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Venezuela national baseball team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Venezuela women's national baseball team.

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 National Baseball Team
Information
Country Venezuela
FederationFederación Venezolana de Béisbol
ConfederationCOPABE
ManagerOmar López
WBSC ranking
Current 3 Increase 1 (18 November 2024)[1]
Highest6 (first in December 2022)
Lowest11 (first in September 2018)
Home
Away
World Baseball Classic
Appearances5 (first in 2006)
Best result 3rd (1 time, in 2009)
World Cup
Appearances18 (first in 1940)
Best result 1st (3 times, most recent in 1945)
Intercontinental Cup
Appearances2 (first in 1973)
Best result6 (1 time, in 2002)
Pan American Games
Appearances3 (first in 1955)
Best result 1st (1 time, in 1959)

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.

History

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Venezuela debuted in international competition at the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games in Panama City, finishing sixth. The country first participated in what was then the top level of international baseball competition, the Amateur World Series (later to be known as the Baseball World Cup), in 1940.

 
The "Heroes of '41"

Venezuela won its first international baseball title the following year, defeating defending champions Cuba at the 1941 Amateur World Series in Havana. The championship team, with illustrious names from the country's amateur circuits like Héctor Benítez, Daniel "Chino" Canónico, and José Antonio Casanova, was hailed as "Los Heroes del '41" ("Heroes of '41"). The victory of the 1941 AWS is cited as the catalyst for baseball's exploding popularity in Venezuela,[5][6] Venezuelan President Isaías Medina Angarita declared October 22, the day of the championship game, a national holiday.

World Baseball Classic era

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Venezuela competed in the 2009 World Baseball Classic, playing its opening games in Pool C, in Toronto, Ontario. The Venezuelans secured advancement out of Pool C with a pair of resounding wins over Italy. Along the way, Venezuela also lost a 15–6 slugfest against the United States, but won twice against the same team.[7]

In the 2013 World Baseball Classic, Venezuela was eliminated by Puerto Rico, who went on to eliminate Italy, the United States and two-time defending champion Japan. Their placing as the third team in Pool C after defeating newcomers Spain was sufficient to secure direct qualification to the 2017 World Baseball Classic.

The team competed against Team Israel, Team Puerto Rico, Team Dominican Republic, and Team Nicaragua in the 2023 World Baseball Classic in March 11–15, 2023 in Miami, Florida.[8]

Current roster

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Venezuela roster - 2023 World Baseball Classic
Players Coaching staff
Pitchers
 Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

 Manager

Coaches

Roster


Results and fixtures

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The following is a list of professional baseball match results currently active in the latest version of the WBSC World Rankings, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.[9]

Legend

  Win   Lose   Void or postponed   Fixture

2019

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WBSC Premier12 GS November 5 Venezuela   4–8   Japan Taoyuan Stadium, Taiwan
18:00 NST Boxscore Attendance: 3,868
WBSC Premier12 GS November 6 Chinese Taipei   3–0   Venezuela Taichung Stadium, Taiwan
18:30 NST Boxscore Attendance: 10,983
WBSC Premier12 GS November 7 Venezuela   7–1   Puerto Rico Taichung Stadium, Taiwan
12:00 NST Boxscore Attendance: 618

2022

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Bolivarian Games RR June 30 Venezuela   9–2   Dominican Republic Estadio Calamar, Colombia
14:00 COT Boxscore
Bolivarian Games RR July 1 Venezuela   4–5   Peru Estadio Calamar, Colombia
14:00 COT Boxscore Attendance: 2,450
Bolivarian Games RR July 2 Colombia   10–0 (F/6)   Venezuela Estadio Calamar, Colombia
19:00 COT Boxscore
Bolivarian Games RR July 3 Dominican Republic   14–2   Venezuela Estadio Calamar, Colombia
14:00 COT Boxscore
Bolivarian Games RR July 4 Peru   5–6   Venezuela Estadio Calamar, Colombia
14:00 COT Boxscore
Bolivarian Games RR July 5 Venezuela   7–1   Colombia Estadio Calamar, Colombia
14:00 COT Boxscore

2023

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World Baseball Classic GS March 11 Dominican Republic   1–5   Venezuela loanDepot Park, United States
19:00 ET LP: Sandy Alcántara (0–1)
 Boxscore WP: José Ruiz (1–0)
HR: Anthony Santander (1) 		Attendance: 35,890
Umpires: HP – Andy Fletcher, 1B – Tim Meyer, 2B – Ron Kulpa, 3B – Maikol Tibabijo
World Baseball Classic GS March 12 Venezuela   9–6   Puerto Rico loanDepot Park, United States
19:00 ET WP: Pablo López (1–0)
Sv: Silvino Bracho (1)
HR: Anthony Santander (2), Salvador Pérez (1) 		Boxscore LP: José Berríos (0–1)
HR: Eddie Rosario (1) 		Attendance: 35,615
Umpires: HP – Chris Guccione, 1B – Chris Graham, 2B – Alejandro Pecero, 3B – Mike Estabrook
World Baseball Classic GS March 14 Nicaragua   1–4   Venezuela loanDepot Park, United States
12:00 ET LP: Rodney Theophile (0–1)
 Boxscore WP: José Ruiz (1–0)
Sv: José Alvarado (1)
 Attendance: 21,873
Umpires: HP – Ángel Hernández, 1B – Chris Guccione, 2B – Alejandro Pecero, 3B – Tim Meyer
World Baseball Classic GS March 15 Venezuela   5–1   Israel loanDepot Park, United States
12:00 ET WP: Jesús Luzardo (1–0)
HR: Eduardo Escobar (1), Eugenio Suárez (1) 		Boxscore LP: Robert Stock (0–1)
 Attendance: 18,277
Umpires: HP – Andy Fletcher, 1B – Ángel Hernández, 2B – Maikol Tibabijo, 3B – Alejandro Pecero
World Baseball Classic QF March 18 United States   9–7   Venezuela loanDepot Park, United States
19:00 ET WP: David Bednar (1–0)
Sv: Ryan Pressly (2)
HR: Kyle Tucker (1), Trea Turner (2) 		Boxscore LP: José Quijada (0–1)
HR: Luis Arráez (1), Luis Arráez (2) 		Attendance: 35,792
Umpires: HP – Dan Bellino, 1B – Will Little, 2B – Atsushi Fukaya, 3B – Kun Young Park

