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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, the Intercontinental Cup, the Olympic Games baseball tournament, as well as numerous World Championships for all ages. The IBAF also sanctions the World Baseball Classic and works to continue the development and expansion of baseball all over the world.

GUÍA DE MEDIOS 2008-2009 FEDERACIÓN INTERNACIONAL DE BÉISBOL

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Fundada en 1938, la Federación Internacional de Béisbol (IBAF) es la federación de béisbol reconocida por el Comité Olímpico Internacional. Con sede en la capital Olímpica de Lausana desde 1994, la IBAF cuenta con más de 100 federaciones nacionales afiliadas y organiza la Copa Mundial de Béisbol, la Copa Mundial de Béisbol Femenino, la Copa Intercontinental, los torneos de béisbol en los Juegos Olímpicos, y campeonatos mundiales en diversas categorías. La IBAF también apadrina el Clásico Mundial de Béisbol y trabaja para desarrollar y extender la práctica del béisbol en todo el mundo. TABLE OF CONTENTS ÍNDICE IBAF History 1 Historia de la IBAF 4 Executive Committee 7 Comité Ejecutivo 7 Commissions 10 Comisiones 10 Commissioners’ Addresses 13 Direcciones de los Comisarios 13 IBAF Presidents 18 Presidentes de la IBAF 18 IBAF Headquarters 19 Sede de la IBAF 19 Continental Confederations 21 Confederaciones Continentales 21 Member Federations 27 Federaciones miembros 27 Professional Baseball 56 Béisbol profesional 56 Olympic Movement 59 Movimiento Olímpico 59 History of Baseball in the Olympic Games 67 Historia de béisbol en los Juegos Olímpicos 68 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Baseball Tournament 79 Torneo de Béisbol de los Juegos Olímpicos de Pekín 2008 79 2008 Olympic Games Baseball Schedule 83 Calendario del Béisbol Olímpico 2008 83 2008 Olympic Games Qualifying Tournaments 85 Torneos clasificatorios para los Juegos Olímpicos 2008 85 World Baseball Classic 93 Clásico Mundial de Béisbol 93 IBAF Baseball World Cup 95 Copa Mundial de Béisbol IBAF 96 IBAF Intercontinental Cup 109 Copa Intercontinental IBAF 109 IBAF “AAA” World Junior Championships (18U) 115 “AAA”Campeonatos Mundiales Junior IBAF (18U) 115 IBAF “AA” World Youth Championships (16U) 117 “AA” Campeonatos Mundiales Juveniles IBAF (16U) 117 IBAF Women’s Baseball World Cup 119 Copa Mundial de Béisbol Femenino IBAF 119 Continental Championships 121 Campeonatos Continentales 121 FISU World University Baseball Championship 144 Campeonato Mundial de Béisbol Universitario FISU 144 HISTORY IBAF

Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles was the venue for the 1984 IBAF IBAF HISTORY Olympic Baseball demonstration tournament, which was

HISTORY organized with the help of the big league club. The tournament, The first-ever international baseball event was a series of exhibition won by Japan, was watched by an average stadium crowd of games that took place during the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis, 48,000, making baseball the third-most popular sport at the MO. (USA). The exhibition was so successful that baseball, as an Olympic Games in terms of attendance. exhibition event, was repeated at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden. These two events laid the groundwork for the On October 13, 1986, the efforts put forth in Los Angeles rise in popularity that the game saw internationally in the 1930s. came to fruition when, at the International Olympic Committee Session in Lausanne, Switzerland, baseball was included in the In 1936, a baseball exhibition was held at the Olympic Games official programme of the 1992 Olympic Games to be hosted in Berlin. This exhibition was an enormous success as 92,565 by Barcelona, Spain. spectators filled the Olympic Stadium to watch a game between two American teams. In 1988, the USA won the last Olympic demonstration tournament at the Olympic Games in Seoul, and Cuba won Following the success of Berlin, in August 1938, the first Baseball the first-ever Olympic gold medal for baseball at the 1992 World Cup was held in London. With the participation of just two Olympic Games in Barcelona. The silvers went to Japan and Chinese teams, the United States and Great Britain, a series of five games Taipei and the bronze went to Puerto Rico respectively. was played. The British team won four of the five games. This was followed by the formation of the International Baseball In June 1993, at a Congress in Rome, Aldo Notari of Italy was Federation (IBF). unanimously elected as President of the international baseball organization. He immediately took steps towards making a crucial For many years following, the Baseball World Cup hosted only change: transferring the corporate headquarters to the Olympic two to four countries at a time, but in 1950, international baseball capital in Lausanne, Switzerland. This was a key move, clearly had a breakthrough – the 11th Annual Baseball World Cup took integrating baseball into the Olympic Movement. place in Managua, Nicaragua, with a record participation of 12 countries. In what was the largest Baseball World Cup to date, Three years later, in 1996, the baseball tournament in the Atlanta Cuba was proclaimed champions. Olympic Games topped its own record with 1,134,203 tickets sold. Cuba took home its second straight Olympic gold at the event, with Over the next 30 years, international baseball prospered through- Japan finishing with the silver and the USA with the bronze. out the world (highlighted by over 100,000 spectators taking in another baseball demonstration game at the 1956 Olympic Games In 1999, following an agreement between Major League in Melbourne). As time went on, continents formed their own Baseball (MLB), the MLB Players Association (MLBPA) and the baseball federations and countries began creating and hosting their international federation to allow the participation of non-25- very own global tournaments, such as the Pan American Games man roster professional players in the Sydney Games, the and the Asian Championships. The game of baseball was growing federation decided to return to its roots and changed its name at a rapid rate. to the International Baseball Federation (IBAF).

It was during this period of time that Cuba entrenched itself as With the inclusion of professional players, the Sydney 2000 Olympic an international baseball power. With countries all over the world Games baseball tournament was a tremendous success as 97.44 striving to match their talent level, baseball was being pushed percent of capacity was averaged over the event’s 32 games. further into the forefront of the worldwide sports scene, and by There were two firsts in this Games – one, the Olympic gold extension, into the minds of the International Olympic Committee. medal went to the United States (Cuba garnered the silver and Korea, the bronze) and two, the tournament featured teams from When it was announced in early 1978 that the 1984 five continents, illustrating the growth of baseball internationally. Olympic Games were to take place in Los Angeles, LA. (USA), Peter O’Malley, President and Owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, In the eight years since Sydney, baseball has seen many more organized a meeting that was attended by virtually every positive changes. In 2002, the first ever FISU World University delegate from the 37 countries affiliated with the IBAF. The idea Baseball Championships were played, and the IBAF approved the of baseball as a true fixture in the Olympic Games was becoming inception of the Women’s Baseball World Cup. Both events have a reality.

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gone on to see much success, and both will be played in 2008 in IBAF the Czech Republic and Japan, respectively. HISTORIA DE LA IBAF HISTORY 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, El primer evento internacional de béisbol fue una serie de Greece. Australia took home the silver for its first Olympic baseball partidos de exhibición que se jugaron durante los Juegos Olímpicos medal and Japan earned the bronze. Prior to the Olympic Games, de St. Louis (EEUU) en 1904. La exhibición tuvo tanto éxito que el however, baseball had learned that by the narrowest of margins, it béisbol volvió a programarse como deporte de exhibición en los had been voted off the Olympic Programme for the London Games Juegos Olímpicos de 1912 en Estocolmo (Suecia). A pesar de su of 2012. popularidad, no fue hasta los años 30 cuando el béisbol se convirtió en un foco de interés en la competición internacional. Since then, as part of a global effort to return baseball to the programme in 2016, Major League Baseball has created a new En 1936 tuvo lugar una exhibición del béisbol en los Juegos event, the World Baseball Classic (sanctioned by the IBAF), that Olímpicos de Berlín. Esta exhibición fue un enorme éxito, ya que features professional players from all over the world in a truly 92.565 espectadores llenaron el estadio olímpico para seguir international event held prior to the start of the regular season. un partido entre dos equipos americanos. Este acontecimiento In 2006 the first World Baseball Classic was held in the presagió el futuro del deporte en el panorama internacional. United States, with Japan winning the gold medal. The next World Baseball Classic will be held in 2009 with four groups of teams Tras el éxito de Berlín, en agosto de 1938 se celebró la primera kicking off play in international venues around the world. The first Copa Mundial de Béisbol en Londres. Con la participación de round of play will be held completely outside of the USA. The IBAF sólo dos equipos, los Estados Unidos y Gran Bretaña, se jugó una has also announced that the 2009 Baseball World Cup will be serie de cinco encuentros. El equipo británico ganó cuatro de los played across several European countries, rather than in Cuba where cinco partidos. Tras dicho acontecimiento se creó la Federación it was originally scheduled to be played. Both the World Internacional de Béisbol (IBF). Baseball Classic’s move to four non-USA host cities for the first round of the event and the Baseball World Cup’s relocation to Europe, Durante muchos años, en la Copa Mundial de Béisbol sólo where baseball is still relatively new and growing, signal increased participaron de dos a cuatro países, demostrando el poco worldwide growth and awareness of the sport. interés que despertaba el deporte en otros países del mundo. Pero en 1950, el béisbol internacional vio la luz: la 11ª Copa Mundial Driving this new era of international baseball is Dr. Harvey Anual de Béisbol se celebró en Managua (Nicaragua), con una W. Schiller, who was elected as the President of the IBAF in 2007. participación récord de 12 países. Con la participación más Schiller’s primary goals are to see the reinstatement of baseball in numerosa hasta la fecha, Cuba se proclamó campeona de la mayor the 2016 Olympic Games and beyond and to continue to grow the Copa Mundial de Béisbol nunca antes celebrada. sport around the world. Durante los 30 años siguientes, el béisbol internacional Through new initiatives, outreach, multimedia efforts and a new prosperó en todo el mundo (destacando los más de 100.000 Web site (IBAF.org), the IBAF works to educate those not familiar with espectadores que asistieron a otro partido de demostración en los baseball and to celebrate one of the world’s truly global sports. Juegos Olímpicos de 1956 en Melbourne). Con el paso del tiempo, los continentes formaron sus propias federaciones de béisbol y We are baseball. ™ los países comenzaron a crear y a organizar sus propios torneos mundiales, como los Juegos Panamericanos y la Serie Mundial Global. El béisbol crecía rápidamente.

Durante todo ese período, Cuba se afianzó como potencia beisbolística internacional. Muchos otros países se esforzaban por alcanzar el nivel de los cubanos, lo que empujó al béisbol al primer plano de la escena deportiva mundial, y por extensión, a las mentes del Comité Olímpico Internacional.

Cuando a principios de 1978 se anunció que los Juegos Olímpicos de 1984 se celebrarían en Los Ángeles (California, EE.UU.)

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Peter O’Malley, Presidente y Propietario de los Ángeles Dodgers, En los ocho años transcurridos desde Sydney, el béisbol ha

IBAF organizó una reunión a la que asistieron prácticamente todos los experimentado muchos cambios positivos e importantes. En 2002

HISTORY delegados de los 37 países afiliados a la IBAF. La idea del béisbol se celebraron los primeros Campeonatos Mundiales de Béisbol como verdadera baza en los Juegos Olímpicos se convirtió en una Universitario, y la IBAF dio su visto bueno a la organización de realidad. la Copa Mundial de Béisbol Femenino. Ambos acontecimientos han cosechado un gran éxito, y ambos se jugarán en 2008 en la El Dodger Stadium de Los Ángeles fue la sede del torneo República Checa y Japón, respectivamente. olímpico de demostración del béisbol de 1984, organizado con la ayuda del club de grandes ligas. El torneo, que ganó Japón, tuvo 2004 fue un año de altibajos para nuestro deporte. Destacó un aforo medio de 48.000 personas por partido, convirtiendo al la medalla de oro de Cuba en los Juegos Olímpicos de Atenas béisbol en el tercer deporte más popular de unos juegos olímpicos (Grecia). Australia se alzó con su primera medalla olímpica de en cuanto a asistencia de público. béisbol, la de plata, y Japón ganó el bronce. Sin embargo, antes de las Olimpiadas, el béisbol supo que por un estrechísimo margen El 13 de octubre de 1986, los esfuerzos realizados en Los había sido eliminado del Programa Olímpico para los Juegos de Ángeles dieron sus frutos cuando, en la Sesión del Comité Olímpico Londres 2012. Internacional en Lausana (Suiza), el béisbol fue incluido en el programa oficial de los Juegos Olímpicos de Barcelona 1992 Desde entonces, en un esfuerzo mundial por conseguir que el (España). béisbol vuelva al programa olímpico en 2016, la Major League Baseball ha puesto en marcha una nueva competición, el Clásico En 1988, los EE.UU. ganaron el último torneo olímpico de Mundial de Béisbol, un torneo verdaderamente internacional en demostración en los Juegos Olímpicos de Seúl, y Cuba se hizo con el que juegan profesionales de todo el mundo y que se celebra la primera medalla de oro olímpica para el béisbol en los Juegos justo antes del comienzo de la temporada regular. En 2006, la Olímpicos de Barcelona 1992. Las platas fueron para Japón y China primera edición del Clásico Mundial de Béisbol se celebró en los Taipei y el bronce para Puerto Rico. Estados Unidos, donde Japón ganó el oro. El próximo Clásico Mundial de Béisbol se jugará en 2009, con cuatro grupos de En junio de 1993, en un Congreso en Roma, el italiano Aldo equipos que se enfrentarán en distintos estadios internacionales Notari fue elegido por unanimidad Presidente de la organización. de todo el mundo. Toda la primera ronda se jugará fuera de los Inmediatamente se puso manos a la obra para conseguir un cambio Estados Unidos. La IBAF ha anunciado también que la Copa importantísimo: trasladar la sede de la IBAF a la capital olímpica, Mundial de Béisbol 2009 se jugará en varios países europeos, Lausana (Suiza). Fue un movimiento crucial, que pretendía integrar y no en Cuba, donde estaba inicialmente prevista. Tanto el claramente al béisbol en el Movimiento Olímpico. Clásico Mundial de Béisbol, cuya primera fase se desarrollará en cuatro ciudades no estadounidenses, como el traslado de la Tres años después, en 1996, el torneo de béisbol de los Juegos Copa del Mundo de Béisbol a Europa, donde el béisbol es Olímpicos de Atlanta hizo saltar por los aires su propio record, todavía relativamente nuevo pero está en pleno desarrollo, son con 1.134.203 entradas vendidas. Cuba se llevó su segundo oro señales crecientes del auge y conocimiento de nuestro deporte a olímpico seguido, Japón se alzó con la plata y los EE.UU. con nivel mundial. el bronce. Liderando esta nueva era del béisbol internacional está el En 1999, tras un acuerdo entre la Major League Baseball (MLB), la Dr. Harvey W. Schiller, elegido Presidente de la IBAF en 2007. Asociación de Jugadores de la MLB (MLBPA) y la federación inter- Los principales objetivos de Schiller son la reincorporación del nacional para permitir la participación de jugadores profesionales béisbol en los Juegos Olímpicos de 2016 y en adelante, y continuar no incluidos en el roster de 25 hombres en los Juegos Olímpicos de desarrollando el deporte en todo el mundo. Sydney, la organización decidió regresar a sus raíces y cambió su nombre para llamarse Federación Internacional de Béisbol (IBAF). A través de nuevas iniciativas, campañas de promoción, proyectos multimedia y una nueva página Web (IBAF.org), la IBAF trabaja para Con la inclusión de jugadores profesionales, la competición de educar a los que no conocen el béisbol y para rendir tributo a uno béisbol de los Juegos Olímpicos de Sydney 2000 fue un tremendo de los deportes más genuinamente mundiales que existen. éxito, alcanzando una media del 97,44 por ciento de asistencia en los 32 partidos del torneo. Durante esos Juegos hubo dos Somos el béisbol.™ ganadores: uno, los Estados Unidos, que se llevaron la medalla de oro olímpica (Cuba ganó la plata y Corea, el bronce); y dos, en el torneo participaron equipos de cinco continentes, lo que ilustra el crecimiento del béisbol a nivel internacional.

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Martin Miller 2nd Vice President GER COMMITTEE EXEC U TIVE Dr. Harvey W. Schiller Alonso Pérez President González* USA 3rd Vice President *Vacant, Leave of Absence MEX EXEC U TIVE COMMITTEE

Alex W.J. Huang Member at Large TPE

Masatake Matsuda 1st Vice President JPN Eric Pierre Dufour Member at Large FRA

David Molina Member at Large GUA John C. Ostermeyer Secretary General AUS Ishola Williams Continental Vice President: Africa NGR

Eduardo De Bello Continental Vice President: Americas PAN

René Laforce Treasurer BEL

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Members: Michael O’Reilly USA Arnaud Landry SUI

MEDICAL COMMISSION

Chair: Dr. Gianfranco Beltrami ITA Nae-Heun Lee Riccardo Fraccari Members: Dr. Antonio Castro CUB Continental Vice President: Asia Continental Vice President: Europe Dr. Daniel Herrera PAN KOR ITA Dr. Atsushi Masujima JPN Dr. Leo Varriale USA

ANTI-DOPING COMMITTEES

EXEC U TIVE

COMMITTEE IBAF Anti-Doping Commissioners Panel

Chair: Nicki Vance AUS Members: Dr. Gianfranco Beltrami ITA Robert Steffy Shen Wei Dr. Michiko Dohi JAP Continental Vice President: Oceania Member Ex-Officio Dr. Daniel Herrera PAN GUM CHN Ying Tseng TPE

COMMISSIONS IBAF TUE Committee

Chair: Dr. Gianfranco Beltrami ITA Members: Dr. John Bourke AUS Dr. Julian Chang HKG Dr. Gunther Effinger GER

Lei Jun Dr. Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke IBAF Anti-Doping Tribunal Member Ex-Officio Member Ex-Officio CHN NGR Chair: Jonathan Taylor GBR Members: Dr. Gianfranco Beltrami ITA Dr. Julian Chang HKG Dr. Daniel Herrera PAN Arnaud Landry SUI Catherine Ordway AUS Michael O’Reilly USA Joseph de Pencier CAN

Sandra Monteiro Rodolfo Puente Member Ex-Officio Technical Delegate Ex-Officio POR CUB

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Chair: Rodolfo Puente CUB Scoring Director: Giampaolo Reiter ITA Members: Koji Aso JPN Members: Marco Battistella ITA Giuseppe Guilizzoni ITA Pablo Carpio ESP Darin Van Tassel USA Andrés De León PAN Carlos J. Del Pino CUB Moira Dempsey RSA TECHNICAL COMMISSIONERS Feiko Drost NED Rosalinda Hogetoorn NED Humberto Arrieta CUB Oscar A. Izaguirre VEN James Baba CAN José J. Martín ESP Paulus B.J. Bokern NED Nereo Miani ITA Angel Bonilla DOM Anna Maria Paini ITA Frantisek Bunta SVK Gary Rausch USA Peter Caliendo USA Peter Schulze GER Shih-Ming Chang TPE Erika Sojat ITA Jan Esselman NED Harry Wedemeijer NED Michael Gaski USA Narelle Gosstray AUS UMPIRES SUB-COMMISSION Chester Gray AUS Fujio Harada JPN Chair: Richard E. Runchey USA Roland Hoffmann GER Members: Roberto Marchi ITA Yu Huang TPE César Valdés CUB

Friday Ichide NIG COMMISSIONS André Lachance CAN ATHLETES’ COMMISSION Xavier Mateu ESP Enrique Mayorga MEX Massimo Fochi ITA Germán Mesa CUB Omar Linares CUB Juan Nuñez DOM Claudio Liverziani ITA Jorge Otsuka BRA Masanori Sugiura JPN Ro Jun Park KOR

COMMISSIONS Brett Pickett AUS Shari Reiniger CAN DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION Francisco Romero CUB George Santiago PUR Nae-Heun Lee Asia Mitsuyoshi Sato BRA Martin Miller Europe Wei Shen CHN John C. Ostermeyer Oceania Justine M. Siegal USA Héctor Pereyra Americas Peter Ström SWE Ishola Williams Africa Daisuke Tsutsui JPN Warren Turner USA FOUNDERS CLUB Thomas Valcke CAN Robin F. Wallace USA Masato Mizuno JPN Jiro Nagase JPN Sadaharu Oh JPN Peter O’Malley USA Kyoichi Sasaki JPN Tsutomu Shida JPN

