Finals of Olympic Virtual Series Baseball event to be broadcast worldwide

Finals of Olympic Virtual Series Baseball event to be broadcast worldwide
16/06/2021
The finals of the Olympic Virtual Series baseball event will be broadcast worldwide on 23 June, Olympic Day.

Following a successful conclusion of the 24-30 May opening round, 19 competitors have made it to the finals. Eleven of the finalists will compete in the Playstation 4 Division and 8 in the Nintendo Switch Division. 

The finals will be broadcast in English and Japanese at olympics.com. Live commentary will include Japanese professional baseball alumni and announcers who are active in baseball broadcasts, including G.G. Sato, who competed for the Japanese Olympic Baseball Team at the 2008 Beijing Games.

The Olympic Virtual Series baseball event is being played via a specially designed environment of Konami’s eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020

The Olympic Virtual Series aims to mobilise virtual sports, eSports and gaming enthusiasts worldwide to reach new Olympic audiences, while also encouraging the development of both physical and digital forms of sports.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) is amongst five sports/international federations to have been appointed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to be part of the inaugural Olympic Virtual Series, which also features cycling, rowing, sailing and motorsport.

The WBSC Executive Board approved virtual sports as a discipline of baseball and softball in December 2020.