WBSC Americas

Talks of the need of a baseball confederation in the Americas sparked with the founding of the Confederation of European Baseball back in the 1950s, although it was not until 1984, during the World Cup played in Cuba, that 12 countries of the Americas finally voted in favor of a formation of a confederation.

The first ever Confederación Panamericana de Béisbol (COPABE) executive meeting was held in March 1985, and 11 countries participated in its first ever Congress on March 15. The Congress saw the election of Oswaldo Matias Flores (Cuba) as the first president of the organization.

On October 5, 1987, the first Pan American Championship was played (Cuba won the tournament). The day after the final game of the tournament was held, the Congress elected Edwin Zerpa Pizzorno (Venezuela) as the next president of the organization.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s COPABE concentrated on developing tournaments at the youth level all over the Americas.

WBSC Women's Rankings (as of 22 September 2023)^[2]

Americas*	WBSC	+/-	National Team	Points
1	3	2	Venezuela	581
2	4		United States	510
3	5	7	Mexico	496
4	6	3	Puerto Rico	490
5	8	5	Canada	428
6	10	3	Cuba	350
7	18	12	Dominican Republic	72
*Local rankings based on WBSC ranking points

WBSC Women's Rankings (as of 10 November 2023)^[4]

Americas*	WBSC	+/-	National Team	Points
1	1		United States	4301
2	3		Puerto Rico	2815
3	5	1	Canada	1885
4	7	1	Mexico	1684
5	11	3	Cuba	953
6	16	2	Peru	771
7	17	2	Venezuela	770
8	23	7	Brazil	451
9	29		Argentina	320
10	37	4	Guatemala	196
11	41	2	Dominican Republic	149
12	42	1	El Salvador	139
13	43	7	Colombia	118
14	46	2	Curaçao	85
15	48	1	Nicaragua	71
16	50	5	Chile	67
17	55	1	Costa Rica	42
18	60	3	Ecuador	16
19	62	1	Aruba	6
19	62	1	U.S. Virgin Islands	6
21	65		British Virgin Islands	2
*Local rankings based on WBSC ranking points

WBSC Baseball5 Rankings (as of 16 November 2023)^[5]

Americas*	WBSC	+/-	National Team	Points
1	3		Cuba	2393
2	8	1	Mexico	1560
3	17	3	Venezuela	905
4	48	2	Jamaica	4
*Local rankings based on WBSC ranking points

Highest Ranked Americas member in the WBSC Rankings

• World Baseball Softball Confederation
• Baseball at the Central American and Caribbean Games
• Baseball at the Pan American Games
• Baseball at the 2010 South American Games
• 2008 Copa América (baseball)
• Baseball awards § Americas
• Latin American Series
• Caribbean Series
• South American Baseball Championship

• Official website
• Pan American Baseball Confederation website (on WorldNews (WN) Network domain)