11 12 Roberto Marchi Commissioners’ Addresses Umpire Sub-Commission Member Via Lori 4 Eduardo De Bello 56013 Marina di Pisa, Italy Continental Vice President, Americas Tel: (+39-335) 538 7709 Calle Elida Diez N° E-24 Fax: (+39-0503) 6380 Nuevo Reparto El Carmen E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Corregimiento Bella Vista, Panama City, Panama Tel: (+507-261) 3654; (+507-261) 1014; (+507-671) 9335 Martin Miller Fax: (+507-261) 0468 2nd Vice President E-mail: [email protected] Bischofweg 9a 82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Massimo Fochi Tel: (+49) 8821 9668714 Athletes’ Commission Substitute Member Fax: (+49) 8821 9668713 Stadio Europeo “N. Cavalli” Mobil: (+49) 162 9874375 Viale Piacenza, 9 E-mail: [email protected] 43100 Parma, Italy Tel: (+39-0521) 272785; (+39-348) 2442272 Masato Mizuno Fax: (+39-0521) 774301 Founders Club Member E-mail: m22-fochi@vodafone-it 3-22 Kanda Ogawa Machi,Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 101 8477, Japan Giuseppe Guilizzoni Fax: (+81-3) 5483 7210 Technical Commissioner E-mail: [email protected] Via P. Custodi 34 28100 Novara, Italy Sandra Monteiro Tel: (+39-0321) 455 280; (+39-338) 733 8570 Member Ex-Officio Fax: (+39-0321) 35 777; (+39-0321) 616 900 R. Jose Ferreira da Costa, n6 2Dto. E-mail: [email protected] 3200-000 Lousã, Portugal Tel: (+351) 91 8029966; (+351) 91 3307575 Nae Heun Lee Fax: (+351) 239 098996 Continental Vice President Asia E-mail: [email protected] 946-16 Dogokdong Kangnamku Seoul, Korea Jiro Nagase Tel: (+02-572) 8411 Founders Club Member Fax: (+02-572) 7041 36-10, 2 Chome Sumida, Tokyo 131, Japan E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (+81-33) 614 3501 Fax: (+81-33) 614 0730 Omar Linares Athletes’ Commission Member Sadaharu Oh Calle José Marti N° 256 Founders Club Member Entre Juan de la Haya y 27 de Noviembre World Children’s Baseball Foundation Municipio Pinar del Río Kobasyashi Bldg 4-2-10 COMMISSIONERS’ Provincia Pinar del Río, Cuba Kudan Minami, Chiyoda-ku Tel: (+53-82) 77 4971 Tokyo 102-0074, Japan ADDRESSES Tel: (+81-3) 5212 4466 Claudio Liverziani Fax: (+81-3) 5212 1189 Athletes’ Commission Chairman E-mail: [email protected] c/o Saggiorato Via Andrea Costa 68 Rastignano, 40065 Bologna, Italy

ADDRESSES Tel: (+39-347) 671 7621 E-mail: [email protected] COMMISSIONERS’

13 14 Peter O’Malley Yutake Shibata Founders Club Member Technical Commission Member 515 South Figueroa, Suite 910 Sapia Tower Los Angeles, CA 90071 USA 7-12 Marunouchi 1 chome Tel: (+1-213) 488 1900 Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005, Japan Fax: (+1-213) 488 1919 Tel. (+81-3) 321 3 6776 E-mail: [email protected] Fax (+81-3) 3201 07 07 E-mail: [email protected] Michael J. O’Reilly Legal Commission Member Tsutomu Shida 15 Broad St. Suite 501 Founders Club Member Boston, MA 02109 USA 3F Shin-Kioicho, 4-1 Kioicho, Chiyoda-ku Tel: (+1-617) 227 9779 102-0094, Tokyo, Japan Fax: (+1-617) 523 2183 Tel: (+81-3) 5908 1346 Fax: (+81-3) 5323 5620 John C. Ostermeyer E-mail: [email protected] Secretary General P.O. Box 13 Dong-Yeol Shin Flinders Victoria 3929, Australia Technical Commission Member Tel: (+61-3) 5989 1114; (+61-3) 5989 1113 946-13 Dogok-Dong Fax: (+61-3) 5989 1118 Kangnam-Gu E-mail: [email protected] Seoul 135-270, South Korea Tel: (+82-2) 572 8411; (+82-2) 2231 7492 Rodolfo Puente Fax: (+82-2) 572 7041 Member Ex-Officio Goss No. 676 Masanori Sugiura e/ Amado y Aranguren Athletes’ Commission Member Vibora 10 de Octubre, La Habana, Cuba 1206 Meraod Suita Tel: (+53-7) 873 2527; (+53-7) 878 6882 1-1 Katayama-cho Fax: (+53-7) 878 1662 Suita City E-mail: [email protected] Osaka 564-0082, Japan Tel: (+81-6) 6384 5894 Giampaolo Reiter Fax: (+81-6) 6337 4859 Scoring Director, Technical Commission Piazza dell’ospitale 2 César Valdes 34 129 Trieste, Italy Umpire Sub-Commission Member Tel: (+39) 040 3498825 Villuenda 250 Mob: (+39) 329 877 4951 E/San Miguel y Nasarero E-mail: [email protected] Villa Clara, Cuba Tel: (+53-5) 3721 7203 Richard E. Runchey Fax: (+53-5) 3778 1662 Umpire Sub-Commission Chairman E-mail: [email protected] 44933 Albert Drive COMMISSIONERS’

Plymouth, Michigan 48170 USA Nicki Vance ADDRESSES Tel: (+1-734) 459 6728; (+1-313) 592 5695 IBAF Anti-Doping Commission Manager E-mail: [email protected] Avenue de Mon Repos 24 Case Postale 6099 Kyoichi Sasaki 1002 Lausanne, Switzerland Founders Club Member Mob: (+61) 403 800 409 SSK Corporation, 1-2-9 Uehon-Machi Nishi Tel: (+41-21) 318 8240

ADDRESSES Chuo-ku, Osaka 342, Japan Fax: (+41-21) 318 8241 Tel: (+81-66) 768 1118 E-mail: [email protected] COMMISSIONERS’ Fax: (+81-66) 768 7046

15 16 PRESIDENTS IBAF Darin Van Tassell Technical Commission Member IBAF PRESIDENTS 102 Lakewood Drive Statesboro, Georgia, 30458, USA I.B.F. 1938 Leslie Mann USA Tel: (+1-912) 764 3896; (+1-912) 871 1588 I.B.F. 1939 - 1943 Jaime Mariné CUB Fax: (+1-912) 764 9042; (+1-912) 681 0824 F.I.B.A. 1944 - 1945 Jorge Reyes MEX E-mail: [email protected] F.I.B.A. 1946 - 1947 Pablo Morales VEN F.I.B.A. 1948 - 1950 Chale Pereira NCA Ishola Williams F.I.B.A. 1951 - 1952 Pablo Morales VEN Continental Vice President Africa F.I.B.A. 1953 - 1968 Carlos M. Zecca CRC 302 Iju Waterworks Road F.I.B.A. 1969 - 1975 Juan Isa AHO Iju-Ishaga, Lagos, Nigeria F.E.M.B.A. 1973 - 1974 William Fehring USA Tel: (+234) 8042130106; (+234) 8032193910 F.E.M.B.A. 1975 Carlos J. García NCA Fax: (+234-1) 7731970 A.IN.B.A. 1976 - 1979 Manuel González Guerra CUB E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] 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 Dr. Harvey W. Schiller USA

Dr. Harvey W. Schiller President USA ADDRESSES COMMISSIONERS’

17 18 International Baseball Federation President (New York) FEDERACIÓN INTERNACIONAL DE BÉISBOL IBAF Dr. Harvey W. Schiller Office of the President (New York) Katherine Romaine E-mail: [email protected]

Acting Executive Director (Lausanne) John C. Ostermeyer E-mail: [email protected] HEADQ U ARTERS Manager, Office and Baseball Operations (Lausanne) Fidel Breijo IBAF Headquarters E-mail: [email protected] IBAF Avenue de Mon Repos 24

IBAF Case Postale 6099 Manager, Marketing and TV Rights (Lausanne) 1002 Lausanne, Switzerland Erika Sramek-Saeki Tel: (+41-21) 318 8240 E-mail: [email protected]

HEADQ U ARTERS Fax: (+41-21) 318 8241; (+41-21) 318 8242 E-mail: [email protected] Manager, Media Relations (Durham) Web site: www.ibaf.org Jake Fehling E-mail: [email protected] New York, NY (USA) Office 75 Rockefeller Plaza, 27th Floor Manager, Anti-Doping (Lausanne) New York, New York 10019 USA Nicki Vance Tel: (+1-212) 445 6260 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (+1-212) 445 0054 Coordinator, Projects and Events (Lausanne) Durham, NC (USA) Office Carlota Bincaz 403 Blackwell Street E-mail: [email protected] Durham, NC 27701 USA Tel: (+1-919) 474 8721 x225 Coordinator, Anti-Doping and Fax: (+1-919) 474 8822 Communications Support (Lausanne) Olivia Bille Peña E-mail: [email protected]

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

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

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

19 20 CONTINENTAL CONFEDERATIONS BCO Baseball Confederation of Oceania ABSA African Baseball & Softball Association

Paiko Road, Changaga 48 Partridge Way P.M.B. 150 Mooroolbark, Victoria, 3138, Australia Minna Tel: (+61-3) 97271779 Niger State, Nigeria Fax: (+61-3) 97275959 Tel: (+234-66) 224 555 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (+234-66) 224 555 Web site: www.baseballoceania.com E-mail: [email protected] CONFEDERATIONS President: Robert Steffy (AUS) CONTINENTAL President: Ishola Williams (NGR) 1st Vice President: Johnson Toribiong (PLW) Vice President: Etienne N’Guessan (CIV) 2nd Vice President: Florent Perin (NCL) Secretary General: Fridah Shiroya (KEN) Secretary General: Chet Gray (AUS) Treasurer: Françoise Kameni Lele (CMR) Member at Large: Johnny Moses (FSM) Executive Director: Friday Ichide (NGR) Member at Large: Niko Palamo (SAM)

CONTINENTAL Member: Mark Alexander (RSA) CONFEDERATIONS

21 22 BFA CEB Baseball Federation of Asia European Baseball Confederation Confédération Européenne de Baseball

946-16, Dogok-Dong, Kangnam-Gu Frankfurt Office Seoul, 135-270, Korea Otto-Fleck-Schneise 12 Tel: (+82-2) 572 8413 D - 60528 Frankfurt, Germany Fax: (+82-2) 572 8416 Tel: (+49-69) 6700 284 Fax: (+49-69) 67724 212 E-mail: [email protected]

President: Nae Heun Lee (KOR) CONFEDERATIONS Web site: www.baseballeurope.com

Secretary General: Kyung-Hoon Minn (KOR) CONTINENTAL Deputy Secretary General: Sang-Hyun Lee (KOR) President: Martin Miller (GER) Advisor to President: Yukichi Maeda (JPN) 1st Vice President: Riccardo Fraccari (ITA) 2nd Vice President: Alexander Ratner (RUS) 3rd Vice President: Gerard Vaandrager (NED) Secretary General: Sam Pelter (ISR) René Laforce (BEL)

CONTINENTAL Treasurer:

CONFEDERATIONS Vocal: Attila Borbély (HUN) Vocal: Ake Halvarson (SWE) Vocal: Eric-Pierre Dufour (FRA) Vocal: Osvaldo Vavra (CRO)

23 24 COPABE Pan American Baseball Confederation Confederación Panamericana de Béisbol

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

CONFEDERATIONS Vice President: Lucien Mohamed (ARU) Vocal: Ramón León (COL) Vocal: Mario Rojas (HON) Vocal: Rodolfo Puente (CUB)

25 26 Australia - AUS Member FEDERATIONS Australian Baseball Federation Level 1, 7 Short Street, Southport, QLD 4215 P.O. Box 10468 American Samoa - ASA Southport, Business Centre QLD 4215 American Samoa Baseball Association Tel: (+61-7) 5509 4144 P.O. Box 1299 Fax: (+61-7) 5509 4155 Pago Pago, 96799 E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (+684) 644 4123; (+684) 633 4449 Web site: www.baseball.com.au Fax: (+684) 644 2529; (+684) 633 5281 E-mail: [email protected] President: Geoff Pearce Press Officer: Jenny Stockman President: Ben Solaita Austria - AUT Argentina - ARG Austrian Baseball-Softball Federation Federación Argentina de Béisbol Sportzentrum Spenadlwiese Av. Revolución de Mayo No 1656 A-1020 Wien B Cristol- Córdoba Tel: (+43-1) 774 4114 C.P.: 5014 Fax: (+43-1) 774 4115 Tel: (+54-351) 457 5472 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (+54-351) 457 5512 Web site: www.baseballaustria.com E-mail: [email protected] President: Rainer Husty José Ramón Majul President: Secretary General: Joerg Wachter Secretary General: Pablo Barrientos Bahamas - BAH Armenia - ARM Bahamas Baseball Association Baseball Federation of Armenia 13 Little Hyde Park Seabreeze Lane Proshyan 11 P.O. Box N-1747, Nassau 0019 Yerevan, 375019 Tel: (+1) 242 364 0138 Tel: (+374-91) 425 458; (+374-93) 111 222 Fax: (+1) 242 392 2320 Fax: (+374-10) 275 491; (+374-10) 588 983 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web site: internationalbaseball.org/bahamas.htm Arman Yavryan President: President: James Franklin Wood Arthur Varpetyan Secretary General: Secretary General: Oria Wood Knowles Press Officer: Samuel E. Rodger Aruba - ARU Amateur Baseball Bond Aruba Belarus - BLR Sabana Grandi 39, Sta. Cruz Belarus Baseball and Softball Federation Centro Deportivo G.P. Trinidad Surganova 2-53 federations Oranjestad, DC1712 220012 Minsk MEMBER Tel: (+297) 585 931769 Tel: (+375-17) 290 79 Fax: (+297) 583 37 72 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.baseball.by Web site: www.leaguelineup.com/abba

MEMBER President: Aliaksandr Davydau President: Lucien E. Mohamed federations Secretary General: Aliaksandr Sechka Secretary General: Rudolfo Wester

27 28 Belgium - BEL Brunei Darussalam - BRU Koninklijke Belgische Baseball en Softball Federatie Brunei Amateur Softball & Baseball Association Boulevard d’Avroy, 192 bus 12 P.O. Box 2442 B-4000 Liège Bandar Seri Begawan 1924 Tel: (+32-4) 250 0600 Phone: (+673-2) 382382 Fax: (+32-4) 250 0600 Fax: (+673-2) 383833 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.internationalbaseball.org/brunei.htm Web site: www.kbbsf.be President: Pehin Brigen Hj. Jaafar Aziz President: Jérôme Legris Secretary General: P.J. Sulaiman Secretary General: Lucien Destexhe Vice President: Paul Van Craenenbrouck Bulgaria - BUL Press Officer: Jérôme Legris Bulgarian Baseball Federation bul. “Vasil Levski” No 75 Bolivia - BOL Sofia 1040 Federación Boliviana de Béisbol y Softbol Tel: (+359) 2 9300 744 Avda. Heroínas No. 0-686 Fax: (+359) 2 9300 744 P.O. Box 89, Cochabamba E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (+591-4) 425 9400 Fax: (+591-4) 425 9427 President: Yassen Nedelchev E-mail: [email protected] Burkina Faso - BFA President: Antonio Gaete Argote Fédération Burkinabé de Baseball et Softball Secretary General: Marcelo Gómez Rodrigo 09 Bp 381 09 Ouagadougou Brazil - BRA Confederação Brasileira de Beisebol e Softbol Cameroon - CMR Rua Visconde de Ouros 161 Cameroon Baseball & Softball Federation Jardim Aeroporto, São Paulo 04632-020 P.O. Box 7399 Yaoundé Tel: (+55-11) 5034 9904; (+55-11) 5034 2512 Tel: (+237) 22 23 23 73 Fax: (+55-11) 5034 0262 Fax: (+237) 22 23 52 62 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.cbbs.com.br Web site: www.fcbscameroon.org

President: Jorge Otsuka President: Sone Winslow (Mrs. Francoise Kameni Lele, Acting President) Secretary General: Alexandre Nita Secretary General: John Calvin Mukete Press Officer: Eric Akita Vice President: Francoise Kameni Lele

British Virgin Islands - IVB Canada - CAN British Virgin Islands Baseball Federation Baseball Canada FEDERATIONS Road Town, P.O. Box 231, Tortola Suite A-7, 2212 Gladwin Crescent Tel: (+1-284) 494 4706 Ottawa, Ontario K1B 5N1 MEMBER Fax: (+1-284) 494 4706 Tel: (+1-613) 748 5606 Fax: (+1-613) 748 5767 President: Derry Fahie E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.baseball.ca MEMBER

FEDERATIONS President: Raymond Carter Secretary General: Jim Baba Press Officer: Luc Hébert

29 30 Chile - CHI Cook Islands, South Pacific - COK Federación de Béisbol y Softbol de Chile Baseball & Softball Cook Islands Association Avda. Vicuña Mackenna 40, Of. 13 Providencia, Santiago de Chile Ministry of Education, P.O. Box 97 Tel: (+56-2) 635 9453 Rarotonga Fax: (+56-2) 222 9968 Tel: (+682) 25270 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (+682) 25864 Web site: www.beisbolchile.cl President: Joel Pokura President: Roberto Véliz Muñoz Secretary General: David Saavedra Fernández Costa Rica - CRC Press Officer: Manuel Canihuante Roco Federación Costarricense de Béisbol Aficionado Estudio de Béisbol Antonio Escarré China - CHN San Cayetano Chinese Baseball Association 3635 San Jose 5, Tiyuguan Road, Beijing 100763 Tel: (+506) 373 5173 Tel: (+86-10) 6714 5078; (+86-10) 6716 9082 Fax: (+506) 223 2560; (+506) 286 0472 Fax: (+86-10) 6716 2993 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Web site: www.FCbeisbol.org

Acting President: Lei Jun President: Rodrigo Vargas Castaing Executive President: Du Zhaocai Secretary General: Francisco Vargas Arias Secretary General: Shen Wei Press Officer: Franklin Solís Ortiz Vice Secretary General: Tian Yuan Staff: Yi Sheng Croatia - CRO Staff: Ding Feng Croatian Baseball Association Trg sportova 11 Chinese Taipei - TPE 10000 Zagreb Chinese Taipei Baseball Association Tel: (+385-1) 301 2355 16 Floor, 270 Chung Hsiao E. Road, sec.4 Taipei Fax: (+385-1) 309 1119 Tel: (+886-2) 2711 8128 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (+886-2) 2711 5487 Web site: www.baseball-cro.hr E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.ctba.org.tw President: Osvaldo Vavra Secretary General: Zdenko Ostovic President: Alex W.J. Huang Secretary General: Richard T.C. Lin Cuba - CUB Press Officer: Al Chen Federación Cubana de Béisbol Aficionado Estadio Latinoamericano Colombia - COL calle Pedro Pérez No. 302 entre Patria y Sarabia, Cerro, Habana Federación Colombiana de Béisbol FEDERATIONS La Matuna, Edificio Concasa, Oficina 404 Tel: (+53-7) 878 6882; (+53-7) 873 2528 MEMBER Cartagena de Indias 2253 Fax: (+53-7) 878 1662 Tel: (+57-5) 664 2566 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (+57-5) 6656 401 Web site: www.beisbolcubano.cu E-mail: [email protected] President: Higinio Velez Carrión MEMBER President: Ramón León Hernández Secretary General: Luis Carton Contador FEDERATIONS Secretary General: Rafael Bravo León Press Officer: Rodolfo Garcia Lozano

