Cuba national baseball team

Cuba national baseball team
Information
Country Cuba
FederationBaseball Federation of Cuba
ConfederationPan American Baseball Confederation
ManagerArmando Johnson
CaptainAlfredo Despaigne
WBSC ranking
Current 8 Steady (18 December 2023)[1]
Highest1 (December 2012)
Lowest11 (2 times; latest in August 2021)
Uniforms
World Baseball Classic
Appearances5 (first in 2006)
Best result 2nd (1 time, in 2006)
Olympic Games
Appearances5 (first in 1992)
Best result 1st (3 times, most recent in 2004)
World Cup
Appearances35 (first in 1939)
Best result 1st (25 times, most recent in 2005)
Intercontinental Cup
Appearances13 (first in 1979)
Best result 1st (10 times, most recent in 2006)
Pan American Games
Appearances16 (first in 1951)
Best result 1st (12 times, most recent in 2007)

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.

  1. ^ a b "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Baseball World Cup big news in Cuba, no matter the outcome". CNN. 2009-09-28.
  3. ^ "World Baseball Classic: Israel continues to shock the world, beats Cuba 4-1," Haaretz.