www.soft-baseball.no President Christian Abrahamsen Secretary General Bjørn Christian Thode

Poland CONFEDERATION OF EUROPEAN BASEBALL CONFEDERATION Polish Baseball and Softball Federation Lazienkowska 6a 00-449, Warszawa (Warsaw) + 48-22-529-87-49, +48-22-621-77-49 [email protected] www.baseballsoftball.pl President Michal Kaczmarek Secretary General Marcin Wasilewicz

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Portugal

Federação Portuguesa de Basebol e Softbol CEB R. Alvaro Barreirinhas Cunhal, C. C. tranp. piso1 2200, Abrantes [email protected] www.fpbsweb.org President Sandra Monteiro

Romania Romanian Baseball and Softball Federation B-dul Basarabia, nr.37-39, Sect.2 22103, Bucuresti offi [email protected] www.baseball-softball.ro www.frbs.ro President Valer Toma Secretary General Gabriel Adumitrachioaie

Russia Russian Baseball Federation Luzhnetskaya nab., 8 119992, Moscow [email protected] CONFEDERATION OF EUROPEAN BASEBALL CONFEDERATION www.baseballrussia.ru President Alexander Ratner Secretary General Yulia Steshenko

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San Marino

CEB San Marino Federation Baseball Softball Via Roncaglia 30 47899, Serravalle +39-335-7342630 [email protected] www.xoomer.alice.it/federbaseballrsm President Maurizio Gasperoni Secretary General Monica Tamagnini Executive Director Mauro Beccari

Serbia Serbian Baseball Association Leonarda Da Vincija 17 11000, Belgrade +38-160-3119357 [email protected] www.baseballsrbija.com President Vlada Krstivojveic Secretary General Nikola Vucevic Executive Director Milan Zonic CONFEDERATION OF EUROPEAN BASEBALL CONFEDERATION Slovakia Slovak Baseball Federation Junacka 6 83280, Bratislava +421-2-4924-9547 offi [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] www.baseballslovakia.com President Dusan Noga Secretary General Frantisek Bunta Executive Director Roman Holeksi

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Slovenia

Baseball & Softball Association of Slovenia CEB Savlje 6, PP 3722 1000, Ljubljana +386-41-259-712 [email protected] www.zbss.si President Boris Vehovec Secretary General Aljaz Triler

Spain Real Federación Española de Béisbol y Sófbol Coslada, 10, 4º izq 28028, Madrid +34-91-355-28-44 [email protected] www.rfebeisbolsofbol.com President Julio Pernas Secretary General Luis Melero

Sweden Swedish Baseball & Softball Federation CONFEDERATION OF EUROPEAN BASEBALL CONFEDERATION PO Box 418, Kungsgatan 19 54128, Skövde +46-10-476-41-80 [email protected] www.baseboll-softboll.se President Mats Fransson Secretary General Kristian Pälviä

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Switzerland

CEB Swiss Baseball & Softball Federation Monique Schmitt, Birsmattstr. 21 4106, Therwil +41-61-721-54-63 [email protected] www.swiss-baseball.ch President Marco Iten Secretary General Monique Schmitt

Turkey Turkiye Beyzbol Federasyonu Ulus Is Hani 5. Kat, No 507-508 Ulus-Ankara [email protected] www.tbsf.org.tr President Sahin Komurcu Secretary General Metin Ejder

Ukraine Ukrainian Baseball Softball Federation Rognedenskaya 4a CONFEDERATION OF EUROPEAN BASEBALL CONFEDERATION 1004, Kiev +380-50-384-41-52 [email protected] www.fbsu.com.ua President Sergey Kasyanov Executive Director Sergey Kostyuk

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COPABE Pan American Baseball Confederation Confederación Panamericana de Béisbol

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

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) AMERICAN BASEBALL CONFEDERATION PAN Vice President: Lucien Mohamed (ARU)

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Argentina Federación Argentina de Béisbol Beauchef 244 4 fl oor # 10

COPABE 1424, Buenos Aires [email protected] President Sergio Javier Martin Martin Secretary General Aldo Favia

Aruba Amateur Baseball Bond Aruba Sabana Grandi 39 Santa Cruz +297-58-71-523 [email protected] President Eric Lucien Mohamed Secretary General Rudolfo Wester

Bahamas Bahamas Baseball Association P.O. Box: N-1747, #13 Little Hyde Park, Sea Breeze Lane Nassau +1-242-364-7540 [email protected] President James F. Wood

PAN AMERICAN BASEBALL CONFEDERATION AMERICAN BASEBALL CONFEDERATION PAN Secretary General Oria Maria Wood Knowles Executive Director Samuel E. Rodgers

Bolivia Federación Boliviana de Béisbol y Softbol Avda. Heroínas No. 0-686, P.O. Box 89 Cochabamba +591-718-86-166 [email protected]

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Brazil Confederação Brasileira de Beisebol e Softbol Rua Visconde de Ouros, 161, Jd. Aeroporto

São Paulo COPABE +11-5034-9904 +11-5034-2512 [email protected] www.cbbs.com.br President Jorge Otsuka

British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands Baseball Federation Road Town, P.O. Box 231 Tortola +1-284-49-44-706

Canada Baseball Canada Suite A-7, 2212 Gladwin Crescent K1B 5N1, Ottawa +1-613-748-5606 [email protected] www.baseball.ca President Ray Carter Executive Director Jim Baba Vice President Jason Dickson PAN AMERICAN BASEBALL CONFEDERATION AMERICAN BASEBALL CONFEDERATION PAN Chile Federación de Béisbol y Softbol de Chile Ramón Cruz, 1176 Ofi cina 206, Ñuñoa, Santiago +56-2713592 [email protected] www.beisbolchile.cl President Daniel Delgado Carrera Secretary General Marco Gómez Abarca

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Colombia Federación Colombiana de Béisbol Edifi cio Concasa 4º Piso Nº 404

COPABE Cartagena +57-3157333425 +57-5-6431107 [email protected] President Jaime Antonio Char Navas Secretary General Simon Beleno Gomez

Costa Rica Federación Costarricense de Béisbol Afi cionado Aptdo Paseo Estudiantes, Parque Antonio Escarre, calle 5 avs 24-26 921-1002, San Jose +506-373-5173 [email protected] www.fcbeisbol.org President Rodrigo Vargas Secretary General Rodrigo Chaves Executive Director Manuel Vargas

Cuba Federación Cubana de Béisbol Afi cionado Estadio Latinoamericano

PAN AMERICAN BASEBALL CONFEDERATION AMERICAN BASEBALL CONFEDERATION PAN calle Pedro Pérez No. 302 entre Patria y Sarabia, Cerro Habana +537-87-32-527 [email protected] President Higinio Velez Carrión Secretary General Luis Carton Contador

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Dominican Republic Federación Dominicana de Béisbol Afi cionado Calle Ortega y Gasset Esq. Avenida John F. Kennedy, Estadio de Béisbol # 2,

Centro Olímpico Juan Pablo Duarte, Distrito Nacional COPABE +1-809-223-8473 [email protected]

Ecuador Federación Ecuatoriana de Béisbol Complejo de Béisbol, Ciudadela Kennedy, Calle G y la 7ma oeste, Guayaquil Guayas 09-04-351-P +593-98-65-1375 [email protected]

El Salvador Federación Salvadoreña de Béisbol Kilometro 5, Carretera a Santa Tecla, San Salvador +503-2279-2476 [email protected] President Pablo Enrique Ventura Julian Secretary General Ivan Enrique Moreno Mariona Executive Director Jeannette Gómez

Guatemala

Federación Nacional de Béisbol Guatemala AMERICAN BASEBALL CONFEDERATION PAN Av Simeon Caña fi nal Zona 2 Parque de pelota Enrique Torrebiarte. 1002, Guatemala +502-5304-3518 [email protected] www.fedebeis.org President Jose Luis Veliz Dominguez Secretary General Amilcar Vinicio Brabatti Executive Director Samuel Francisco Acosta Arevalo

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Honduras Federación Hondureña de Béisbol Apartado Postal 150, Villa Olímpica, Ofi cina Fehda

COPABE Tegucigalpa +504-232-1539 [email protected]

Jamaica Jamaica Baseball Association 78 Harbour Street, P.O. Box 695 Kingston +1-876-922-9830 [email protected]

Mexico Federación Mexicana de Béisbol, A.C. Av. Río Churubusco s/n Puerta 9 Ciudad Deportiva 08010 Mexico D.F. +52-55461030 [email protected], [email protected]* www.femebe.net President Teniente Coronel Alonso Pérez González Secretary General Carlos López Villagrán

PAN AMERICAN BASEBALL CONFEDERATION AMERICAN BASEBALL CONFEDERATION PAN Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antillean Baseball Federation Kaya Rakeliou 41 Schelpwijk, Willemstad, Curacao +599-9-560-0729 [email protected] President Oscar Bolivar M.Sc. Secretary General Thakaidzwa Doran Vice President Raphael Rohan

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Nicaragua Federación Nicaragüense de Béisbol Asociada Ofi cinas de FENIBA, Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes

Managua COPABE +505-88-10-39-75 [email protected] President Adolfo Joel Marenco Corea Secretary General Juan Agustin Orozco Pérez Executive Director Nemesio Guillermo Porras López

Panama Federación Panameña de Béisbol Afi cionado Estadio Nacional Rodney Carew Vía Cerro Patacón, Kilometro 3 Panama +507-230-4524 [email protected] www.fedebeis.com President Wigberto Quintero Secretary General Omar Tejada Vice President Nilo Murillo

Peru Federación Deportiva Peruana de Béisbol

Av. Canada s/n, cuadra 30, San Luis (LIMA 30) AMERICAN BASEBALL CONFEDERATION PAN Lima +511-433-0163 fpb@ec-red-com President Gerardo Maruy Takayama Secretary General Juan Palomino Yamamoto

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Puerto Rico Federación de Béisbol Afi cionado de Puerto Rico Ext. Roosevelt Calle Sgto. Luis Medina #363,

COPABE Hato Rey, PR 00918 +1-787-772-1003 [email protected] www.fdbpr.org President Israel Roldan Gonzalez

Trinidad & Tobago Baseball Softball Association of Trinidad and Tobago Savannah Villas, Bldg. 8, Apt. 8 Aranguez, San Juan +1-868-7983539 [email protected] President Michael Legerton Vice President Jay Sylvester

USA USA Baseball 403 Blackwell St 27701, Durham, North Carolina +1-919-474-87-21 [email protected]

PAN AMERICAN BASEBALL CONFEDERATION AMERICAN BASEBALL CONFEDERATION PAN www.usabaseball.com President Mike Gaski Executive Director Paul Seiler

US Virgins Islands Virgin Islands Baseball Federation Innovative Business Center, 4006 Estate Diamond, St. Croix 00820 +1-340-772-1570 [email protected]

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Venezuela Federación Venezolana de Béisbol La Candelaria, Avenida Urdaneta, Animas a Platanal,

Edifi cio Las Marías piso 2 ofi cina 401 COPABE 1010, Caracas +58-212-563-5919 [email protected] President Edwin Zerpa Pizzorno Secretary General Aracelis León Executive Director Oscar Eduardo Izaguirre PAN AMERICAN BASEBALL CONFEDERATION AMERICAN BASEBALL CONFEDERATION PAN

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Major League Baseball USA Offi ce 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 Exec VP of Baseball Development: Jimmi Lee Solomon Exec VP of Business: Tim Brosnan Exec VP of Labor Relations & Human Resources: Rob Manfred Exec VP of Finance: Jonathan Mariner PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL Exec VP of Administration and CIO: John McHale, Jr.