31 32 Cyprus - CYP Ecuador - ECU Cyprus Amateur Baseball Federation Federación Ecuatoriana de Béisbol P.O. Box 777, Larnaca 6307 Complejo de Béisbol, Ciudadela Kennedy, Calle G y la 7ma oeste Fax: (+357-4) 660 870 Guayaquil, Guayas 09-04-351-P E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Fax: (+593-4) 269 2834; (593-4) 239 5553 E-mail: [email protected] President: Nicos Mannouris Secretary General: Stelios Stylianou President: Ernesto Pólit Ycaza Secretary General: Juan Quintana Andrade Czech Republic - CZE Press Officer: Juan Quintana Andrade Czech Baseball Association Atletická 100/2, P.O. Box 40 El Salvador - ESA 160 17 Praha 6 Federación Salvadoreña de Béisbol Tel: (+420) 242 429 211 Parque de Pelota “Saturnino Bengoa” Fax: (+420) 242 429 211 Alameda Dr. Manuel Enrique Araujo, Km. 5 E-mail: [email protected] Carretera a Santa Tecla, San Salvador Web site: www.baseball.cz Tel: (+503) 2279 2476 Fax: (+503) 2298 4112 President: Petr Ditrich E-mail: [email protected] Secretary General: Jiri Votinsky [email protected] Press Officer: Jiri Votinsky President: Mariano Humberto Novoa Fogelbach Denmark - DEN Secretary General: Iván Moreno Mariano Danish Baseball Softball Federation Idraettens Hus, Broendby Stadion 20 Estonia - EST 2605 Broendby Estonian Baseball & Softball Federation Tel: (+45-43) 262 437 Põhja 31-6, Keila 76610 Fax: (+45-43) 262 176 Tel: (+372) 604 5472 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (+372) 678 0303 Web site: www.dbasof.dk President: Jaanus Väljamäe President: Bo Orla-Jensen Secretary General: Frants Gufler Fiji Islands - FIJ Press Officer: Christina Laub Frank Fiji Islands Baseball Association c/o The Fiji Association of Sports Dominican Republic - DOM & National Olympic Committee (FASANOC) Federación Dominicana de Béisbol Aficionado 17 Bau Street, Flagstaff, GPO Box 1279 Calle Ortega y Gasset Esq. Avenida John F. Kennedy Tel: (+679) 3303 525; (+679) 9920 352 Estadio de Béisbol # 2, Centro Olímpico Juan Pablo Duarte Fax: (+679) 3301 647 Distrito Nacional E-mail: [email protected] federations Tel: (+1-809) 562 4541; (+1-809) 562 4771 (+1-809) 567 7477 President: William (Billy) Johns MEMBER E-mail: [email protected] Secretary General: Ronald Seeto

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

33 34 Finland - FIN Ghana - GHA Finnish Baseball and Softball Association Ghana Baseball and Softball Association Radiokatu 20 - 00093 Slu 3rd Floor Coplan House, Tel: (+358-9) 3481 3135 Kojo Thompson Road, Adabraka Fax: (+358-9) 3481 2602 P.O. Box AN 11489, Accra E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (+233-21) 228520 Web site: www.baseballfinland.com Fax: (+233-21) 228520 E-mail: [email protected] President: Simopekka Vänskä Secretary General: Sampo Pihkala President: Abraham K. Padi Secretary General: RO Lamptey France - FRA Press Officer: Albert Frimpang Fédération Française de Baseball et Softball 41, rue de Fécamp, 75012 Paris Great Britain - GBR Tel: (+33) 1 44 68 89 30 British Baseball Federation Fax: (+33) 1 44 68 96 00 Ariel House E-mail: [email protected] 74a Charlotte Street Web site: www.ffbsc.org London W1T 4QJ Tel: (+44-20) 7453 7055 opt 2 President: Eric-Pierre Dufour Fax: (+44-20) 7453 7007 Secretary General: André Parker E-mail: [email protected] Vice-President: Nadège Esteban Web site: www.baseballsoftballuk.com Vice-President: Denis-Didier Rousseau Press Officer: Jean Sebastien Ménigoz President: Rob Rance Secretary General: John Walmsley Georgia - GEO Press Officer: Tim Stride Baseball Federation of Georgia 49a Chavchavadze Ave. Greece - GRE Tbilisi 380062 Hellenic Amateur Baseball Federation Tel: (+995-32) 230 279; (+995-32) 231 421 Entrance A Former Hellinikon West Airport Fax: (+995-32) 230 279 Hellinikon P.C. E-mail: [email protected] 16777, Athens Tel: (+302) 10 985 9031; (+302) 10 985 9032 President: Ramaz Goglidze Fax: (+302) 10 985 9815 Secretary General: Gela Chikhradze E-mail: [email protected] Press Officer: Gela Chikhradze Web site: www.baseballhellas.gr

Germany - GER President: Panagiotis Mitsiopoulos Deutscher Baseball und Softball Verband e.v. Secretary General: Gerassimos Katsigiannis Geschäftstelle / Head Office Press Officer: Akrivi Koutroumani FEDERATIONS Flugplatzstr. 31 55126 Mainz MEMBER Tel: (+49) 6131 215590 Fax: (+49) 6131 21559 10 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.baseball-softball.de MEMBER

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

35 36 Guam - GUM Hungary - HUN Guam Baseball Federation Hungarian National Baseball & Softball Federation c/o Guam National Olympic Committee Lehel u.11, 1134 Budapest Attn: Ricardo Blas, President Tel: (+36-30) 212 7827 152 East Espiritu Street Fax: (+36-1) 350 0415 Tamuning, Guam 96913 E-mail: [email protected] P.O. Box 21809 Web site: www.baseball.hu GMF Hagatna 96921 Tel: (+1-671) 647 4661 President: Robert B. Irving Fax: (+1-671) 646 4233 Secretary General: Peter Vida E-mail: [email protected] India - IND Commissioner: Mark Charfauros Amateur Baseball Federation of India 112/14 Onkar Nagar B, Tri Nagar Guatemala - GUA Delhi 110035, India Federación Nacional de Béisbol Guatemala Tel: (+91-11) 6450 1976 Avenida Simeón Cañas, Final Hipodromo del Norte Fax: (+91-11) 2718 0043 Zona 2, Ciudad de Guatemala 01002 E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (+502) 2254 0858 Web site: www.baseballindia.com Fax: (+502) 2254 1119 E-mail: [email protected] President: Ramakant S. Angle Secretary General: P.C. Bhardwaj President: David Molina Cassiano Press Officer: Sudhanshu Roy Secretary General: Dagoberto Vásquez Grajeda Indonesia - INA Honduras - HON Indonesia Amateur Baseball & Softball Federation Federación Hondureña de Béisbol Wisma Kosgoro Bldg., 14th Fl. Apartado Postal 150 JI.M.H. Thamrin 53 Villa Olímpica, Oficina Fehda Jakarta 10350 Tegucigalpa Tel: (+62-21) 230 0988; (+62-21) 314 1808 ext. 237 Tel: (+504) 232 6921 Fax: (+62-21) 722 2932 Fax: (+504) 232 1539 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] President: Gunawan Tjandra President: Mario A. Rojas Secretary General: Suryo Adi Prasetyo Secretary General: Grace Figueroa Press Officer: Harry A. Trisnadi Press Officer: César Quezada Iran - IRI Hong Kong China - HKG Baseball Federation, Islamic Republic of Iran Hong Kong China Baseball Association Varzandeh 51. Mofateh Avenue FEDERATIONS Room 1003, Olympic House, No 1 Stadium Path Tehran 15815/1881 Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Tel: (+98-21) 8830 7813 MEMBER Tel: (+852) 2504 8330 Mob: (+98-21) 8882 4014 Fax: (+852) 2504 4663 Fax: (+98-21) 8882 4014 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Web site: www.hkbaseball.org MEMBER President: Hossein Sadegh Abedin

FEDERATIONS President: Laurence Lee Secretary General: Mohammad Reza Kashani Secretary General: Allan Mak Nin-Fung Press Officer: Mohammad Reza Sadraei Kashani Press Officer: Philip Li

37 38 Ireland - IRL Ivory Coast - CIV Baseball Ireland Fédération Ivoirienne de Baseball & Softball 12 Valley Avenue, Druid Valley Immeuble EECI, Equipe Houdaille 3éme d. Cabinteely Avenue Houdaille, BP 7832 Abidjan 01 Dublin 18 Tel: (+225-20) 206 252; (+225-22) 471 131 35 The Green, Blessington Abbey Fax: (+225-20) 322 471 Blessington, Co Wicklow E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (+353) 8762 36917; (+353) 4589 1753 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]; President: Etienne N’Guessan [email protected] Secretary General: Bilé Tanoe Web site: www.baseballireland.com Jamaica - JAM President: Mike Kindle Jamaica Baseball Association Secretary General: Robert McGarry 78 Harbour Street, P.O. Box 695 Press Officer: Erin Mullally Kingston Phone: (+876) 922 4882 / 876 927 7742 Israel - ISR Fax: (+876) 922 9830 Israel Association of Baseball P.O. Box 48159 Japan - JPN Tel Aviv 61481 Baseball Federation of Japan Tel: (+972) 050 8962017 Sapia Tower 8F Fax: (+972-2) 991 0945 1-7-12 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku E-mail: [email protected] Tokyo, 100-0005 Web site: www.iab.org.il Tel: (+81-3) 320 11155 Fax: (+81-3) 320 10707 President: Haim Katz E-mail: [email protected] Secretary General: Peter Kurz E-mail: [email protected] Vice President: Nathan Pomerantz Web site: www.jaba.or.jp

Italy - ITA President: Masatake Matsuda Federazione Italiana Baseball Softball Secretary General: Masaru Ushiro Viale Tiziano 74 - 00196 Rome General Manager, International Division: Kazu Tawa Tel: (+39-06) 3685 8376 Fax: (+39-06) 3685 8201 Kazakhstan - KAZ E-mail: [email protected] Baseball and Softball Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan Web site: www.fibs.it 8th Mikroraion 80-3 Almaty 050035 President: Riccardo Fraccari Fax: (+7-3272) 534 062 Vice President: Massimo Fochi E-mail: [email protected] Vice President: Giovanni Antonio Sanna federations Press Officer: Riccardo Schiroli President: Zhan Kanapyanov Secretary General: Mansur Yarullin MEMBER MEMBER federations

39 40 Kenya - KEN Lesotho - LES Baseball Federation of Kenya Lesotho Baseball and Softball Association Assoc. of Evangelicals of Africa & Madagascar P.O. Box 138, Setsoto Stadium, Stadium Road P.O. Box 50242, Nairobi 00200 Maseri 100 Tel: (+254-20) 2722 769 Tel: (+266-22) 321 292 Fax: (+254-20) 271 3004 Fax: (+266-22) 310 494 E-mail: solgacece@aea_co.ke; [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]

President: Solomon Gacece President: Putsoa Moroke Shebe Mabothobile Secretary General: George Mahindai Secretary General: Shelile Teboho

Korea - KOR Liberia - LBR Korean Baseball Association Liberia Baseball & Softball Association 4F. 946-16 Dogok-dong, Kangnam-ku c/o Charles Potter Seoul 135-270 P.O. Box 10-6473, Monrovia Tel: (+82-2) 572 8411; (+82-2) 572 8413 Fax: (+231) 226 006 Fax: (+82-2) 572 7041; (+82-2) 548 6830 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] President: Christian King Secretary General: Fred J. A. Pratt President: Kyung Hoon Minn Secretary General: Sang-Hyun Lee Lithuania - LTU Press Officer: Sang-Hyun Lee Lithuanian Baseball Association Paupio 28, LT-11341 Vilnius - Lithuania Korea D.P.R. - PRK Tel: (+370) 659 64238; (+370) 5 233 45 19 Baseball and Softball Association of DPR Korea Fax: (+370) 5 233 45 19 Kumsongdong-2, Kwangbok Street E-mail: [email protected] Mangyongdae District, P.O. Box 56, Pyongyang City Web site: www.beisbolas.lt Tel: (+850-2) 181 11 ext. 8164 Fax: (+850-2) 381 4403 President: Vidmantas Vasiliauskas Secretary General: Edmuntas Matusevicius President: Kim Su Hak Vice President: Algimatas Neverdauskas Secretary General: O Sok Hwan Vice President: Petras Vilcinskas Press Officer: Ko Chol Ho Vice President: Raimundas Kalanta Vice President: Gintaras Sadaunykas Latvia- LVA Latvian Baseball Federation Malaysia - MAS 39-24 S. Eizensteina Str. Federation of Baseball Malaysia LV-1079 Riga 24, Jalan Damasara Permai, Damansara Heights E-mail: [email protected] 50490 Kuala Lumpur Web site: www.beisbols.lv Fax: (+603) 2092 5490 FEDERATIONS

President: Igors Aleksejevs President: Abdullah Dato’ Noh MEMBER Vice President: Raimonds Koptenkovs Secretary General: Ibrahim Ramlay Press Officer: Farizul Latif Zulkifly MEMBER FEDERATIONS

41 42 Mali - MLI Micronesia - MCR Fédération Malienne de Base-Ball et de Softball Federated States of Micronesia Baseball Federation C/o Col. Moussa B. Diabate P.O. Box PS 319, Palikir, Pohnpei FM 96941 Chef du Cabinet de Défense Tel: (+691) 320 8914 Bamako Fax: (+691) 320 8915; (+691) 320 5955 Tel: (+223) 223 3398 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (+223) 223 3398 Vice President: Moses Johnny President: Moussa B. Diabate Secretary General: Jim Tobin Press Officer: Tadasy Yamaguchi Malta - MLT Maltese Association Baseball Softball Moldova - MDA 18A Triq II - Qortin National Sport Federation of Baseball and Softball Mellieha MLH 04 of Republic of Moldova Tel: (+356) 9921 6868 str. Avicena 13, MD-2025 Fax: (+356) 2124 2899 mun. Chisinau E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (+373) 692 30 727 Web site: www.baseballsoftballmalta.org Fax: (+373) 22 400 389 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] President: Mario Debono Web site: www.moldbaseball.com Vice President: Patrick Pace President: Vadim Dermenji Marshall Islands - MHL Secretary General: Vladislav Beltic Republic of the Marshall Islands Baseball Federation Office: Andrei Butnari P.O. Box 288 Majuro 96960 Marshall Islands Mongolia - MGL Tel: (+692) 625 5520 Mongolian National Baseball Federation Fax: (+692) 455 5820 Room 102, Olympic House Chinggis Avenue Mexico - MEX Ulaanbaatar, Khan-Uul District, 201648 Federación Mexicana de Béisbol, A.C. Tel: (+976-11) 481 395; (+976-99) 163 400; (+976-11) 345267 Av. Río Churubusco s/n Puerta 9 Ciudad Deportiva Fax: (+976-11) 343 541; (+976-99) 163 400 08010 Mexico D.F. E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (+52-55) 5649 1491 Fax: (+52-55) 5649 1491 President: Enkhboldsodon Tumurkhuyag E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Secretary General: Norjmaa Gochoosuren

President: Alonso Pérez González Morocco - MAR 1st Vice President: Enrique Mayorga Betancourt Morocco Baseball Federation Carlos López Villagran Secretary General: 55 Cité Es-Safadi, Villa Es-Saada, Rabat, Aviation federations Press Officer: Gilberto Solís President: Hamid Rachdi Alami MEMBER MEMBER federations

43 44 Myanmar - MYA New Zealand - NZL Myanmar Baseball Federation Baseball New Zealand Incorporated 26, Than Lwin Road, Bahan Township P.O. Box 58104 Greenmount Yangon Auckland Tel: (+95) 1 251915; (+95) 1 252649 8 Awatea Road Parnell 1001 Fax: (+95) 1 251915; (+95) 1 252649 Auckland E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (+64-9) 6339309; (+64-9) 027 271 6440; (+64-9) 377 0662 Fax: (+64-9) 636 2087; (+64-9) 274 9310; (+64-9) 377 2228 Vice President: Naing Win E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] [email protected] Namibia - NAM Namibia Baseball Association President: John Stephney Noel Davies C/o Namibia National Sports Council Press Officer: Bernice Dingwall P.O. Box 3022, Windhoek Ausspannplapz Nicaragua - NCA P.O. Box 5165 Federación Nicaragüense de Béisbol Asociada Tel: (+264-61) 242 353; (+264-81) 124 6449 Estadio “Denis Martínez” Fax: (+264-61) 242 407 Apartado Postal 2443, Managua E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (+505) 222 7620 Fax: (+505) 255 1171 President: Walter Hankey E-mail: [email protected]

Netherlands - NED President: Carlos García Solórzano Koninklijke Nederlandse Baseball en Softball Bond Secretary General: Ivan Garcia Huis van de Sport Press Officer: Noel Urcuyo Báez Wattbaan 31-49 3439 ML Niewegein Nigeria - NGR Tel: (+31-30) 7513650 Nigerian Baseball and Softball Association Inc. Fax: (+31-30) 7513651 302, Iju Waterworks Road, Ishaga, Agege, Lagos E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (+234-1) 492 5535 Web site: www.knbsb.nl Fax: (+234-1) 492 5535 E-mail: [email protected] President: Ruud Van Zetten Secretary General: Reinoud Wieling President: Ishola Williams Secretary General: William Boyd Netherlands Antilles - AHO Press Officer: Vicky Olumudi Netherlands Antillean Baseball Federation Kaya Rakeliou 41 Norway - NOR Schelpwijk, Willemstad, Curacao Norges Soft og Baseball Forbund Salina 28, Wracao Serviceboks 1 Ulleval Stadion, 0840 Oslo federations Curaçao Tel: (+47-21) 02 98 55 Tel: (+599-9) 738 1434 Fax: (+47-21) 02 90 03 MEMBER Fax: (+599-9) 433 3101 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Web site: www.soft-baseball.no

President: George R. de Lira President: Christian Abrahamsen MEMBER Secretary General: Giovanni Atalita Vice President: Bjorn Christian Thode federations

45 46 Pakistan - PAK Peru - PER Pakistan Federation Baseball & Softball Federación Deportiva Peruana de Béisbol National Hockey Stadium, Ferozepur Road, Lahore Av. Canadá, Cuadra 30, San Luis, Lima 30 Tel: (+92-42) 923 06 65 Tel: (+51-1) 473 2870; (+51-1) 448 3939 Fax: (+92-42) 571 1828 Fax: (+51-1) 473 2870; (+51-1) 433 0163 E-mail: [email protected] President: Shaukat Javed Secretary General: Khawar Shah President: Gerardo Maruy Takayama Vice President: Víctor Tamashiro Tamashiro Palau - PLW Secretary General: Juan Palomino Yamamoto Belau Baseball Federation Press Officer: Gladys Grimaldi Cavero P.O. Box 155 Koror 96940 Philippines - PHI Tel: (+680) 488 1126 Philippine Amateur Baseball Association Fax: (+680) 488 3354 7487 Bagtikan Street E-mail: [email protected] San Antonio Village, Makati 1203, Metro Manilla Tel: (+63-2) 890 8277; (+63-2) 896 7218 President: Johnson Toribiong Fax: (+63-2) 897 7732 1st Vice President: Alexander Merep E-mail: [email protected]

Panama - PAN President: Hector Cruz Navasero Federación Panameña de Béisbol Aficionado Secretary General: Ernesto P.Abarientos Estadio Nacional, Ave. Cerro Patacón, Press Officer: Roberto Rondez Kilómetro 3, Apartado 9664 Zona 4, Panamá 10741 Poland - POL Tel: (+507) 230 4524 Polish Baseball and Softball Federation Fax: (+507) 230 4524 ul. Lazienkowska 6a E-mail: [email protected] 00-449 Warsaw Tel: (+48-22) 529 87 49; (+48-22) 621 77 49 President: Franz Wever Fax: (+48-22) 529 89 22 Secretary General: Eduardo Alfaro E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Press Office: Nicolas S. Espinosa Web site: www.baseball.pl

