WBSC Americas

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.

WBSC Americas
TypeSport organization
Region served
Americas
Membership
57 member associations
Parent organization
World Baseball Softball Confederation
Websitewww.wbscamericas.org

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

WBSC World Rankings

Baseball

Softball

Baseball5
WBSC Baseball5 Rankings (as of 12 January 2023)[5]
Americas* WBSC +/- National Team Points
1 1  Cuba2055
2 5  Venezuela1370
3 11  Mexico807
4 24  Colombia330
5 33  Puerto Rico195
6 40  Guatemala60
*Local rankings based on WBSC ranking points

Historical leaders

Highest Ranked Americas member in the WBSC Rankings

See also

References
  1. "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  2. "The WBSC Women's Baseball World Ranking". WBSC. 31 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  3. "The WBSC Men's Softball World Ranking". WBSC. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  4. "The WBSC Women's World Ranking". WBSC. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  5. "The WBSC Baseball5 World Ranking". WBSC. 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.


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