World Baseball Softball Confederation

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World Baseball Softball Confederation
AbbreviationWBSC
Founded14 April 2013;11 years ago (2013-04-14)
Type Sports federation
Legal statusGoverning body of baseball, softball and Baseball5
Purpose World governing body
Headquarters Pully, Switzerland
Location
  • Av. du Général Guisan 45
Region served
Worldwide
Membership
141 national federations; 7 professional league "associate members"
Official language
English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean
President
 Riccardo Fraccari
Main organ
Congress
Subsidiaries
Affiliations International Olympic Committee, ARISF, GAISF
Website www.wbsc.org

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) is the world governing body for the sports of baseball, softball, and Baseball5. It was established in 2013 by the merger of the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) and International Softball Federation (ISF). Under the WBSC's organizational structure, the IBAF and ISF serve as the confederation's baseball and softball divisions, respectively. Each division is governed by an executive committee, while the WBSC is governed by an executive board.

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The WBSC has 208 National Federation members in 141 countries and territories across Asia, Africa, the Americas, Europe, and Oceania. Professional baseball organizations as well as youth organizations are also included and form an arm of the WBSC as associate members. Headquartered in Pully, Switzerland, the WBSC was granted recognition as the sole competent global authority for both the sports of baseball and softball by the International Olympic Committee in 2013.

As the recognised governing body of baseball, softball, and Baseball5, the WBSC is charged with overseeing all international competitions. It holds the exclusive rights of all competitions, tournaments and world championships featuring national teams, including the Olympic Games, and WBSC-associated federations hold the right to organize and select national teams [1]

Discussions to merge the two separate world governing bodies for the sports of baseball and softball were sparked by a Memorandum of Understanding that saw baseball and softball leaders agree to form a joint bid to be added to the 2020 Olympic Games sports program. [2] [3] Baseball and softball were dropped from the 2012 Summer Olympic program and were scheduled to be reinstated for the 2020 Olympics, but the 2020 Olympics were delayed due to the COVID-19 international pandemic. In August 2021, the International Olympic Committee announced that baseball and softball would not be part of the 2024 Paris Olympics. [4] Baseball5 is still set to feature in the 2026 Youth Olympics.

History

Flag of the WBSC WBSC flag.svg
Flag of the WBSC

Following its exclusion of baseball and softball from the Summer Olympics in 2005, [5] the IOC reclassified baseball and softball as two disciplines of the same sport. [6] As the IOC's guidance indicated the necessity for baseball and softball to be jointly considered for reinstatement in the Olympic programme, the two independent International Federations set out on a path toward a full and complete merger.

In 2012, the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) and the International Softball Federation (ISF) laid out the essential ground rules for partnership and began working on a constitution that would guide the merger and provide a framework for governance, ethics and operations. At a historic IBAF Congress in Tokyo in April 2013, the Constitution was ratified and since it had already been approved by an ISF working group empowered to do so, the WBSC was officially formalized and empowered.[ citation needed ]

The creation of a single federation allowed for the permanent alignment, merger and management of baseball and softball at the world level. [7] The merger resulted in an immediate boost to the governance, universality and gender equality of baseball and softball, criteria for an Olympic sport that are heavily valued by the IOC.[ citation needed ]

At the first-ever World Baseball Softball Congress—in Hammamet, Tunisia—Italy's Fraccari was elected to a seven-year term as the first president of WBSC, along with a fully elected Executive Board. [8]

Creation of Baseball5

B5 batter hitting the ball into field. Cuba Baseball5 game.jpg
B5 batter hitting the ball into field.

