Back منتخب فنزويلا لكرة القاعدة Arabic منتخب فنزويلا للبيسبول ARZ Selección de béisbol de Venezuela Spanish Équipe du Venezuela de baseball French Nazionale maschile di baseball del Venezuela Italian 野球ベネズエラ代表 Japanese 베네수엘라 야구 국가대표팀 Korean Pasukan besbol kebangsaan Venezuela Malay Venezolaans honkbalteam Dutch Reprezentacja Wenezueli w baseballu mężczyzn Polish
| Venezuela National Baseball Team | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Information | |||
| Country |  Venezuela | ||
| Federation | Federación Venezolana de Béisbol | ||
| Confederation | COPABE | ||
| Manager | Omar López | ||
| WBSC ranking | |||
| Current | 3  1 (27 November 2024)[1] | ||
| Highest | 6 (first in December 2022) | ||
| Lowest | 11 (first in September 2018) | ||
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| World Baseball Classic | |||
| Appearances | 5 (first in 2006) | ||
| Best result |  3rd (1 time, in 2009) | ||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 18 (first in 1940) | ||
| Best result |  1st (3 times, most recent in 1945) | ||
| Intercontinental Cup | |||
| Appearances | 2 (first in 1973) | ||
| Best result | 6 (1 time, in 2002) | ||
| Pan American Games | |||
| Appearances | 3 (first in 1955) | ||
| Best result |  1st (1 time, in 1959) | ||
The Venezuela national baseball team (Spanish: Selección de béisbol de Venezuela[2] or Selección de Venezuela)[3] is the national team of Venezuela.[4] It is currently ranked sixth in the world by the World Baseball Softball Confederation, behind Chinese Taipei and ahead of the Netherlands.[1]
Venezuela has competed in every edition of the World Baseball Classic since 2006, with its best result to date being a semifinal appearance in 2009. It won its first major international title in at the 1941 Amateur World Series, defeating a heavily-favored Cuba, and won two more world championships in the 1940s. It has also historically dominated baseball at the Bolivarian Games. However, Venezuela has never qualified for the Summer Olympics.
- ^ a b "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 27 November 2024. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- ^ Balbuena, Franger Reynaldo (9 September 2020). Tratado de Béisbol. Page Publishing, Inc. ISBN 978-1-64334-453-9.
- ^ "Clásico Mundial de Beisbol: ¿A quién se podría enfrentar Venezuela en cuartos de final?". MERIDIANO.net (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ Zubillaga, Jorge (15 March 2023). "▷ Selección venezolana de béisbol culmina invicta la fase de grupos al vencer 5-1 a Israel #15Mar". El Impulso (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 March 2023.