Cuba national baseball team | |
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Information | |
Country | ![]() |
Federation | Baseball Federation of Cuba |
Confederation | Pan American Baseball Confederation |
Manager | Armando Johnson |
Captain | Alfredo Despaigne |
WBSC ranking | |
Current | 8 ![]() |
Highest | 1 (December 2012) |
Lowest | 11 (2 times; latest in August 2021) |
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World Baseball Classic | |
Appearances | 5 (first in 2006) |
Best result | ![]() |
Olympic Games | |
Appearances | 5 (first in 1992) |
Best result | ![]() |
World Cup | |
Appearances | 35 (first in 1939) |
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Intercontinental Cup | |
Appearances | 13 (first in 1979) |
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Pan American Games | |
Appearances | 16 (first in 1951) |
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The Cuba national baseball team (Spanish: Selección de béisbol de Cuba) represents Cuba at regional and international levels. The team is generally made up of players from the domestic Cuban national baseball system, though it has at times included professional players who defected to the United States. Cuba has been described as a baseball powerhouse[2] and currently ranks 8th in WBSC's world rankings.[1]
Cuba has been the most successful national team at the Olympics, medaling in five of the six Olympics in which baseball was played, with three gold medals and two silver medals.[3] They have the distinction of being one of two nations to compete in the first five baseball contests at the Summer Olympic Games since it has been an event that started at the Olympic.