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: Michael Weiner Chief Operating Offi cer: 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 Special Assistant to Executive Director: Rick Heling Special Assistant to Executive Director: Mike Myers Director of Communications: Greg Bouris

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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

Major League Baseball Scouting Bureau USA 3500 Porsche Way, Suite 100, Ontario, CA 91764, USA PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL Tel: +1-909-980 1881 Fax: +1-909-980 7794 E-mail: [email protected] Director: Frank A. Marcos

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 President and CEO: Tom Valcke Director of Operations: Scott Crawford

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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 Secretary: Kunio Shimoda Executive Director: Atsushi Ihara

Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum JPN 3-61, Koraku-1-chome Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-0004 PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL Japan President: Ryozo Kato

Korean Baseball Organization KOR The Hall of Baseball, 946-16, Dogok-Dong Kangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea Tel: +82-2-3460 4600 Fax: +82-2-3472 7800 Commissioner: You, YoungKoo

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

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IOC International Olympic Committee Château de Vidy C.P. 356, 1001 Lausanne Switzerland Tel: +41-21-621 61 11 Fax: +41-21-621 62 16 Web site: www.olympic.org

The Olympic Museum MOVEMENT OLYMPIC 1, Quai d’Ouchy 1006 Lausanne Switzerland Tel: +41-21-621 65 11 Fax: +41-21-621 65 12 Web site: www.olympic.org/museum

The Olympic Studies Centre 1, Quai d’Ouchy 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Tel: +41-21-621 63 18 Fax: +41-21-621 67 18 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.olympic.org/olympic-studies-centre

Olympic Solidarity Villa Mon-Repos, Parc Mon-Repos 1 C.P. 1374 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Tel: +41-21-310 2600 Fax: +41-21-310 2699 E-mail: [email protected]

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SPORTACCORD International Sports Federations Maison du Sport International Avenue de Rhodanie 54 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland Tel: +41-21-612 3070 Fax: +41-21-612 3071 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.sportaccord.com OLYMPIC MOVEMENT OLYMPIC 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

SUMMER OLYMPIC SPORTS

ASOIF 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

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AIBA International Boxing Association Maison du Sport International Avenue de Rhodanie 54 1007 Lausanne Switzerland Tel: +41-21-321 2777 Fax: +41-21-321 2772 E-mail: [email protected]

Web site: www.aiba.org MOVEMENT OLYMPIC

BWF Badminton World 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.bwfbadminton.org

FEI International Equestrian Federation HM King Hussein I Building Chemin des Delices 9 1006 Lausanne Switzerland Tel: +41-21-310 4747 Fax: +41-21-310 4760 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.fei.org

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FIBA International Basketball Federation Avenue Louis Casaï, 53 P.O. Box 110 1216 Cointrin/Genève Switzerland Tel: +41-22-545 0000 Fax: +41-22-545 0099 E-mail: info@fi ba.com Web site: www.fi ba.com OLYMPIC MOVEMENT OLYMPIC FIE International Fencing Federation Maison du Sport International Avenue de Rhodanie 54 1007 Lausanne Switzerland Tel: +41-21-320 3115 Fax: +41-21-320 3116 E-mail: info@fi e.ch Web site: www.fi e.ch

FIFA International Federation of Football Association FIFA - Strasse 20 P.O. Box 8044 Zurich Switzerland Tel: +41-0-43 222 7777 Fax: +41-0-43 222 7878 E-mail: contact@fi fa.org Web site: www.fi fa.com

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FIG International Gymnastics Federation Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box 630 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Tel: +41-21-321 5510 Fax: +41-21-321 5519 E-mail: info@fi g-gymnastics.org Web site: www.fi g-gymnastics.com

FIH MOVEMENT OLYMPIC 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

FILA International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles Rue du Château 6, 1804 Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland Tel: +41-21-312 8426 Fax: +41-21-323 6073 E-mail: fi la@fi la-wrestling.com Web site: www.fi la-wrestling.com

FINA International Swimming Federation Av. de l’Avant-Poste 4 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland Tel: +41-21-310 4710 Fax: +41-21-312 6610 E-mail: sportsdep@fi na.org Web site: www.fi na.org

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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: info@fi sa.org

OLYMPIC MOVEMENT OLYMPIC Web site: www.worldrowing.com

FITA 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

FIVB International Volleyball Federation Château Les Tourelles Edouard-Sandoz 2-4 1006 Lausanne Switzerland Tel: +41-21-345 3535 Fax: +41-21-345 3545 E-mail: info@fi vb.org Web site: www.fi vb.org

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IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations 17 rue Princesse Florestine P.O. Box 359 98007 Monte-Carlo Cédex Monaco Tel: +377-9310 8888 Fax: +377-9315 9515 E-mail: [email protected]

Web site: www.iaaf.org MOVEMENT OLYMPIC

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

IGF International Golf Federation Golf House, 77 Liberty Corner Rd. P.O. Box 708 Far Hills NJ 07931-0708 U.S.A. Tel: +1-908-234 23 00 Fax: +1-908-234 21 78 E-mail: igfi [email protected] Web site: www.internationalgolffederation.org

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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: ihf.offi [email protected] Web site: www.ihf.info

IJF

OLYMPIC MOVEMENT OLYMPIC International Judo Federation Jozsef Attila str. 1, 1051 Budapest, Hungary Tel: +36-1-302 7270 Fax: +36-1-302 7271 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.ijf.org

IRB International Rugby Board Huguenot House, 35-38 St Stephen’s Green Dublin, Ireland Tel: +353-1-240 92 00 Fax: +353-1-240 9201 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.irb.com

ISAF International Sailing Federation Ariadne House, Town Quay Southampton Hampshire SO14 2AQ, Great Britain Tel: +44-2380-635 111 Fax: +44-2380-635 789 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.sailing.org

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ISSF 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-sports.org

ITF

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

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

ITU International Triathlon Union 998 Harbourside Drive, Suite 221 North Vancouver V7P 3T2, BC, Canada Tel: +1-604-904 9248 Fax: +1-604-608 3195 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.triathlon.org

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IWF International Weightlifting Federation House of Hungarian Sports Istvanmezei ut 1-3 1146, 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 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 Castelans, 98000 Monaco Tel: +377-9777 8555 Fax: +377-9777 8550 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.pentathlon.org

WTF The World Taekwondo Federation 4th Fl., JoYang Building 113 Samseong-dong Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-090, South Korea Tel: +82-2-566 2505 Fax: +82-2-553 4728 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.wtf.org

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WINTER OLYMPIC SPORTS

AIOWF Association of the International Olympic Winter Sports Federations Brandschenkestrasse, 50 P.O. Box 1817 8027 Zurich Switzerland Tel: +41-44-562 2200

Fax: +41-44-562 2219 MOVEMENT OLYMPIC E-mail: offi [email protected]

FIBT International Federation of Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Via Piranesi, 44 B 20137 Milan Italy Tel: +39-02-7395 1819 Fax: +39-02-7000 8071 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.bobsleigh.com

FIL International Luge Federation Rathausplatz 9 83471 Berchtesgaden Germany Tel: +49-8652-669 60 Fax: +49-8652-669 69 E-mail: offi ce@fi l-luge.org Web site: www.fi l-luge.org

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FIS International Ski Federation Blochstrasse 2, 3653 Oberhofen/Thunersee Switzerland Tel: +41-33-244 6161 Fax: +41-33-244 6171 E-mail: lewis@fi sski.ch Web site: www.fi s-ski.com

OLYMPIC MOVEMENT OLYMPIC IBU International Biathlon Union Peregrinstrasse 14, 5020 Salzburg, Austria Tel: +43-662-85 5050 Fax: +43-662-85 5050 8 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.biathlonworld.com

IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation Brandschenkestrasse, 50 P.O. Box 1817, 8027 Zurich. Switzerland Tel: +41-44-562 2200 Fax: +41-44-562 2219 E-mail: offi [email protected] Web site: www.iihf.com

ISU International Skating Union Chemin de Primerose 2, 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland Tel: +41-21-612 66 66 Fax: +41-21-612 66 77 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.isu.org

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WCF World Curling Federation 74 Tay Street, Perth PH2 8NP, Great Britain Tel: +44-1738-45 1630 Fax: +44-1738-45 1641 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.worldcurling.org OLYMPIC MOVEMENT OLYMPIC RECOGNISED SPORTS

ARISF Association of the IOC Recognised International Sports Federation Radiokatu 20 00093 Slu, Finland Tel: +358-9-3481 3112 Fax: +358-9-3481 3113 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.arisf.org

CMAS World Underwater Federation Viale Tiziano, 74 00196 Rome, Italy Tel: +39-0632-11 0594 Fax: +39-0632-11 0595 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.cmas.org

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CMSB Confederation Mondiale des Sports de Boules Via Vitorchiano 113-115, 00189 Rome, Italy Tel: +39-063-685 6565 Fax: +39-063-685 6657 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.cmsboules.com

FAI

OLYMPIC MOVEMENT OLYMPIC The World Air Sports Federation Avenue Mon-Repos 24, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland Tel: +41-21-345 1070 Fax: +41-21-345 1077 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.fai.org

FIB Federation of International Bandy P.O Box 91 SE 826 23 Söderhamn, Sweden Tel: +46-270-18014 Fax: +46-270-18014 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.internationalbandy.com

FIDE World Chess Federation 9 Singrou Avenue 117 43 Athens, Greece Tel: +30-210-921 2047 Fax: +30-210-921 2859 E-mail: offi ce@fi de.com Web site: www.fi de.com

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FIM International Motorcycling Federation Route Suisse 11, 1295 Mies, Switzerland Tel: +41-22-950 9500 Fax: +41-22-950 9501 E-mail: info@fi m.ch Web site: www.fi m-live.com

FIP

Federation of International Polo MOVEMENT OLYMPIC 1550 N.State Parkway Apt. C, Chicago IL 60610, U.S.A. Fax: +1-312-335 9041 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.fi ppolo.com

FIPV International Federation of Basque Pelota C/ Bernardino Tirapu 67, 31014 Pamplona, Spain Tel: +34-948-164 080 Fax: +34-948-162 525 E-mail: info@fi pv.net Web site: www.fi pv.net

FIQ International Bowling Federation 100 Tyrwhitt Road 02-05 Jalan Besar Swimming Complex Singapore 207542 Singapore Tel: +65-64-40 7388 Fax: +65-64-40 7488 E-mail: fi [email protected] Web site: www.fi q.org

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FIRS International Roller Sports Federation Viale Tiziano, 74, 00196 Rome, Italy Tel: +39-06-3685 8543 Fax: +39-06-3685 8211 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.rollersports.org

