Record 69 nations featured in final 2019 WBSC Women’s Softball World Rankings

Groups, locations revealed for WBSC Premier12 2019 major international baseball event

The year’s top international baseball competition will begin with opening rounds in Jalisco (Mexico), Taichung (Chinese Taipei) and Seoul (Korea).
WBSC Premier12 Opening Round locations, groups to be revealed at press conference in Mexico City

Major announcements at press conference will include unveiling of the three Opening Round hosts, dates and locations; revealing the National Teams in Groups A, B and C; unveiling the Official 2019 WBSC Premie12 Trophy; and new sponsorship
World’s Top 12 nations qualified for WBSC Premier12 2019 major international baseball event

The most important international baseball event in 2019 will be played over 32 games and across 4 nations from 2-17 November, with the Premier12 Finals to be played at Japan’s iconic Tokyo Dome.
Bolivia, Indonesia, Lesotho, Malaysia, Zimbabwe make historic debuts in new Women’s Softball World Rankings; USA No. 1

A record 67 countries and territories are now ranked in Women’s Softball. Puerto Rico and Mexico hit historic highs, move into the top five of the world rankings for thefirst time. Japan earned the most world rankings points in 2018.
Record 76 nations featured in Final 2018 WBSC Baseball World Rankings

The sport of baseball continues its globalization. Baseball is growing in countries like Indonesia, US Virgin Islands, Sri Lanka, Curacao, Aruba, Chile, Ukraine, Ireland and Georgia, according to the official world rankings and WBSC data.
WBSC launches World Rankings web platform for Baseball, Softball

The new WBSC World Rankings website features robust functions such as tracking, trends, top climbers, charts, country-by-country comparisons, ranking by continent, points earned by each National Team/Federation per competition, methodology, and a world rankings news section in six languages.
Japan, Canada, Chinese Taipei lead new WBSC Women’s Baseball World Rankings

The latest rankings reflect the results of over 100 matches from the Women’s Baseball World Cup across an evaluation period of 2014-2018.
Global growth: 14 new nations enter WBSC Men’s Softball World Rankings in 2018

WBSC Men’s Softball World Rankings expands to record 48 nations. South Africa takes over as the top-ranked African nation. All five Olympic continents featured within the Top 12.
Global Sport: Americas, Asia, Europe, Oceania all represented in Top 10 of latest WBSC Baseball World Rankings

WBSC has released the new Baseball World Rankings, which weigh a country’s National Team performance — from U-12 to Professional — in official WBSC-sanctioned international competitions over a four-year period (2015-2018).