Venezuela national baseball team

Venezuela National Baseball Team
Information
Country Venezuela
FederationFederación Venezolana de Béisbol
ConfederationCOPABE
ManagerOmar López
WBSC ranking
Current 6 Steady (18 December 2023)[1]
Highest6 (first in December 2022)
Lowest11 (first in September 2018)
Home
Away
World Baseball Classic
Appearances5 (first in 2006)
Best result 3rd (1 time, in 2009)
World Cup
Appearances18 (first in 1940)
Best result 1st (3 times, most recent in 1945)
Intercontinental Cup
Appearances2 (first in 1973)
Best result6 (1 time, in 2002)
Pan American Games
Appearances3 (first in 1955)
Best result 1st (1 time, in 1959)

The Venezuela national baseball team (Spanish: Selección de béisbol de Venezuela[2] or Selección de Venezuela)[3] is the national team of Venezuela.[4] It is currently ranked sixth in the world by the World Baseball Softball Confederation, behind Chinese Taipei and ahead of the Netherlands.[1]

Venezuela has competed in every edition of the World Baseball Classic since 2006, with its best result to date being a semifinal appearance in 2009. It won its first major international title in at the 1941 Amateur World Series, defeating a heavily-favored Cuba, and won two more world championships in the 1940s. It has also historically dominated baseball at the Bolivarian Games. However, Venezuela has never qualified for the Summer Olympics.

  1. ^ a b "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  2. ^ Balbuena, Franger Reynaldo (9 September 2020). Tratado de Béisbol. Page Publishing, Inc. ISBN 978-1-64334-453-9.
  3. ^ "Clásico Mundial de Beisbol: ¿A quién se podría enfrentar Venezuela en cuartos de final?". MERIDIANO.net (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  4. ^ Zubillaga, Jorge (15 March 2023). "▷ Selección venezolana de béisbol culmina invicta la fase de grupos al vencer 5-1 a Israel #15Mar". El Impulso (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 March 2023.