IBAF

OLYMPIC MOVEMENT OLYMPIC International Baseball Federation Maison du Sport International Avenue de Rhodanie, 54, 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland Tel: +41-21-318 8240 Fax: +41-21-318 8241 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.ibaf.org

ICC International Cricket Council Street 69, Emirates Road, Dubai Sports City, P.O. Box 500070 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Tel: +971-4-382 8800 Fax: +971-4-382 8600 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.icc-cricket.com

IDSF International Dance Sport Federation Calle Orient 78-84 1st Fl. Offi ce 14, 08172 Sant Cugat, Spain Tel: +34-93-544 2392 Fax: +34-93-583 1104 E-mail: offi [email protected] Web site: www.idsf.net

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IFF International Floorball Federation Alakiventie 2, 00920 Helsinki, Finland Tel: +358-9-4542 1425 Fax: +358-9-4542 1450 E-mail: offi ce@fl oorball.org Web site: www.fl oorball.org

IFNA

International Federation of Netball Associations MOVEMENT OLYMPIC 40 Princess Street M1 6DE Manchester, Great Britain Tel: +44-161-234 0025 Fax: +44-161-234 0026 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.netball.org

IFS International Sumo Federation 1-15-20 Hyakunincho Shinjuku-ku 169-0073 Tokyo, Japan Tel: +81-333-60 3911 Fax: +81-333-60 4020 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.amateursumo.com

IFSC International Federation of Sport Climbing Corso Ferrucci 122, 10141 Turin, Italy Tel: +39-011-385 3995 Fax: +39-011-412 1773 E-mail: offi [email protected] Web site: www.ifsc-climbing.org

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IKF International Korfball Federation P.O. Box 417 3700 AK Zeist, Netherlands Tel: +31-34-349 9655 Fax: +31-34-349 9650 E-mail: offi [email protected] Web site: www.ikf.org

OLYMPIC MOVEMENT OLYMPIC ILS International Life Saving Federation Gemeenteplein 26, 3010 Leuven, Belgium Tel: +32-16-89 6060 Fax: +32-16-89 7070 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.ilsf.org

IOF International Orienteering Federation Radiokatu 20, 00093 Helsinki, Finland Tel: +358-9-3481 3112 Fax: +358-9-3481 3113 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.orienteering.org

IRF International Racquetball Federation 1631 Mesa Avenue, Suite 1 Colorado Springs CO 80906, U.S.A. Tel: +1-719-477 6934 Fax: +1-719-634 5198 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.internationalracquetball.com

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ISA International Surfi ng Association 5580 La Jolla Boulevard, Suite 145 La Jolla, CA 92037, U.S.A. Tel: +1-858-551 8580 Fax: +1-858-551 8563 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.isasurf.org

ISF

International Softball Federation MOVEMENT OLYMPIC 1900 South Park Road, Plant City, FL 33563, U.S.A. Tel: +1-813-864 0100 Fax: +1-813-864 0105 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.isfsoftball.org

IWUF International Wushu Federation Anding Road 3, Chaoyang District Beijing 100029, People’s Republic of China Tel: +86-10-6491 2153 Fax: +86-10-6491 2151 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.iwuf.org

IWWF International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation Alte Landstrasse 19, P.O. Box 564 6314 Unteraegeri, Switzerland Tel: +41-41-752 0095 Fax: +41-41-752 0099 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.iwwfed.com

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TWIF Tug of War International Federation P.O. Box 77 Orfordville WI 53576-0077 U.S.A. Tel: +1-608-879 2869 Fax: +1-608-879 2103 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.tugofwar-twif.org OLYMPIC MOVEMENT OLYMPIC UIAA The International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation Monbijoustrasse 61 P.O. Box 3000 Berne 23, Switzerland Tel: +41-31-370 1828 Fax: +41-31-370 1838 E-mail: offi [email protected] Web site: www.theuiaa.org

UIM International Union of Powerboating Avenue des Castelans 1 Stade Louis II – Entrée H 98000 Monaco Monaco Tel: +377-92-05 2522 Fax: +377-92-05 0460 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.uimpowerboating.com

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WBF World Bridge Federation Via della Moscova 46/5, 20121 Milan, Italy Tel: +39-02-3670 4987 Fax: +39-02-3670 5962 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.worldbridge.org

WCBS

World Confederation of Billiards Sports MOVEMENT OLYMPIC Kortrijkse Steenweg 205/6 9830 Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium Tel: +32-49-477 5500 Fax: +32-49-282 7596 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.billiard-wcbs.org

WKF World Karate Federation Galeria de Vallehermoso 4, 3rd Floor, 28003 Madrid, Spain Tel: +34-91-535 9632 Fax: +34-91-535 9633 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.wkf.net

WSF World Squash Federation 25 Russell Street, Hastings East Sussex TN34 1QU, Great Britain Tel: +44-1424-447 440 Fax: +44-1424-430 737 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.worldsquash.org

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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.

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 offi cially 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.

The Beijing Olympic Games of 2008, for now, is the last time baseball will see a gold medal game. With the International Olympic Committee voting baseball off the Olympic Programme for the 2012 London Games and 2016 Rio Di Janeiro Games, the IBAF is now looking to create a path to return to the Olympic Games as a full Medal Sport, with the newly created Olympic Reinstatement Commission tasked with determining the direction. The commission will be led by President Fraccari and will feature prominent people from both within and around the baseball community. The aim is to have baseball back as a full medal sport for the 2020 games.

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XXV Olympic Games – Barcelona 1992 Gold: Cuba Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: Japan Also competed (in order of fi nish): USA, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Italy, Spain

Preliminaries Cuba def. Spain, 18-0 July 26, 1992 USA def. Puerto Rico, 8-2 Chinese Taipei def. Italy, 8-2 Cuba def. Dominican Rep., 8-0 August 1, 1992 USA def. Spain, 4-1 Cuba def. Puerto Rico, 9-4 Japan def. Puerto Rico, 9-0 Chinese Taipei def. Japan, 2-0 Italy def. Spain, 14-4 July 27, 1992 USA def. Dominican Rep., 10-0 USA def. Chinese Taipei, 10-9 Cuba def. Italy, 18-1 August 2, 1992 Puerto Rico def. Dominican Rep., 7-5 Dominican Rep. def. Italy, 7-5 Japan def. Spain, 12-1 Spain def. Puerto Rico, 7-6 Japan def. USA, 7-1 July 28, 1992 Cuba def. Chinese Taipei, 8-1 Chinese Taipei def. Puerto Rico, 10-1 USA def. Italy, 10-0 Semifi nals - August 4, 1992

Cuba def. Japan, 8-2 Cuba def. USA, 6-1 GAMES THE OLYMPIC OF BASEBALL IN HISTORY Dominican Rep. def. Spain, 11-2 Chinese Taipei def. Japan, 5-2

July 29, 1992 Medal Rounds - August 5, 1992 Japan def. Dominican Rep., 17-0 Cuba def. Chinese Taipei, 11-1 (Gold) Puerto Rico def. Italy, 2-0 Japan def. USA, 8-3 (Bronze) Cuba def. USA, 9-6 Chinese Taipei def. Spain, 20-0

July 31, 1992 Japan def. Italy, 13-3 Chinese Taipei def. Dominican Rep, 11-0

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XXVI Olympic Games – Atlanta 1996 Gold: Cuba Silver: Japan Bronze: USA Also competed (in order of fi nish): Nicaragua, Netherlands, Italy, Australia, South Korea

Preliminaries July 27, 1996 July 20, 1996 Japan def. Nicaragua, 13-6 USA def. Nicaragua, 4-1 Cuba def. Italy, 20-6 Cuba def. Australia 19-8 USA def. Australia 15-5 Japan def. Netherlands, 12-2 July 28, 1996 July 21, 1996 S. Korea def. Netherlands, 11-3 Italy def. South Korea, 2-1 Cuba def. USA, 10-8 Cuba def. Japan, 8-7 Nicaragua def. Australia, 10-0

July 22, 1996 July 29, 1996 Netherlands def. Australia, 16-6 Netherlands def. Italy, 8-7 Nicaragua def. Italy, 7-2 Cuba def. Nicaragua, 8-7 USA def. South Korea, 7-2 Japan def. South Korea, 14-4

July 23, 1996 July 30, 1996

HISTORY OF BASEBALL IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES THE OLYMPIC OF BASEBALL IN HISTORY Cuba def. Netherlands, 18-2 USA def. Netherlands, 17-1 Nicaragua def. South Korea, 8-3 Japan def. Italy, 12-1 Australia def. Japan, 9-6 Australia def. South Korea, 11-8

July 24, 1996 Semifi nals - August 1, 1996 USA def. Italy, 15-3 Japan def. USA, 11-2 Cuba def. South Korea, 14-11 Cuba def. Nicaragua, 10-3

July 25, 1996 Medal Rounds - August 2, 1996 Nicaragua def. Netherlands, 5-0 Cuba def. Japan, 13-0 (Gold) Italy def. Australia, 12-8 USA def. Nicaragua, 10-3 (Bronze) USA def. Japan 15-5

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XXVII Olympic Games – Sydney 2000 Gold: USA Silver: Cuba Bronze: S. Korea Also competed (in order of fi nish): Japan, Netherlands, Italy, Australia, South Africa

Preliminaries Japan def. S. Africa, 8-0 September 17, 2000 USA def. Italy, 4-2 Cuba def. S. Africa, 16-0 USA def. Japan, 4-2 September 23, 2000 South Korea def. Italy, 10-2 S. Africa def. Netherlands, 3-2 Netherlands def. Australia, 6-4 South Korea def. Japan, 7-6 Italy def. Australia, 8-7 September 18, 2000 Cuba def. USA, 6-1 Cuba def. Italy, 13-5 Australia def. South Korea, 5-3 September 24, 2000 USA def. S. Africa, 11-1 Netherlands def. Italy, 3-2 Japan def. Netherlands, 10-2 South Korea def. S. Africa, 13-3 Cuba def. Japan, 6-2 September 19, 2000 USA def. Australia, 12-1 Italy def. S. Africa, 13-0 Japan def. Australia, 7-3 Semifi nals

USA def. Netherlands, 6-2 September 26, 2000 GAMES THE OLYMPIC OF BASEBALL IN HISTORY Cuba def. South Korea, 6-5 Cuba def. Japan, 3-0 USA def. South Korea, 3-2 September 20, 2000 Japan def. Italy, 6-1 Medal Rounds Netherlands def. Cuba, 4-2 September 27, 2000 Australia def. S. Africa, 10-4 USA def. Cuba, 4-0 (Gold) USA def. South Korea, 4-0 S. Korea def. Japan, 3-1 (Bronze)

September 22, 2000 South Korea def. Netherlands, 2-0 Cuba def. Australia, 1-0

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XXVIII Olympic Games – Athens 2004 Gold: Cuba Silver: Australia Bronze: Japan Also competed (in order of fi nish): Canada, Chinese Taipei, Netherlands, Greece, Italy

