United States national baseball teamOlympic GamesAppearances5 (first in 1992)Best resultGold (2000)World Baseball ClassicAppearances6 (first in 2006)Best result 1st (2017)WBSC Premier12Appearances3 (first in 2015)Best result 2nd (2015)World CupAppearances24 (first in 1938)Best result 1st (1973, 1974, 2007, 2009)Intercontinental CupAppearances16 (first in 1973)Best result 1st (1975, 1981)Pan American GamesAppearances15 (first in 1951)Best result 1st (1967)The United States national baseball team, also known as Team USA, represents the United States in international baseball competitions.
Asian Baseball ChampionshipThe Asian Baseball Championship is the main championship tournament between national baseball teams in Asia, governed by the Baseball Federation of Asia (BFA). It is held every other year in odd-numbered years and since 1983 it also functions as the qualification games for the Baseball at the Summer Olympics if the event year is exactly one year before the Olympics.
Cuba national baseball teamOlympic GamesAppearances5 (first in 1992)Best result 1st (3 times, most recent in 2004)World Baseball ClassicAppearances6 (first in 2006)Best result 2nd (1 time, in 2006)World CupAppearances35 (first in 1939)Best result 1st (25 times, most recent in 2005)Intercontinental CupAppearances13 (first in )Best result 1st (10 times, most recent in 2006)Pan American GamesAppearances16 (first in 1951)Best result 1st (12 times, most recent in 2007)The Cuba national baseball team (Spanish: Selección de béisbol de Cuba) also known as "Team Asere", represents Cuba in baseball at regional and international levels.
Japan national baseball teamThe Japan national baseball team (野球日本代表, Yakyū Nippon Daihyō or Yakyū Nihon Daihyō), also known as Samurai Japan (侍ジャパン), is the national team representing Japan in international baseball competitions. It won the World Baseball Classic in 2006, 2009, and 2023, as well as the WBSC Premier12 in 2019. The team is currently ranked 1st in the world by the World Baseball Softball Confederation.
Silver medalA silver medal, in sports and other similar areas involving competition, is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receives a gold medal and the third place a bronze medal. More generally, silver is traditionally a metal sometimes used for all types of high-quality medals, including artistic ones.
Atlanta–Fulton County StadiumAtlanta–Fulton County Stadium, often referred to as Fulton County Stadium and originally named Atlanta Stadium, was a multi-purpose stadium located in Atlanta, Georgia. The stadium was home of the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1966 until 1996 and the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL) from 1966 until 1991. It was built to attract an MLB team and in 1966 succeeded when the Milwaukee Braves relocated from Wisconsin.
1996 Summer OlympicsMulti-sport event in Atlanta, Georgia, USThe 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. These were the fourth Summer Olympics to be hosted by the United States, making it the first country to have three different cities host the Summer Olympics.
BaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. Gameplay centers around the pitcher on the fielding team throwing a baseball to a batter on the opposing team, who tries to hit it into the field of play. Successfully batted balls allow players on the batting team advance around a circuit of four bases and score runs.
Gold medalA gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have been awarded in the arts, for example, by the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, usually as a symbol of an award to give an outstanding student some financial freedom. Others offer only the prestige of the award.
Bronze medalA bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receives a gold medal and the second place a silver medal. More generally, bronze is traditionally the most common metal used for all types of high-quality medals, including artistic ones.
Round-robin tournamentExample of a round-robin tournament with ten participantsA round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a competition format in which each contestant meets every other participant, usually in turn. A round-robin contrasts with an elimination tournament, where participants are eliminated after a certain number of wins or losses, as well as with a Swiss-system tournament, where participants are matched according to their running score.
AtlantaCapital and most populous city of Georgia, U.S.State capital in Georgia, United StatesAtlanta is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the county seat of Fulton County and extends into neighboring DeKalb County. With a population of 498,715 at the 2020 census and an estimated 529,110 in 2025, Atlanta is the eighth-most populous city in the Southeast and the 36th-most populous city in the United States.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.