Papua New Guinea - PNG President: Michal Kaczmarek Papua New Guinea Baseball Federation Secretary General: Waldemar Szymanski P.O. Box 5399 Press Officer: Edward Rozwadowski Boroko NCD Tel: (+675) 324 3151; (+675) 325 6401 Portugal - POR Fax: (+675) 325 0185 Federação Portuguesa de Basebol e Softbol R. Dr. Alvaro Barreirinhas Cunhal/ Edif C Coord Transp E-mail: [email protected] FEDERATIONS Piso 1, 2204-909 Abrantes President: Chris Bais Tel: (+351-91) 802 99 66 MEMBER Secretary General: Harry Keket Fax: (+351-239) 09 89 96 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.fpbsweb.org

MEMBER President: Sandra Monteiro

FEDERATIONS Vice President: Ricardo Panuzzo

47 48 Puerto Rico - PUR Samoa - SAM Federación de Béisbol Aficionado de Puerto Rico Samoa Baseball Association P.O. Box 191897 c/o Samoan Sports Federation & NOC Private Bag San Juan 00919-1897 Apia Tel: (+1-787) 772 1003; (+1-787) 772 1004 Tel: (+685) 25 033 Fax: (+1-787) 772 1005 Fax: (+685) 26 701; (+685) 26 675 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Web site: www.beisboldoblea.com Web site: www.baseballoceania.com

President: Israel Roldán González President: Niko Palamo Secretary General: José J. Martinez Longo Secretary General: Henry Taefu Press Officer: Lucy Pereira San Marino - SMR Romania - ROU San Marino Federation Baseball Softball Romanian Baseball and Softball Federation Via Rancaglia 30, 47899 Serravalle B-dul Basarabiei 37-39 Tel: (+378) 901 211; (+378) 906 488 Sector 2, cod 22103, Bucuresti Fax: (+378) 906 468 Tel: (+40-21) 317 00 93 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (+40-21) 317 00 93 [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] President: Maurizio Gasperoni President: Vasile Molan Secretary General: Fabrizia Giuccioli Secretary General: Cristian Costescu Press Officer: Cristian Costescu Serbia - SRB Serbian Baseball Association Russia - RUS Kumanovska 17 Russian Baseball Federation 11000 Beograd Luzhnetskaya nab. 8 Tel: (+381-11) 344 2712 Moscow, GSP, 119992 Fax: (+381-11) 344 1770 Tel: (+7-095) 725 4549 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (+7-495) 248 3434 Web site: www.baseball.org.yu E-mail: [email protected] President: Vlada Krstivojevic President: Yuri Kopilov Secretary General: Nikola Vucevic Secretary General: Vladimir Telkov Press Officer: Alexander Ratner Singapore - SIN Singapore Baseball & Softball Association Saipan - MNP Unit 16, Zone One, South Entrance, National Stadium Saipan Major League Baseball Association 15, Stadium Road c/o 50185, Saipan MP 96950 Singapore 397718 FEDERATIONS Tel: (+16) 70 664 88 87 Tel: (+65) 6345 0646; (+65) 6299 1342 Fax: (+65) 6345 0646 MEMBER E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Web site: web.singnet.com.sg/~ssasoftb

President: Johnny Goh MEMBER Secretary General: Kok Guen

FEDERATIONS Press Officer: Abdul Aziz Bin Abu Talib

49 50 Slovakia - SVK Spain - ESP Slovak Baseball Federation Real Federación Española de Béisbol y Sófbol Junaka 6, Bratislava 832 80 Calle Coslada 10 4° Izq. Tel/Fax: (+421) 2 4924 9547 28028 Madrid E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Tel: (+34-91) 355 28 44 Web site: www.sbf.sk Fax: (+34-91) 355 12 06 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] President: Stanislav Horacek Web site: www.rfebeisbolsofbol.com Secretary General: Frantisek Bunta Press Officer: Frantisek Bunta President: Julio Pernas López

Slovenia - SLO Sri Lanka - SRI Baseball & Softball Association of Slovenia Sri Lanka Amateur Baseball & Softball Association Savlje 6, PP 3722 25/48, Kalinga Mawatha Ljubljana 1001 Polhengoda, Colombo 05 Tel: (+386) 423 670 50 Tel: (+01-12) 44 00 41; 0773082591 Fax: (+386) 420 220 62 Fax: (+01-12) 34 28 13 Tel: (+386-1) 430 1115 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (+386-1) 431 2026; (+386-1) 431 0820 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] President: Upul Perera Secretary General: Mr. K. Manoj C. Fernando President: Janko Pucnik Secretary General: Igor Veselinovic Sweden - SWE Press Officer: Luka Kreitmayer Swedish Baseball & Softball Federation Kungsgatan 19 Solomon Islands - SOL 54131 Skövde Solomon Islands Baseball Federation Tel: (+46) 500 44 77 85 c/o National Olympic Committee of Solomon Islands Fax: (+46) 500 44 77 51 P.O. Box 532, Honiara E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (+67) 725 686 Web site: www.baseboll-softboll.se

South Africa - RSA President: Mats Fransson South African Baseball Union Secretary General: Kristian Palvia P.O. Box 2398, Highlands North, Johannesburg 2037 Press Officer: Magnus Hedstrom Tel: (+27) 11 402 5505; (+27) 11 402 5506 Fax: (+27) 11 402 3499 Switzerland - SUI E-mail: [email protected] Swiss Baseball & Softball Federation Web site: baseball.co.za c/o Monique Schmitt Birsmattstr. 21 Mark Alexander President: 4106 Therwil FEDERATIONS Press Officer: Edwin Bennett Tel: (+41-61) 721 5463 Fax: (+41-61) 723 8191 MEMBER E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.swiss-baseball.ch

President: Marco Iten MEMBER Secretary General: Monique Schmitt FEDERATIONS Press Officer: Monique Schmitt

51 52 Thailand - THA Turkey - TUR Amateur Baseball Association of Thailand Turkiye Beyzbol Federasyonu n° 1 Moo 7, Phaholyothin Road, Km. 51 Ulus Ishani A Blok P.K. 06050 Tambol Chiang Rak-Noi, Ayutthaya 13170 13180 Ulus Ankara Tel: (+66-35) 361 439; (+66-35) 361 503 Tel: (+90-312) 309 8646 Fax: (+66-35) 361 477 Fax: (+90-312) 312 3992 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.tbsf.org.tr President: Tienchai Sirisumpan Secretary General: Vutichai Udomkarnjananan President: Sooner Yilmaz Press Officer: Pavena Sumallayasak Secretary General: Fikret Bulutgu Press Officer: Taylin Yumak Togo - TOG Fédération Togolaise de Base-ball et Soft-ball Uganda - UGA 57 Rue de l’Ogou, Uganda Baseball and Softball Association Face direction des Peaces Corps Americains P.O. Box 30034, Kampala B.P. 330, Lomé Plot If Luthwu Ruje Bugolobi Tel: (+228) 907 8283 9006 Kampala Fax: (+228) 222 8061 Tel: (+256-41) 285 861; (+256-77) 552 046; (+256-41) 434 5408 Fax: (+256-41) 285 861 President: Koshi Djodji Tamakloe E-mail: [email protected] Secretary General: Emile Komlan Abalo Press Officer: Koffi Galokpo President: Sheila Agonzibwe Secretary General: Barnabas Mwesiga Trinidad and Tobago - TRI Baseball Softball Association of Trinidad and Tobago United States of America - USA Savannah Villas Arranguez USA Baseball Building 8, Apt 8, San Juan Durham Bulls Athletic Park Tel: (+186) 879 83539 P.O. Box 1131 Fax: (+186) 862 31650 Durham, NC 27702 E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (+1) 919 474 8721 E-mail: [email protected] President: Michael Legerton Web site: www.usabaseball.com

Tunisia - TUN Executive Director: Paul Seiler Fédération Tunisienne de Baseball et Softball Press Officer: Jake Fehling 5 Rue Bab Souika - 1006 Tunis P.O. Box N 61 - 1059 Tunis Hafsia U.S. Virgin Islands - ISV Tel: (+216-71) 565 486 Virgin Islands Baseball Federation Innovative Business Center Fax: (+216-71) 565 486 federations 4006 Estate Diamond, St. Croix 00820 President: Mohamed Ben Guiza Tel: (+1-340) 773 4425; (+1-340) 772 1570 MEMBER Secretary General: Naoufel Kaddour Fax: (+1-340) 772 1570 Press Officer: Maher Ben Guiza President: Thomas A. Johnson Secretary General: Morgan D. Quigley MEMBER Press Officer: Isaac Causey federations

53 54 P rofessional baseball

Ukraine - UKR Ukrainian Baseball Softball Federation Professional Baseball Kropyvnytskogo str. 14, Kiev, 01004 Tel: (+38) 44 562 7667 Major League Baseball USA Uzbekistan - UZB Office of the Commissioner Uzbekistan Baseball Federation 245 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10167, USA 15/1 Almazar Street Tel: (+1-212) 931 7800 70003 Tashkent Fax: (+1-212) 949 5650 Tel: (+998) 712 306 630 Web site: www.mlb.com

Venezuela - VEN Commissioner: Allan H. Selig Federación Venezolana de Béisbol President and Chief Operating Officer: Robert DuPuy Av. Urdaneta, Animas a Platanal, Edif. las Marías, Exec VP of Baseball Operations: Jimmi Lee Solomon Piso 4°, Ofic. 401 Exec VP of Business: Tim Brosnan Caracas Exec VP of Labor Relations & Human Resources: Rob Manfred Tel: (+58) 212 563 5919; (+58) 414 281 9416 E-mail: [email protected] Exec VP of Finance: Jonathan Mariner Exec VP of Administration and CIO: John McHale, Jr. Zambia - ZAM Zambia Softball and Baseball Association P.O. Box 31981, Lusaka Major League Baseball Players Association Tel: (+978) 548 9700 USA Fax: (+ 978) 877 34 12 East 49th Street, New York, NY 10017, USA Tel: (+1-212) 826 0808 Zimbabwe - ZIM Fax: (+1-212) 752 3649 Zimbabwe Baseball & Softball Association E-mail: [email protected] P.O. Box 7792, Harare Web site: www.mlbplayers.com Tel: (+263) 477 3725 Fax: (+263) 477 3725 Executive Director: Don Fehr E-mail: [email protected] Chief Operating Officer: Gene Orza Special Assistant to Executive Director: Phil Bradley President: Morris Banda Special Assistant to Executive Director: Bobby Bonilla Special Assistant to Executive Director: Stan Javier Special Assistant to Executive Director: Steve Rogers General Counsel: Michael Weiner Director of Communications: Greg Bouris

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum USA 25 Main Street, Box 590, Cooperstown, NY 13326, USA Tel: (+1-607) 547 7200 Fax: (+1-607) 547 2044

MEMBER E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.baseballhalloffame.org federations

President: Jeff Idleson

55 56 P rofessional baseball

Major League Baseball Scouting Bureau Korean Baseball Organization baseball USA KOR P rofessional 3500 Porsche Way, Suite 100, Ontario, CA 91764, USA The Hall of Baseball, 946-16, Dogok-Dong Tel: (+1-909) 980 1881 Kangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea Fax: (+1-909) 980 7794 Tel: (+82-2) 3461 7887 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (+82-2) 3472 7800

Director: Frank A. Marcos Commissioner: Yong-oh Park Secretary General: Sang-Kook Lee Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum CAN Chinese Professional Baseball League P.O. Box 1838, 140 Queen St. TPE St. Marys, Ontario, N4X 1C2, Canada 2FL., No. 32 Pateh Road, Sec. 3 E-mail: [email protected] Taipei 105, Chinese Taipei, R.O.C. Web site: www.baseballhalloffame.ca Tel: (+886-2) 2577 6992 Fax: (+886-2) 2577 2606 Chairman of the Board: John G. Starzynksi Web site: www.cpbl.com.tw President and CEO: Tom Valcke Director of Operations: Scott Crawford Director of International Affairs: Richard Wang

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

Commissioner: Ryozo Kato Executive Director: Kazuo Hasegawa Secretary General: Kazuo Asegawa

Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum JPN 3-61, Koraku-1-chome Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-0004 Japan

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

57 58 Olympic Movement Olympic Movement

AGFIS/GAISF General Association of International Sports Federations Villa Le Mas 4 Boulevard du Jardin Exotique 98000 Monte-Carlo, Monaco IOC Tel: (+377) 9797 6510 International Olympic Committee Fax: (+377) 9325 2873 MOVEMENT

Château de Vidy E-mail: [email protected] OLYMPIC C.P. 356, 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland Web site: www.agfisonline.com Tel: (+41-21) 621 61 11 Fax: (+41-21) 621 62 16 AIBA Web site: www.olympic.org International Boxing Association OLYMPIC Maison du Sport International MOVEMENT Museum and Olympic Studies Centre Avenue de Rhodanie 54 - CH-1007 Villa Olympique Lausanne, Switzerland 1, Quai d’Ouchy Tel: (+41-21) 321 2777 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Fax: (+41-21) 321 2772 Tel: (+41-21) 621 65 11 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (+41-21) 621 65 12 Web site: www.aiba.net Web site: www.museum.olympic.org ASOIF Olympic Solidarity Association of Summer Olympic International Federations Villa Mon Repos, Parc Mon Repos 1 Maison du Sport International C.P. 1374 Av. De Rhodanie 54 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland Tel: (+41-21) 310 2600 Tel: (+41-21) 601 4888 Fax: (+41-21) 310 2699 Fax: (+41-21) 601 4889 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.olympic.org Web site: www.asoif.com

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

59 60 FIBA FILA International Basketball Federation International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles Avenue Louis Casaï, 53 Av. Juste-Olivier 17 1216 Cointrin/Geneva, Switzerland 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Tel: (+41-22) 545 0000 Tel: (+41-21) 312 8426 Fax: (+41-22) 545 0099 Fax: (+41-21) 323 6073 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.fiba.com Web site: www.fila-wrestling.com

FIE FINA International Fencing Federation International Swimming Federation MOVEMENT Maison du Sport International Av. de l’Avant-Poste 4 OLYMPIC Avenue de Rhodanie 54 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland CH-1007 Lausanne, Switzerland Tel: (+41-21) 310 4710 Tel: (+41-21) 320 3115 Fax: (+41-21) 312 6610 Fax: (+41-21) 320 3116 Web site: www.fina.org OLYMPIC

MOVEMENT E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.fie.ch FISA International Rowing Federation FIFA Maison du Sport International International Federation of Football Association Av. de Rhodanie 54 P.O. Box 8044, Strasse 20 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland Zurich, Switzerland Tel: (+41-21) 617 8373 Tel: (+41-0) 43 222 7777 Fax: (+41-21) 617 8375 Fax: (+41-0) 43 222 7878 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.worldrowing.com Web site: www.fifa.com FITA FIG International Archery Federation International Gymnastics Federation Maison du Sport International Avenue de la Gare 12 Avenue de Rhodanie 54 1003 Lausanne, Switzerland 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland Tel: (+41-21) 321 5510 Tel: (+41-21) 614 3050 Fax: (+41-21) 321 5519 Fax: (+41-21) 614 3055 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.fig-gymnastics.com Web site: www.archery.org

FIH FIVB International Hockey Federation International Volleyball Federation Rue du Valentin 61 Château Les Tourelles 1004 Lausanne, Switzerland Edouard-Sandoz 2-4 Tel: (+41-21) 641 06 06 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Fax: (+41-21) 641 06 07 Tel: (+41-21) 345 3535 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (+42-21) 345 3545 Web site: www.worldhockey.org E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.fivb.ch

61 62 IAAF ISAF International Association of Athletics Federations International Sailing Federation 17 rue Princesse Florestine B.P. 359 Ariadne House, Town Quay Southampton 98007 Monte-Carlo, Monaco Cédex Hampshire S014 2AQ, Great Britain Tel: (+377) 9310 8888 Tel: (+44-2380) 635 111 Fax: (+377) 9315 9515 Fax: (+44-2380) 635 789 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.iaaf.org Web site: www.sailing.org

IBF ISF International Badminton Federation International Softball Federation MOVEMENT Stadium Badminton Kuala Lumpur 1900 South Park Road OLYMPIC Batu 3 ½, Jalan Cheras Plant City, FL 33563 USA 56000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tel: (+1-813) 864 0100 Tel: (+60-3) 92 83 71 55 Fax: (+1-813) 864 0105 Fax: (+60-3) 92 84 71 55 E-mail: [email protected] OLYMPIC

MOVEMENT E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.internationalsoftball.com Web site: www.internationalbadminton.org ISSF ICF International Shooting Sport Federation International Canoe Federation Bavariaring 21 Avenue de Rhodanie 54 80336 Münich, Germany CH 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland Tel: (+49-89) 544 3550 Tel: (+ 41-21) 612 02 90 Fax: (+49-89) 544 35544 Fax: (+ 41-21) 612 02 91 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.issf-shooting.org Web site: www.canoeicf.com ITF IHF International Tennis Federation International Handball Federation Bank Lane, Roehampton Peter-Merian Strasse 23 London SW15 5XZ, Great Britain P.O. Box 4002, Basel, Switzerland Tel: (+44-20) 88 78 6464 Tel: (+41-61) 228 9040 Fax: (+44-20) 88 78 7799 Fax: (+41-61) 228 9055 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.itftennis.com Web site: www.ihf.info ITTF IJF The International Table Tennis Federation International Judo Federation Chemin de la Roche 11 Budapest 1051 CH-1020 Renens, Switzerland Roosevelt ter 2, Hungary Tel: (+41-21) 340 7090 Tel: (+36-1) 302 7270 Fax: (+41-21) 340 7099 Fax: (+36-1) 302 7271 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.ittf.com Web site: www.ijf.org

63 64 ITU WTF International Triathlon Union The World Taekwondo Federation 988 Harbourside Drive, Suite 221 4F Joyang Building 113 North Vancouver, BC, Canada, V7P 3T2 Sameseong-dong Gangham-gu Tel: (+1-604) 926 7250 Seoul, Korea 134-090 Fax: (+1-604) 926 7260 Tel: (+82-2) 566 2505 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (+82-2) 553 4728 Web site: www.triathlon.org E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.wtf.org IWF International Weightlifting Federation MOVEMENT Pf. 614, 1374 Budapest, Hungary OLYMPIC 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 UCI International Cycling Union Ch. de la Mêlée 12 1860 Aigle, Switzerland Tel. (+41-24) 468 58 11 Fax (+41-24) 468 58 12 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.uci.ch

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

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65 66 HISTORY OF BASEBALL Historia del béisbol en los Juegos Olímpicos IN THE Olympic Games El béisbol hizo su debut en la escena internacional como deporte de exhibición en Estocolmo en 1912. A pesar de la popularidad del béisbol durante esos juegos olímpicos y también en Melbourne 44 años después, donde se registró el récord de asistencia a un solo partido de béisbol con más de 100.000 espectadores, no fue hasta los Juegos Olímpicos de Los Ángeles 1984 cuando el béisbol fue plenamente considerado como deporte olímpico.

