Meet Ciudad Obregon: Group A home of the WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup

Ciudad Obregon will host Group A and the Placement Round of the WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup in Mexico, which will take place between September 23rd and October 2nd.

All Group A games will be played at the magnificent Estadio Yaquis. The home of the Yaquis was opened in 2016.

Obregon is the second largest city in the state of Sonora and is named after Alvaro Obregon, former president of Mexico. The city was founded in 1927 and the population is around half a million people.

Some touristic places at Obregon are the Danzante Yaqui, the Obelisco de la Laguna, the Palacio Municipal and the Laguna del Nainari.

The home team in the city is Yaquis who plays in the Mexican Winter League. The Yaquis ballclub was founded in 1970 and won the Liga del Pacifico title 8 times, the most recent one in the season 2012/2013.

Some of the most famous Mexican players ever wore the Yaquis uniform, like Vinicio Castillo and Francisco “Paquin” Estrada.