Following the conclusion of the Central American and Caribbean Games, the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) updated the men’s world baseball rankings once again. Following the tournament there were two changes in the top 20. Nicaragua moved into 16th place. More importantly, as it is crucial for the lineup of next year’s Premier 12 debut, Mexico passed Panama for 12th place.
Rank | Nation | Points |
2013 | Trending |
1 | Japan | 785.18 | 2 | 1 |
2 | USA | 766.02 | 1 | 1 |
3 | Cuba | 662.98 | 3 | — |
4 | Chinese Taipei | 605.48 | 4 | — |
5 | Netherlands | 433.50 | 6 | 1 |
6 | Dominican Republic | 379.18 | 5 | 1 |
7 | Canada | 353.52 | 7 | — |
8 | South Korea | 340.90 | 8 | — |
9 | Puerto Rico | 291.50 | 9 | — |
10 | Venezuela | 269.00 | 10 | — |
11 | Italy | 196.18 | 11 | — |
12 | Mexico | 136.78 | 12 | — |
13 | Panama | 132.92 | 13 | — |
14 | Australia | 127.82 | 14 | — |
15 | Brazil | 116.61 | 15 | — |
16 | Nicaragua | 110.77 | 18 | 2 |
17 | Spain | 105.52 | 17 | — |
18 | Germany | 78.90 | 19 | 1 |
19 | Colombia | 69.00 | 16 | 3 |
20 | Czech Republic | 68.93 | 27 | 7 |
21 | China | 68.25 | 20 | 1 |
22 | Israel | 55.47 | 26 | 4 |
23 | Philippines | 52.40 | 23 | — |
24 | Pakistan | 51.00 | 21 | 3 |
25 | Great Britain | 50.56 | 24 | 1 |
26 | New Zealand | 50.00 | 28 | 2 |
27 | France | 46.75 | 32 | 5 |
28 | Argentina | 42.91 | 22 | 6 |
29 | South Africa | 33.00 | 31 | 2 |
30 | Thailand | 30.50 | 25 | 5 |