Tournament record

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World Baseball Classic

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In June 2005, Major League Baseball announced the formation of the World Baseball Classic, a sixteen nation international competition to be held in March 2006 for the first time. The team Venezuela sent to the 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classic included Venezuelan players from Major League Baseball. A player is eligible to participate on a WBC national team if:

  • The player is a citizen of the nation the team represents.
  • The player is qualified for citizenship or to hold a passport under the laws of a nation represented by a team, but has not been granted citizenship or been issued a passport, then the player may be made eligible by WBCI upon petition by the player or team.
  • The player is a permanent legal resident of the nation or territory the team represents.
  • The player was born in the nation or territory the team represents.
  • The player has one parent who is, or if deceased was, a citizen of the nation the team represents.
  • The player has one parent who was born in the nation or territory the team represents.[10]
World Baseball Classic record Qualification record
Year Round Position W L RS RA W L RS RA
    2006 Round 2 7th 3 3 22 20 No qualifiers held
    2009 Semifinal 4th 6 2 45 36 No qualifiers held
  2013 Round 1 10th 1 2 17 21 Automatically qualified
    2017 Round 2 8th 2 5 28 55 Automatically qualified
  2023 Quarterfinal 5th 4 1 30 18 Automatically qualified
Total Semifinal 5/5 16 13 142 150 - - - -

WBSC Premier12

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WBSC Premier12 record
Year Result Pos Pld W L RS RA Squad Rank
  2015 Group stage 10th 5 2 3 26 36 Squad 10th
  2019 Group stage 7th 3 1 2 11 12 Squad 9th
  2024 To be determined
Total 0 Title 3/3 17 10 7 77 73 — —

Baseball World Cup (1938–2011)

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Amateur World Series & Baseball World Cup record
Year Result Position Pld W L % RS RA Org.
  1938 Did not enter IBF
  1939
  1940 Single-table tournament 4th 12 5 7 .417
  1941 Single-table tournament   1st 9 8 1 .889
  1942 Single-table tournament   3rd 12 7 5 .583
  1943 Did not enter
  1944 Single-table tournament   1st 12 9 3 .750 FIBA
  1945 Single-table tournament   1st 10 10 0 1.000
  1947 Single-table tournament 5th 8 5 3 .625
  1948 Did not enter
  1950 Single-table tournament   3rd 11 9 2 .818
  1951 Single-table tournament   2nd 13 11 2 .846
  1952 Single-table tournament 6th 10 5 5 .500
  1953 Single-table tournament   2nd 10 9 1 .900
  1961 Single-table tournament   3rd 9 6 3 .667
  1965 Did not enter
  1969 Single-table tournament 4th 10 7 3 .700
  1970 Single-table tournament 5th 11 7 4 .636
  1971 Did not enter
  1972
  1973 Single-table tournament   3rd 14 10 4 .714
  1973 Did not enter FEMBA
  1974
  1976 AINBA
  1978
  1980 Single-table tournament 7th 11 4 7 .364
  1982 Did not enter IBAF
  1984
  1986 Single-table tournament 7th 11 5 6 .455 63 73
  1988 Did not qualify
  1990 Group stage 12th 8 1 7 .125 33 63
  1994 Did not qualify
  1998
  2001
  2003
  2005
  2007 Group stage 12th 7 2 5 .286 33 37
  2009 7th place game 7th 15 9 6 .600 70 58
  2011 7th place game 7th 12 6 6 .500 52 91
Total 4 Titles 24/38 249 177 80 .689 — —

Pan American Games

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  • 1955 :   3rd
  • 1959 :   1st
  • 1975 :   3rd

Bolivarian Games

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Main article: Baseball at the Bolivarian Games
   

U-23 Baseball World Cup

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Players

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Uniform

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Home
 
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Away
 
Away Kit

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 18 November 2024. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  2. ^ Balbuena, Franger Reynaldo (9 September 2020). Tratado de Béisbol. Page Publishing, Inc. ISBN 978-1-64334-453-9.
  3. ^ "Clásico Mundial de Beisbol: ¿A quién se podría enfrentar Venezuela en cuartos de final?". MERIDIANO.net (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "A guide to Venezuela's baseball tradition". MLB.com. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  6. ^ "On the ball: 80 years of the heroes of 41 and 80 years of "Últimas Noticias". Últimas Noticias. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  7. ^ "World Baseball Classic". Retrieved 18 March 2009.
  8. ^ "Team Israel to boast current MLBers on its World Baseball Classic roster". The Jerusalem Post.
  9. ^ "Venezuela in the WBSC Ranking (Men's baseball)". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Dan Serafini Wins One For Team Italy". Retrieved 21 March 2009.
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