Preliminaries Australia def. Greece, 11-6 August 15, 2004 Cuba def. Netherlands, 9-2 Cuba def. Australia, 4-1 Japan def. Italy, 12-0 August 21, 2004 Canada def. Chinese Taipei, 7-0 Japan def. Chinese Taipei, 4-3 Netherlands def. Greece, 11-0 Cuba def. Canada, 5-2 Australia def. Netherlands, 22-2 August 16, 2004 Greece def. Italy, 12-7 Chinese Taipei def. Australia, 3-0 Canada def. Italy, 9-3 August 22, 2004 Japan def. Netherlands, 8-3 Chinese Taipei def. Netherlands, 5-1 Cuba def. Greece, 5-4 Japan def. Greece, 6-1 Cuba def. Italy, 5-0 August 17, 2004 Canada def. Australia, 11-0 Canada def. Netherlands, 7-0 Chinese Taipei def. Greece, 7-1 Semifi nals

HISTORY OF BASEBALL IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES THE OLYMPIC OF BASEBALL IN HISTORY Australia def. Italy, 6-0 August 24, 2004 Japan def. Cuba, 6-3 Cuba def. Canada, 8-5 Australia def. Japan, 1-0 August 18, 2004 Netherlands def. Italy, 10-4 Medal Rounds Australia def. Japan, 9-4 August 25, 2004 Canada def. Greece, 2-0 Cuba def. Australia, 6-2 (Gold) Cuba def. Chinese Taipei, 10-2 Japan def. Canada, 11-2 (Bronze)

August 20, 2004 Italy def. Chinese Taipei, 5-4 Japan def. Canada, 9-1

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XXIX Olympic Games – Beijing 2008 Gold: South Korea Silver: Cuba Bronze: USA Also competed (in order of fi nish): Japan, Chinese Taipei, Canada, Netherlands, China

Preliminaries Netherlands def. Cuba, 14-3 August 13, 2008 USA def. China, 9-1 Chinese Taipei def. Netherlands, 5-0 Canada def. China, 10-8 August 19, 2008 South Korea def. USA, 8-7 Canada def. Netherlands, 4-0 Cuba def. Japan, 4-2 South Korea def. Cuba, 7-4 Japan def. China, 10-0 August 14, 2008 USA def. Chinese Taipei, 4-2 USA def. Netherlands, 7-0 South Korea def. China, 1-0 August 20, 2008 Cuba def. Canada, 7-6 Cuba def. China, 17-1 Japan def. Chinese Taipei, 6-1 S. Korea def. Netherlands, 10-0 Chinese Taipei def. Canada, 6-5 August 15, 2008 USA def. Japan, 4-2 China def. Chinese Taipei, 8-7 Cuba def. USA, 5-4 Semifi nals

South Korea def. Canada, 1-0 August 22, 2008 GAMES THE OLYMPIC OF BASEBALL IN HISTORY Japan def. Netherlands, 6-0 South Korea def. Japan, 6-2 Cuba def. USA, 10-2 August 16, 2008 USA def. Canada, 5-4 Medal Rounds Cuba def. Chinese Taipei, 1-0 August 23, 2008 Netherlands def. China, 6-4 South Korea def. Cuba, 3-2 (Gold) South Korea def. Japan, 5-3 USA def. Japan, 8-4 (Bronze)

August 18, 2008 Japan def. Canada, 1-0 S. Korea def. Chinese Taipei, 9-8

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OLYMPIC GAMES OVERALL RESULTS

XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 TEAMS Barcelona Atlanta Sydney Athens Beijing Australia - 7 7 silver - Canada - - - 4 6 China - - - - 8 Chinese Taipei silver - - 5 5 OVERALL RESULTS Cuba gold gold silver gold silver Dom. Rep. 6 - - - 7 Greece - - - 7 - Italy 7 6 6 8 - Japan bronze silver 4 bronze 4 South Korea - 8 bronze - 4 Netherlands - 5 5 6 7 Nicaragua - 4 - - - Puerto Rico 5 - - - - South Africa - - 8 - - Spain 8 - - - - USA 4 bronze gold - bronze HISTORY OF BASEBALL IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES THE OLYMPIC OF BASEBALL IN HISTORY

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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 professional players from every participating country compete. The inaugural event in 2006 took place in Puerto Rico, Japan and the United States. Japan won the fi rst-ever World Baseball Classic by defeating Cuba 10-6, while South Korea topped the Dominican Republic to take home the bronze, both of which were played to record crowds.

The second edition of the World Baseball Classic was held in 2009 in Japan, Mexico, Canada, Puerto Rico and USA and Japan captured second straight WBC titles, defeating South Korea 5-3 in 10 innings in the fi nal. Venezuela secured the bronze recording 6 wins and 2 loses while USA 4 wins and 4 loses.

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

2009 World Baseball Classic Gold: Japan Silver: South Korea Bronze: Venezuela Also competed (in order of fi nish): United States, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Netherlands, OVERALL RESULTS Mexico, Dominican Republic, Italy, China, Australia, Canada, Chinese Taipei, Panama, South Africa

TEAMS 2006 2009 Australia 13 12 Canada 9 13 China 15 11 Chinese Taipei 12 14 Cuba 2 6

WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC Dom. Rep. 4 9 Italy 10 10 Japan 1 1 South Korea 3 2 Mexico 6 8 Netherlands 11 7 Panama 14 15 Puerto Rico 5 5 South Africa 16 16 USA 8 4 Venezuela 7 3

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IBAF BASEBALL WORLD CUP

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 fi ve games to win the gold medal. With an increasing fan base, the BWC continued to grow, and from 1950 on, the event became a fi xture 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 fi nishes 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 fi nal. This was the fi rst 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 2009 IBAF Baseball World Cup was held in Italy and throughout 6 other Europena countries. The United States defended its Baseball World Cup title, with a 10-5 victory over Cuba. Canada defeated Puerto Rico in the bronze medal game, taking the fi rst medal home for Canada in the IBAF Baseball World Cups. The tournament was also recognized as “green” event, looking to promote the sustainable practices in the fi eld of event management.

The next IBAF Baseball World Cup is scheduled in the fall of 2011 in Panama and 16 teams are expected to compete for the Baseball World Cup title.

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I BASEBALL WORLD CUP - Great Britain, 1938 Gold: Great Britain Silver: USA

II BASEBALL WORLD CUP - Cuba, 1939 Gold: Cuba Silver: Nicaragua Bronze: USA

III BASEBALL WORLD CUP - Cuba, 1940 Gold: Cuba Silver*: Nicaragua Silver*: USA Also competed (in order of fi nish): Venezuela, Hawaii, Mexico, Puerto Rico * There was no Bronze medal awarded in this tournament.

IV BASEBALL WORLD CUP - Cuba, 1941 Gold: Venezuela Silver: Cuba Bronze: Mexico IBAF BASEBALL WORLD CUP IBAF BASEBALL Also competed (in order of fi nish): Panama, Dominican Republic, USA, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, El Salvador

V BASEBALL WORLD CUP - Cuba, 1942 Gold: Cuba Silver: Dominican Rep. Bronze: Venezuela Also competed (in order of fi nish): Mexico USA

VI BASEBALL WORLD CUP - Cuba, 1943 Gold: Cuba Silver: Mexico Bronze: Dominican Republic Also competed: Panama

VII BASEBALL WORLD CUP - Venezuela, 1944 Gold: Venezuela Silver: Mexico Bronze: Cuba Also competed (in order of fi nish): Panama, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico

VIII BASEBALL WORLD CUP - Venezuela, 1945 Gold: Venezuela Silver: Colombia Bronze: Panama Also competed (in order of fi nish): Nicaragua, El Salvador Costa Rica

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IX BASEBALL WORLD CUP - Colombia, 1947 Gold: Colombia Silver: Puerto Rico Bronze: Nicaragua Also competed (in order of fi nish): Mexico, Venezuela, Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala

X BASEBALL WORLD CUP - Nicaragua, 1948 Gold: Dominican Rep. Silver: Puerto Rico Bronze: Colombia Also competed (in order of fi nish): Mexico, Panama, Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador

XI BASEBALL WORLD CUP - Nicaragua, 1950 Gold: Cuba Silver: Dominican Rep. Bronze: Venezuela Also competed (in order of fi nish): Panama, Nicaragua, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras IBAF BASEBALL WORLD CUP IBAF BASEBALL

XII BASEBALL WORLD CUP - Mexico, 1951 Gold: Puerto Rico Silver: Venezuela Bronze: Cuba Also competed (in order of fi nish): Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador

XIII BASEBALL WORLD CUP - Cuba, 1952 Gold: Cuba Silver: Dominican Rep. Bronze: Puerto Rico Also competed (in order of fi nish): Panama, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Mexico, Colombia, Netherlands Antilles, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras

XIV BASEBALL WORLD CUP - Venezuela, 1953 Gold: Cuba Silver: Venezuela Bronze: Nicaragua Also competed (in order of fi nish): Dominican Republic, Panama, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, El Salvador

XV BASEBALL WORLD CUP - Costa Rica, 1961 Gold: Cuba Silver: Mexico Bronze: Venezuela Also competed (in order of fi nish): Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Netherlands Antilles, Honduras, El Salvador

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XVI BASEBALL WORLD CUP - Colombia, 1965 Gold: Colombia Silver: Mexico Bronze: Puerto Rico Also competed (in order of fi nish): Panama, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Netherlands Antilles, El Salvador

XVII BASEBALL WORLD CUP - Dominican Republic, 1969 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Dominican Rep. Also competed (in order of fi nish): Venezuela, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Mexico, Guatemala, Netherlands Antilles

XVIII BASEBALL WORLD CUP - Colombia, 1970 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Puerto Rico Also competed (in order of fi nish): Colombia, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, IBAF BASEBALL WORLD CUP IBAF BASEBALL Guatemala, Nicaragua, Netherlands Antilles, Italy, Canada, Netherlands

XlX BASEBALL WORLD CUP - Cuba, 1971 Gold: Cuba Silver: Colombia Bronze: Nicaragua Also competed (in order of fi nish): Puerto Rico, Panama, Canada, Dominican Republic, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles

XX BASEBALL WORLD CUP - Nicaragua, 1972 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Nicaragua Also competed (in order of fi nish): Japan, Panama, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Chinese Taipei, Canada, Guatemala, Honduras, Brazil, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Italy, Germany

XXI BASEBALL WORLD CUP - Cuba, 1973 Gold: Cuba Silver: Puerto Rico Bronze: Venezuela Also competed (in order of fi nish): Dominican Republic, Panama, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Netherlands

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XXII BASEBALL WORLD CUP - Nicaragua, 1973 Gold: USA Silver: Nicaragua Bronze: Puerto Rico Also competed (in order of fi nish): Colombia, Chinese Taipei, Honduras, Canada, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Mexico, Germany

XXIII BASEBALL WORLD CUP - USA, 1974 Gold: USA Silver: Nicaragua Bronze: Colombia Also competed (in order of fi nish): Dominican Republic, Canada, Puerto Rico, Italy, Chinese Taipei, South Africa

XXIV BASEBALL WORLD CUP - Colombia, 1976 Gold: Cuba Silver: Puerto Rico Bronze: Japan Also competed (in order of fi nish): Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, South Korea, IBAF BASEBALL WORLD CUP IBAF BASEBALL Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Panama, Mexico, Netherlands