Tras los Juegos de Los Ángeles, donde Cuba se llevó la medalla de oro, el béisbol fue añadido al programa olímpico por el Comité Olímpico Internacional. Aunque no estuvo oficialmente dentro del programa hasta 1992, el mundo pudo ver a los estadounidenses Getty Images alzarse con la medalla de oro en los Juegos Olímpicos de Seúl Baseball made its debut on the Olympic stage as a demonstration 1988. sport at Stockholm in 1912. As popular as baseball was at those Olympic Games and in Melbourne 44 years later where it set the Desde entonces, Cuba ha reinado sobre la escena olímpica del baseball single-game attendance record with over 100,000 spec- béisbol, ganando el oro en los Juegos Olímpicos Barcelona 1992 tators, it was not until the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games that (ESP), Atlanta 1996 (EEUU) y Atenas 2004 (GRE). Los cubanos baseball was fully embraced as an Olympic staple. quedaron con la plata ante los Estados Unidos en los Juegos Olímpicos de Sydney 2000 (AUS). Con el tiempo, el béisbol se

Following the Los Angeles Games, and Cuba’s run to the gold, ha convertido en uno de los deportes más populares en los IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES baseball was added to the Olympic Programme by the International Juegos Olímpicos. HISTORY OF BASEBALL Olympic Committee. Although not officially on the programme until 1992, the world watched as the Americans took the gold medal at Sin embargo, ahora que los ocho equipos clasificados se the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. preparan para los Juegos Olímpicos de Pekín 2008, existe la triste posibilidad de que caiga el telón sobre el béisbol olímpico. Después Since then, Cuba has reigned over the Olympic baseball scene, de la votación del Comité Olímpico Internacional que sacó al béisbol winning the golds in the Barcelona (ESP) 1992 Olympic Games, the del programa olímpico para las olimpiadas de Londres 2012, los 1996 Games in Atlanta, GA. (USA) and in 2004 in Athens (GRE). The juegos de Pekín significan mucho para el béisbol. Los equipos no Cubans took silver to the United States in the 2000 Olympic Games sólo competirán por ganar medallas: también jugarán por el futuro in Sydney (AUS). In the process, baseball has grown into one of the olímpico del béisbol. most popular sports in the Olympic Games.

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

67 68 August 1, 1992 1992 Olympic Games – Barcelona Cuba def. Puerto Rico, 9-4 Chinese Taipei def. Japan, 2-0 Italy def. Spain, 14-4 USA def. Dominican Republic, 10-0

August 2, 1992 Dominican Republic def. Italy, 7-5 Spain def. Puerto Rico, 7-6 Japan def. USA, 7-1 Games of the XXV Olympiad Cuba def. Chinese Taipei, 8-1 Barcelona 1992 Semifinals Gold: Cuba August 4, 1992 Silver: Chinese Taipei Cuba def. USA, 6-1 Bronze: Japan Chinese Taipei def. Japan, 5-2

Also competed (in order of finish): USA, Puerto Rico, Medal Rounds Dominican Republic, Italy, and Spain August 5, 1992 Cuba def. Chinese Taipei, 11-1 (Gold) Preliminaries Japan def. USA, 8-3 (Bronze) July 26, 1992 IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES

Chinese Taipei def. Italy, 8-2 HISTORY OF BASEBALL Cuba def. Dominican Republic, 8-0 USA def. Spain, 4-1 Japan def. Puerto Rico, 9-0

July 27, 1992 USA def. Chinese Taipei, 10-9 Cuba def. Italy, 18-1 Puerto Rico def. Dominican Republic, 7-5 Japan def. Spain, 12-1

July 28, 1992 Chinese Taipei def. Puerto Rico, 10-1 HISTORY OF BASEBALL HISTORY

IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES THE OLYMPIC IN USA def. Italy, 10-0 Cuba def. Japan, 8-2 Dominican Republic def. Spain, 11-2

July 29, 1992 Japan def. Dominican Republic, 17-0 Puerto Rico def. Italy, 2-0 Cuba def. USA, 9-6 Chinese Taipei def. Spain, 20-0

July 31, 1992 Japan def. Italy, 13-3 Chinese Taipei def. Dominican Republic, 11-0 Cuba def. Spain, 18-0 USA def. Puerto Rico, 8-2

69 70 July 27, 1996 1996 Olympic Games – Atlanta Japan def. Nicaragua, 13-6 Cuba def. Italy, 20-6 USA def. Australia 15-5

July 28, 1996 Korea def. Netherlands, 11-3 Cuba def. USA, 10-8 Nicaragua def. Australia, 10-0

July 29, 1996 Games of the XXVI Olympiad Netherlands def. Italy, 8-7 Atlanta 1996 Cuba def. Nicaragua, 8-7 Japan def. Korea, 14-4 Gold: Cuba Silver: Japan July 30, 1996 Bronze: USA USA def. Netherlands, 17-1 Japan def. Italy, 12-1 Also competed (in order of finish): Nicaragua, Netherlands, Australia def. Korea, 11-8 Italy, Australia, and Korea Semifinals Preliminaries August 1, 1996

July 20, 1996 Japan def. USA, 11-2 IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES USA def. Nicaragua, 4-1 Cuba def. Nicaragua, 10-3 HISTORY OF BASEBALL Cuba def. Australia 19-8 Japan def. Netherlands, 12-2 Medal Rounds August 2, 1996 July 21, 1996 Cuba def. Japan, 13-0 (Gold) Italy def. Korea, 2-1 USA def. Nicaragua, 10-3 (Bronze) Cuba def. Japan, 8-7 July 22, 1996 Netherlands def. Australia, 16-6 Nicaragua def. Italy, 7-2 USA def. Korea, 7-2 HISTORY OF BASEBALL HISTORY IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES THE OLYMPIC IN July 23, 1996 Cuba def. Netherlands, 18-2 Nicaragua def. Korea, 8-3 Australia def. Japan, 9-6

July 24, 1996 USA def. Italy, 15-3 Cuba def. Korea, 14-11

July 25, 1996 Nicaragua def. Netherlands, 5-0 Italy def. Australia, 12-8 USA def. Japan 15-5

71 72 September 22, 2000 2000 Olympic Games – Sydney Korea def. Netherlands, 2-0 Cuba def. Australia, 1-0 Japan def. S. Africa, 8-0 USA def. Italy, 4-2

September 23, 2000 S. Africa def. Netherlands, 3-2 Korea def. Japan, 7-6 Italy def. Australia, 8-7 Cuba def. USA, 6-1 XXVII Games of the XXVII Olympiad Sydney 2000 September 24, 2000 Netherlands def. Italy, 3-2 Gold: USA Korea def. S. Africa, 13-3 Silver: Cuba Cuba def. Japan, 6-2 Bronze: Korea USA def. Australia, 12-1

Also competed (in order of finish): Japan, Netherlands, Italy, Semifinals Australia, and South Africa September 26, 2000 Cuba def. Japan, 3-0 Preliminaries USA def. Korea, 3-2

September 17, 2000 IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES HISTORY OF BASEBALL Cuba def. S. Africa, 16-0 Medal Rounds USA def. Japan, 4-2 September 27, 2000 Korea def. Italy, 10-2 USA def. Cuba, 4-0 (Gold) Netherlands def. Australia, 6-4 Korea def. Japan, 3-1 (Bronze)

September 18, 2000 Cuba def. Italy, 13-5 Australia def. Korea, 5-3 USA def. S. Africa, 11-1 Japan def. Netherlands, 10-2

September 19, 2000

HISTORY OF BASEBALL HISTORY Italy def. S. Africa, 13-0 IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES THE OLYMPIC IN Japan def. Australia, 7-3 USA def. Netherlands, 6-2 Cuba def. Korea, 6-5

September 20, 2000 Japan def. Italy, 6-1 Netherlands def. Cuba, 4-2 Australia def. S. Africa, 10-4 USA def. Korea, 4-0

73 74 August 20, 2004 2004 Olympic Games – Athens Italy def. Chinese Taipei, 5-4 Japan def. Canada, 9-1 Australia def. Greece, 11-6 Cuba def. Netherlands, 9-2

August 21, 2004 Japan def. Chinese Taipei, 4-3 Cuba def. Canada, 5-2 Australia def. Netherlands, 22-2 Greece def. Italy, 12-7 Games of the XXVIII Olympiad Athens 2004 August 22, 2004 Chinese Taipei def. Netherlands, 5-1 Gold: Cuba Japan def. Greece, 6-1 Silver: Australia Cuba def. Italy, 5-0 Bronze: Japan Canada def. Australia, 11-0

Also competed (in order of finish): Canada, Chinese Taipei, Semifinals Netherlands, Greece, and Italy August 24, 2004 Cuba def. Canada, 8-5 Preliminaries Australia def. Japan, 1-0 IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES

August 15, 2004 HISTORY OF BASEBALL Cuba def. Australia, 4-1 Medal Rounds Japan def. Italy, 12-0 August 25, 2004 Canada def. Chinese Taipei, 7-0 Cuba def. Australia, 6-2 (Gold) Netherlands def. Greece, 11-0 Japan def. Canada, 11-2 (Bronze)

August 16, 2004 Chinese Taipei def. Australia, 3-0 Canada def. Italy, 9-3 Japan def. Netherlands, 8-3 Cuba def. Greece, 5-4

August 17, 2004 HISTORY OF BASEBALL HISTORY

IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES THE OLYMPIC IN Canada def. Netherlands, 7-0 Chinese Taipei def. Greece, 7-1 Australia def. Italy, 6-0 Japan def. Cuba, 6-3

August 18, 2004 Netherlands def. Italy, 10-4 Australia def. Japan, 9-4 Canada def. Greece, 2-0 Cuba def. Chinese Taipei, 10-2

75 76 HISTORY OF BASEBALL IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES 78 ...... 5 7 4 8 2004 XXVIII Athens Bronze . . . . 6 5 6 8 4 2000 XXVII Silver Gold Gold Sydney Bronze ...... 8 5 7 7 Silver 4 XXVI 1996 Gold Silver Atlanta Bronze 77 ...... 6 8 5 7 6 4 XXV Silver Gold 1992 Bronze Barcelona BASEBALL WORLD CUP SUMMARY• 1 CUP SUMMARY• BASEBALL WORLD YMPIC GAMES YMPIC

TEAMS Australia Cuba Canada Japan Greece USA Chinese Taipei Chinese Africa South Korea Italy Nicaragua Spain Netherlands Dom. Rep. Puerto Rico

Ol Results Overall

IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES OLYMPIC THE IN HISTORY OF BASEBALL OF HISTORY BEIJING 2008 Olympic Games IBAF Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Technical Committee BASEBALL TOURNAMENT 1st Technical Delegate Paul Seiler USA 2nd Technical Delegate Chester Gray AUS E.C./Head of Jury of Appeal Riccardo Fraccari ITA XXIX Olympic Games E.C./Jury of Appeal David Molina GUA E.C./Jury of Appeal Peter Caliendo USA E.C./Jury of Appeal Martin Miller GER Competition Director Darin Van Tassell USA Technical Commission Head Rodolfo Puente Zamora CUB Technical Commissioner Humberto Arrieta CUB Technical Commissioner Koji Aso JPN Technical Commissioner Ezequiel Buenrostro MEX Technical Commissioner Jan Esselman NED Technical Commissioner Huawei Lin TPE Technical Commissioner Geoffrey Robertson AUS Technical Commissioner George Santiago PUR Technical Commissioner Thomas Valcke CAN Umpiring Director Richard Runchey USA International Umpire Joseph Burleson USA International Umpire Fabrizio Chirici ITA International Umpire Perry Costello USA International Umpire Juan Cuevas Rodriguez CUB BEIJING 2008 International Umpire Nelson Diaz CUB Beijing 2008 Organising Committee for the Games of the XXIX International Umpire Edgar Estivison PAN Olympiad (BOCOG) International Umpire Brian Hodgson CAN Department of BOCOG International Umpire Paul Hyham AUS 267 Be Si Huan Zhong Lu International Umpire Kazuhiro Kuwabara JPN Haidian District International Umpire Wen-Ching Liao TPE Beijing 10083, China International Umpire Malcom Mackay AUS Tel: (+86-10) 66699185 International Umpire Luis A. Ramirez Rosas MEX Fax: (+86-10) 66699229 International Umpire Carlos Rey Cotto PUR E-mail: [email protected] International Umpire Juan V. Rodriguez PUR Web site: www.beijing2008.com International Umpire Ron Shewchuk CAN International Umpire Daniel Toledo Rodriguez MEX International Umpire Edwin Van Den Berk NED International Umpire Jianxiang Yang CHN Scoring Director Susana Santos ESP International Scorer Carlos del Pindo CUB OLYMPIC GAMES International Scorer Moira Dempsey RSA OLYMPIC GAMES BEIJING 2008 International Scorer Jennie Moloney AUS BEIJING 2008 International Scorer Rosalinda Hogetoorn NED National Scorer Xiaomin Chen CHN National Scorer Yao Guo CHN National Scorer Yulu Li CHN National Scorer Jingchun Liu CHN National Scorer Xiaoju Sun CHN National Scorer Zhimin Sun CHN BEIJING 2008 BEIJING 2008 National Scorer Yuansheng Wu CHN OLYMPIC GAMES OLYMPIC OLYMPIC GAMES OLYMPIC National Scorer Fei Zong CHN

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Wednesday, August 20 2008 Olympic GAMES 10:30 Cuba vs. China WKB Field 2 Baseball Schedule 11:30 Netherlands vs. Korea WKB Main Field 18:00 Canada vs. Chinese Taipei WKB Field 2 Schedule of Events 19:00 Japan vs. USA WKB Main Field B aseball S ched u le GAME s 2008 O lympic Wednesday, August 13 Thursday, August 21 10:30 Chinese Taipei vs. Netherlands WKB Field 2 Rest Day 11:30 China vs. Canada WKB Main Field 18:00 Korea vs. USA WKB Field 2 FINAL ROUND 19:00 Cuba vs. Japan WKB Main Field *All games are played on the WKB Main Field

Thursday, August 14 Friday, August 22 10:30 Netherlands vs. USA WKB Field 2 10:30 Semifinal Game 1st place vs. 4th place 11:30 Korea vs. China WKB Main Field 18:00 Semifinal Game 2nd place vs. 3rd place 18:00 Cuba vs. Canada WKB Field 2 19:00 Chinese Taipei vs. Japan WKB Main Field Saturday, August 23 10:30 Bronze Medal Game Friday, August 15 18:00 Gold Medal Game 10:30 China vs. Chinese Taipei WKB Field 2 21:25 Medal Ceremony 11:30 USA vs. Cuba WKB Main Field 18:00 Canada vs. Korea WKB Field 2 19:00 Japan vs. Netherlands WKB Main Field

Saturday, August 16 10:30 USA vs. Canada WKB Field 2 11:30 Cuba vs. Chinese Taipei WKB Main Field 18:00 China vs. Netherlands WKB Field 2 19:00 Japan vs. Korea WKB Main Field

Sunday, August 17 Rest Day

Monday, August 18 10:30 Canada vs. Japan WKB Field 2 11:30 Chinese Taipei vs. Korea WKB Main Field 18:00 Netherlands vs. Cuba WKB Field 2 19:00 USA vs. China WKB Main Field

Tuesday, August 19 10:30 Netherlands vs. Canada WKB Field 2 11:30 Korea vs. Cuba WKB Main Field 18:00 Japan vs. China WKB Field 2 19:00 USA vs. Chinese Taipei WKB Main Field

83 84 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games 2006 Americas Championship/Olympic Qualifier Havana, Cuba Qualifying Tournaments The first and second place teams from the Americas Championship/ Olympic Qualifier received an automatic bid to the Beijing 2008 2007 African Continental Olympic Qualifying Olympic Games. The third and fourth place teams earned a spot in Championship; Johannesburg, South Africa the 2008 Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament. Q U ALI F YING TO UR NAMENTS 1st place: USA The first place finisher in the 2007 African Continental 2008 O lympic G ames Olympic Qualifying Championship earned a berth in the 2008 Final 2nd place: Cuba Olympic Qualifying Tournament. 3rd place: Mexico 4th place: Canada 1st place: South Africa 2nd place: Nigeria Also competed (in order of finish): Venezuela, Panama, 3rd place: Ghana Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Brazil, and Ecuador Also competed (in order of finish): Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Cameroon Preliminary Round: The top four from Group A and Group B advanced to the final round.

G ames 2008 O lympic South Africa (5-0) Nigeria (3-1) Ghana (3-2) W–Zimbabwe, 20-0 W–Zimbabwe, 17-3 L–Nigeria, 13-5 YING TO UR NAMENTS Q U ALI F YING W–Lesotho, 29-0 W–Ghana, 13-5 W–Cameroon, 22-0 Group A: W–Cameroon, 16-1 L–S. Africa, 12-2 W–Zimbabwe, 3-1 Cuba, Panama, Dominican Republic, and Nicaragua advanced to W–Nigeria, 12-2 W–Cameroon, 22-5 W–Lesotho, 11-5 the final round. Colombia and Ecuador were eliminated. W–Ghana, 15-0 L–S. Africa, 15-0 Cuba (5-0) Panama (4-1) Nicaragua (3-2) Zimbabwe (2-3) Lesotho (1-3) Cameroon (0-4) W–Panama, 7-6 L–Cuba, 6-7 L–Cuba, 0-11 L–Nigeria, 17-3 W–Cameroon, 18-1 L–Lesotho, 18-1 W–Nicaragua, 11-0 W–Nicaragua, 3-1 L–Panama, 1-3 L–S. Africa, 20-0 L–S. Africa, 29-0 L–Ghana, 22-0 W–Dom. Rep., 17-3 W–Dom. Rep., 3-2 W–Dom. Rep., 6-4 L–Ghana, 3-1 L–Ghana, 11-5 L–S. Africa, 16-1 W–Colombia, 14-0 W–Colombia, 11-3 W–Colombia, 4-0 W–Cameroon, 19-11 L–Zimbabwe, 7-4 L–Zimbabwe, 19-11 W–Ecuador, 15-1 W–Ecuador, 15-3 W–Ecuador, 11-1 W–Lesotho, 7-4 Dom. Rep. (2-3) Colombia (1-4) Ecuador (0-5) L–Cuba, 3-17 L–Cuba, 0-14 L–Cuba, 1-15 L–Panama, 2-3 L–Panama, 3-11 L–Panama, 3-15 L–Nicaragua, 4-6 L–Nicaragua, 0-4 L–Nicaragua, 1-11 W–Colombia, 9-3 L–Dom. Rep., 3-9 L–Dom. Rep., 1-13 W–Ecuador, 13-1 W–Ecuador, 9-5 L–Ecuador, 5-9

85 86 Group B: 2007 Asian Championships/Olympic Qualifier United States, Mexico, Canada, and Venezuela advanced to the final Taichung, Taipei round. Puerto Rico and Brazil were eliminated. The first place team from the 2007 Asian Championships/Olympic USA (4-1) Mexico (4-1) Canada (3-2) Qualifier received an automatic bid to the Beijing 2008 Olympic W–Mexico, 15-3 L–USA, 3-15 L–USA, 3-9 Games. The second and third place teams earned a spot in the W–Canada, 9-3 W–Canada, 2-1 L–Mexico, 1-2 2008 Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

L–Venezuela, 9-12 W–Venezuela, 5-4 W–Venezuela, 7-5 Q U ALI F YING TO UR NAMENTS W–Puerto Rico, 5-2 W–Puerto Rico, 8-7 W–Puerto Rico, 6-5 1st Place: Japan W–Brazil, 8-7 W–Brazil, 2-1 W–Brazil, 7-3 2nd Place: Korea 2008 O lympic G ames 3rd Place: Chinese Taipei Venezuela (2-3) Puerto Rico (1-4) Brazil (1-4) W–USA, 12-9 L–USA, 2-5 L–USA, 7-8 Also competed: Philippines, Thailand, Hong Kong, and Pakistan L–Mexico, 4-5 L–Mexico, 7-8 L–Mexico, 1-2 L–Canada, 5-7 L–Canada, 5-6 L–Canada, 3-7 Note: Philippines advanced from “Group B” with the best W–Puerto Rico, 2-1 L–Venezuela, 1-2 W–Venezuela, 10-5 overall record (2-0-1), which also included Thailand, Hong Kong L–Brazil, 5-10 W–Brazil, 10-6 L–Puerto Rico, 6-10 and Pakistan (in order of finish). This group competed in a round-robin format over three days prior to the 2007 Asian Championships/Olympic Qualifier in order to see who would round out the group with Chinese Taipei, Japan and Korea.