In 2017, [9] the WBSC introduced a third discipline to be played at an international level, Baseball5 (B5), which is a five-on-five, five-inning game designed to be played with only a rubber ball on a small field. It is targeted at underserved communities, [10] as well as offering a low-cost and fast-paced entry point to baseball and softball in new places around the world. [11] The WBSC introduced it to aid its ultimate goal of having a billion-strong baseball-softball community by 2030. [12] A major difference between B5 and baseball/softball is that the game is played without a pitcher, with the batter starting each play with the ball. [13] It was inspired by various Latin American street games, such as "cuatro esquinas" (four corners) in Cuba, [14] and has been played in some international tournaments in the Americas and Europe, [15] [11] [16] as well as having been implemented in some schools in various countries. [17] [18] It is due to feature in the 2026 Youth Olympic Games, [19] and has two World Cups for youth and senior players alternating each year starting in 2022, with both of these international events being played in a mixed-gender format. [20] The WBSC is also planning to, as part of its general push into E-Sports, introduce a video game version of Baseball5 in the near future. [21]

Coed slow pitch softball

The first official WBSC Coed Slow Pitch World Cup was greenlit on 9 June 2022, during a meeting by the WBSC Executive Board in Pully, Switzerland. [22] [23] It was to be held in Guadalajara, Mexico in December 2023, [24] but it was cancelled in October 2023 due to logistical challenges. [25]

Organizational structure

The WBSC is governed by the executive board, which consists of fourteen members: president, secretary general, two vice presidents, baseball executive vice president, softball executive vice president, treasurer, four members at large, athlete representative for baseball, athlete representative for softball, and global ambassador. [26]

The Baseball Division is governed by an executive committee, which has thirteen members: president, secretary general, 2nd vice president, 3rd vice president, treasurer, three members at large, four continental vice presidents (one each for Africa, Americas, Europe, and Oceania), and executive director.[ citation needed ]

The Softball Division is governed by an executive committee that has twenty-three members: president, secretary general, 1st vice president, 2nd vice president, treasurer, twelve vice presidents (two each for Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Oceania, and one each for North America and English-speaking Caribbean), two at-large members, two athlete representatives, immediate past president, and executive director.[ citation needed ]

The WBSC has four departments: media, finance, tournaments, and marketing. It also has several commissions.[ citation needed ]

Members

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WBSC Confederations

Besides its worldwide institutions, there are five regional governing bodies that oversee the game in the different continents and regions of the world.

TeamRegionLeague
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Americas AA
AABC
ABO
BRL
PONY
Flag of France.svg  France Europe AFBS
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Europe AIBxC
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Asia CPBL
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic Americas LIDOM
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Asia KBO
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Americas LMB
LMP
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Asia NPB
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico Americas LBPRC
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Americas LVBP

In total, WBSC recognizes 198 national associations, with 132 national baseball teams as well as 122 women's national teams. [27]

Unlike the ICC, the WBSC identifies associate members as those who particularly endorse international baseball and softball with their own leagues in partnership with the WBSC. These leagues support baseball and softball to the extent that they are major sports in their respective countries. The table to the right has all leagues along with the country hosted: [28]

Presidents

NoNameCountryOrg.Took officeLeft office
1 Leslie Mann Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United StatesIBF 1938 1939
2 Jaime Mariné Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 1940 1943
3 Jorge Reyes Flag of Mexico.svg MexicoFIBA 1944 1945
4 Pablo Morales Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 1946 1947
5 Chale Pereira Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua 1948 1950
— Pablo Morales Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 1951 1952
6 Carlos Manuel Zecca Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica 1953 1968
7 Juan Isa Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg Netherlands Antilles 1969 1975
— William Fehring Flag of the United States.svg United StatesFEMBA [a] 1973 1974
— Carlos García Solórzano Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua 1975
8 Manuel González Guerra Flag of Cuba.svg CubaAINBA 1976 1979
— Carlos García Solórzano [b] Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua 1980 1981
9 Robert Smith Flag of the United States.svg United StatesIBAF 1981 1993
10 Aldo Notari Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1993 2006
11 Harvey Schiller Flag of the United States.svg United States 2007 2009
12 Riccardo Fraccari Flag of Italy.svg Italy 2009 Incumbent
WBSC