XXV BASEBALL WORLD CUP - Italy, 1978 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: South Korea Also competed (in order of fi nish): Japan, Nicaragua, Italy, Netherlands, Mexico, Canada, Australia, Belgium

XXVI BASEBALL WORLD CUP - Japan, 1980 Gold: Cuba Silver: South Korea Bronze: Japan Also competed (in order of fi nish): USA, Canada, Italy, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Australia, Mexico, Netherlands

XXVII BASEBALL WORLD CUP - South Korea, 1982 Gold: South Korea Silver: Japan Bronze: USA Also competed (in order of fi nish): Chinese Taipei, Canada, Netherlands, Panama, Dominican Republic, Italy, Australia

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XXVIII BASEBALL WORLD CUP - Cuba, 1984 Gold: Cuba Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: USA Also competed (in order of fi nish):J apan, South Korea, Panama, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Netherlands Antilles, Italy, Dominican Republic, Netherlands

XXIX BASEBALL WORLD CUP - Netherlands, 1986 Gold: Cuba Silver: South Korea Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed (in order of fi nish): USA, Japan, Italy, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Netherlands, Colombia, Netherlands Antilles, Belgium

XXX BASEBALL WORLD CUP - Italy, 1988 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed (in order of fi nish): Japan, Canada, Puerto Rico, Nicaragua, South IBAF BASEBALL WORLD CUP IBAF BASEBALL Korea, Italy, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Spain

XXXI BASEBALL WORLD CUP - Canada, 1990 Gold: Cuba Silver: Nicaragua Bronze: South Korea Also competed (in order of fi nish): Puerto Rico, Japan, Chinese Taipei, USA, Canada, Netherlands, Italy, Mexico, Venezuela

XXXII BASEBALL WORLD CUP - Nicaragua, 1994 Gold: Cuba Silver: South Korea Bronze: Japan Also competed (in order of fi nish): Nicaragua, Panama, Chinese Taipei, Italy, USA, Australia, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Canada, Sweden, France

XXXIII BASEBALL WORLD CUP - Italy, 1998 Gold: Cuba Silver: South Korea Bronze: Nicaragua Also competed (in order of fi nish): Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Australia, Dominican Republic, USA, Panama, Canada, China, Chinese Taipei, Spain, South Africa, Russian Federation

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XXXIV BASEBALL WORLD CUP - Chinese Taipei, 2001 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed (in order of fi nish): Japan, Panama, South Korea, Netherlands, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Australia, Canada, Italy, Russian Federation, South Africa, France, Philippines

XXXV BASEBALL WORLD CUP - Cuba, 2003 Gold: Cuba Silver: Panama Bronze: Japan Also competed (in order of fi nish): Chinese Taipei, USA, Nicaragua, Brazil, South Korea, Canada, Netherlands, Mexico, Italy, Russian Federation, China, France

XXXVI BASEBALL WORLD CUP - Netherlands, 2005 Gold: Cuba Silver: South Korea Bronze: Panama IBAF BASEBALL WORLD CUP IBAF BASEBALL Also competed (in order of fi nish): Netherlands, Japan, Nicaragua, USA, Puerto Rico, Canada, Australia, China, Chinese Taipei, Brazil, Colombia, Spain, Sweden, Czech Republic, South Africa

XXXVII BASEBALL WORLD CUP - Chinese Taipei, 2007 Gold: USA Silver: Cuba Bronze: Japan Also competed (in order of fi nish): Netherlands, South Korea, Australia, Mexico, Chinese Taipei, Canada, Italy, Panama, Venezuela, Spain, Germany, South Africa, Thailand

XXXVIII BASEBALL WORLD CUP - Europe, 2009 Gold: USA Silver: Cuba Bronze: Canada Also competed (in order of fi nish): Puerto Rico, Australia, Netherlands, Venezuela, Chinese Taipei, South South Korea, Japan, Mexico, Spain, Nicaragua, Italy, Great Britain, Netherlands Antilles, Germany, Croatia, Sweden, Czech Republic, Republic of South Africa China.

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X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX NCA NCA MEX CUB VEN CRC COL DOM COL CUB NCA 1948 1950 1951 1952 1953 1961 1965 1969 1970 1971 1972 ------12 ------1169 ------8 36887-1842- -11611-5----13 ------OVERALL RESULTS -13111-1111 ------12424-53677 8 9 11 10 11 10 9 - - - 14 ------16 ------6 10 10 12 8 6 7 10 7 - 10 ------12-13-7----11 ------10815 ------4 ------47979229-9------12-- IBAF BASEBALL WORLD CUP IBAF BASEBALL - - - 9 10 7 8 11 9 10 - 75553765833 54745446-55 ------28136-37346 ------22-2 -32623-45-- 97 INTERNATIONAL BASEBALL FEDERATION FEDERACIÓN INTERNACIONAL DE BÉISBOL

XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX TEAMS CUB NCA USA COL ITA JPN KOR CUB NED 1973 1973 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 Australia ----101010-- Belgium ----11---12 Brazil ------Canada - 7 5 - 9 5 5 - - China ------Chinese Taipei - 5 8 7 - - 4 2 3 Colombia - 4 3 8-9--10 Costa Rica - 9 ------Cratia ------OVERALL RESULTS Cuba 1 - - 1 1 1 - 1 1 Czech Republic ------Dominican Rep. 4 - 4 5 - - 8 12 - El Salvador ------France ------Germany - 11 ------Great Britain ------Guatemala - 8 ------Hawaii ------Honduras - 6 ------Italy - -7-669116 Japan - - - 343245 South Korea - - - 632152 Mexico 6 10 - 10 8 11 - - - Netherlands 8 - - 11 7 12 6 13 9 IBAF BASEBALL WORLD CUP IBAF BASEBALL Net. Antilles 7 ------1011 Nicaragua - 2245--7- Panama 5 - - 9 - - 7 6 - Philippines ------Puerto Rico 2362-8-88 Russia ------Spain ------South Africa - - 9 ------Sweden ------Thailand ------USA -11-24334 Venezuela 3 ----7-97 98 YEARBOOK2011

XXX XXXI XXXII XXXIII XXXIV XXXV XXXVI XXXVII XXXVIII ITA CAN NCA ITA TPE CUB NED TPE EUR 1988 1990 1994 1998 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 - - 9 710-106 5 ------713-- 5 8 14 11 11 9 9 9 3 - - -12-1411-22 36613341288 --12---14------18 OVERALL RESULTS 111111122 ------17-20 --1388------16-1515------1417 ------15 ------910741112-1014 4535435310 832268259 - 11 - - - 11 - 7 11 10910679446 IBAF BASEBALL WORLD CUP IBAF BASEBALL 11------16 7243966-13 - - 51052 311- ----16---- 6411---884 - - - 16 13 13 - - - 12 - - 14 - - 15 13 12 - - - 15 13 - 18 15 21 - -15- - -16-19 ------16- 278925711 -12-- - - -127 99 INTERNATIONAL BASEBALL FEDERATION FEDERACIÓN INTERNACIONAL DE BÉISBOL

IBAF INTERCONTINENTAL CUP

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 11, winning the last edition held in Taichung, Chinese Taipei, Oct 2010. After reviewing IBAF tournaments structure, it is decided that ICC will not be played any longer.

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I Intercontinental Cup - Italy, 1973 Gold: Japan Silver: Puerto Rico Bronze: USA Also competed (in order of fi nish): Nicaragua, Canada, Italy, Chinese Taipei, Argentina

II Intercontinental Cup - Canada, 1975 Gold: USA Silver: Japan Bronze: Nicaragua Also competed (in order of fi nish): Canada, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Italy, Colombia

III Intercontinental Cup - Nicaragua, 1977 Gold: South Korea Silver: USA Bronze: Japan Also competed (in order of fi nish): Nicaragua, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Chinese Taipei, Canada, Venezuela

IV Intercontinental Cup - Cuba, 1979 CUP IBAF INTERCONTINENTAL Gold: Cuba Silver: Japan Bronze: USA Also competed (in order of fi nish): Nicaragua, Puerto Rico Panama

V Intercontinental Cup - Canada, 1981 Gold: USA Silver: Cuba Bronze: Dominican Republic Also competed (in order of fi nish): South Korea, Canada, Japan, Panama, Australia

VI Intercontinental Cup - Belgium, 1983 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed (in order of fi nish): Netherlands, South Korea, Canada, Nicaragua

VII Intercontinental Cup - Canada, 1985 Gold: Cuba Silver: South Korea Bronze: Japan Also competed (in order of fi nish): Chinese Taipei, Canada, USA, Nicaragua, Australia

VIII Intercontinental Cup - Cuba, 1987 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Japan Also competed (in order of fi nish): Chinese Taipei, Canada, South Korea, Mexico, Nicaragua, Aruba, Italy

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IX Intercontinental Cup - Puerto Rico, 1989 Gold: Cuba Silver: Japan Bronze: Puerto Rico Also competed (in order of fi nish): South Korea, Chinese Taipei, USA, Italy

X Intercontinental Cup - Spain, 1991 Gold: Cuba Silver: Japan Bronze: Nicaragua Also competed (in order of fi nish): Chinese Taipei, South Korea, Mexico, Italy, Spain, USSR, France

XI Intercontinental Cup - Italy, 1993 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Japan Also competed (in order of fi nish): Nicaragua, South Korea, Australia, Mexico, Italy, Spain, France IBAF INTERCONTINENTAL CUP IBAF INTERCONTINENTAL XII Intercontinental Cup - Cuba, 1995 Gold: Cuba Silver: Japan Bronze: Nicaragua Also competed (in order of fi nish): South Korea, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Chinese Taipei, Mexico, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, South Africa

XIII Intercontinental Cup - Spain, 1997 Gold: Japan Silver: Cuba Bronze: Australia Also competed (in order of fi nish): USA, Nicaragua, Italy, France, Spain

XIV Intercontinental Cup - Australia, 1999 Gold: Australia Silver: Cuba Bronze: Japan Also competed (in order of fi nish): USA, Chinese Taipei, Italy, South Korea, Netherlands

XV Intercontinental Cup - Cuba, 2002 Gold: Cuba Silver: South Korea Bronze: Dominican Republic Also competed (in order of fi nish): Chinese Taipei, Japan, Venezuela, Italy, Netherlands, Brazil, Mexico, China

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XVI Intercontinental Cup - Chinese Taipei, 2006 Gold: Cuba Silver: Netherlands Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed (in order of fi nish): Japan, Australia, Italy, South Korea, Philippines

XVII Intercontinental Cup - Chinese Taipei, 2010 Gold: Cuba Silver: Netherlands Bronze: Italy Also competed (in order of fi nish): Chinese Taipei, Japan, South Korea, Nicaragua, Czech Republic,Thailand, Hong Kong IBAF INTERCONTINENTAL CUP IBAF INTERCONTINENTAL

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2010 XVII IBAF Intercontinental Cup 23rd – 31st October 2010 - Taichung, Chinese Taipei

Saturday 23rd October: Chinese Taipei – South Korea 11 – 5 Czech Republic – Cuba 0 – 18 6th Nicaragua – Japan 0 – 8 Italy – Netherlands 0 – 10 7th

