WBSC Americas

Sports governing body in the Americas

WBSC Americas

Type	Sport organization
Region served	Americas
Membership	57 member associations
Parent organization	World Baseball Softball Confederation
Website	www.wbscamericas.org

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.

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	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

^ ^a ^b ^c Constituent country of the Netherlands.
^ Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom.

WBSC World Rankings

Baseball

WBSC Men's Rankings (as of 18 December 2023)^[1]
Americas*	WBSC	+/-	National Team	Points
1	2		Mexico	4764
2	3		United States	4492
3	6		Venezuela	3975
4	8		Cuba	3121
5	9		Dominican Republic	2667
6	10		Panama	2534
7	12		Puerto Rico	2355
8	13		Colombia	2105
9	16		Canada	1397
10	20		Nicaragua	1021
11	23		Brazil	762
12	26	2	Curaçao	317
13	31	1	Argentina	225
14	44	2	Peru	99
15	45	1	Honduras	86
16	50	2	El Salvador	47
17	51	1	Chile	43
18	53	1	Guatemala	39
19	54	5	Costa Rica	37
20	59	1	Bahamas	29
21	64		U.S. Virgin Islands	21
22	65		Ecuador	19
23	76		Bolivia	4
*Local rankings based on WBSC ranking points

WBSC Women's Rankings (as of 22 September 2023)^[2]
Americas*	WBSC	+/-	National Team	Points
1	3	2	Venezuela	581
2	4		United States	510
3	5	7	Mexico	496
4	6	3	Puerto Rico	490
5	8	5	Canada	428
6	10	3	Cuba	350
7	18	12	Dominican Republic	72
*Local rankings based on WBSC ranking points

Softball

WBSC Men's Softball Rankings (as of 26 April 2023)^[3]
Americas*	WBSC	+/-	National Team	Points
1	1		Argentina	4224
2	4	2	Canada	3358
3	5		United States	2655
4	8		Venezuela	2133
5	9		Cuba	1807
6	10		Mexico	1775
7	13		Guatemala	934
8	19	1	Dominican Republic	221
9	24		Colombia	147
10	28		Panama	52
10	28		Peru	52
12	31		Puerto Rico	45
13	35	1	Belize	10
*Local rankings based on WBSC ranking points

WBSC Women's Rankings (as of 10 November 2023)^[4]
Americas*	WBSC	+/-	National Team	Points
1	1		United States	4301
2	3		Puerto Rico	2815
3	5	1	Canada	1885
4	7	1	Mexico	1684
5	11	3	Cuba	953
6	16	2	Peru	771
7	17	2	Venezuela	770
8	23	7	Brazil	451
9	29		Argentina	320
10	37	4	Guatemala	196
11	41	2	Dominican Republic	149
12	42	1	El Salvador	139
13	43	7	Colombia	118
14	46	2	Curaçao	85
15	48	1	Nicaragua	71
16	50	5	Chile	67
17	55	1	Costa Rica	42
18	60	3	Ecuador	16
19	62	1	Aruba	6
19	62	1	U.S. Virgin Islands	6
21	65		British Virgin Islands	2
*Local rankings based on WBSC ranking points

Baseball5

WBSC Baseball5 Rankings (as of 16 November 2023)^[5]
Americas*	WBSC	+/-	National Team	Points
1	3		Cuba	2393
2	8	1	Mexico	1560
3	17	3	Venezuela	905
4	48	2	Jamaica	4
*Local rankings based on WBSC ranking points

Historical leaders

Highest Ranked Americas member in the WBSC Rankings

Men's baseball

Women's baseball

Men's softball

Women's softball

Notes

References

^ "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ "The WBSC Women's Baseball World Ranking". WBSC. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
^ "The WBSC Men's Softball World Ranking". WBSC. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
^ "The WBSC Women's World Ranking". WBSC. 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
^ "The WBSC Baseball5 World Ranking". WBSC. 16 November 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.

