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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
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
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
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
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

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WBSC World Rankings

Baseball

WBSC Men's Rankings (as of 27 November 2024) Americas* WBSC +/- National Team Points 1 3 1  Venezuela 4846 2 4 2  Mexico 4729 3 5  United States 4691 4 8 2  Panama 3394 5 9 1  Puerto Rico 3340 6 10 1  Cuba 3096 7 11 1  Dominican Republic 2745 8 13 2  Colombia 2441 9 16  Nicaragua 1828 10 22  Canada 856 11 23 1  Brazil 830 12 26 3  Curaçao 417 13 33 1  Argentina 229 14 44  Peru 108 15 45 21  U.S. Virgin Islands 103 16 47  Bahamas 80 17 49 7  Chile 71 18 51 2  Guatemala 66 19 53 2  Costa Rica 62 20 58 4  Honduras 45 21 63 2  El Salvador 25 22 66 1  Ecuador 24 23 81 4  Bolivia 4 *Local rankings based on WBSC ranking points

WBSC Women's Rankings (as of 22 September 2023) 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) 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) 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 9 August 2024)

Americas*	WBSC	+/-	National Team	Points
1	2	1	Cuba	2947
2	7	1	Mexico	1896
3	13	2	Venezuela	1127
4	45		Puerto Rico	48
5	46	1	Bolivia	17
6	47	1	Jamaica	9
7	49	2	Peru	3
*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

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

1. "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 27 November 2024. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
2. "The WBSC Women's Baseball World Ranking". WBSC. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
3. "The WBSC Men's Softball World Ranking". WBSC. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
4. "The WBSC Women's World Ranking". WBSC. 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
5. "The WBSC Baseball5 World Ranking". WBSC. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.

External links

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

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
Minor World Events	Grand Forks International Haarlem Baseball Week Little League World Series Intermediate Junior Senior Summer Universiade World Port Tournament World University
Defunct World Events	Amateur World Series / Baseball World Cup Intercontinental Cup Global World Series Women's Baseball World Series World Baseball Challenge International Amateur Tournament World Games Inter-Allied Games
Africa	WBSC Africa – African Championship All-Africa Games
Americas	WBSC Americas – Pan American Games Bolivarian Games Caribbean Baseball Cup 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 Asia Cup Women's Asian Cup Asian Games Southeast Asian Games Arab Classic 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	Olympics World Cup U-18 World Cup U-15 World Cup Junior League World Series Little League World Series USA International Cup Canada Cup Japan Cup Japan–USA All-Star Series
Mixed world events	U-12 World Cup
Other world events	World Games
Defunct events	Fastpitch World Cup Summer Universiade World University Championship
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

• WBSC Americas
• Baseball governing bodies
• Pan-Americanism
• Sports organizations established in 1985
• Sports governing bodies in the Americas
• Baseball in the Americas