23/04/2023 3 Minute Read

Federation Focus: Baseball and Baseball5 enjoy renaissance in Hong Kong, China

Baseball Association of Hong Kong, China will host the Women's Baseball Asia Cup in 2023 and the second WBSC Baseball5 World Cup in 2024.

28/03/2023 2 Minute Read

Federation Focus: Softball South Africa and its unique history

The second episode of the 2023 series is about one of the very first softball programmes to go international. The softball governing body in South Africa was born in the ashes of the apartheid era.

07/02/2023 2 Minute Read

Federation Focus: Fourth year of popular feature series starts with Philippines Softball

A key to softball development in East Asia, the Philippines returned to play after strict COVID-19 regulations put activity on hold in 2020 and 2021. The Men's Softball National Team climbed to No. 15 in the world.

07/12/2022 2 Minute Read

Federation Focus shines spotlight on nine Member Federations in 2022

Since its launch in early 2020, the column has investigated the baseball and softball programmes of 31 WBSC Member Federations.

24/11/2022 3 Minute Read

Federation Focus: New Zealand where softball is tradition and innovation

The fourth Men's Softball World Cup played on the country's soil will open on 26 November. Softball New Zealand believes Fastball 45, a faster-paced version of the game, is an ideal vehicle to attract new members.

06/09/2022 3 Minute Read

Federation Focus: World no. 14 Czechia has one of the top baseball programs in Europe

Czechia is currently the second-highest rated European nation in the WBSC Baseball World Rankings. In the August episode of WBSC's Federation Focus series, Petr Ditrich, who has chaired the Czech Baseball Association since its founding, told the WBSC: "The position in the WBSC ranking is our reward."

18/08/2022 3 Minute Read

Federation Focus: Baseball5 Continental Champions South Africa looking to push development to next level

The WBSC spoke with the South African Baseball Union's president, Marc Moreau, and U-12 National Team manager Ian Griebenow. "I believe Africa has the biggest potential for growth in the world," says Moreau.

30/06/2022 3 Minute Read

Federation Focus: Chinese Taipei Baseball Association is an international hub

Chinese Taipei has hit its highest-ever position at No. 2 in the WBSC Baseball World Rankings. CTBA went international after the legendary accomplishment of the Hongye school team in 1968, which is depicted on the NTD 500 banknote. It started a success story.

25/03/2022 3 Minute Read

Federation Focus: International debut in 2017 boosts growth of Turkish Baseball and Softball

The National Federation has existed since 2001, but the National Team appeared on the international stage in 2017. "We Turks like to say: You will learn to win by defeat," said 37-year old president Murat Pazan.

25/02/2022 4 Minute Read

Federation Focus: Bhutan wants baseball and softball to thrive on top of the world

Bhutan federation co-founders Karma Dorji, the current president, and Matthew DeSantis, guide the WBSC inside the baseball, softball and Baseball5 programme of one of its newest members.