G ames 2008 O lympic FINAL ROUND

YING TO UR NAMENTS Q U ALI F YING Japan (3-0) Korea (2-1) Chinese Taipei (1-2) USA (6-1) Cuba (6-1) Mexico (5-2) W–Philippines, 10-0 W–Philippines, 13-1 W–Philippines, 9-0 W–Cuba, 8-5 L–USA, 5-8 L–USA, 3-15 W–Korea, 4-3 L–Japan, 3-4 L–Korea, 2-5 W–Mexico, 15-3 W–Mexico, 4-0 L–Cuba, 0-4 W–C. Taipei, 10-2 W–C. Taipei, 5-2 L–Japan, 2-10 W–Canada, 9-3 W–Canada, 9-0 W–Canada, 2-1 L–Venezuela, 9-12 W–Venezuela, 10-1 W–Venezuela, 5-4 W–Panama, 11-5 W–Panama, 7-6 W–Panama, 10-7 Philippines (0-3) W–Nicaragua, 5-2 W–Nicaragua, 11-0 W–Nicaragua, 2-0 L–Korea, 1-13 W–Dom. Rep., 12-2 W–Dom. Rep., 17-3 W–Dom. Rep., 5-4 L–Japan, 0-10 L–C. Taipei, 0-9 Canada (4-3) Venezuela (3-4) Panama (2-5) L–USA, 3-9 W–USA, 12-9 L–USA, 5-11 L–Cuba, 0-9 L–Cuba, 1-10 L–Cuba, 6-7 L–Mexico, 1-2 L–Mexico, 4-5 L–Mexico, 7-10 W–Venezuela, 9-5 L–Canada, 5-9 L–Canada, 12-15 W–Panama, 15-12 W–Panama, 6-2 L–Venezuela, 2-6 W–Nicaragua, 3-1 L–Nicaragua, 5-6 W–Nicaragua, 3-1 W–Dom. Rep., 13-1 W–Dom. Rep., 8-2 W–Dom. Rep., 3-2

Nicaragua (2-5) Dom. Rep. (0-7) L–USA, 2-5 L–USA, 2-12 L–Cuba, 0-11 L–Cuba, 3-17 L–Mexico, 0-2 L–Mexico, 4-5 L–Canada, 1-3 L–Canada, 1-13 W–Venezuela, 6-5 L–Venezuela, 2-8 L–Panama, 1-3 L–Panama, 2-3 W–Dom. Rep., 6-4 L–Nicaragua, 4-6

87 88 2007 European Championships/Olympic Qualifier Group B: Barcelona, Spain Great Britain, Spain and France advanced to the final round. Italy, Ukraine and Russia were eliminated. The first place team from the 2007 European Championship/ Olympic Qualifier received an automatic bid to the Beijing 2008 Great Britain (4-1) Spain (4-1) France (3-2) Olympic Games. The second and third place teams earned a spot in W–Spain, 12-8 L–G. Britain, 8-12 L–G. Britain, 3-4 the 2008 Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament. W–France, 4-3 W–France, 6-2 L–Spain, 2-6

L–Italy, 0-6 W–Italy, 6-4 W–Italy, 5-1 Q U ALI F YING TO UR NAMENTS 1st Place: Netherlands W–Ukraine, 9-0 W–Ukraine, 5-4 W–Ukraine, 6-2 2nd Place: Great Britain W–Russia, 10-7 W–Russia, 4-0 W–Russia, 4-2 2008 O lympic G ames 3rd Place: Spain Italy (3-2) Ukraine (1-4) Russia (0-5) Also competed (in order of finish): Germany, France, Sweden, W–G. Britain, 6-0 L–G. Britain, 0-9 L–G. Britain,7-10 Italy, Croatia, Ukraine, Russia, Austria, and Czech Republic L–Spain, 4-6 L–Spain, 4-5 L–Spain, 0-4 L–France, 1-5 L–France, 2-6 L–France, 2-4 Note: Although Great Britain finished second, qualifying for the W–Ukraine, 13-0 L–Italy, 0-13 L–Italy, 3-4 Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament, it regretfully forfeited its W–Russia, 4-3 W–Russia, 4-3 L–Ukraine, 3-4 right to compete in the event. With its departure, Spain moved into second place and with the best record among the non- qualifying teams, Germany was pushed to the #3 position and

G ames 2008 O lympic thus into the Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament. FINAL ROUND YING TO UR NAMENTS Q U ALI F YING Preliminary Round: Netherlands (5-0) Great Britain (3-2) Spain (3-2) The top three teams from each group advanced to the final round. W–G. Britain, 6-1 L–Netherlands, 1-6 L–Netherlands, 8-10 W–Spain, 10-8 W–Spain, 12-8 L–G. Britain, 8-12 W–Germany, 6-3 L–Germany, 5-7 W–Germany, 11-3 Group A: W–France, 18-0 W–France, 4-3 W–France, 6-2 Netherlands, Germany and Sweden advanced to the final round. W–Sweden, 14-2 W–Sweden, 10-7 W–Sweden, 8-5 Croatia, Austria and Czech Republic were eliminated. Germany (3-2) France (1-4) Sweden (0-5) Netherlands (5-0) Germany (4-1) Sweden (3-2) L–Netherlands, 3-6 L–Netherlands, 0-18 L–Netherlands, 2-14 W–Germany, 6-3 L–Netherlands, 3-6 L–Netherlands, 2-14 W–G. Britain, 7-5 L–G. Britain, 3-4 L–G. Britain, 7-10 W–Sweden, 14-2 W–Sweden, 9-1 L–Germany, 1-9 L–Spain, 3-11 L–Spain, 2-6 L–Spain, 5-8 W–Croatia, 13-0 W–Croatia, 8-7 W–Croatia, 11-2 W–France, 7-1 L–Germany, 1-7 L–Germany, 1-9 W–Austria, 22-0 W–Austria, 10-0 W–Austria, 4-1 W–Sweden, 9-1 W–Sweden, 10-0 L–France, 0-10 W–Czech Rep., 11-0 W–Czech Rep., 6-1 W–Czech Rep., 2-1

Croatia (2-3) Austria (1-4) Czech Republic (0-5) L–Netherlands, 0-13 L–Netherlands, 0-22 L–Netherlands, 0-11 L–Germany, 7-8 L–Germany, 0-10 L–Germany, 1-6 L–Sweden, 2-11 L–Sweden, 1-4 L–Sweden, 1-2 W–Austria, 8-3 L–Croatia, 3-8 L–Croatia, 0-9 W–Czech Rep., 9-0 W–Czech Rep., 9-0 L–Austria, 0-9

89 90 2007 Oceania Olympic Qualifying Tournament Spain (1-6) S. Africa (0-7) L–Canada, 0-11 L–Canada, 0-10 The first place finisher in the 2007 Oceania Olympic L–Korea, 5-14 L–Korea, 0-5 Qualifying Tournament earned a berth in the 2008 Final Olympic L–C. Taipei, 3-13 L–C. Taipei, 0-4 Qualifying Tournament. L–Mexico, 1-2 L–Mexico, 0-5 L–Australia, 0-9 L–Australia, 11-13 1st place: Australia L–Germany, 0-1 L–Germany, 3-4

W–S. Africa, 2-1 L–Spain, 1-2 Q U ALI F YING TO UR NAMENTS Note: With the withdrawal of New Zealand, this event was never held, and as a result, Australia automatically advanced to the 2008 O lympic G ames Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

2008 Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament Taichung, Taipei

The first, second and third place finishers in the Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament received bids to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

G ames 2008 O lympic 1st place: Canada

YING TO UR NAMENTS Q U ALI F YING 2nd place: Korea 3rd place: Chinese Taipei

Also competed (in order of finish): Mexico, Australia, Germany, Spain, and South Africa

Canada (6-1) Korea (6-1) Chinese Taipei (5-2) W–Korea, 4-3 L–Canada, 3-4 L–Canada, 5-6 W–C. Taipei, 6-5 W–C. Taipei, 4-3 L–Korea, 3-4 W–Mexico, 15-10 W–Mexico, 6-1 W–Mexico, 6-1 L–Australia, 5-10 W–Australia, 16-2 W–Australia, 5-0 W–Germany, 2-1 W–Germany, 12-1 W–Germany, 4-0 W–Spain, 11-0 W–Spain, 14-5 W–Spain, 13-3 W–S. Africa, 10-0 W–S. Africa, 5-0 W–S. Africa, 4-0

Mexico (4-3) Australia (4-3) Germany (2-5) L–Canada, 10-15 W–Canada, 10-5 L–Canada, 1-2 L–Korea, 1-6 L–Korea, 2-16 L–Korea, 1-12 L–C. Taipei, 1-6 L–C. Taipei, 0-5 L–C. Taipei, 0-2 W–Australia, 7-4 L–Mexico, 4-7 L–Mexico, 0-4 W–Germany, 4-0 W–Germany, 4-1 L–Australia, 1-4 W–Spain, 2-1 W–Spain, 9-0 W–Spain, 1-0 W–S. Africa, 5-0 W–S. Africa, 13-11 W–S. Africa, 4-3

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TEAMS 2006

Australia 13 World Baseball Classic Canada 9 China 15 The World Baseball Classic (WBC) is a new event that was created by the Major League Baseball and the Major League Chinese Taipei 12 Baseball Players Association, and is sanctioned by the IBAF. Cuba 2 This event was created as a tribute to the growth and popularity of baseball on an international level. What makes the event unique Dominican Republic 4 is that it is the only venue in which the top-level players from Italy 10 every participating country compete. The inaugural event in 2006 took place in Puerto Rico, Japan and the United States. Japan 1 Korea 3 Japan won the first-ever World Baseball Classic by defeating Cuba 10-6, while Korea topped the Dominican Republic to take home the Mexico 6 bronze, both of which were played to record crowds. The next World Baseball Classic will be held in 2009 and from that event on, the Netherlands 11 WBC will be held every four years. Panama 14 BASEBALL CLASSIC Clásico Mundial de Béisbol Puerto Rico 5

South Africa 16 WORLD El Clásico Mundial de Béisbol (WBC) es un nuevo torneo creado por la Major League Baseball y la Asociación de Jugadores de la USA 8 Major League, y está sancionado por la IBAF. Este evento nació Venezuela 7 para rendir tributo a la gran popularidad y al desarrollo del béisbol WORLD a nivel internacional. Es un evento muy especial, ya que es el único torneo en el que participan los mejores jugadores de cada país. La primera edición se celebró en Puerto Rico, Japón y Estados

BASEBALL CLASSIC Unidos en 2006.

Japón ganó el primer Clásico Mundial de Béisbol, derrotando a Cuba por 10-6, mientras que Corea venció a la República Dominicana y se llevó a casa el bronce, y en ambos encuentros hubo record de público. El próximo Clásico Mundial de Béisbol se jugará en 2009 y en adelante se celebrará cada cuatro años. 2006 World Baseball Classic

Gold: Japan Silver: Cuba Bronze: Korea

Also competed (in order of finish): Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Venezuela, United States, Canada, Italy, Netherlands, Chinese Taipei, Australia, Panama, China, and South Africa.

93 94 IBAF Baseball World Cup Copa Mundial de Béisbol IBAF La Copa Mundial de Béisbol IBAF (BWC) es un torneo internacional aprobado por la IBAF. Estados Unidos y Gran Bretaña fueron los dos únicos equipos que participaron en la primera edición en 1938, cuando Gran Bretaña derrotó a los EEUU en cuatro de los cinco partidos y se llevó la medalla de oro. El número de aficionados fue en aumento, la BWC continuó creciendo, y a partir de 1950, la Copa Mundial se convirtió en parte integrante del béisbol internacional.

A medida que se desarrollaba la Copa Mundial, aumentaba el dominio de Cuba. Esta potencia internacional ha cosechado The IBAF Baseball World Cup (BWC) is an international event that medallas en 29 de los 37 torneos celebrados hasta la fecha es is sanctioned by the IBAF. In 1938, the United States and Great líder en el medallero, con 25 medallas de oro. Estados Unidos Britain were the only teams involved in the inaugural event, with y Venezuela le siguen, empatados con tres medallas de oro Great Britain defeating the USA in four of the five games to win cada uno. the gold medal. With an increasing fan base, the BWC continued to grow, and from 1950 on, the event became a fixture within the Los Estados Unidos ganaron por tercera vez el título de la Copa international baseball community. Mundial del Béisbol de la IBAF en 2007, venciendo a Cuba por 6-3 en la final. Era la primera vez que los Estados Unidos As the BWC grew, so did the level by which Cuba dominated. The ganaban la Copa Mundial de Béisbol compitiendo también Cuba. international power has medaled in 29 of the 37 tournaments and Precisamente los cubanos, que iban en pos de su 10º triunfo leads all countries in gold medal finishes with 25. The United States seguido en la Copa Mundial de Béisbol, quedaron segundos, and Venezuela are tied for second in gold medals with three. mientras que Japón vencía por 5-0 a los Países Bajos en el partido por la medalla de bronce. La única derrota de los Estados Unidos The United States won the 2007 IBAF Baseball World Cup title for en el torneo fue contra Italia, con un resultado de 6-2 abajo. La only the third time ever, beating Cuba 6-3 in the final. This was the próxima Copa Mundial de Béisbol de la IBAF se celebrará en Italia first time that the United States won the Baseball World Cup when y en otros países europeos en 2009 y será un evento que no hace Cuba was also competing in the event. Cuba, going for its 10th daño al medioambiente. straight Baseball World Cup championship, came in second while Japan shutout the Netherlands in the bronze medal match, 5-0. The United States’ lone loss of the tournament came in a 6-2 upset loss to Italy. The next IBAF Baseball World Cup will be held in Italy and throughout Europe in 2009, and will be an environmentally-friendly “green” event.

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95 96 VII BASEBALL WORLD CUP IBAF Baseball World Cup Venezuela, 1944 Overall Results Gold: Venezuela Silver: Mexico Bronze: Cuba I BASEBALL WORLD CUP Also competed (in order of finish): Panama, Dominican Republic, Great Britain, 1938 Colombia, Nicaragua, and Puerto Rico Gold: Great Britain Silver: USA VIII BASEBALL WORLD CUP Venezuela, 1945 II BASEBALL WORLD CUP Gold: Venezuela Cuba, 1939 Silver: Colombia Gold: Cuba Bronze: Panama Silver: Nicaragua Also competed (in order of finish): Nicaragua, El Salvador and Bronze: USA Costa Rica

III BASEBALL WORLD CUP IX BASEBALL WORLD CUP Cuba, 1940 Colombia, 1947 Gold: Cuba Gold: Colombia Silver*: Nicaragua Silver: Puerto Rico Silver*: USA Bronze: Nicaragua Also competed (in order of finish): Venezuela, Hawaii, Mexico, Also competed (in order of finish): Mexico, Venezuela, Panama, and Puerto Rico El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Guatemala * There was no Bronze medal awarded in this tournament. X BASEBALL WORLD CUP IV BASEBALL WORLD CUP Nicaragua, 1948 Cuba, 1941 Gold: Dominican Republic Gold: Venezuela Silver: Puerto Rico Silver: Cuba Bronze: Colombia Bronze: Mexico Also competed (in order of finish): Mexico, Panama, Guatemala, Also competed (in order of finish): Panama, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, and El Salvador USA, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, and El Salvador XI BASEBALL WORLD CUP V BASEBALL WORLD CUP Nicaragua, 1950 Cuba, 1942 Gold: Cuba Gold: Cuba Silver: Dominican Republic Silver: Dominican Republic Bronze: Venezuela Bronze: Venezuela Also competed (in order of finish): Panama, Nicaragua, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Guatemala,

Also competed (in order of finish): Mexico and USA IBAF BASEBALL Costa Rica, and Honduras WORLD C U P VI BASEBALL WORLD CUP Cuba, 1943 XII BASEBALL WORLD CUP Gold: Cuba Mexico, 1951 Silver: Mexico Gold: Puerto Rico Bronze: Dominican Republic Silver: Venezuela Also competed: Panama Bronze: Cuba WORLD C U P Also competed (in order of finish): Dominican Republic,

IBAF BASEBALL Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador

97 98 XIII BASEBALL WORLD CUP XVIII BASEBALL WORLD CUP Cuba, 1952 Colombia, 1970 Gold: Cuba Gold: Cuba Silver: Dominican Republic Silver: USA Bronze: Puerto Rico Bronze: Puerto Rico Also competed (in order of finish): Panama, Nicaragua, Also competed (in order of finish): Colombia, Venezuela, Venezuela, Mexico, Colombia, Netherlands Antilles, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Netherlands Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Honduras Antilles, Italy, Canada, and Netherlands

XIV BASEBALL WORLD CUP XlX BASEBALL WORLD CUP Venezuela, 1953 Cuba, 1971 Gold: Cuba Gold: Cuba Silver: Venezuela Silver: Colombia Bronze: Nicaragua Bronze: Nicaragua Also competed (in order of finish): Dominican Republic, Panama, Also competed (in order of finish): Puerto Rico, Panama, Canada, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Dominican Republic, Italy, Mexico, and Netherlands Antilles and El Salvador XX BASEBALL WORLD CUP XV BASEBALL WORLD CUP Nicaragua, 1972 Costa Rica, 1961 Gold: Cuba Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Silver: Mexico Bronze: Nicaragua Bronze: Venezuela Also competed (in order of finish): Japan, Panama, Puerto Rico, Also competed (in order of finish): Panama, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Chinese Taipei, Canada, Guatemala, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Netherlands Antilles, Honduras, Honduras, Brazil, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Italy, and Germany and El Salvador XXI BASEBALL WORLD CUP XVI BASEBALL WORLD CUP Cuba, 1973 Colombia, 1965 Gold: Cuba Gold: Colombia Silver: Puerto Rico Silver: Mexico Bronze: Venezuela Bronze: Puerto Rico Also competed (in order of finish): Dominican Republic, Panama, Also competed (in order of finish): Panama, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, and Netherlands Nicaragua, Guatemala, Netherlands Antilles, and El Salvador XXII BASEBALL WORLD CUP XVII BASEBALL WORLD CUP Nicaragua, 1973 Dominican Republic, 1969 Gold: USA Gold: Cuba Silver: Nicaragua Silver: USA Bronze: Puerto Rico Bronze: Dominican Republic Also competed (in order of finish): Colombia, Chinese Taipei, IBAF BASEBALL Also competed (in order of finish): Venezuela, Nicaragua, Honduras, Canada, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Germany WORLD C U P Panama, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Mexico, Guatemala, and Netherlands Antilles XXIII BASEBALL WORLD CUP USA, 1974 Gold: USA Silver: Nicaragua

WORLD C U P Bronze: Colombia

IBAF BASEBALL Also competed (in order of finish): Dominican Republic, Canada, Puerto Rico, Italy, Chinese Taipei, and South Africa

99 100 XXIV BASEBALL WORLD CUP XXX BASEBALL WORLD CUP Colombia, 1976 Italy, 1988 Gold: Cuba Gold: Cuba Silver: Puerto Rico Silver: USA Bronze: Japan Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed (in order of finish): Nicaragua, Dominican Also competed (in order of finish): Japan, Canada, Puerto Republic, Korea, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Panama, Mexico, Rico, Nicaragua, Korea, Italy, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, and Netherlands and Spain

XXV BASEBALL WORLD CUP XXXI BASEBALL WORLD CUP Italy, 1978 Canada, 1990 Gold: Cuba Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Silver: Nicaragua Bronze: Korea Bronze: Korea Also competed (in order of finish): Japan, Nicaragua, Italy, Also competed (in order of finish): Puerto Rico, Japan, Chinese Netherlands, Mexico, Canada, Australia, and Belgium Taipei, USA, Canada, Netherlands, Italy, Mexico, and Venezuela

