Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation LAUSANNE, Switzerland. The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) and Softball New Zealand jointly announced the new dates of the WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup 2022. The…
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Don Porter, international softball leader, past WBSC co-President dies at 90
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation LAUSANNE, Switzerland. Former International Softball Federation (ISF) President and World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Co-President Don Porter passed away on Sunday, 7 June, in his hometown…
WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup 2020: Tijuana, Mexico confirmed as host city, starts 30 October
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation LAUSANNE, Switzerland. The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) announced that Tijuana will have the honour of hosting a WBSC Baseball World Cup double header for the…
WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup to start 12 November in Tijuana, Mexico
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation LAUSANNE, Switzerland — 02 June 2020 — The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today revealed the host city and new dates of the IX WBSC Women’s…
WBSC issues guidelines for a safe return of baseball/softball activity in new COVID-19 world
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation LAUSANNE, Switzerland — 28 May 2020 — The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today published a set of health and operational recommendations for the safe return…
WBSC awards Argentina the hosting rights of first-ever U-23 Men’s Softball World Cup
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation LAUSANNE, Switzerland — 05 May 2020 — The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) announced that the hosting rights of the inaugural WBSC U-23 Men’s Softball World…
WBSC postpones 2021 Women’s Softball World Cup to 2023 to keep spotlight on 2021 Olympics
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation LAUSANNE, Switzerland — 04 May 2020 — The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today announced the postponement of the 2021 WBSC Women’s Softball World Cup to…
WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup 2021 postponed
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation LAUSANNE, Switzerland — 23 April 2020 — The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today announced the postponement of the WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup in New…
WBSC postpones 2020 Women’s and U-15 Baseball World Cups, U-18 Women’s Softball World Cup
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation LAUSANNE, Switzerland. The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today announced the postponement of this year’s WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup®, WBSC U-18 Women’s Softball World Cup®…
Host cities, new dates revealed for WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup 2020 in Mexico
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation LAUSANNE, Switzerland. The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) announced that the Mexican cities of Ciudad Obregon and Los Mochis have been awarded the hosting rights of…
Final Olympic Baseball Qualifier postponed to a date to be determined
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation LAUSANNE, Switzerland — 25 March 2020 — The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today announced the postponement of the WBSC Baseball Final Qualification Event for the…
Olympic Baseball, Softball, Tokyo 2020 Games postponed to 2021
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation LAUSANNE, Switzerland — 24 March 2020 — The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) welcomed the difficult joint decision today of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the…
Record 86 nations in latest WBSC Baseball World Rankings
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation LAUSANNE, Switzerland — 18 March 2020 — The World Baseball Softball Confederation today published the latest WBSC Baseball World Rankings, which have expanded to a record…
Americas Olympic Baseball qualifier postponed
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation PHOENIX (AZ), USA — The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), together with host USA Baseball, announced the postponing of the WBSC Baseball Americas Qualification Event for…
World Baseball Softball Confederation, World Taekwondo and Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation sign MOU
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation LAUSANNE, Switzerland — March 6, 2020 – The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with World Taekwondo (WT) and the…
MLB, MLBPA, WBSC reach player agreement for Olympics, Qualifiers
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation LAUSANNE, Switzerland — 3 March 2020 — The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has reached an agreement with Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Major League…
Final Olympic Baseball Qualifier postponed to June
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation Taipei, TPE — 2 March 2020 — The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), together with host Chinese Taipei Baseball Association (CTBA) and the Chinese Taipei Professional…
Inaugural Baseball5 European Championship this coming weekend in Vilnius, Lithuania
by WBSC Europe First Baseball5 European Championship starts on 28 Februar. Sixteen National Teams, divided into four groups, will fight for the first-ever Baseball5 European title Sixteen National Teams will compete from…
WBSC awards broadcast rights in New Zealand to Sky TV for U-18 Men’s Softball World Cup in Palmerston North
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation Lausanne, Switzerland.– The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) announced today that SKY TV has been awarded exclusive broadcast rights in New Zealand for the WBSC U-18…
Schedule revealed for new WBSC U-18 Men’s Softball World Cup 2020 in Palmerston North, New Zealand
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation LAUSANNE, Switzerland; 20 January 2020 — The World Baseball Softball Confederation today announced the game schedule for the new WBSC U-18 Men’s Softball World Cup, to…
Baseball5 added to Dakar 2022 sports programme
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation Lausanne, Switzerland; 08 January 2020 — The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) is delighted with the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) decision to approve proposal of Dakar…
WBSC unveils groups for newly created U-18 Men’s Softball World Cup in Palmerston North, New Zealand
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation LAUSANNE, Switzerland The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today unveiled the groups and tournament bracket for the first-ever WBSC U-18 Men’s Softball World Cup 2020, to…
Seven new members join WBSC family
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation The WBSC welcomed seven new members to its family during a dynamic 3rd World Congress held in Sakai, Japan on Thursday. The new members (listed below)…
WBSC awards Peru the hosting rights of first-ever U-18 Women’s Softball World Cup
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation SAKAI, Japan — 19 November 2019 — On the eve of the third WBSC Congress, the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today announced that the hosting…
WBSC draw confirms groups, schedules for Baseball Americas Qualifier, Last Baseball Qualifier
Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation SAKAI, Japan — 20 November 2019 — The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today revealed the groups and schedule for the Baseball AmericasOlympic Qualifier, and the…