WBSC Americas
| File:WBSC Americas.svg | |
| Type | Sport organization |
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Region served
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Americas |
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Membership
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57 member associations |
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Parent organization
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World Baseball Softball Confederation |
| Website | www |
The WBSC Americas, formerly known as Pan American Baseball Confederation (COPABE, Spanish: Confederación Panamericana de Béisbol, Portuguese: Confederação Pan-Americana de Beisebol), is the governing body of baseball and softball within the Americas.
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History
Talks of the need of a baseball confederation in the Americas sparked with the founding of the Confederation of European Baseball back in the 1950s, although it was not until 1984, during the World Cup played in Cuba, that 12 countries of the Americas finally voted in favor of a formation of a confederation.
The first ever Confederación Panamericana de Béisbol (COPABE) executive meeting was held in March 1985, and 11 countries participated in its first ever Congress on March 15. The Congress saw the election of Oswaldo Matias Flores (Cuba) as the first president of the organization.
On October 5, 1987, the first Pan American Championship was played (Cuba won the tournament). The day after the final game of the tournament was held, the Congress elected Edwin Zerpa Pizzorno (Venezuela) as the next president of the organization.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s COPABE concentrated on developing tournaments at the youth level all over the Americas.
Members
Baseball
| Code | Association | National teams | Founded | Membership | IOC member |
Note |
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| ARG |  Argentina |
(M, W) | 1960 | Full | Yes | |
| ARU |  Aruba |
(M, W) | 1950 | Full | Yes | |
| BAH |  Bahamas |
(M, W) | 1954 | Full | Yes | |
| BOL |  Bolivia |
(M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| BRA |  Brazil |
(M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| IVB |  British Virgin Islands |
(M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| CAN |  Canada |
(M, W) | 1964 | Full | Yes | |
| CHI |  Chile |
(M, W) | 1954 | Full | Yes | |
| COL |  Colombia |
(M, W) | 1938 | Full | Yes | |
| CRC |  Costa Rica |
(M, W) | 1975 | Full | Yes | |
| CUB |  Cuba |
(M, W) | 1938 | Full | Yes | |
| CUW |  Curaçao |
(M, W) | 1934 | Provisional | No | [Note 1] |
| DOM |  Dominican Republic |
(M, W) | 1966 | Full | Yes | |
| ECU |  Ecuador |
(M, W) | 1945 | Full | Yes | |
| ESA |  El Salvador |
(M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| GUA |  Guatemala |
(M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| GUY |  Guyana |
(M, W) | 2012 | Full | Yes | |
| HAI |  Haiti |
(M, W) | 2013 | Full | Yes | |
| HON |  Honduras |
(M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| JAM |  Jamaica |
(M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| MEX |  Mexico |
(M, W) | 1987 | Full | Yes | |
| NCA |  Nicaragua |
(M, W) | 1950 | Full | Yes | |
| PAN |  Panama |
(M, W) | 1944 | Full | Yes | |
| PER |  Peru |
(M, W) | 1926 | Full | Yes | |
| PUR |  Puerto Rico |
(M, W) | 1970 | Full | Yes | |
| SXM |  Sint Maarten |
(M, W) | Provisional | No | [Note 1] | |
| TTO |  Trinidad and Tobago |
(M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| USA |  United States |
(M, W) | 1978 | Full | Yes | |
| ISV |  United States Virgin Islands |
(M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| VEN |  Venezuela |
(M, W) | 1952 | Full | Yes |
Softball
| Code | Association | National teams | Founded | Membership | IOC member |
Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARG | Argentina |
(M, W) | 1960 | Full | Yes | |
| ARU | Aruba |
(M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| BAH | Bahamas |
(M, W) | 1972 | Full | Yes | |
| BIZ |  Belize |
(M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| BOL | Bolivia |
(M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| BRA | Brazil |
(M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| IVB | British Virgin Islands |
(M, W) | 1952 | Full | Yes | |
| CAN | Canada |
(M, W) | 1965 | Full | Yes | |
| CAY |  Cayman Islands |
(M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| CHI | Chile |
(M, W) | 1954 | Full | Yes | |
| COL | Colombia |
(M, W) | 1968 | Full | Yes | |
| CRC | Costa Rica |
(M, W) | 2011 | Full | Yes | |
| CUB | Cuba |
(M, W) | 1980 | Full | Yes | |
| CUW | Curaçao |
(M, W) | 1952 | Provisional | No | [Note 1] |
| DOM | Dominican Republic |
(M, W) | 1966 | Full | Yes | |
| ECU | Ecuador |
(M, W) | 2014 | Full | Yes | |
| ESA | El Salvador |
(M, W) | 1980 | Full | Yes | |
| GUA | Guatemala |
(M, W) | 1990 | Full | Yes | |
| HAI | Haiti |
(M, W) | 2013 | Full | Yes | |
| HON | Honduras |
(M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| JAM | Jamaica |
(M, W) | 2016 | Full | Yes | |
| MEX | Mexico |
(M, W) | 1985 | Full | Yes | |
| NCA | Nicaragua |
(M, W) | 2006 | Full | Yes | |
| PAN | Panama |
(M, W) | 1965 | Full | Yes | |
| PER | Peru |
(M, W) | 1981 | Full | Yes | |
| PUR | Puerto Rico |
(M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| TCA |  Turks and Caicos Islands |
(M, W) | Provisional | No | [Note 2] | |
| USA | United States |
(M, W) | 1933 | Full | Yes | |
| ISV | United States Virgin Islands |
(M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| URU |  Uruguay |
(M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| VEN | Venezuela |
(M, W) | Full | Yes |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Constituent country of the Netherlands.
- ↑ Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom.
WBSC World Rankings
Baseball
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Softball
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Historical leaders
Highest Ranked Americas member in the WBSC Rankings
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See also
- World Baseball Softball Confederation
- Baseball at the Central American and Caribbean Games
- Baseball at the Pan American Games
- Baseball at the 2010 South American Games
- 2008 Copa América (baseball)
- Baseball awards § Americas
- Latin American Series
- Caribbean Series
- South American Baseball Championship
Notes
References
External links
- Official website
- Pan American Baseball Confederation website (on WorldNews (WN) Network domain)
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