External links

Official website
Pan American Baseball Confederation website (on WorldNews (WN) Network domain)

WBSC

Baseball at the Summer Olympics
Softball at the Summer Olympics
Baseball5 at the Youth Olympics

Codes

Confederations

Baseball tournaments

International	World Baseball Classic Women's Baseball World Cup WBSC Premier12 U-23 Baseball World Cup U-18 Baseball World Cup U-15 Baseball World Cup U-12 Baseball World Cup
Club	BCL Americas BCL Europe

Softball tournaments

Baseball5 tournaments

Presidents

IBAF	Leslie Mann (1938–40) Jaime Mariné (1940–43) Jorge Reyes (1943–45) Pablo Morales (1945–47) Chale Pereira (1947–50) Pablo Morales (1950–52) Carlos Zecca (1952–69) Juan Isa (1969–76) William Fehring (1973–75) Carlos García (1975–76) Manuel González (1976–80) Robert Smith (1980–93) Aldo Notari (1993–2006) Harvey Schiller (2006–09) Riccardo Fraccari (2009–13)
WBSC	Riccardo Fraccari (2013–present)

IBAF

Leslie Mann (1938–40)
Jaime Mariné (1940–43)
Jorge Reyes (1943–45)
Pablo Morales (1945–47)
Chale Pereira (1947–50)
Pablo Morales (1950–52)
Carlos Zecca (1952–69)
Juan Isa (1969–76)
William Fehring (1973–75)
Carlos García (1975–76)
Manuel González (1976–80)
Robert Smith (1980–93)
Aldo Notari (1993–2006)
Harvey Schiller (2006–09)
Riccardo Fraccari (2009–13)

WBSC

Riccardo Fraccari (2013–present)

Rankings

WBSC World Rankings

1938—2013: International Baseball Federation (IBF / FIBA / AINBA / IBAF)

v t e International baseball
WBSC World Rankings Teams
WBSC Events	World Baseball Classic Summer Olympics Premier 12 U23 World Cup U18 World Cup U15 World Cup U12 World Cup Women's Baseball World Cup Global Baseball Games
Minor World Events	Grand Forks International Haarlem Baseball Week Summer Universiade World Baseball Challenge World Port Tournament World University
Defunct World Events	World Games Baseball World Cup Intercontinental Cup International Amateur Tournament Women's Baseball World Series
Africa	WBSC Africa – African Championship All-Africa Games
Americas	WBSC Americas – Pan American Games Bolivarian Games Caribbean Series Central American Games Central American and Caribbean Games South American Championship U-23 U-18 U-15 U-12
Asia	WBSC Asia – Asian Championship U-18 U-15 U-12 Asian Cup Women's Asian Cup Asian Games Southeast Asian Games SAARC Baseball Championship Asia Series
Europe	WBSC Europe – European Championship U-23 U-21 U-18 U-15 U-12 European Championship Women Super 6 Champions Cup Confederation Cup Federation Cup
Oceania	WBSC Oceania – Oceania Championship U-18 U-15 U-12 Pacific Games

v t e International softball
World Baseball Softball Confederation (former governing body: International Softball Federation) World Rankings
Men's world events	World Cup U-23 World Cup U-18 World Cup
Women's world events	World Cup World Cup of Softball (USA Softball) World University Championship U-18 World Cup U-15 World Cup Junior League World Series Little League World Series
Mixed world events	U-12 World Cup
Other world events	World Games Summer Universiade
Defunct events	Olympics Fastpitch World Cup
Africa	WBSC Africa
Americas	WBSC Americas Pan American Games South American Games PA Junior Women's Women's South American Men's South American SA Junior Women's SA U-15 Women's
Asia	WBSC Asia Asian Games Men's Women's Women's University U-23 Men's U-17 Men's U-17 Women's U-15 Women's
Europe	WBSC Europe Women's Women's Division B Men's Junior Girls Junior Boys Co-Ed EC, women (club) CWC, women (club) EC, men (club) CWC, men (club) Co-Ed (club)
Oceania	WBSC Oceania Men's

v t e National baseball teams of the Americas (WBSC Americas)
North America	Canada Mexico United States
Central America	Costa Rica Guatemala Nicaragua Panama Honduras El Salvador
Caribbean	Aruba Bahamas British Virgin Islands Cuba Dominican Republic Jamaica Netherlands Antilles Puerto Rico Trinidad and Tobago United States Virgin Islands
South America	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Peru Venezuela