World championships in Baseball5
Qualification for Baseball5 competitions
The Youth Baseball5 World Cup (YBWSC) is a
mixed-gender Baseball5 world championship consisting of 12 teams that will occur every two years, with the first edition starting in 2023. It is governed by the
World Baseball Softball Confederation
World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC; french: Confédération internationale de baseball et softball) is the world governing body for the sports of baseball, softball, and Baseball5. It was established in 2013 by the merger of the Inter ...
(WBSC). The 2025 edition will act as a qualifier for the mixed-gender
Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics Baseball5 event, which will be Baseball5's first appearance at the
Youth Olympics
The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is an international multi-sport event for athletes between 15 and 18 years old, organized by the International Olympic Committee. The games are held every four years in staggered summer and winter events consisten ...
, as well as the first appearance of a mixed-gender team sport at an Olympic event.
History
The YB5WC was initially scheduled to occur in 2021, but was postponed to 2023 due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
Qualification
France
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and
Turkey
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qualified from the first-ever U-17 European Baseball5 Championship in 2022 to play in the 2023 YB5WC.
See also
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Baseball5 World Cup
The Baseball5 World Cup (B5WC, and sometimes referred to as the Senior Baseball5 World Cup) is a mixed-gender Baseball5 (B5) world championship that occurs every two years, with the first edition held in 2022 in Mexico and contested by 12 countr ...
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