24/12/2020 3 Minute Read

Beng Choo Low: 2020 accelerates adaptation and progress for international baseball/softball

World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Secretary General Beng Choo Low reflects on the many challenges and triumphs of 2020 in the following end-of-year message to National Baseball and Softball Federations, Continental Associations and Associate Members:

22/12/2020 2 Minute Read

2020 in Review: 'Federation Focus' series highlights baseball/softball activity around the world

The WBSC's new series inaugurated at the start of the year covered 11 different stories of very diverse National Federations Members.

21/12/2020 3 Minute Read

2020 in Review: WBSC Athletes Commission stays active, reviews game amid COVID-19 pandemic

The WBSC Athletes Commission is a regular voice in the discussion of new WBSC projects, while having a seat on the organisation’s decision table.

18/12/2020 4 Minute Read

End-of-the-year message from WBSC President to the global Baseball Softball community

World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) President Riccardo Faccari addresses baseball and softball leaders, players, media and fans around the world in the following end-of-year address:

15/12/2020 2 Minute Read

2020 in Review: Baseball5 takes the sport to communities never reached before

The year began with the inclusion of the new five-on-five discipline on the programme of the Youth Olympics.

11/12/2020 4 Minute Read

2020 in Review - Softball: Olympic Softball architect Don Porter passes away; U-18 Men only World Cup played in disrupted year

The fourth feature in the End of Year Review series takes a look back at the Softball season, which was marked by the loss of the legendary softball leader and the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

08/12/2020 3 Minute Read

2020: An international baseball season like no other

The third feature in the End of Year Review series takes a look back at the Baseball season, which can certainly be called unique.

04/12/2020 2 Minute Read

2020: U-18 Men’s Softball World Cup - Japan wins lone global baseball/softball event in 2020

The U-18 Softball World Cup was the WBSC's only World Cup played this year.

03/12/2020 4 Minute Read

2020: Global baseball-softball development doesn’t stop amid global pandemic

In the first of the 2020 End of Year Review series, we look back on how WBSC development has continued despite the impact of COVID-19. Baseball and softball are currently being practiced by approximately 65 million people across 140+ countries and territories around the world. The WBSC is aiming to boost those numbers this decade with aggressive development plans.

23/11/2020 2 Minute Read

2019 WBSC Congress one-year progress report: An unforgettable year in many ways

The WBSC is assessing the past 12 months which, while filled with many challenges, also brought many accomplishments worthy of celebration, both on and off the field of play.