01/03/2023 2 Minute Read

WBSC and KONAMI join forces again for Olympic Esports Series 2023

Following the success of the Olympic Virtual Series in 2021, where baseball was a huge hit, the WBSC and KONAMI are partnering once again to feature WBSC eBASEBALL™: POWER PROS in the Olympic Esports Series 2023.

27/02/2023 3 Minute Read

Baseball5 features at first-ever Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation Hope and Dreams Sport Festival

World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) President Riccardo Fraccari attended the Hope and Dreams Sports Festival where the accessible, dynamic and urban sport of Baseball5 featured alongside taekwondo competitions.

21/02/2023 1 Minute Read

Jessica Mendoza supports more seven-innings baseball

The WBSC decided to introduce seven-inning baseball to its World Cups in 2019. The III WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup, in September 2021, became the first international baseball tournament played with the seven-inning format.

11/02/2023 2 Minute Read

WBSC Europe Congress: President Fraccari applauds European growth and unity

The WBSC President highlighted eSport and Baseball5 as two important tools to help continue the growth of baseball and softball across Europe and around the world.

11/02/2023 1 Minute Read

WBSC Europe Congress: New Continental Funds distribution process explained

The WBSC Europe Congress started with the members holding a moment's silence out of respect for the Türkiye Baseball and Softball Federation and the victims of the earthquake disaster, which has struck the country.

09/02/2023 2 Minute Read

WBSC and KONAMI team up to release WBSC eBASEBALL™: POWER PROS on Nintendo Switch™ and PlayStation®

Previous versions of KONAMI’s baseball title have already featured in many successful eSport events, the latest of which was the inaugural edition of the Olympic Virtual Series where the WBSC and KONAMI partnered for the first time in eSport to deliver a successful tournament.

08/02/2023 2 Minute Read

President Fraccari: Exciting year ahead for global baseball and softball community

WBSC President Riccardo Fraccari looks forward to an exciting calendar for 2023 packed with international baseball, softball and Baseball5 action.

18/01/2023 2 Minute Read

Mizuno unveils new, more sustainable official softball for WBSC Softball World Cups

Through the WBSC-Mizuno partnership, that runs through to 2025, the Japan-based company is appointed as the official softball and umpire equipment supplier for all WBSC softball events, including Men’s and Women’s Softball World Cups.

16/01/2023 6 Minute Read

2022 in Review - Top Stories of the Year

The top stories in 2022, a year in which baseball and softball returned with a full international events calendar and the introduction of new, exciting disciplines.

31/12/2022 1 Minute Read

WBSC Baseball World Rankings: Japan remains as world No 1 men's baseball programme

World No. 2 Chinese Taipei and No. 3 USA complete the podium. The end-of-the-year rankings reflect the addition of points gathered in 2022 as well as the expiration of all points earned in 2018.