Sunday 24th October: South Korea – Hong Kong 17 – 2 5th Czech Republic – Chinese Taipei 0 – 6 Thailand – Italy 6 – 15 Nicaragua – Netherlands 1 – 6 IBAF INTERCONTINENTAL CUP IBAF INTERCONTINENTAL Monday 25th October: Italy – Nicaragua 5 – 2 Japan – Thailand 15 – 0 5th Hong Kong – Chinese Taipei 0 – 10 7th Cuba – South Korea 3 – 0

Tuesday 26th October: Hong Kong – Czech Republic 0 – 16 6th Thailand – Nicaragua 3 – 18 7th Netherlands – Japan 1 – 2 Chinese Taipei – Cuba 0 – 2

Wednesday 27th October:Cuba – Hong Kong 20 – 0 5th South Korea – Czech Republic 9 – 0 Netherlands – Thailand 7 – 2 Japan – Italy 0 – 3

Thursday 28th October: Cuba – Netherlands 6 – 3 Italy – South Korea 5 – 2 Chinese Taipei – Japan 12 – 5

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Friday 29th October: Czech Republic – Thailand 13 – 3 7th Nicaragua – Hong Kong 12 – 2 7th Cuba – Japan 4 – 1 Netherlands – South Korea 3 – 1 Chinese Taipei – Italy 6 – 2

Saturday 30th October: Thailand – Hong Kong 6 – 5 Czech Republic – Nicaragua 5 – 11 Netherlands – Chinese Taipei 5 – 3 10th Cuba – Italy 5 – 3 Japan – South Korea 1 – 8

Sunday 31st October: South Korea – Japan 1 – 2

Chinese Taipei – Italy 3 – 4 CUP IBAF INTERCONTINENTAL Cuba – Netherlands 4 – 1

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I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX TEAMS ITA CAN NCA CUB CAN BEL CAN CUB PUR 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 Argentina 8 ------Aruba ------9- Australia ----8-8-- Brazil ------Canada 5 4 8 - 5655- China ------Chinese Taipei 7-7--3445 Colombia - 8 5 ------Czech Republic ------OVERALL RESULTS Cuba - - - 121111 Dominican Rep. ----3---- France ------Hong Kong ------Italy 6 7 -----107 Japan 12326-332 South Korea - 6 1 - 45264 Mexico ------7- Netherlands -----4--- Nicaragua 4344-778- Panama - - - 6 7 - - - - Philippines ------Puerto Rico 2565----3 South Africa ------Spain ------IBAF INTERCONTINENTAL CUP IBAF INTERCONTINENTAL Thailand ------USA 312312626 USSR ------Venezuela - - 9 ------

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X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII ESP ITA CUB ESP AUS CUB TPE TPE 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2002 2006 2010 ------6-31-5- --5--9------11-- 4-7-5434 ------8 OVERALL RESULTS 11122111 -----3-- 10 10 - 7 ------10 781066763 23213545 554-7276 678--10-- --9-8822 3435---7 ------8- --6------12----- 89118---- IBAF INTERCONTINENTAL CUP IBAF INTERCONTINENTAL ------9 -2-44--- 9------6--

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IBAF 18U BASEBALL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

In 2010, Chinese Taipei defeated Australia 8-4 in the gold medal game of the IBAF 18U Baseball World Championship, while Cuba took its second ever bronze medal. The results differed vastly from the last two 18U championships, where South Korea secured the gold, but the Baseball Federation of Asia representatives nevertheless continue to excel in this category, taking the last 3 gold medals. Cuba, however, still leads all countries with 11 gold medals, dating back to the tournament’s inception (1981).

USA, 1981 Gold: South Korea Silver: USA Bronze: Australia

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

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

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

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

Canada, 1986 Gold: Cuba Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: USA

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Canada, 1987 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Canada

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

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

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

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

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

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

Canada, 1994 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IBAF 18U BASEBALL Gold: South Korea Silver: USA Bronze: Chinese Taipei

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Canada, 2008 Gold: South Korea Silver: USA Bronze: Cuba

Canada, 2010 Gold: Chinese Taipei Silver: Australia Bronze: Cuba IBAF 18U BASEBALL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IBAF 18U BASEBALL

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2010 IBAF World Junior Baseball Championship 23rd July - 1st August 2010 - Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

Friday 23rd July: Panama – Cuba 0 – 10 7th Australia – Venezuela 9 – 0 Forfeit Canada – Netherlands 9 – 2

Saturday 24th July: France – Chinese Taipei 1 – 11 7th Venezuela – Italy 5 – 6 11th Netherlands – South Korea 0 – 10 8th U.S.A. – Australia 4 – 2 Czech Republic – Panama 5 – 7 Cuba – Canada 3 – 0

Sunday 25th July: Netherlands – Panama 5 – 2 France – Venezuela 2 – 8 Cuba – Czech Republic 16 – 1 7th Canada – South Korea 5 – 4 Australia – Chinese Taipei 11 – 13 Italy – U.S.A. 0 – 10 7th IBAF 18U BASEBALL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IBAF 18U BASEBALL Monday 26th July: Czech Republic – South Korea 0 – 4 Italy – France 14 – 8 Chinese Taipei – U.S.A. 0 – 10 7th

Tuesday 27th July: Netherlands – Czech Republic 13 – 4 France – Australia 1 – 16 6th Chinese Taipei – Italy 13 – 4 South Korea – Cuba 5 – 3 Venezuela – U.S.A. 7 – 14 Panama – Canada 2 – 9

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Wednesday 28th July: Italy – Australia 4 – 14 7th U.S.A. – France 16 – 0 5th Cuba – Netherlands 8 – 9 10th South Korea – Panama 12 – 2 7th Venezuela – Chinese Taipei 0 – 9 Czech Republic – Canada 7 – 8

Friday 30th July: France – Panama 3 – 5 Czech Republic – Venezuela 6 – 9 Netherlands – Chinese Taipei 2 – 4 Cuba – U.S.A. 3 – 2 Australia – South Korea 5 – 4 Italy – Canada 1 – 11 7th

Saturday 31st July: France – Czech Republic 8 – 5 Venezuela – Panama 7 – 5 Netherlands – Italy 8 – 5 Chinese Taipei – Canada 3 – 1 U.S.A. – South Korea 4 – 2 Australia – Cuba 2 – 1 IBAF 18U BASEBALL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IBAF 18U BASEBALL Sunday 1st August: Italy – South Korea 1 – 3 Netherlands – U.S.A. 2 – 18 6th Cuba – Canada 8 – 2 Australia – Chinese Taipei 4 – 8

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IBAF 16U BASEBALL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

The IBAF 16U Baseball World Championship is an international event that features the premier 16-and-under baseball players in the world. This event, which is organized bi-annually, has been historically dominated by Cuba and the United States, as Cuba has taken home fi ve gold medals, while Team USA has 4 gold medals to keep polished. The event was last held in 2009 in Chinese Taipei. A 16U world champion was crowned in 2007, but the event was not offi cially sanctioned by the IBAF. The 16U Baseball World Championship is on the 2011 IBAF tournament program and will be contested in Mexico.

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

Mexico, 1990 Gold: Japan Silver: Brazil Bronze: Cuba IBAF WORLD 18U BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS IBAF

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

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

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

Brazil, 1995 Gold: Cuba Silver: Brazil Bronze: USA

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

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

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

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

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

Mexico, 2005 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Australia

Chinese Taipei, 2009 Gold: USA Silver: Cuba Bronze: Mexico IBAF 16U BASEBALL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IBAF 16U BASEBALL The 2007 Youth World Championships were not sanctioned by the IBAF.

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IBAF 12U BASEBALL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

The inaugural IBAF 12U Baseball World Championship will take place July 2011. The tournament is slated to include 16 national teams with children aged 11 and 12 years old and will crown the fi rst ever world champion. Through this tournament, the IBAF looks to assume a leadership position for this age bracket in conjunction with major youth baseball organizations to further develop and promote baseball across the world. The tournament will be hosted in the City of Taipei, one of the prominent tournament venues for international competitions.

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IBAF 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 fi rst year – in 2004 – the IBAF Women’s Baseball World Cup featured fi ve nations, with the United States securing the gold medal by beating Japan in the fi nals. In 2006, the number of participating teams increased, illustrating the growth of the sport internationally among the female athlete’s community. With more fans in attendance than ever before, seven teams participated in Taipei to see the United States take the gold, again defeating Japan in the fi nal. In 2008, participating teams increased to 8 and the host team, Japan, won the gold medal. In 2010, Japan repeated as champions, as participation increased again to 10 teams: Japan, Australia, USA, Venezuela, Canada, Cuba, Chinese Taipei, Puerto Rico, South Korea and Netherlands.

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I Women’s Baseball World Cup - Canada, 2004 Gold: USA Silver: Japan Bronze: Canada Also competed (in order of fi nish): Australia, Chinese Taipei

II Women’s Baseball World Cup - Chinese Taipei, 2006 Gold: USA Silver: Japan Bronze: Canada Also competed (in order of fi nish): Australia, Chinese Taipei, Cuba, Hong Kong

III Women’s Baseball World Cup - Japan, 2008 OVERALL RESULTS Gold: Japan Silver: Canada Bronze: USA Also competed (in order of fi nish): Australia, Chinese Taipei, South Korea, India, Hong Kong

IV Women’s Baseball World Cup - Venezuela, 2010 Gold: Japan Silver: Australia Bronze: USA Also competed (in order of fi nish): Venezuela, Canada, Cuba, Chinese Taipei, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Netherlands

I II III IV TEAMS CAN TPE JPN VEN 2004 2006 2008 2010 Australia 4 4 4 2 Canada 3 3 2 5 Chinese Taipei 5 5 5 7 Cuba - 6 - 6 India - - 7 - Japan 2 2 1 1

South Korea - - 6 9 IBAF WOMEN’S BASEBALL WORLD CUP Hong Kong - 7 8 - Netherlands - - - 10 Puerto Rico - - - 8 Venezuela - - - 4 USA 1 1 3 3

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2010 IBAF Women’s World Cup 12th - 22nd August 2010 Caracas, Maracay - Venezuela

Thursday 12th August: Hong Kong – Chinese Taipei Cancelled Canada – Australia 6 – 1 Venezuela – Netherlands 20 – 4 5th Cuba – South Korea 21 – 9 6th Japan – U.S.A. 5 – 1

Friday 13th August: Chinese Taipei – Canada 6 – 7 Netherlands – Hong Kong Cancelled Australia – Venezuela Suspended Japan – Cuba 3 – 1 South Korea – Puerto Rico Suspended

Sunday 15th August: Cuba – Puerto Rico 12 – 1 5th U.S.A. – South Korea 21 – 0 5th IBAF WOMEN’S BASEBALL WORLD CUP South Korea – Japan 0 – 14 5th Netherlands – Australia 3 – 16 5th U.S.A. – Cuba 5 – 0 Venezuela – Chinese Taipei 5 – 3

Monday 16th August: Netherlands – Canada 1 – 12 5th Australia – Chinese Taipei 4 – 0 Chinese Taipei – Netherlands 11 – 0 South Korea – Puerto Rico 0 – 10 5th Puerto Rico – U.S.A. 0 – 9 Canada – Venezuela Suspended

Tuesday 17th August: Canada – Venezuela 2 – 3 8th Puerto Rico – Japan 0 – 10 6th Australia – Venezuela 1 – 8

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Wednesday 18th August: U.S.A. – Canada 10 – 1 Australia – Japan 10 – 9 Cuba – Venezuela 3 – 4

Thursday 19th August: Cuba – Australia 2 – 6 Canada – Japan 2 – 6 U.S.A. – Venezuela 6 – 7 South Korea – Chinese Taipei 2 – 12 6th Netherlands – Puerto Rico 1 – 11 5th

Friday 20th August: Cuba – Canada 9 – 10 Australia – U.S.A. 19 – 6 6th Venezuela – Japan 0 – 10 5th Chinese Taipei – Puerto Rico 16 – 1 5th Netherlands – South Korea 5 – 15 6th

Saturday 21th August: Cuba – Canada 1 – 5 5th Netherlands – South Korea 4 – 11 IBAF WOMEN’S BASEBALL WORLD CUP Puerto Rico – Chinese Taipei 3 – 4 U.S.A. – Japan 1 – 6 Australia – Venezuela 12 – 2

Sunday 22th August: Venezuela – U.S.A. 5 – 15 6th Australia – Japan 3 – 13 5th

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FISU WORLD UNIVERSITY BASEBALL C’SHIP

The FISU World University Baseball Championships are organised by the International University Sports Federation with the technical assistance of the International Baseball Federation. The VI FISU World University Baseball Championships will be held in Taoyuan, Chinese Taipei in 2012.

