Tag Archives: Olympic Baseball

Americas Olympic Baseball Qualifier Preview and Rosters

Posted on May 23, 2021 by Gabriel Fidler

The final continental qualifier for the Tokyo Olympics begins one week from today in Florida. Eight teams will compete for a single guaranteed berth to Japan, while the second- and third-place teams will head to Mexico shortly thereafter for the … Continue reading →

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WBSC Final Qualifier for Tokyo 2020 Moved from Taiwan to Mexico

Posted on May 20, 2021 by Gabriel Fidler

Press release and photo by WBSC. The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has announced that the WBSC Baseball Final Qualifier to the Olympic Games of the XXXII Olympiad Tokyo 2020 has been moved from Taichung (TPE) to Mexico. The decision … Continue reading →

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WBSC Olympic Qualifiers Set for June in Florida, Taiwan

Posted on March 16, 2021 by Gabriel Fidler

Press release by World Baseball Softball Confederation. It has been edited only to provide the correct name for Taiwan.  PULLY, Switzerland; 16 March 2021 — The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today announced the timing and locations of the two … Continue reading →

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Olympic Qualifier: Netherlands – Italy

Posted on September 19, 2020 by Gabriel Fidler

Game 15 of the Olympic Qualifier between the Netherlands and Italy was expected by many to be the de facto championship, but instead, the Netherlands used it to claim a place in the Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament. Here are our … Continue reading →

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Final Olympic, Americas Baseball Qualifiers Postponed Indefinitely

Posted on March 25, 2020 by Gabriel Fidler

New dates for the WBSC Americas Qualifier and the Final Qualifier will be announced in due time. LAUSANNE, Switzerland—The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today announced the postponement of the WBSC Baseball Final Qualification Event for the Games of the … Continue reading →

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Olympic Baseball, Softball, Tokyo 2020 Games postponed to 2021

Posted on March 24, 2020 by Gabriel Fidler

LAUSANNE, Switzerland—The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) welcomed the difficult joint decision today of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee and Japan Prime Minister Abe Shinzo to postpone the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 to a date … Continue reading →

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BREAKING: World Baseball Classic, Olympic Qualifiers Postponed

Posted on March 12, 2020 by Gabriel Fidler

    Major international news broke this evening as MLB and USA Baseball published press releases within 35 minutes of each other postponing the World Baseball Classic Qualifiers and the Americas Olympic Baseball Qualifier. The three tournaments were scheduled to … Continue reading →

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BREAKING: Final Olympic Baseball Qualifier postponed to June

Posted on March 2, 2020 by Gabriel Fidler

Taipei, TPE — The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), together with host Chinese Taipei Baseball Association (CTBA) and the Chinese Taipei Professional Baseball League (CPBL), today announced that the WBSC Baseball Final Qualification Event for the Games of the XXXII Olympiad Tokyo … Continue reading →

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WBSC Rankings 2019 (Part I): Israel and Europe on the Rise

Posted on February 1, 2020 by Gabriel Fidler

The new WBSC world rankings have been unveiled for men’s and women’s baseball and on the men’s side there are a number of interesting takeaways. A number of high-profile baseball nations achieved record-high rankings, including Mexico and Israel, while a … Continue reading →

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Olympic Baseball Qualification (As of Nov. 8)

Posted on November 7, 2019 by Gabriel Fidler

Baseball qualification for the Olympics can be maddening to understand. With major tournaments, plus an additional 10 events feeding into those qualifiers, there is a lot of which to keep track. Thus far, two of the six teams for Tokyo … Continue reading →

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