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The Africa Cup Baseball Championship is the main international baseball competition in Africa. The Africa Cup Baseball Championship has not been played with the frequency, regularity or history of the European Championship, Asian Championship or South American Championship. Instead, it has been more irregular, like the Oceania Championship.
| Year | Final Host | Medalists | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||||
| 1992 |  Harare |  South Africa |  Zimbabwe |  Nigeria | |||
| 2001 |  Kampala | South Africa | Nigeria |  Uganda | |||
| 2019 details |  Johannesburg | South Africa | Uganda | Zimbabwe | |||
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 |  Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Uganda | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Zimbabwe | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Totals (4 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
Sports in Japan are a significant part of Japanese culture. Traditional sports, such as sumo and martial arts, as well as Western imports like baseball, association football, basketball and tennis are popular with both participants and spectators.
In an organized sports league, a typical season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session: for example, in Major League Baseball the season lasts approximately from the last week of March to the last week of September. In other team sports, like association football or basketball, it is generally from August or September to May although in some countries – such as Northern Europe, North America or East Asia – the season for oudoor summer sports starts in the spring and finishes in autumn, mainly due to weather conditions encountered during the winter.
The International Baseball Federation (IBAF) is the former worldwide governing body of baseball. It has since been superseded by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), and continues to exist as the WBSC's baseball division. Between 1944 and 1975, it was known by its Spanish-language name, as the Federación Internacional de Béisbol Amateur, or FIBA.
Professional baseball leagues, amateur-baseball organizations, sportswriting associations, and other groups confer awards on various baseball teams, players, managers, coaches, executives, broadcasters, writers, and other baseball-related people for excellence in achievement, sportsmanship, and community involvement.
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