WBSC Americas
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WBSC Americas, formerly known as Pan American Baseball Confederation (COPABE, Spanish: Confederación Panamericana de Béisbol, Portuguese: Confederação Pan-Americana de Beisebol), is the governing body of baseball and softball within the Americas.
History
Talks of the need of a baseball confederation in the Americas sparked with the founding of the Confederation of European Baseball back in the 1950s, although it was not until 1984, during the World Cup played in Cuba, that 12 countries of the Americas finally voted in favor of a formation of a confederation.
The first ever Confederación Panamericana de Béisbol (COPABE) executive meeting was held in March 1985, and 11 countries participated in its first ever Congress on March 15. The Congress saw the election of Oswaldo Matias Flores (Cuba) as the first president of the organization.
On October 5, 1987, the first Pan American Championship was played (Cuba won the tournament). The day after the final game of the tournament was held, the Congress elected Edwin Zerpa Pizzorno (Venezuela) as the next president of the organization.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s COPABE concentrated on developing tournaments at the youth level all over the Americas.
Members
Baseball
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| ARG | Template:Flagicon Argentina | (M, W) | 1960 | Full | Yes | |
| ARU | Template:Flagicon Aruba | (M, W) | 1950 | Full | Yes | |
| BAH | Template:Flagicon Bahamas | (M, W) | 1954 | Full | Yes | |
| BOL | Template:Flagicon Bolivia | (M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| BRA | Template:Flagicon Brazil | (M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| IVB | Template:Flagicon British Virgin Islands | (M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| CAN | Template:Flagicon Canada | (M, W) | 1964 | Full | Yes | |
| CHI | Template:Flagicon Chile | (M, W) | 1954 | Full | Yes | |
| COL | Template:Flagicon Colombia | (M, W) | 1938 | Full | Yes | |
| CRC | Template:Flagicon Costa Rica | (M, W) | 1975 | Full | Yes | |
| CUB | Template:Flagicon Cuba | (M, W) | 1938 | Full | Yes | |
| CUW | Template:Flagicon Curaçao | (M, W) | 1934 | Provisional | No | [Note 1] |
| DOM | Template:Flagicon Dominican Republic | (M, W) | 1966 | Full | Yes | |
| ECU | Template:Flagicon Ecuador | (M, W) | 1945 | Full | Yes | |
| ESA | Template:Flagicon El Salvador | (M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| GUA | Template:Flagicon Guatemala | (M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| GUY | Template:Flagicon Guyana | (M, W) | 2012 | Full | Yes | |
| HAI | Template:Flagicon Haiti | (M, W) | 2013 | Full | Yes | |
| HON | Template:Flagicon Honduras | (M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| JAM | Template:Flagicon Jamaica | (M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| MEX | Template:Flagicon Mexico | (M, W) | 1987 | Full | Yes | |
| NCA | Template:Flagicon Nicaragua | (M, W) | 1950 | Full | Yes | |
| PAN | Template:Flagicon Panama | (M, W) | 1944 | Full | Yes | |
| PER | Template:Flagicon Peru | (M, W) | 1926 | Full | Yes | |
| PUR | Template:Flagicon Puerto Rico | (M, W) | 1970 | Full | Yes | |
| SXM | Template:Flagicon Sint Maarten | (M, W) | Provisional | No | [Note 1] | |
| TTO | Template:Flagicon Trinidad and Tobago | (M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| USA | Template:Flagicon United States | (M, W) | 1978 | Full | Yes | |
| ISV | Template:Flagicon United States Virgin Islands | (M, W) | Full | Yes | ||
| VEN | Template:Flagicon Venezuela | (M, W) | 1952 | Full | Yes |
Softball
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WBSC World Rankings
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Historical leaders
Highest Ranked Americas member in the WBSC Rankings
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See also
- World Baseball Softball Confederation
- Baseball at the Central American and Caribbean Games
- Baseball at the Pan American Games
- Baseball at the 2010 South American Games
- 2008 Copa América (baseball)
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- Latin American Series
- Caribbean Series
- South American Baseball Championship
Notes
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References
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External links
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- Pan American Baseball Confederation website (on WorldNews (WN) Network domain)
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