Venezuela national baseball team

Country	Venezuela
Federation	Federación Venezolana de Béisbol
Confederation	COPABE
IBAF World Rank	7th
World Baseball Classic
Appearances	3 (First in 2006)
Best result	3rd (1 time, in 2009)
World Cup
Appearances	18 (First in 1940)
Best result	1st (3 times, most recent in 1945)
Intercontinental Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 1973)
Best result	6 (1 time, in 2002)
Pan American Games
Appearances	3 (First in 1955)
Best result	1st (1 time, in 1959)

The Venezuela national baseball team is the national team of Venezuela. They are currently ranked seventh in the world by the International Baseball Federation.^[1]

Tournament record [edit]

World Baseball Classic [edit]

Venezuela World Baseball Classic
Tournament Results
/ 2006	7th
/ 2009	3rd
2013	10th
Medal Tally
Gold	-
Silver	-
Bronze	2009

In June 2005, Major League Baseball announced the formation of the World Baseball Classic, a sixteen nation international competition to be held in March of 2006 for the first time. The team Venezuela sent to the 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classic included Venezuelan players from Major League Baseball. A player is eligible to participate on a WBC national team if:

• The player is a citizen of the nation the team represents.
• The player is qualified for citizenship or to hold a passport under the laws of a nation represented by a team, but has not been granted citizenship or been issued a passport, then the player may be made eligible by WBCI upon petition by the player or team.
• The player is a permanent legal resident of the nation or territory the team represents.
• The player was born in the nation or territory the team represents.
• The player has one parent who is, or if deceased was, a citizen of the nation the team represents.
• The player has one parent who was born in the nation or territory the team represents.^[2]

World Baseball Classic record									Qualification record
Year	Host(s)	Round	Position	W	L	RS	RA		Host	W	L	RS	RA
2006		Round 2	7th	3	3	22	20		No qualifiers held
2009		Semifinals	3rd	6	2	45	36		No qualifiers held
2013		Round 1	10th	1	2	17	21		Top 12, 2009 World Baseball Classic
2017									Top 12, 2013 World Baseball Classic
Total	3/3			10	7	84	77		0/1	-	-	-	-

2009: Venezuela wins bronze [edit]

Venezuela competed in the 2009 World Baseball Classic, playing its opening games in Pool C, in Toronto. The Venezuelans secured advancement out of Pool C with a pair of resounding wins over Italy. Along the way, Venezuela also lost a 15-6 slugfest against the United States, but won twice against the same team.^[3]

2013: First round exit [edit]

In the 2013 World Baseball Classic, Venezuela was eliminated by Puerto Rico, who went on to eliminate Italy, the United States and two-time defending champion Japan. Their placing as the third team in Pool C after defeating newcomers Spain was sufficient to secure direct qualification to the 2017 World Baseball Classic.

Baseball World Cup [edit]

2009 IBAF World Cup [edit]

In 2009, Europe will host the IBAF World Cup. It will mark the first time in history the Baseball World Cup will not be hosted by a certain country, but rather a whole continent. The 2009 Baseball World Cup will take place from September 9–27. Seven European countries will host and participant in the tournament of 22 teams. The event will be made up of five groups consisting of four teams each, for a total of 20 teams. Italy (Bollate, Bologna, Codogno, Florence, Macerata, Milano, Parma, Piacenza, Reggio Emilia, Rimini, San Marino, Torino, Trieste, Verona & Vicenza) and Netherlands (Rotterdam, Haarlem & Amsterdam) serve as hosts of the sixteen teams of the second round (September 14–20), and therefore receive first round byes. The groups are as follows:^[4]

• Group A (hosted by the Czech Republic in Prague): Czech Republic, Australia, Chinese Taipei & Mexico
• Group B (hosted by Spain in Barcelona): Spain, Cuba, Puerto Rico & South Africa
• Group C (hosted by Sweden in Stockholm): Sweden, Canada, Korea & Netherlands Antilles
• Group D (hosted by Russia in Moscow): Russia, France/Great Britain, Japan & Nicaragua
• Group E (hosted by Germany in Regensburg): Germany, China, U.S.A. & Venezuela^[5]

2006=7th

Pan American Games [edit]

• 1955 : 3rd
• 1959 : 1st
• 1975 : 3rd

Intercontinental Cup [edit]

Players [edit]

• 2006 World Baseball Classic
• 2009 World Baseball Classic
• 2013 World Baseball Classic

Uniform [edit]

Home

Away

See also [edit]

• Players from Venezuela in MLB

References [edit]

v t e International Baseball IBAF World Rankings Major World Events World Baseball Classic IBAF Premier 12 Women Baseball World Cup Minor World Events Haarlem Baseball Week World Port Tournament University 21U Baseball World Championship 18U Baseball World Championship 15U Baseball World Championship 12U Baseball World Championship Defunct World Events Baseball World Cup Intercontinental Cup Olympics Universiade Women's Baseball World Series Africa African Baseball & Softball Association – All-Africa Games Americas Pan American Baseball Confederation – Pan American Games America Cup Caribbean Series Latin American Series (es) Central American and Caribbean Games South American Games Asia Baseball Federation of Asia – Asian Championship Asian Games Junior (under 18) Southeast Asian Games SAARC Baseball Championship Asia Series Europe Confederation of European Baseball – European Championship European Cup "Final Four" Under-21 Junior (under 18) Youth (under 16) Juveniles (under 12) Oceania Baseball Confederation of Oceania – Oceania Championship South Pacific Games Micronesian Games

v t e World Baseball Classic Tournaments 2006 2009 2013 Qualifiers 2013

v t e Baseball at the Summer Olympics 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 Italicised years indicate baseball was featured as a demonstration sport. List of medalists List of venues

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