Pan American Baseball Confederation

The Pan American Baseball Confederation (COPABE, Spanish: Confederación Panamericana de Béisbol, Portuguese: Confederação Pan-Americana de Beisebol) is the governing body of baseball within the Americas.

History

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 on 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.

Members

Rankings
See also: WBSC World Rankings

Since the rankings were first released by the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) until 2014, Cuba had maintained its position as the top national baseball team in the world, and by extension the top-ranked team in the Pan American Baseball Confederation. With the teams of United States, Cuba, Canada, Mexico, and Venezuela, COPABE is the most represented confederation in the world top ten.

Men's Rankings as of 19 September 2017[1]
COPABE
Rank		WBSC
Rank		TeamPoints
11 United States5025
24 Cuba3152
35 Mexico2613
47 Canada2142
510 Puerto Rico1796
611 Venezuela1765
712 Dominican Republic1227
813 Nicaragua1155
914 Panama1077
1016 Colombia949
1119 Brazil654
1220 Argentina357
1337 Peru115
1450 El Salvador42
1450 Honduras42
1554 Chile28
1657 Guatemala23
1759 Bolivia20
1864 Curaçao13
1964 Ecuador13
2066 Costa Rica11
2170 Aruba4
2272 U.S. Virgin Islands1
2375 BahamasNR
2375 GuyanaNR
2375 HaitiNR
2375 British Virgin IslandsNR
2375 JamaicaNR
2375 Trinidad and TobagoNR
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References
  1. "WBSC Rankings | WBSC". www.wbsc.org. 19 September 2017. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2017.

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