XXVI BASEBALL WORLD CUP XXXII BASEBALL WORLD CUP Japan, 1980 Nicaragua, 1994 Gold: Cuba Gold: Cuba Silver: Korea Silver: Korea Bronze: Japan Bronze: Japan Also competed (in order of finish): USA, Canada, Italy, Venezuela, Also competed (in order of finish): Nicaragua, Panama, Chinese Puerto Rico, Colombia, Australia, Mexico, and Netherlands Taipei, Italy, USA, Australia, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Canada, Sweden, and France XXVII BASEBALL WORLD CUP Korea, 1982 XXXIII BASEBALL WORLD CUP Gold: Korea Italy, 1998 Silver: Japan Gold: Cuba Bronze: USA Silver: Korea Also competed (in order of finish): Chinese Taipei, Canada, Bronze: Nicaragua Netherlands, Panama, Dominican Republic, Italy, and Australia Also competed (in order of finish): Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Australia, Dominican Republic, USA, Panama, Canada, China, XXVIII BASEBALL WORLD CUP Chinese Taipei, Spain, South Africa, and Russian Federation Cuba, 1984 Gold: Cuba XXXIV BASEBALL WORLD CUP Silver: Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei, 2001 Bronze: USA Gold: Cuba Japan, Korea, Panama, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Silver: USA Netherlands Antilles, Italy, Dominican Republic, and Netherlands Bronze: Chinese Taipei IBAF BASEBALL Also competed (in order of finish): Japan, Panama, Korea, WORLD C U P XXIX BASEBALL WORLD CUP Netherlands, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Australia, Canada, Netherlands, 1986 Italy, Russian Federation, South Africa, France, and Philippines Gold: Cuba Silver: Korea Bronze: Chinese Taipei

WORLD C U P Also competed (in order of finish): USA, Japan, Italy,

IBAF BASEBALL Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Netherlands, Colombia, Netherlands Antilles, and Belgium

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Bronze: Japan Korea, Netherlands, Also competed (in order of finish): Panama, Italy, Canada, Taipei, Chinese Mexico, Australia, Thailand and Africa, South Germany, Spain, Venezuela, XXXVII BASEBALL WORLD CUP XXXVII BASEBALL 2007 Taipei, Chinese Gold: USA Silver: Cuba Netherlands, 2005 Netherlands, Gold: Cuba Bronze: Japan USA, Taipei, Chinese of finish): Also competed (in order Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Canada, Korea, Brazil, Nicaragua, and France China, Russian Federation, WORLD CUP XXXVI BASEBALL Silver: Korea Bronze: Panama Japan, Netherlands, of finish): Also competed (in order Chinese China, Australia, Canada, Puerto Rico, USA, Nicaragua, and Czech Republic, Sweden, Spain, Colombia, Brazil, Taipei, South XXXV BASEBALL WORLD CUP XXXV BASEBALL 2003 Cuba, Gold: Cuba Silver: Panama

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For over 35 years, the Intercontinental Cup has been one of the Overall Results 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 I Intercontinental Cup

IBAF INTERCONTINENTAL all over the world competing to take home the gold. Cuba holds a Italy, 1973 commanding lead in Intercontinental Cup titles with 10. With the Gold: Japan Beijing Olympic Games on tap for 2008, the Intercontinental Cup Silver: Puerto Rico will not be played. Bronze: USA Also competed (in order of finish): Nicaragua, Canada, Italy, Copa Intercontinental Chinese Taipei, and Argentina

Durante más de 35 años, la Copa Intercontinental ha sido uno II Intercontinental Cup de los principales torneos internacionales de béisbol. En esta Canada, 1975 competición, que desde 2002 se celebra cada cuatro años Gold: USA alternando con los Juegos Olímpicos, se enfrentan potencias Silver: Japan internacionales del béisbol de todo el mundo. Cuba es líder en Bronze: Nicaragua victorias, con 10. Debido a la celebración de los Juegos Olímpicos Also competed (in order of finish): Canada, Puerto Rico, Korea, de Pekín en 2008, la Copa Intercontinental no se jugará este año. Italy, and Colombia III Intercontinental Cup Nicaragua, 1977 Gold: Korea Silver: USA Bronze: Japan Also competed (in order of finish): Nicaragua, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Chinese Taipei, Canada, and Venezuela

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

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

109 110 IBAF INTERCONTINENTAL C U P VI Intercontinental Cup XII Intercontinental Cup C U P Belgium, 1983 Cuba, 1995 Gold: Cuba Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Silver: Japan Bronze: Chinese Taipei Bronze: Nicaragua Also competed (in order of finish): Netherlands, Korea, Canada, Also competed (in order of finish): Korea, Brazil, and Nicaragua Puerto Rico, Chinese Taipei, Mexico, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, IBAF INTERCONTINENTAL and South Africa VII Intercontinental Cup Canada, 1985 XIII Intercontinental Cup Gold: Cuba Spain, 1997 Silver: Korea Gold: Japan Bronze: Japan Silver: Cuba Also competed (in order of finish): Chinese Taipei, Canada, Bronze: Australia USA, Nicaragua, and Australia Also competed (in order of finish): USA, Nicaragua, Italy, France, and Spain VIII Intercontinental Cup Cuba, 1987 XIV Intercontinental Cup Gold: Cuba Australia, 1999 Silver: USA Gold: Australia Bronze: Japan Silver: Cuba Also competed (in order of finish): Chinese Taipei, Canada, Bronze: Japan Korea, Mexico, Nicaragua, Aruba, and Italy Also competed (in order of finish): USA, Chinese Taipei, Italy, Korea, and Netherlands IX Intercontinental Cup Puerto Rico, 1989 XV Intercontinental Cup Gold: Cuba Cuba, 2002 Silver: Japan Gold: Cuba Bronze: Puerto Rico Silver: Korea Also competed (in order of finish): Korea, Chinese Taipei, Bronze: Dominican Republic USA, and Italy Also competed (in order of finish): Chinese Taipei, Japan, Venezuela, Italy, Netherlands, Brazil, Mexico, and China X Intercontinental Cup Spain, 1991 XVI Intercontinental Cup Gold: Cuba Chinese Taipei, 2006 Silver: Japan Gold: Cuba Bronze: Nicaragua Silver: Netherlands Also competed (in order of finish): Chinese Taipei, Korea, Bronze: Chinese Taipei Mexico, Italy, Spain, USSR, and France Also competed (in order of finish): Japan, Australia, Italy, Korea, and Philippines XI Intercontinental Cup Italy, 1993 Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Bronze: Japan Also competed (in order of finish): Nicaragua, Korea, Australia, Mexico, Italy, Spain, and France

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I I II II III III IV IV V V VI VI VII VII VIII VIII IX IX X X XI XI XII XII XIII XIII XIV XIV XV XV XVI XVI 1973197319751975197719771979197919811981198319831985198519871987 1989198919911991199319931995199519971997199919992002200220062006 TEAMSTEAMS ITA ITA CANCAN NCANCA CUBCUB CANCAN BELBEL CANCAN CUBCUB TEAMSTEAMS PURPUR ESPESP ITA ITA CUBCUB ESPESP AUSAUS CUBCUB TPE TPE ...... IBAF INTERCONTINENTAL ArgentinaArgentina 8 8 ArgentinaArgentina ArubaAruba ...... 9 9 ArubaAruba ...... AustraliaAustralia ...... 8 8 . . 8 8 . . AustraliaAustralia .. .. 6 6 . . 3 3 1 1 . . 5. 5. BrazilBrazil ...... BrazilBrazil ...... 5 5 . . . . 9 9 . . CanadaCanada 5 5 4 4 8 8 . . 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 CanadaCanada ...... ChinaChina ...... ChinaChina ...... 11 11 ChineseChinese Taipei Taipei 77. . 7 7 .... 33 44 44 ChineseChinese Taipei Taipei 45 45 . . 7 7 . . 55 4 4 3 3 ColombiaColombia . . 8 8 5 5 ...... ColombiaColombia ...... CubaCuba ...... 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 CubaCuba 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 Dom.Dom. Rep. Rep...... 3 3 ...... Dom.Dom. Rep. Rep...... 3 3 . . FranceFrance ...... FranceFrance . . 1010 10 10 7 7 ...... ItalyItaly 6 6 7 7 ...... 10 10 Italy 77 8 10 6 6 7 6 Italy 77 8. . 10 6 6 7 6 JapanJapan 1 1 2 2 3 3 2 2 6 6 . . 3 3 3 3 JapanJapan 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 1 1 3 3 5 5 4 4 KoreaKorea . . 6 6 1 1 . . 4 4 5 5 2 2 6 6 KoreaKorea 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 . . 7 7 2 2 7 7 MexicoMexico ...... 7 7 MexicoMexico . . 6 6 77 8 8 .. .. 10 10 . . NetherlandsNetherlands ...... 4 4 . . . . NetherlandsNetherlands ...... 9 9 8 8 8 8 2 2 NicaraguaNicaragua 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 . . 7 7 7 7 8 8 NicaraguaNicaragua . . 3 3 4 4 3 3 5 5 ...... PanamaNicaraguaPanamaNicaragua ...... 6 6 7 7 ...... PanamaNicaraguaPanamaNicaragua ...... PhilippinesPhilippines ...... PhilippinesPhilippines ...... 8 8 PuertoPuerto Rico Rico 2 2 5 5 6 6 5 5 ...... PuertoPuerto Rico Rico 3 3 .... 6 6 ...... SouthSouth Africa Africa ...... SouthSouth Africa Africa ...... 12 12 ...... SpainSpain ...... SpainSpain . . 8 8 9 9 11 11 8 8 ...... USAUSA 3 3 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 2 2 6 6 2 2 USAUSA 6 6 . . 2 2 . . 4 4 4 4 . . . . USSRUSSR ...... USSRUSSR . . 9 9 ...... VenezuelaVenezuela .. .. 9 9 ...... VenezuelaVenezuela ...... 6 6 . .

BASEBALLBASEBALL WORLD WORLD CUP CUP SUMMARY• SUMMARY• 1 1 BASEBALLBASEBALL WORLD WORLD CUP CUP SUMMARY• SUMMARY• 1 1 113 114 Canada, 1987 USA, 1995 IBAF “AAA” World Gold: Cuba Gold: USA Silver: USA Silver: Chinese Taipei Junior Championships (18U) Bronze: Canada Bronze: Australia Australia, 1988 Cuba, 1996 Gold: USA Gold: Cuba Silver: Cuba Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: Chinese Taipei Bronze: USA CHAMPIONSHIPS (18 U ) “AAA” WORLD J U NIOR Canada, 1989 Canada, 1997 Gold: USA Gold: Cuba Silver: Cuba Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: Australia Bronze: Canada Cuba, 1990 Chinese Taipei , 1999 Gold: Cuba Gold: USA In 2006, Korea defeated the United States 4-3 in the gold Silver: Chinese Taipei Silver: Chinese Taipei medal game of the IBAF “AAA” World Junior Championships (18U), Bronze: USA Bronze: Cuba while Canada took the bronze. This was Korea’s fourth gold medal since the tournament’s inception in 1981. Cuba leads all countries Canada, 1991 Canada, 2000 with 11 gold medals in the championships, but did not place Gold: Canada Gold: Korea Silver: Chinese Taipei Silver: USA “AAA” WORLD J U NIOR “AAA” in 2006. Edmonton, Canada will be the host for the 2008 IBAF CHAMPIONSHIPS (18 U ) “AAA” World Junior Championships (18U). Bronze: USA Bronze: Cuba Mexico, 1992 Canada, 2002 “AAA” Campeonatos Mundiales Junior IBAF (18U) Gold: Cuba Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Silver: Chinese Taipei En 2006, Corea derrotó a los Estados Unidos por 4-3 en la final de Bronze: Chinese Taipei Bronze: USA los “AAA” Campeonatos Mundiales Junior IBAF (18U), y Canadá se llevó el bronce. Era la cuarta medalla de oro para Corea desde el Canada, 1993 Chinese Taipei, 2004 inicio del torneo en 1981. Cuba es líder de esta competición, con Gold: Cuba Gold: Cuba 11 medallas de oro, pero no la ganó en 2006. Edmonton (Canadá) Silver: USA Silver: Japan será la ciudad organizadora de los “AAA” Campeonatos Mundiales Bronze: Chinese Taipei Bronze: Korea Junior IBAF (18U) en 2008. Canada, 1994 Cuba, 2006 Gold: Korea Gold: Korea Silver: USA Silver: USA USA, 1981 Canada, 1984 Bronze: Chinese Taipei Bronze: Canada Gold: Korea Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Silver: USA Bronze: Australia Bronze: Chinese Taipei

USA, 1982 USA, 1985 Gold: USA Gold: Cuba Silver: Japan Silver: USA Bronze: Australia Bronze: Chinese Taipei

USA, 1983 Canada, 1986 Gold: Chinese Taipei Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: Canada Bronze: USA

115 116 Japan, 1989 Chinese Taipei, 1997 IBAF “AA” World Gold: Japan Gold: Cuba YOUTH Championships (16U) Silver: Chinese Taipei Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: China Bronze: Australia The IBAF “AA” World Youth Championships (16U) is an international event that features the premier 16-and-under baseball Mexico, 1990 USA, 1998 talent throughout the world. What started as an annual event has Gold: Japan Gold: USA now become a bi-annual tournament. Cuba and the United States Silver: Brazil Silver: Chinese Taipei have dominated the World Youths, with five and three gold medals, Bronze: Cuba Bronze: Venezuela respectively. The last IBAF “AA” World Youth Championships (16U) was held in 2005 with Cuba winning its fifth gold medal. The 2007 Australia, 1991 Mexico, 2001 event was played, but was not sanctioned by the IBAF, and the next Gold: Chinese Taipei Gold: USA event will be held in 2009. Silver: Japan Silver: Venezuela Bronze: Brazil Bronze: Australia “AA” Campeonatos Mundiales Juveniles IBAF (16U) Brazil, 1993 Chinese Taipei, 2003 Los “AA” Campeonatos Mundiales Juveniles IBAF (16U) Gold: Brazil Gold: USA constituyen un acontecimiento internacional en el que participan Silver: Chinese Taipei Silver: Chinese Taipei los mejores jugadores del mundo de hasta 16 años de edad. Bronze: Korea Bronze: Cuba Este torneo empezó jugándose cada año, pero ahora se ha convertido en un torneo bi-anual. Cuba y los Estados Unidos son Mexico, 1994 Mexico, 2005 los protagonistas del medallero en los “AA” Campeonatos Gold: Cuba Gold: Cuba Silver: Dominican Rep. Silver: USA

Mundiales Juveniles IBAF (16U): Cuba ha ganado cinco medallas CHAMPIONSHIPS (16 U ) Bronze: Brazil Bronze: Australia de oro y los Estados Unidos han ganado tres. Los últimos “AA” “AA” WORLD YO U TH Campeonatos Mundiales Juveniles IBAF (16U) se celebraron en 2005 y el vencedor fue Cuba, que se alzó con su quinta medalla Brazil, 1995 *The 2007 Youth World de oro. Los Campeonatos Mundiales Juveniles de 2007 se jugaron Gold: Cuba Championships were not pero no fueron aprobados por la IBAF. La próxima edición se jugará Silver: Brazil sanctioned by the IBAF. en 2009. Bronze: USA Japan, 1996 Gold: Cuba Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: USA “AA” WORLD YO U TH WORLD “AA” CHAMPIONSHIPS (16 U )

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

II Women’s Baseball World Cup Chinese Taipei, 2006 The IBAF Women’s Baseball World Cup is still a relatively new Gold: USA addition among the IBAF’s international competitions. In its first year Silver: Japan – in 2004 – the IBAF Women’s Baseball World Cup featured five Bronze: Canada nations, with the United States securing the gold medal in a 2-0 Also competed (in order of finish): Australia, Chinese Taipei, shutout of Japan in the finals. In 2006, the number of participating Cuba, and Hong Kong teams increased, further illustrating the growth of the sport internationally among the female baseball community. With more fans in attendance than ever before, seven teams gathered in Taipei to see I II the United States bring home the gold, again taking down Japan in 2004 2006 the final, 13-11. TEAMS CAN TPE Australia 4 4 The United States is looking for a three-peat in the summer of 2008 as the IBAF Women’s Baseball World Cup will be played in Canada 3 3 Matsuyama, Japan. Making an appearance in this tournament will Chinese Taipei 55 again be Canada, Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei, and newcomers India and Korea. Cuba . 6 Japan 22 Copa Mundial de Béisbol Femenino IBAF Hong Kong . 7 La Copa Mundial de Béisbol Femenino IBAF sigue siendo USA 1 1 relativamente reciente entre las competiciones internacionales de la IBAF. En su primera edición – en 2004 – la Copa Mundial de Béisbol Femenino contó con cinco naciones participantes, y los Estados Unidos ganaron la medalla de oro en la final contra Japón BASEBALL WORLD C U P por 2-0. En 2006, el número de equipos aumentó, lo que ilustra

muy claramente el crecimiento del béisbol femenino a nivel IBAF WOMEN’S mundial. Con más público que nunca, siete equipos se enfrentaron en Taipei y los Estados Unidos ganaron el oro, venciendo una vez más a Japón en la final por 13-11.

Los Estados Unidos quieren seguir con la racha de tres triunfos ya que en verano de 2008 la Copa Mundial de Béisbol Femenino IBAF se jugará en Matsuyama (Japón). En este torneo participarán de

IBAF WOMEN’S IBAF nuevo Canadá, Japón, Australia, Hong Kong, China Taipei, y los recién llegados India y Corea. BASEBALL WORLD C U P BASEBALL

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7th All Africa Games Baseball Competition ABSA Championships South Africa, 1999 Gold: South Africa ABSA African Baseball & Softball Association Silver: Nigeria CONTINENTAL Zimbabwe CHAMPIONSHIPS Bronze: Also competed (in order of finish): Ghana, Lesotho and Uganda

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

8th All Africa Games Baseball Competition Nigeria, 2003 Gold: South Africa Silver: Nigeria Bronze: Zimbabwe I Africa Cup Baseball Championship Also competed (in order of finish): Uganda and Lesotho Zimbabwe, 1992 Gold: South Africa Silver: Zimbabwe 2007 African Continental Olympic Bronze: Nigeria Qualifying Championship Also competed: Namibia South Africa Gold: South Africa II Africa Cup Baseball Championship Silver: Nigeria South Africa, 1993 Bronze: Ghana Gold: South Africa Also competed (in order of finish): Zimbabwe, Lesotho Silver: Zimbabwe and Cameroon Bronze: Nigeria Also competed (in order of finish): Namibia and Zambia

III Africa Cup Baseball Championship Zimbabwe, 1995 Gold: South Africa Silver: Zimbabwe Bronze: Nigeria Also competed: Zambia

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ABSA OVERALL RESuLTS COPABE CHAMPIONSHIPS

I Africa Cup II Africa Cup III Africa Cup 7th All Africa COPABE CONTINENTAL Baseball Baseball Baseball Games Baseball Pan American Confederation of Baseball CHAMPIONSHIPS Championship Championship Championship Competition TEAMS 1992 - ZIM 1993 - RSA 1995 - ZIM 1999 - RSA Confederación Panamericana de Béisbol Cameroon . . . . Ghana . . . 4 Kenya . . . . Lesotho . . . 5 Namibia 4 4 . . Nigeria 3 3 3 2 South Africa 1 1 1 1 Uganda . . . 6 Zambia . 5 4 . Zimbabwe 2 2 2 3

IV Africa Cup 8th All African Games 2007 African I Pan American Games Baseball Baseball Continental Olympic Argentina, 1951 Championship Competition Qual. Championship Cuba TEAMS 2001 - UGA 2003 - NIG 2007 - RSA Gold: Silver: USA Cameroon . . 6 Bronze: Mexico Ghana . . 3 Also competed (in order of finish): Nicaragua, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, and Argentina Kenya 4 . . Lesotho . 5 5 II Pan American Games Namibia . . . Mexico, 1955 Gold: Dominican Republic Nigeria 2 2 2 Silver: USA South Africa 1 1 1 Bronze: Venezuela Also competed (in order of finish): Mexico, Netherlands Antilles Uganda 3 4 . Zambia . . . III Pan American Games USA, 1959 Zimbabwe . 3 4 Gold: Venezuela Silver: Puerto Rico Bronze: USA Also competed (in order of finish): Cuba, Mexico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, and Brazil

