11/12/2023 1 Minute Read

Dutch Baseball Softball Federation elects new Board, Gregor Rossen as President

A senior portfolio manager, Gregor Rossen has experience as a coach and an executive in Dutch baseball.

07/12/2023 1 Minute Read

Nairobi hosts first Baseball5 Coaching Clinic

Thirteen coaches from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania participated in the first of four courses organized by the WBSC and Olympic Solidarity to support the growth of Baseball5 in Africa building towards the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics.

01/12/2023 1 Minute Read

WBSC, Olympic Solidarity launch four Baseball5 coaching clinics in Africa

The initiative aims to boost Baseball5 development and targets the 2026 Youth Olympics. The first clinic opened in Nairobi, Kenya and will run through 3 December.

28/11/2023 2 Minute Read

May 10 declared World Baseball Softball Confederation Day

On 10 May 2014, the WBSC elected its first Executive Board. "We will dedicate this day to our community to celebrate it together," said WBSC President Riccardo Fraccari during last weekend's Executive Board meeting. "A day to commemorate the unification of baseball and softball."

28/11/2023 1 Minute Read

First Federal Baseball5 School Championship takes place in Chile

Boys and girls in the U-10, U-15 and U-17 age brackets participated in the first Federal School Championship in Santiago.

24/11/2023 1 Minute Read

24th November: Baseball5 celebrates sixth anniversary

Six years ago today (24 November, 2017), the first ever Baseball5 tournament took place in Havana, Cuba.

24/11/2023 1 Minute Read

Anti Doping: WBSC and ITA offer webinar on Clean Sport Education

The webinar, organised by the World Baseball Softball Confederation and International Testing Agency, will take place on 7 December in English with simultaneous translation into Spanish and French. WBSC Athletes' Commission Member and ITA Education Ambassador Randolph Oduber will answer questions.

16/11/2023 1 Minute Read

Historic: France on top of WBSC Baseball5 World Rankings for first time

Never before has a European programme climbed to the top of the WBSC World Rankings in either Baseball (Men or Women), Softball (Men of Women) or Baseball5 (Coed).

11/11/2023 1 Minute Read

Lithuania win Baseball5 European Championship, qualify with runner up France for WBSC Baseball5 World Cup 2024

The Central Harbourfront Event Space in Hong Kong will host the 12-team II WBSC Baseball5 World Cup in late 2024.

06/11/2023 1 Minute Read

Baseball5 European Championship to open in Lithuania

The second edition of the Baseball5 European Championship will include 13 participants. France is the reigning European champion. The top two finishers will qualify for the WBSC Baseball5 World Cup 2024.