[29] [c]

Tournaments

Current title holders

CompetitionYearHost country / regionChampionsTitleRunners-upNext editionDates
Baseball
World Baseball Classic 2023 United StatesFlag of Japan.svg  Japan 3rdFlag of the United States.svg  United States 2026 Qualification:
TBD
Finals:
5–17 March 2026
WBSC Premier12 2024 JapanFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 1stFlag of Japan.svg  Japan 2027
Olympic baseball tournament 2020 JapanFlag of Japan.svg  Japan 1stFlag of the United States.svg  United States 2028 July 2028
U-23 Baseball World Cup 2024 ChinaFlag of Japan.svg  Japan 3rdFlag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 2026
U-18 Baseball World Cup 2023 TaiwanFlag of Japan.svg  Japan 1stFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2025
U-15 Baseball World Cup 2024 ColombiaFlag of Japan.svg  Japan 3rdFlag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 2026
U-12 Baseball World Cup 2023 TaiwanFlag of the United States.svg  United States 5thFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2025
Women's Baseball World Cup 2024 CanadaFlag of Japan.svg  Japan 7thFlag of the United States.svg  United States 2027 2026 (group stage)
2027 (finals)
Softball
Men's Softball World Cup 2022 New ZealandFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2ndFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2025 12 June – 21 September 2024 (group stage)
8–13 July 2025 (finals)
U-23 Men's Softball World Cup 2023 ArgentinaFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1stFlag of Japan.svg  Japan 2026
U-18 Men's Softball World Cup 2023 MexicoFlag of Japan.svg  Japan 4thFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2027
Women's Softball World Cup 2024 CanadaFlag of Japan.svg  Japan 4thFlag of the United States.svg  United States 2027 2026 (group stage)
2027 (finals)
U-18 Women's Softball World Cup 2021 United StatesFlag of the United States.svg  United States 8thFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2025 2024 (group stage)
2025 (finals)
U-15 Women's Softball World Cup 2023 JapanFlag of the United States.svg  United States 1stFlag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 2025
U-12 Softball World Cup 2021 TaiwanFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2ndFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2025
Olympic softball tournament 2020 JapanFlag of Japan.svg  Japan 2ndFlag of the United States.svg  United States 2028 July 2028
Baseball 5
Baseball5 World Cup 2024 Hong Kong Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 2nd Flag of Japan.svg Japan 2026
Youth Baseball5 World Cup 2023 Mexico Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 1st Flag of France.svg France 2025
Youth Olympic Games
First edition will be held in 2026
 2026

World Rankings

Baseball5 (Coed)

Top 20 Rankings as of 9 August 2024 [38]
RankChangeTeamPoints
1Steady2.svgFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 3306
2Increase2.svg 1Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 2947
3Decrease2.svg 1Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 2535
4Steady2.svgFlag of France.svg  France 2390
5Steady2.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Japan 2322
6Steady2.svgFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1929
7Increase2.svg 1Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1896
8Decrease2.svg 1Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1811
9Steady2.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1476
10Steady2.svgFlag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1342
11Steady2.svgFlag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 1222
12Steady2.svgFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1144
13Increase2.svg 2Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 1127
14Decrease2.svg 1Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 1056
15Decrease2.svg 1Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1046
16Steady2.svgFlag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 798
17Steady2.svgFlag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 778
18Steady2.svgFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 723
19Steady2.svgFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 716
20Steady2.svgFlag of Italy.svg  Italy 702
*New Rankings

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The status of FEMBA, which broke away from FIBA from 1973 to 1975, is disputed.
  2. ↑ Elected but did not take office due to the Nicaraguan Revolution. Robert Smith filled the role in an interim capacity.
  3. ↑ Dates according to the WBSC. Other sources, including sports researcher Stephan Müller, offer slightly different dates. [30]

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