I World University Baseball Championship - Italy, 2002 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Japan Also competed (in order of fi nish): Chinese Taipei, South Korea, Italy, China, Czech Republic, Canada, France

II World University Baseball Championship - Chinese Taipei, 2004 Gold: USA Silver: Japan Bronze: South Korea Also competed (in order of fi nish): Chinese Taipei, Czech Republic, Canada, Mexico

III World University Baseball Championship - Cuba, 2006 Gold: USA Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: Cuba Also competed (in order of fi nish): Japan, Italy, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Nicaragua, Virgin Islands, Czech Republic, Bahamas

IV World University Baseball Championship - Czech Republic, 2008 Gold: USA Silver: Japan Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed (in order of fi nish): South Korea, Canada, Czech Republic, Lithuania

V World University Baseball Championship - Japan, 2010 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Japan Also competed (in order of fi nish): South Korea, Canada, Chinese Taipei, China, Sri Lanka

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I II III IV V TEAMS ITA TPE CUB CZR JPN 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 Bahamas - - 11 - - Canada 9 6 - 5 5 China 7 - - - 7 China Taipei 4 4 2 3 6 Cuba 1 - 3 - 1 Czech Republic 8 5 10 6 - France 10 - - - - Italy 6 - 5 - - OVERALL RESULTS Japan 3 2 4 2 3 South Korea 5 3 - 4 4 Lithuania - - - 7 - Mexico - 7 7 - - Nicaragua - - 8 - - Puerto Rico - - 6 - - USA 21112 Sri Lanka - - - - 8 Virgin Islands - - 9 - - FISU WORLD UNIVERSITY BASEBALL C’SHIP FISU

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I Africa Cup Baseball Championship - Zimbabwe, 1992 Gold: South Africa Silver: Zimbabwe Bronze: Nigeria Also competed: Namibia

II Africa Cup Baseball Championship - South Africa, 1993 Gold: South Africa Silver: Zimbabwe Bronze: Nigeria Also competed (in order of fi nish): Namibia, Zambia CHAMPIONSHIPS III Africa Cup Baseball Championship - Zimbabwe, 1995 Gold: South Africa Silver: Zimbabwe Bronze: Nigeria

ABSA Also competed: Zambia

7th All Africa Games Baseball Competition - South Africa, 1999 Gold: South Africa Silver: Nigeria Bronze: Zimbabwe Also competed (in order of fi nish): Ghana, Lesotho, Uganda

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

8th All Africa Games Baseball Competition - Nigeria, 2003 Gold: South Africa Silver: Nigeria Bronze: Zimbabwe Also competed (in order of fi nish): Uganda, Lesotho

2007 African Continental Olympic Qualifying Championship - South Africa Gold: South Africa Silver: Nigeria Bronze: Ghana Also competed (in order of fi nish): Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Cameroon

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BCO Championship - Guam, 1999 Gold: Guam Silver: American Samoa Bronze: Micronesia Also competed (in order of fi nish): Palau, CNMI, New Caledonia

Oceania Championship for the World Cup Qualifying Fiji Islands, 2003 Gold: Guam Silver: American Samoa Bronze: Palau

Also competed (in order of fi nish): Micronesia, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Fiji CHAMPIONSHIPS Islands BCO Oceania World Cup Qualifi cation Tournament - Guam, 2003 Gold: Australia Silver: Guam

BCO Oceania Championship 2004 Gold: Australia (via Guam withdrawal)

BCO Oceania Championship 2007 Gold: Australia (via New Zealand withdrawal)

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I BFA Championship - Philippines, 1954 Gold: Philippines Silver: Japan Bronze: South Korea Also competed: Chinese Taipei

II BFA Championship - Philippines, 1955 Gold: Japan Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: South Korea Also competed: Philippines CHAMPIONSHIPS III BFA Championship - Japan, 1959

BFA BFA Gold: Japan Silver: South Korea Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed: Philippines

IV BFA Championship - Chinese Taipei, 1962 Gold: Japan Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: South Korea Also competed: Philippines

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

VI BFA Championship - Philippines, 1965 Gold: Japan Silver: South Korea Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed: Philippines

VII BFA Championship - Japan, 1967 Gold: Japan Silver: South Korea Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed: Philippines

VIII BFA Championship - Chinese Taipei, 1969 Gold: Japan Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: Philippines Also competed: South Korea

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IX BFA Championship - South Korea, 1971 Gold: South Korea Silver: Japan Bronze: Philippines Also competed (in order of fi nish): Australia, Chinese Taipei

X BFA Championship - Philippines, 1973 Gold: Japan Silver: South Korea Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed (in order of fi nish): Philippines, Australia CHAMPIONSHIPS XI BFA Championship - South Korea, 1975

Gold: South Korea Silver: Japan Bronze: Australia BFA Also competed (in order of fi nish): Chinese Taipei, Philippines

XII BFA Championship - South Korea, 1983 Gold: South Korea Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: Japan Also competed (in order of fi nish): Australia, Philippines

XIII BFA Championship - Australia, 1985 Gold: Japan Silver: South Korea Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed (in order of fi nish): Australia, China

XIV BFA Championship - Japan, 1987 Gold: Chinese Taipei Silver: Japan Bronze: South Korea Also competed (in order of fi nish): Guam, Australia, China, India

XV BFA Championship - South Korea, 1989 Gold: Japan Silver: South Korea Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed (in order of fi nish): China, Guam, Philippines, India

XVI BFA Championship - China, 1991 Gold: Japan Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: South Korea Also competed (in order of fi nish): Australia, Philippines, China, Guam

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XVII BFA Championship - Australia, 1993 Gold: Japan Silver: South Korea Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed (in order of fi nish): Australia, China, South Korea, Philippines

XVIII BFA Championship - Japan, 1995 Gold: Japan Silver: South Korea Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed (in order of fi nish): China, Philippines, Thailand CHAMPIONSHIPS XIX BFA Championship - Chinese Taipei, 1997

BFA BFA Gold: South Korea Silver: Japan Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed (in order of fi nish): China, Thailand, Philippines

XX BFA Championship - South Korea, 1999 Gold: South Korea Silver: Japan Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed (in order of fi nish): China, Philippines, Thailand

XXI BFA Championship - Chinese Taipei, 2001 Gold: Chinese Taipei Silver: South Korea Bronze: Japan Also competed (in order of fi nish): Philippines, Indonesia

XXII BFA Championship & Olympic Qualifi cation - Japan, 2003 Gold: Japan Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: South Korea Also competed (in order of fi nish): China, Philippines, Indonesia, Pakistan

XXlll BFA Championship - Japan, 2005 Gold: Japan Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: China Also competed (in order of fi nish): South Korea, Philippines, Thailand

XXIV BFA Championship - Chinese Taipei, 2007 Gold: Japan Silver: South Korea Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed (in order of fi nish): Philippines, Thailand, Hong Kong, Pakistan

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XXV BFA Championship - Japan, 2009 Gold: Japan Silver: South Korea Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed (in order of fi nish): China, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia CHAMPIONSHIPS BFA BFA

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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 fi nish): Italy, France CHAMPIONSHIPS III European Championship - Italy, 1956 Gold: Netherlands Silver: Belgium Bronze: Italy CEB Also competed (in order of fi nish): Spain, Germany

IV European Championship - Germany, 1957 Gold: Netherlands Silver: Germany Bronze: Italy Also competed (in order of fi nish): Spain, Belgium

V European Championship - Netherlands, 1958 Gold: Netherlands Silver: Italy Bronze: Germany Also competed (in order of fi nish): Belgium, Spain, 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 fi nish): Belgium, Germany, France, Sweden

VIII European Championship - Italy, 1964 Gold: Netherlands Silver: Italy Bronze: Spain Also competed (in order of fi nish): Sweden, France

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IX European Championship - Spain, 1965 Gold: Netherlands Silver: Italy Bronze: Germany Also competed (in order of fi nish): Spain, Sweden

X European Championship - Belgium, 1967 Gold: Belgium Silver: Great Britain Bronze: Germany Also competed (in order of fi nish): Spain, Sweden CHAMPIONSHIPS XI European Championship - Germany, 1969 Gold: Netherlands Silver: Italy Bronze: Spain CEB Also competed (in order of fi nish): Germany, Belgium, Sweden, France

XII European Championship - Italy, 1971 Gold: Netherlands Silver: Italy Bronze: Germany Also competed (in order of fi nish): Belgium, San Marino, Spain, Great Britain, Sweden, France

XIII European Championship - Netherlands, 1973 Gold: Netherlands Silver: Italy Bronze: Spain Also competed (in order of fi nish): Belgium, Sweden, France

XIV European Championship - Spain, 1975 Gold: Italy Silver: Netherlands Bronze: Germany Also competed (in order of fi nish): Spain, Sweden, France

XV European Championship - Netherlands, 1977 Gold: Italy Silver: Netherlands Bronze: Belgium Also competed (in order of fi nish): Sweden, Spain

XVI European Championship - Italy, 1979 Gold: Italy Silver: Netherlands Bronze: Belgium Also competed: Sweden

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XVII European Championship - 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 fi nish): Spain, Sweden, France CHAMPIONSHIPS XIX European Championship - Netherlands, 1985 Gold: Netherlands Silver: Italy Bronze: Belgium CEB Also competed (in order of fi nish): Sweden, Spain, San Marino

XX European Championship - Spain, 1987 Gold: Netherlands Silver: Italy Bronze: Spain Also competed (in order of fi nish): Belgium, Sweden, France, Germany

XXI European Championship - France, 1989 Gold: Italy Silver: Netherlands Bronze: Spain Also competed (in order of fi nish): Sweden, France, Belgium, Great Britain, Germany