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IV Pan American Games X Pan American Games Brazil, 1963 USA, 1987 Gold: Cuba Gold: Cuba Silver: USA Silver: USA CONTINENTAL Bronze: Mexico Puerto Rico CHAMPIONSHIPS Bronze: Also competed (in order of finish): Venezuela and Brazil Also competed (in order of finish): Canada, Nicaragua, Aruba, Venezuela, and Netherlands Antilles V Pan American Games Canada, 1967 XI Pan American Games Gold: USA Cuba, 1991 Silver: Cuba Gold: Cuba Bronze: Puerto Rico Silver: Puerto Rico Also competed (in order of finish): Mexico and Canada Bronze: USA Also competed (in order of finish): Dominican Republic, VI Pan American Games Nicaragua, Mexico, Aruba, Canada, and Netherlands Antilles Colombia, 1971 Gold: Cuba XII Pan American Games Silver: USA Argentina, 1995 Bronze: Colombia Gold: Cuba Also competed (in order of finish): Canada, Puerto Rico, Silver: Nicaragua Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, and Mexico Bronze: Puerto Rico Also competed (in order of finish): Mexico, Panama, Argentina, VII Pan American Games Netherlands Antilles, Brazil, USA, and Guatemala Mexico, 1975 Gold: Cuba XIII Pan American Games Silver: USA Canada, 1999 Bronze: Venezuela Gold: Cuba Also competed (in order of finish): Mexico, Dominican Republic, Silver: USA Colombia, Canada, Puerto Rico, and El Salvador Bronze: Canada Also competed (in order of finish): Panama, Dominican Republic, VIII Pan American Games Nicaragua, Guatemala, and Brazil (Mexico disqualified) Puerto Rico, 1979 Gold: Cuba XIV Pan American Games Silver: Dominican Republic Dominican Republic, 2003 Bronze: Puerto Rico Gold: Cuba Also competed (in order of finish): USA, Bahamas, Venezuela, Silver: USA Colombia, Canada, and Mexico Bronze: Mexico Also competed (in order of finish): Nicaragua, Brazil, Panama, IX Pan American Games Dominican Republic, Guatemala, and Bahamas Canada, 1983 Gold: Cuba XV Pan American Games Silver: Nicaragua Brazil, 2007 Bronze: USA Gold: Cuba Also competed (in order of finish): Dominican Republic, Silver: USA Venezuela, Panama, Canada, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Bronze: Mexico/Nicaragua* Netherlands Antilles, and Brazil Also competed (in order of finish): Panama, Dominican Republic, Brazil, and Venezuela

*Game cancelled due to weather

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COPABE OVERALL RESULTS BFA Championships

I II III IV V VI VII VIII 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 TEAMS I II III IV V VI VII VIII CONTINENTAL ARG MEX USA BRA CAN COL MEX PUR 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 BFA

CHAMPIONSHIPS TEAMSAruba ARG...... MEX USA BRA CAN COL MEX PUR...... Baseball Federation of Asia ArubaArgentina 8 ...... ArgentinaBahamas 8...... 5 ...... BahamasBrazil 7. 9 5 ... 5...... BrazilCanada 7.... 9 5 5 4 7 8 .... CanadaColombia 6 ....5 43 7 6 87 .... ColombiaCosta Rica 6.. 6 ....3 6 7...... CostaCuba Rica 1. 6 4 1 2 1 1 1 . CubaDom. Rep. 1. 1 4 8 1.. 2 17 1 5 12 . .. Dom.El Salvador Rep...... 1 8 7 59 2...... ElGuatemala Salvador ...... 9 ...... GuatemalaMexico 3 4 5 3 4 9 4 9 MexicoNet. Antilles 3. 45 5..... 3 4 9 4 9. Net. Antilles . 5 ...... I BFA Championship Nicaragua 4. 7 .. 8 . . Philippines, 1954 . .. . . NicaraguaPanama 4...... 7 8 . Gold: Philippines ...... PanamaPuerto Rico ...2 3 5 8 3 Silver: Japan ... Bronze: Korea PuertoUSA Rico 2 22 3 2 3 1 5 2 8 2 34 Also competed: Chinese Taipei USAVenezuela 25 2 3 3 1 2 4 1. 2 6 2 3 46 . Venezuela IX5 3X 1XI XII 4XIII 6XIV 3XV 6 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 II BFA Championship TEAMS CANIX USAX CUBXI ARGXII XIIICAN DOMXIV BRAXV 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Philippines, 1955 TEAMS . Aruba CAN. USA6CUB 7 ARG....CAN DOM BRA Gold: Japan . 6 7 .... ArubaArgentina . ...6 .. Silver: Chinese Taipei ...... ArgentinaBahamas .....6 9 .. Bronze: Korea ...... BahamasBrazil 11 .. 8 8 95 6 Also competed: Philippines .. BrazilCanada 117 4 88. 8 3 5.. 6 Canada 7 4...... 8. 3 .. III BFA Championship Colombia 8 Japan, 1959 Colombia 8 ...... Costa Rica ...... Gold: Japan ...... CostaCuba Rica 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Silver: Korea CubaDom. Rep. 14 1.. 1 4 1 1 5 1 157 Bronze: Chinese Taipei .. Dom.El Salvador Rep. 4...... 4 5 57 Also competed: Philippines ...... ElGuatemala Salvador ... 10 7 8 . . GuatemalaMexico ..... 610 4 7. 83 3 .. . MexicoNet. Antilles 10 86 9 4 7 ...3 3 ... Net.Nicaragua Antilles 102 8 5 9 5 7 2 6 4 3 NicaraguaPanama 26 5.. 5 25 6 4 46 3 4 .. PanamaPuerto Rico 69 3 25 3 4...6 4 ... PuertoUSA Rico 93 3 2 2 3 3 9 2 2 2 USAVenezuela 35 2 7 3.... 9 2 2 27 Venezuela 5 7 .... 7 BASEBALL WORLD CUP SUMMARY• 1 BASEBALL WORLD CUP SUMMARY• 1 127 128 CHAMPIONSHIPS CONTINENTAL

IV BFA Championship XI BFA Championship Chinese Taipei, 1962 Korea, 1975 Gold: Japan Gold: Korea Silver: Chinese Taipei Silver: Japan CONTINENTAL Bronze: Korea Australia

CHAMPIONSHIPS Bronze: Also competed: Philippines Also competed (in order of finish): Chinese Taipei and Philippines

V BFA Championship XII BFA Championship Korea, 1963 Korea, 1983 Gold: Korea Gold: Korea Silver: Japan Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: Chinese Taipei Bronze: Japan Also competed: Philippines Also competed (in order of finish): Australia and Philippines

VI BFA Championship XIII BFA Championship Philippines, 1965 Australia, 1985 Gold: Japan Gold: Japan Silver: Korea Silver: Korea Bronze: Chinese Taipei Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed: Philippines Also competed (in order of finish): Australia and China

VII BFA Championship XIV BFA Championship Japan, 1967 Japan, 1987 Gold: Japan Gold: Chinese Taipei Silver: Korea Silver: Japan Bronze: Chinese Taipei Bronze: Korea Also competed: Philippines Also competed (in order of finish): Guam, Australia, China, and India VIII BFA Championship Chinese Taipei, 1969 XV BFA Championship Gold: Japan Korea, 1989 Silver: Chinese Taipei Gold: Japan Bronze: Philippines Silver: Korea Also competed: Korea Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed (in order of finish): China, Guam, Philippines, IX BFA Championship and India Korea, 1971 Gold: Korea XVI BFA Championship Silver: Japan China, 1991 Bronze: Philippines Gold: Japan Also competed (in order of finish): Australia and Chinese Taipei Silver: Chinese Taipei Bronze: Korea X BFA Championship Also competed (in order of finish): Australia, Philippines, China, Philippines, 1973 and Guam Gold: Japan Silver: Korea Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed (in order of finish): Philippines and Australia

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XVII BFA Championship XXlll BFA Championship Australia, 1993 Japan, 2005 Gold: Japan Gold: Japan Silver: Korea Silver: Chinese Taipei CONTINENTAL Bronze: Chinese Taipei China CHAMPIONSHIPS Bronze: Also competed (in order of finish): Australia, China, Korea, Also competed (in order of finish): Korea, Philippines and Thailand and Philippines XXIV BFA Championship XVIII BFA Championship Chinese Taipei, 2007 Japan, 1995 Gold: Japan Gold: Japan Silver: Korea Silver: Korea Bronze: Chinese Taipei Bronze: Chinese Taipei Also competed (in order of finish): Philippines, Thailand, Also competed (in order of finish): China, Philippines and Thailand Hong Kong, and Pakistan

XIX BFA Championship Chinese Taipei, 1997 Gold: Korea BFA OVERALL RESuLTS Silver: Japan Bronze: Chinese Taipei I II III IV V VI VII VIII Also competed (in order of finish): China, Thailand and Philippines 1954 1955 1959 1962 1963 1965 1967 1969 TEAMS PHI PHI JPN TPE KOR PHI JPN TPE XX BFA Championship Australia ...... Korea, 1999 China ...... Gold: Korea Silver: Japan Chinese Taipei 4 2 3 2 3 3 3 2 Bronze: Chinese Taipei Guam ...... Also competed (in order of finish): China, Philippines and Thailand Hong Kong ...... XXI BFA Championship India ...... Chinese Taipei, 2001 Indonesia ...... Gold: Chinese Taipei Silver: Korea Japan 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 Bronze: Japan Korea 3 3 2 3 1 2 2 4 Also competed (in order of finish): Philippines and Indonesia Korea DPR ...... XXII BFA Championship & Olympic Qualification Pakistan ...... Japan, 2003 Philippines 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 Gold: Japan Silver: Chinese Taipei Thailand ...... Bronze: Korea Also competed (in order of finish): China, Philippines, Indonesia, and Pakistan

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IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI CEB CONTINENTAL 1971 1973 1975 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 European Confederation of Baseball CHAMPIONSHIPS TEAMS KOR PHI KOR KOR AUS JPN KOR CHN Confédération Européenne de Baseball Australia 4 5 3 4 4 5 . 4 China . . . . 5 6 4 6 Chinese Taipei 5 3 4 2 3 1 3 2 Guam . . . . . 4 5 7 Hong Kong ...... India . . . . . 7 7 . Indonesia ...... Japan 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 Korea 1 2 1 1 2 3 2 3 Korea DPR ...... Pakistan ...... Philippines 3 4 5 5 . . 6 5 Thailand ...... I European Championship Belgium, 1954 Gold: Italy XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV Silver: Spain 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 TEAMS AUS JPN TPE KOR TPE JPN JPN TPE Bronze: Belgium Also competed: Germany Australia 4 ...... China 5 4 4 4 . 4 3 . II European Championship Spain, 1955 Chinese Taipei 3 3 3 3 1 2 2 3 Gold: Spain Guam ...... Silver: Belgium Germany Hong Kong ...... 6 Bronze: Also competed (in order of finish): Italy and France India ...... Indonesia . . . . 5 6 . . III European Championship Italy, 1956 Japan 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 Gold: Netherlands Korea 2 2 1 1 2 3 4 2 Silver: Belgium Korea DPR 6 ...... Bronze: Italy Also competed (in order of finish): Spain and Germany Pakistan . . . . . 7 . 7 Philippines 7 5 6 5 4 5 5 4 Thailand . 6 5 6 . . 6 5

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IV European Championship XI European Championship Germany, 1957 Germany, 1969 Gold: Netherlands Gold: Netherlands Silver: Germany Silver: Italy CONTINENTAL Bronze: Italy Spain CHAMPIONSHIPS Bronze: Also competed (in order of finish): Spain and Belgium Also competed (in order of finish): Germany, Belgium, Sweden, and France V European Championship Netherlands, 1958 XII European Championship Gold: Netherlands Italy, 1971 Silver: Italy Gold: Netherlands Bronze: Germany Silver: Italy Also competed (in order of finish): Belgium, Spain and France Bronze: Germany Also competed (in order of finish): Belgium, San Marino, Spain, VI European Championship Great Britain, Sweden, and France Spain, 1960 Gold: Netherlands XIII European Championship Silver: Italy Netherlands, 1973 Bronze: Spain Gold: Netherlands Also competed: Germany Silver: Italy Bronze: Spain VII European Championship Also competed (in order of finish): Belgium, Sweden and France Netherlands, 1962 Gold: Netherlands XIV European Championship Silver: Italy Spain, 1975 Bronze: Spain Gold: Italy Also competed (in order of finish): Belgium, Germany, Silver: Netherlands France, and Sweden Bronze: Germany Also competed (in order of finish): Spain, Sweden and France VIII European Championship Italy, 1964 XV European Championship Gold: Netherlands Netherlands, 1977 Silver: Italy Gold: Italy Bronze: Spain Silver: Netherlands Also competed (in order of finish): Sweden and France Bronze: Belgium Also competed (in order of finish): Sweden and Spain IX European Championship Spain, 1965 XVI European Championship Gold: Netherlands Italy, 1979 Silver: Italy Gold: Italy Bronze: Germany Silver: Netherlands Also competed (in order of finish): Spain and Sweden Bronze: Belgium Also competed: Sweden X European Championship Belgium, 1967 Gold: Belgium Silver: Great Britain Bronze: Germany Also competed (in order of finish): Spain and Sweden

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XVII European Championship XXIII European Championship Netherlands, 1981 Sweden, 1993 Gold: Netherlands Gold: Netherlands Silver: Italy Silver: Italy CONTINENTAL Bronze: Sweden Sweden CHAMPIONSHIPS Bronze: Also competed: Belgium Also competed (in order of finish): France, Spain, Belgium, Germany, and Russia XVIII European Championship Italy, 1983 XXIV European Championship Gold: Italy Netherlands, 1995 Silver: Netherlands Gold: Netherlands Bronze: Belgium Silver: Italy Also competed (in order of finish): Spain, Sweden and France Bronze: Belgium Also competed (in order of finish): Spain, France, Germany, XIX European Championship Sweden, Russia, Ukraine, and Slovenia Netherlands, 1985 Gold: Netherlands XXV European Championship Silver: Italy France, 1997 Bronze: Belgium Gold: Italy Also competed (in order of finish): Sweden, Spain and San Marino Silver: Netherlands Bronze: Spain XX European Championship Also competed (in order of finish): Russia, France, Belgium, Spain, 1987 Czech Republic, Sweden, Great Britain, Germany, Ukraine, Gold: Netherlands and Slovenia Silver: Italy Bronze: Spain XXVI European Championship Also competed (in order of finish): Belgium, Sweden, France, Italy, 1999 and Germany Gold: Netherlands Silver: Italy XXI European Championship Bronze: France France, 1989 Also competed (in order of finish): Russia, Spain, Belgium, Gold: Italy Sweden, Czech Republic, Great Britain, Germany, Croatia, Silver: Netherlands and Slovenia Bronze: Spain Also competed (in order of finish): Sweden, France, Belgium, XXVII European Championship Great Britain, and Germany Germany, 2001 Gold: Netherlands XXII European Championship Silver: Russia Italy, 1991 Bronze: Italy Gold: Italy Also competed (in order of finish): France, Czech Republic, Spain, Silver: Netherlands Germany, Croatia, Belgium, Great Britain, Ukraine, and Sweden Bronze: Spain Also competed (in order of finish): France, Belgium, USSR, Sweden, and Great Britain

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XXVIII European Championship CEB OVERALL RESuLTS Netherlands, 2003 Gold: Netherlands I II III IV V VI VII VIII Silver: Greece 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1960 1962 1964 CONTINENTAL Bronze: Spain TEAMS BEL ESP ITA GER NED ESP NED ITA CHAMPIONSHIPS Also competed (in order of finish): Sweden, Italy, Czech Austria ...... Republic, France, Russia, Great Britain, Croatia, Belgium, and Germany Belgium 3 2 2 5 4 . 4 . Croatia ...... XXIX European Championship Czech Rep...... Czech Republic, 2005 France . 5 . . 6 . 6 5 Gold: Netherlands Germany 4 3 5 2 3 4 5 . Silver: Italy Bronze: Spain Great Britain ...... Also competed (in order of finish): Germany, Greece ...... Czech Republic, France, Great Britain, Sweden, Italy 1 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 Greece, Ukraine, Russia, and Croatia Netherlands . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 Russia ...... XXX European Championships San Marino ...... Spain, 2007 Slovenia ...... Gold: Netherlands Silver: Great Britain Spain 2 1 4 4 5 3 3 3 Bronze: Spain Sweden ...... 7 4 Also competed (in order of finish): Germany, France, Ukraine ...... Sweden, Italy, Croatia, Ukraine, Russia, Austria, USSR ...... and Czech Republic IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 TEAMS ESP BEL GER ITA NED ESP NED ITA Austria ...... Belgium . 1 5 4 4 . 3 3 Croatia ...... Czech Rep. Rep...... France . . 7 9 6 6 . . Germany 3 3 4 3 . 3 . . Great Britain Britain . 2 . 7 . . . . Greece ...... Italy 2 . 2 2 2 1 1 1 Netherlands 1 . 1 1 1 2 2 2 Russia ...... San Marino Marino . . . 5 . . . . Slovenia ...... Spain 4 4 3 6 3 4 5 . Sweden 5 5 6 8 5 5 4 4 Ukraine ...... USSR ......

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XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 CONTINENTAL TEAMS NED ITA NED ESP FRA ITA SWE NED BCO CHAMPIONSHIPS Baseball Confederation of Oceania

BCO Championship Guam, 1999 Gold: Guam Silver: American Samoa USSR . . . . . 6 . . Bronze: Micronesia XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX Also competed (in order of finish): Palau, CNMI 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 and New Caledonia TEAMS FRA ITA GER NED CZE ESP

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

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

USSR ......

141 142 BCO Oceania Championship 2004 Gold: Australia (via Guam withdrawal) FISu WORLD uNIVERSITY BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

CONTINENTAL BCO Oceania Championship 2007

CHAMPIONSHIPS Gold: Australia (via New Zealand withdrawal)

BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

BCO OVERALL RESuLTS FISu WORLD uNIVERSITY

Oceania World BCO Ocean Champ Cup Qualification Championship World Cup Qual. Tournament TEAMS 1999 - Guam 2003 - Guam 2003 - Guam American Samoa 2 2 . Australia . . 1 CNMI 5 . . The FISU World University Baseball Championships are organised Micronesia 3 4 . by the International University Sports Federation with the technical Fiji Islands . 7 . assistance of the International Baseball Federation. The 2008 IV FISU World University Baseball Championships will be held in Guam 1 1 2 Prague, Czech Republic. New Caledonia 6 5 . Palau 4 3 . Campeonatos Mundiales de Béisbol Universitario de la FISU Solomon Islands . 6 . Los Campeonatos Mundiales de Béisbol Universitario de la FISU son organizados por la Federación Internacional de Deportes BCO Oceania BCO Oceania Universitarios con la asistencia técnica de la Federación Championship Championship TEAMS 2004 - Cancelled 2007 - Cancelled Internacional de Béisbol. Los IV Campeonatos Mundiales de Béisbol Universitario de la FISU 2008 se celebrarán en Praga American Samoa . . (República Checa). Australia 1 1 CNMI . . Micronesia . . Fiji Islands . . Guam . . New Caledonia . . Palau . . Solomon Islands . .

143 144 I World University Baseball Championship Italy, 2002 FISU World University Gold: Cuba Championship OVERALL RESULTS Silver: USA Bronze: Japan I II III Also competed (in order of finish): Chinese Taipei, Korea, Italy, 2002 2004 2006 China, Czech Republic, Canada, and France TEAMS ITA TPE CUB . .

Bahamas 11 BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP II World University Baseball Championship FIS U WORLD U NIVERSITY Canada 9 6 . Chinese Taipei, 2004 Gold: USA China 7 . . Silver: Japan Chinese Taipei 4 4 2 Bronze: Korea Also competed (in order of finish): Chinese Taipei, Cuba 1 . 3 Czech Republic, Canada, and Mexico Czech Republic 8 5 10 III World University Baseball Championship France 10 . . Cuba, 2006 Italy 6 . 5 Gold: USA Silver: Chinese Taipei Japan 3 2 4 Bronze: Cuba WORLD U NIVERSITY FIS U Korea 5 3 . BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Also competed (in order of finish): Japan, Italy, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Nicaragua, Virgin Islands, Mexico . 7 7 Czech Republic, and Bahamas Nicaragua . . 8 Puerto Rico . . 6 USA 2 1 1 Virgin Islands . . 9

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