Thailand national baseball team

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Thailand national baseball team
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CountryFlag of Thailand.svg Thailand
Federation Baseball Thailand
Confederation Baseball Asia
ManagerMasao Tokunaga
WBSC ranking
Current 42 Increase2.svg 1 (18 December 2023) [1]
Asian Games
Appearances5 (first in 1994 )
Best result5th (4 times, most recent in 2014 )
Asian Championship
Appearances3 (first in 1997 )
Best result5th (in 2007 )

The Thailand national baseball team is the national baseball team of Thailand. They have competed in numerous international competitions, including the Southeast Asian Games, the Asian Games, and the Baseball World Cup. The team is organized by the Amateur Baseball Association of Thailand.

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In 2007 the Thailand national baseball team won the Southeast Asian Games and they finished third in the 2011 Southeast Asian Games. The Thailand national team competed in the World Baseball Classic qualifiers in the fall of 2012.

Johnny Damon, active until 2012, was the only player in major league baseball with a connection to Thailand.[ citation needed ] His mother is Thai.

As of September 2016, Thailand's men's team was ranked No. 26 by the World Baseball Softball Confederation. In women's baseball, Thailand is unranked. [2]

International tournament results

World Baseball Classic

World Baseball Classic record Qualification record
YearRoundPositionWLRSRAWLRSRA
2006 did not enterNo qualifiers held
2009
2013 did not qualify02420
2017 did not enterdid not enter
Total0/402420

Asian Games

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References

  1. "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  2. "WBSC - World Baseball Softball Confederation".