XXII European Championship - Italy, 1991 Gold: Italy Silver: Netherlands Bronze: Spain Also competed (in order of fi nish): France, Belgium, USSR, Sweden, Great Britain

XXIII European Championship - Sweden, 1993 Gold: Netherlands Silver: Italy Bronze: Sweden Also competed (in order of fi nish): France, Spain, Belgium, Germany, Russia

XXIV European Championship - Netherlands, 1995 Gold: Netherlands Silver: Italy Bronze: Belgium Also competed (in order of fi nish): Spain, France, Germany, Sweden, Russia, Ukraine, Slovenia

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XXV European Championship -France, 1997 Gold: Italy Silver: Netherlands Bronze: Spain Also competed (in order of fi nish): Russia, France, Belgium, Czech Republic, Sweden, Great Britain, Germany, Ukraine, Slovenia

XXVI European Championship - Italy, 1999 Gold: Netherlands Silver: Italy Bronze: France

Also competed (in order of fi nish): Russia, Spain, Belgium, Sweden, Czech Republic, CHAMPIONSHIPS Great Britain, Germany, Croatia, Slovenia CEB XXVII European Championship - Germany, 2001 Gold: Netherlands Silver: Russia Bronze: Italy Also competed (in order of fi nish): France, Czech Republic, Spain, Germany, Croatia, Belgium, Great Britain, Ukraine, Sweden

XXVIII European Championship - Netherlands, 2003 Gold: Netherlands Silver: Greece Bronze: Spain Also competed (in order of fi nish): Sweden, Italy, Czech Republic, France, Russia, Great Britain, Croatia, Belgium, Germany

XXIX European Championship - Czech Republic, 2005 Gold: Netherlands Silver: Italy Bronze: Spain Also competed (in order of fi nish): Germany, Czech Republic, France, Great Britain, Sweden, Greece, Ukraine, Russia, Croatia

XXX European Championships - Spain, 2007 Gold: Netherlands Silver: Great Britain Bronze: Spain Also competed (in order of fi nish): Germany, France, Sweden, Italy, Croatia, Ukraine, Russia, Austria, Czech Republic

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XXXI European Championships - Germany, 2010 Gold: Italy Silver: Netherlands Bronze: Germany Also competed (in order of fi nish): Greece, Sweden, France, Czech Republic, Great Britain, Spain, Belgium, Croatia, Ukraine

2010 European Championship Seniors rd st CHAMPIONSHIPS 23 July – 1 August 2010 Stuttgart, Heidenheim, Neuenburg - Germany CEB Friday 23rd July: Croatia – Great Britain 1 – 10 Sweden – Greece 9 – 12 Italy – Spain 9 – 1 Ukraine – Germany 0 – 10 8th

Saturday 24th July: Spain – Croatia 7 – 6 Belgium – Ukraine 9 – 0 Great Britain – Sweden 1 – 4 Netherlands – France 10 – 0 7th Greece – Italy 1 – 13 7th Germany – Czech Republic 6 – 2

Sunday 25th July: Great Britain – Italy 2 – 12 7th Sweden – Croatia 12 – 2 7th Germany – Belgium 8 – 4 France – Czech Republic 6 – 1 Netherlands – Ukraine 12 – 2 7th Spain – France 9 – 13

Monday 26th July: Czech Republic – Netherlands 1 – 7 Great Britain – Spain 5 – 1 Czech Republic – Belgium 10 – 1 8th France – Ukraine 10 – 2

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Tuesday 27th July: France – Belgium 8 – 2 Spain – Sweden 16 – 6 Ukraine – Czech Republic 1 – 11 7th Belgium – Netherlands 0 – 10 Greece – Great Britain 4 – 3 10th Italy – Croatia 13 – 1 7th Germany – France 10 – 9 CHAMPIONSHIPS Wednesday 28th July: Croatia – Greece 13 – 1 7th Netherlands – Germany 3 – 0 CEB

Thursday 29th July: Sweden – Italy 3 – 2 Germany – Greece 17 – 8

Friday 30th July: Great Britain – Czech Republic 4 – 8 Sweden – France 3 – 2 Italy – France 9 – 2 Greece – Netherlands 0 – 10 8th Netherlands – Sweden 15 – 0 5th Italy – Germany 8 – 6

Saturday 31st July: Netherlands – Italy 3 – 11 Germany – Sweden 8 – 0 France – Greece 5 – 14

Sunday 1st August: Italy – Netherlands 8 – 4

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I Pan American Games - Argentina, 1951 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Mexico Also competed (in order of fi nish): Nicaragua, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina

II Pan American Games - Mexico, 1955 Gold: Dominican Rep. Silver: USA Bronze: Venezuela Also competed (in order of fi nish): Mexico, Netherlands Antilles CHAMPIONSHIPS III Pan American Games - USA, 1959 Gold: Venezuela Silver: Puerto Rico Bronze: USA Also competed (in order of fi nish): Cuba, Mexico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Dominican Rep., Brazil COPABE COPABE IV Pan American Games - Brazil, 1963 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Mexico Also competed (in order of fi nish): Venezuela, Brazil

V Pan American Games - Canada, 1967 Gold: USA Silver: Cuba Bronze: Puerto Rico Also competed (in order of fi nish): Mexico, Canada

VI Pan American Games - Colombia, 1971 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Colombia Also competed (in order of fi nish): Canada, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Dominican Rep., Nicaragua, Mexico

VII Pan American Games - Mexico, 1975 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Venezuela Also competed (in order of fi nish): Mexico, Dominican Rep., Colombia, Canada, Puerto Rico, El Salvador

VIII Pan American Games - Puerto Rico, 1979 Gold: Cuba Silver: Dominican Rep. Bronze: Puerto Rico Also competed (in order of fi nish): USA, Bahamas, Venezuela, Colombia, Canada, Mexico

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IX Pan American Games - Canada, 1983 Gold: Cuba Silver: Nicaragua Bronze: USA Also competed (in order of fi nish): Dominican Rep., Venezuela, Panama, Canada, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Netherlands Antilles, Brazil

X Pan American Games - USA, 1987 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Puerto Rico

Also competed (in order of fi nish): Canada, Nicaragua, Aruba, Venezuela, N. Antilles CHAMPIONSHIPS

XI Pan American Games - Cuba, 1991 Gold: Cuba Silver: Puerto Rico Bronze: USA Also competed (in order of fi nish): Dominican Rep., Nicaragua, Mexico, Aruba, COPABE COPABE Canada, Netherlands Antilles

XII Pan American Games - Argentina, 1995 Gold: Cuba Silver: Nicaragua Bronze: Puerto Rico Also competed (in order of fi nish): Mexico, Panama, Argentina, Netherlands Antilles, Brazil, USA, Guatemala

XIII Pan American Games - Canada, 1999 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Canada Also competed (in order of fi nish): Panama, Dominican Rep., Nicaragua, Guatemala, Brazil (Mexico disqualifi ed)

XIV Pan American Games - Dominican Republic, 2003 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Mexico Also competed (in order of fi nish): Nicaragua, Brazil, Panama, Dominican Rep., Guatemala, Bahamas

XV Pan American Games - Brazil, 2007 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Mexico/Nicaragua* Also competed (in order of fi nish): Panama, Dominican Rep., Brazil, Venezuela *Game cancelled due to weather

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RANK TEAMS CON. CONF. SCORE 2009 RANK TEAMS CON. CONF. SCORE 2009 1 Cuba COPABE 986.02 1 26 Hong Kong BFA 33.42 30 2 USA COPABE 953.25 2 27 France CEB 30.13 28 3 South Korea BFA 811.34 4 28 Columbia COPABE 28.75 33

2010 FINAL 4 Japan BFA 799.74 3 29 Sweden CEB 25.70 29 5 Chinese Taipei BFA 524.36 5 30 Croatia CEB 25.57 25 6 Netherlands CEB 374.51 6 31 Indonesia BFA 21.00 26 7 Venezuela COPABE 352.31 9 32 Argentina COPABE 19.50 NR 8 Canada COPABE 325.51 7 33 Greece CEB 17.50 36 9 Mexico COPABE 287.23 8 34 Palau BCO 12.50 32 10 Australia BCO 226.83 11 35 Russia CEB 10.95 27 11 Puerto Rico COPABE 213.23 10 36 Brazil COPABE 10.50 35 12 Italy CEB 187.50 12 37 Nigeria ABSA 10.00 36 13 Dominican Rep. COPABE 163.02 13 37 N. Caledonia BCO 10.00 36 14 Nicaragua COPABE 144.24 14 39 Belgium CEB 9.75 34 15 China BFA 103.48 15 40 Sri Lanka BFA 8.50 42 IBAF WORLD RANKINGS 16 Panama COPABE 86.74 16 41 Ghana ABSA 7.50 42 17 Spain CEB 69.51 17 41 Am. Samoa BCO 7.50 42 18 Thailand BFA 67.71 18 43 Guatemala COPABE 7.35 57 19 Germany CEB 63.38 20 44 Ukraine CEB 7.19 46 20 Czech Republic CEB 53.46 22 45 Myanmar BFA 5.75 39 21 Great Britain CEB 49.76 21 46 Aruba COPABE 5.25 52 22 N. Antilles COPABE 48.98 24 47 Austria CEB 4.39 41 23 Philippines BFA 47.83 19 48 Lithuania CEB 3.83 45 24 South Africa ABSA 35.30 23 49 Zimbabwe ABSA 3.75 54 25 Pakistan BFA 35.25 31 49 Fiji BCO 3.75 54

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RANK TEAMS CON. CONF. SCORE 2009 RANK TEAMS CON. CONF. SCORE 2009 49 Afghanistan BFA 3.75 NR 1 Japan BFA 193.32 1 52 Romania CEB 3.38 56 2 USA COPABE 153.33 2 53 Slovenia CEB 2.65 50 3 Australia BCO 140.00 4

54 Slovakia CEB 2.46 49 4 Canada COPABE 133.33 3 2010 FINAL 55 Poland CEB 2.28 51 5 Chinese Taipei BFA 80.00 5 56 Malaysia BFA 2.25 58 5 Venezuela COPABE 80.00 10 57 Israel CEB 2.09 59 7 Cuba COPABE 66.00 7 58 Lesotho ABSA 2.00 60 8 South Korea BFA 40.00 6 59 Belarus CEB 1.91 48 9 Puerto Rico COPABE 38.00 11 60 Bulgaria CEB 1.72 63 10 Hong Kong BFA 13.33 8 61 Switzerland CEB 1.54 53 10 India BFA 13.33 9 62 Cambodia BFA 1.38 65 12 Netherlands CEB 10.00 NR 63 Portugal CEB 1.36 66 13 Dominican Rep. COPABE 5.00 12 64 Hungary CEB 1.17 67 65 Virgin Islands COPABE 1.00 47

65 Bahamas COPABE 1.00 62 IBAF WORLD RANKINGS 65 Mongolia BFA 1.00 NR 68 Ireland CEB 0.99 40 69 Finland CEB 0.80 61 70 Serbia CEB 0.62 69 71 Malta CEB 0.44 71 72 Latvia CEB 0.25 72 72 Cameroon ABSA 0.25 72 72 Samoa BCO 0.25 72

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