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The growth of baseball competitions involving the representation of countries, coupled with the birth of the Baseball World Cup, provided the need for an institution to help develop, organize, regulate and oversee these events, thus the International Baseball Federation was established in 1938.
The International Baseball Federation (IBAF) was founded in 1938, after the inaugural Baseball World Cup held in London. About 5 years later, the name of the federation was changed to Federacion Internacional de Beisbol Amateur (FIBA).
The effort to unify the sports resulted in the merger of the IBAF with the International Softball Federation in 2013 to create the WBSC. [9] The initial women's baseball rankings were based upon results from past Women's Baseball World Cups. While the calculations of the women's rankings are similar to that of the men's, one main difference is ...
The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) is the international governing body for the sports of baseball, softball, Baseball5 and Blind baseball. [1] It was established in 2013 by the merger of the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) and International Softball Federation (ISF). Under the WBSC's organizational structure, the IBAF and ...
This is a list of international sports federations, each of which serves as a non-governmental governing body for a given sport and administers its sport at a world level, most often crafting rules, promoting the sport to prospective spectators and fans, developing prospective players, and organizing world or continental championships.
Riccardo Fraccari (born 30 May 1949 in Pisa, Italy) is an international sports administrator who is the current president of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). He was previously president of the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) from 2009 to 2013.
Robert E. "Ish" Smith, (May 15, 1936 – August 18, 2021) [1] was the President of the International Baseball Federation, which is the international governing body for the sport of baseball. He was also president of the United States Baseball Federation from 1980 to 1989.
Carlos José García Solórzano Torrealba (April 30, 1931 — September 18, 2014) was a Nicaraguan baseball executive and promoter. He was twice elected president of international baseball, first at the head of FEMBA, a short-lived breakaway group of the International Baseball Federation (FIBA), and then in 1980 he was elected to head FIBA itself (now renamed AINBA).