Organisational Profile 

Headquartered in Pully, Switzerland – adjacent to Lausanne, the Olympic Capital – the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) is the international governing body for baseball and softball. The WBSC has 191 (183 full Members, 8 provisional Members) National Federations and 14 Associate Members in 136 countries and territories across Asia, Africa, the Americas, Europe and Oceania, which represent a united baseball/softball sports movement that encompasses over 65 million athletes and attracts approximately 150 million fans to stadiums worldwide annually.

Amongst its responsibilities, the WBSC governs all international competitions involving official National Teams. The WBSC oversees the Premier12, the World Baseball Classic, the Baseball World Cups (U-12, U-15, U-18, U-23 and Women's), the Softball World Cups, (U-12 Mixed, U-15 Women's, U-18 Women's, U-18 Men's, U-23 Men's, Women's and Men's) and the official disciplines Baseball5 (Senior and Youth World Cups) and eSports as well as Baseball, Softball and Baseball5 events at the Olympic Games.

To guarantee the WBSC interacts with its Members and stakeholders effectively, the WBSC has developed a new organisational profile with the aim of setting a variety of universal attributes to ensure the WBSC’s strategy and actions are of value to every single member of our audience.

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