The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) is amongst five sports/international federations 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 Olympic Virtual Series baseball event is available on a specially designed environment of Konami’s eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020.
The preliminary round of the Olympic Virtual Series baseball event is
scheduled from 24 to 30 May, with the finals set for 23 June, to coincide with
the annual Olympic Day:
- Online Qualifiers Period: Monday, 24 May 2021 (10:00) - Sunday, 30 May 2021 (23:59 JST)
- Final Round Schedule: Wednesday, 23 June 2021
Participants will be able to enter to play in both the PlayStation 4 and the Nintendo Switch Divisions. For registration details, click here.
For the inaugural Olympic Virtual Series baseball event, only residents of
Japan, Korea and Chinese Taipei will be able to participate.
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, in
line with the recommendations of the International Olympic Committee's Olympic
Agenda 2020+5.
The WBSC Executive Board approved virtual sports as a discipline of baseball/softball in December 2020.
