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Nicaragua National Baseball Team | |
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Information | |
Country | Nicaragua |
Federation | Nicaraguan Baseball Federation |
Confederation | COPABE |
Manager | Marvin Benard |
WBSC ranking | |
Current | 20 (18 December 2023)[1] |
Highest | 12 (June 2021) |
Lowest | 17 (December 2022) |
World Baseball Classic | |
Appearances | 1 (first in 2023) |
Best result | 19th (1 time, in 2023) |
Olympic Games | |
Appearances | 2 (first in 1984) |
Best result | 4th (1 time, in 1996) |
World Cup | |
Appearances | 30 (first in 1939) |
Best result | 2nd (5 times, most recent in 1990) |
Pan American Games | |
Appearances | 5 (first in 1983) |
Best result | 2nd (2 times, most recent in 1995) |
The Nicaragua national baseball team (Spanish: Selección de béisbol de Nicaragua) is the national baseball team of Nicaragua. Considered the best in Central America along with Panama, it represents Nicaragua in international tournaments.
Nicaragua has a long history of international baseball, making its first appearance at the second Baseball World Cup (then called the Amateur World Series) in 1939; it hosted the BWC/AWS hosting five times and earned five second-place finishes, the last in 1990. It has participated in the Olympic Games twice, in 1984 and 1996. Nicaragua qualified for the World Baseball Classic for the first time in 2023.
In regional competitions, Nicaragua has qualified for the Pan American Games five times, in 1983, 1995, 2007, 2015, and 2019. It is a regular competitor at the Central American and Caribbean Games, and has historically dominated the Central American Games.