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Map of the world with five confederations. This section lists the current: 128 men's national baseball teams associated to WBSC. The five confederations are: Africa — African Baseball & Softball Association (ABSA) Americas — Pan American Baseball Confederation (COPABE) Asia — Baseball Federation of Asia (BFA)
The WBSC World Rankings is a ranking system for national teams in baseball, softball, and baseball5. The teams of the member nations of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), baseball's world governing body, are ranked based on their tournament results with the most successful teams being ranked highest. A point system is used, with ...
العربية; Aragonés; Azərbaycanca; 閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú; Беларуская; Български; Čeština; Cymraeg; Dansk; Deutsch; Ελληνικά
Baseball was introduced in Japan in 1872 and is currently among the country's most popular sports. The first professional competitions emerged in the 1920s. The current league, Nippon Professional Baseball, consists of two leagues of 6 teams each. The country's national team has also been successful, having won two Olympic medals (bronze and ...
Defunct baseball teams by country (12 C) A. Baseball teams in Argentina (1 P) Baseball teams in Australia (6 C, 28 P) C. Baseball teams in Canada (6 C, 1 P)
To date, major-league regular-season games have been contested in five countries outside of the United States and Canada: Australia (Sydney), Japan (Tokyo), Mexico (Mexico City and Monterrey), South Korea (Seoul), and the United Kingdom (London). The first MLB World Tour games (as they are now known) were contested in Mexico in 1996 and 1999.
The ranking for countries for most MLB players by birth matches well with the WBSC World Rankings, although East Asia and Australia underperforms in MLB and European nations have little to no representation, likely due to acquisition fees, travel to home soil, and/or professional baseball leagues in their home country with good revenue. [10] [11]
The following list contains all urban areas in the United States and Canada containing at least one team in any of the six major leagues. The number of teams in the Big Four leagues (B4) (NFL, [2] MLB, [3] NBA, [4] and NHL [5]) and the Big Six leagues (B6) (aforementioned leagues plus MLS [6] and CFL) [7] are included in the table below.