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WBSC Americas
Sports governing body in the Americas
Sports governing body in the Americas
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | WBSC Americas |
| image | WBSC_Americas.svg |
| type | Sport organization |
| region_served | Americas |
| membership | 57 member associations |
| leader_title | President |
| parent_organization | World Baseball Softball Confederation |
| website |
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.
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 | |||||
| ARG | ARG Argentina | (M, W) | 1960 | Full | ||
| ARU | ARU Aruba | (M, W) | 1950 | |||
| BAH | BAH Bahamas | (M, W) | 1954 | |||
| BOL | BOL Bolivia | (M, W) | ||||
| BRA | BRA Brazil | (M, W) | ||||
| IVB | IVB British Virgin Islands | (M, W) | ||||
| CAN | CAN Canada | (M, W) | 1964 | |||
| CHI | CHI Chile | (M, W) | 1954 | |||
| COL | COL Colombia | (M, W) | 1938 | |||
| CRC | CRC Costa Rica | (M, W) | 1975 | |||
| CUB | CUB Cuba | (M, W) | 1938 | |||
| CUW | CUW Curaçao | (M, W) | 1934 | Provisional | Constituent country]] of the Netherlands. | |
| DOM | DOM Dominican Republic | (M, W) | 1966 | Full | ||
| ECU | ECU Ecuador | (M, W) | 1945 | |||
| ESA | ESA El Salvador | (M, W) | ||||
| GUA | GUA Guatemala | (M, W) | ||||
| GUY | GUY Guyana | (M, W) | 2012 | |||
| HAI | HAI Haiti | (M, W) | 2013 | |||
| HON | HON Honduras | (M, W) | ||||
| JAM | JAM Jamaica | (M, W) | ||||
| MEX | MEX Mexico | (M, W) | 1987 | |||
| NCA | NCA Nicaragua | (M, W) | 1950 | |||
| PAN | PAN Panama | (M, W) | 1944 | |||
| PER | PER Peru | (M, W) | 1926 | |||
| PUR | PUR Puerto Rico | (M, W) | 1970 | |||
| SXM | SXM Sint Maarten | (M, W) | Provisional | |||
| TTO | TTO Trinidad and Tobago | (M, W) | Full | |||
| USA | USA United States | (M, W) | 1978 | |||
| ISV | ISV United States Virgin Islands | (M, W) | ||||
| VEN | VEN Venezuela | (M, W) | 1952 |
Softball
| Code | Association | National teams | Founded | Membership | IOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| member | Note | |||||
| ARG | ARG Argentina | (M, W) | 1960 | Full | ||
| ARU | ARU Aruba | (M, W) | ||||
| BAH | BAH Bahamas | (M, W) | 1972 | |||
| BIZ | BIZ Belize | (M, W) | ||||
| BOL | BOL Bolivia | (M, W) | ||||
| BRA | BRA Brazil | (M, W) | ||||
| IVB | IVB British Virgin Islands | (M, W) | 1952 | |||
| CAN | CAN Canada | (M, W) | 1965 | |||
| CAY | CAY Cayman Islands | (M, W) | ||||
| CHI | CHI Chile | (M, W) | 1954 | |||
| COL | COL Colombia | (M, W) | 1968 | |||
| CRC | CRC Costa Rica | (M, W) | 2011 | |||
| CUB | CUB Cuba | (M, W) | 1980 | |||
| CUW | CUW Curaçao | (M, W) | 1952 | Provisional | ||
| DOM | DOM Dominican Republic | (M, W) | 1966 | Full | ||
| ECU | ECU Ecuador | (M, W) | 2014 | |||
| ESA | ESA El Salvador | (M, W) | 1980 | |||
| GUA | GUA Guatemala | (M, W) | 1990 | |||
| HAI | HAI Haiti | (M, W) | 2013 | |||
| HON | HON Honduras | (M, W) | ||||
| JAM | JAM Jamaica | (M, W) | 2016 | |||
| MEX | MEX Mexico | (M, W) | 1985 | |||
| NCA | NCA Nicaragua | (M, W) | 2006 | |||
| PAN | PAN Panama | (M, W) | 1965 | |||
| PER | PER Peru | (M, W) | 1981 | |||
| PUR | PUR Puerto Rico | (M, W) | ||||
| TCA | TCA Turks and Caicos Islands | (M, W) | Provisional | Overseas Territory]] of the United Kingdom. | ||
| USA | USA United States | (M, W) | 1933 | Full | ||
| ISV | ISV United States Virgin Islands | (M, W) | ||||
| URU | URU Uruguay | (M, W) | ||||
| VEN | VEN Venezuela | (M, W) |
WBSC World Rankings
Baseball
Softball
Baseball5
Historical leaders
Highest Ranked Americas member in the WBSC Rankings ;Men's baseball
ImageSize = width:150 height:500 PlotArea = left:40 right:0 bottom:5 top:10 DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:31/12/2012 till:13/11/2023 ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:1 start:31/12/2012 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical format:yyyy
Colors = id:CUB value:blue id:MEX value:green id:USA value:red
PlotData= bar:Leaders width:25 mark:(line,black) align:left fontsize:S
from:31/12/2012 till:31/12/2014 shift:(20,-4) text:"Cuba" color:CUB from:31/12/2014 till:31/12/2021 shift:(20,-13) text:"United States" color:USA from:31/12/2021 till:31/12/2022 shift:(20,-6) text:"Mexico" color:MEX from:31/12/2022 till:02/11/2023 shift:(20,-13) text:"United States" color:USA from:02/11/2023 till:13/11/2023 shift:(20,-6) text:"Mexico" color:MEX ;Women's baseball
ImageSize = width:150 height:500 PlotArea = left:40 right:0 bottom:5 top:10 DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:31/12/2012 till:06/10/2023 ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:1 start:31/12/2012 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical format:yyyy
Colors = id:CAN value:white id:USA value:red id:VEN value:blue
PlotData= bar:Leaders width:25 mark:(line,black) align:left fontsize:S
from:31/12/2012 till:31/12/2016 shift:(20,-13) text:"United States" color:USA from:31/12/2016 till:22/09/2023 shift:(20,-6) text:"Canada" color:CAN from:22/09/2023 till:06/10/2023 shift:(20,-9) text:"Venezuela" color:VEN ;Men's softball
ImageSize = width:150 height:500 PlotArea = left:40 right:0 bottom:5 top:10 DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:31/12/2016 till:26/04/2023 ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:1 start:31/12/2016 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical format:yyyy
Colors = id:ARG value:blue id:CAN value:white
PlotData= bar:Leaders width:25 mark:(line,black) align:left fontsize:S
from:31/12/2016 till:15/11/2018 shift:(20,-9) text:"Argentina" color:ARG from:15/11/2018 till:31/12/2019 shift:(20,-6) text:"Canada" color:CAN from:31/12/2019 till:26/04/2023 shift:(20,-9) text:"Argentina" color:ARG ;Women's softball
ImageSize = width:150 height:500 PlotArea = left:40 right:0 bottom:5 top:10 DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:31/12/2016 till:10/11/2023 ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:1 start:31/12/2016 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical format:yyyy
Colors = id:USA value:red
PlotData= bar:Leaders width:25 mark:(line,black) align:left fontsize:S
from:31/12/2016 till:10/11/2023 shift:(20,-13) text:"United States" color:USA
Notes
References
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