WBSC Americas

WBSC Americas
Type	Sport organization
Region served	Americas
Members	57 member associations
Parent organization	World Baseball Softball Confederation
Website	www.wbscamericas.org

WBSC Americas, formerly known as Pan American Baseball Confederation (COPABE, Spanish: Confederación Panamericana de Béisbol, Portuguese: Confederação Pan-Americana de Beisebol), is the governing body of baseball and softball 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 in 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

Baseball

Code	Association	National teams	Founded	Membership	IOC member	Note
ARG	Argentina	(M, W)	1960	Full	Yes
ARU	Aruba	(M, W)	1950		Yes
BAH	Bahamas	(M, W)	1954		Yes
BOL	Bolivia	(M, W)			Yes
BRA	Brazil	(M, W)	1990		Yes
IVB	British Virgin Islands	(M, W)			Yes
CAN	Canada	(M, W)	1964		Yes
CHI	Chile	(M, W)	1954		Yes
COL	Colombia	(M, W)	1938		Yes
CRC	Costa Rica	(M, W)	1975		Yes
CUB	Cuba	(M, W)	1938		Yes
CUW	Curaçao	(M, W)	1934	Provisional	No	^{Note 1}
DOM	Dominican Republic	(M, W)	1966	Full	Yes
ECU	Ecuador	(M, W)	1945		Yes
ESA	El Salvador	(M, W)			Yes
GUA	Guatemala	(M, W)			Yes
GUY	Guyana	(M, W)	2012		Yes
HAI	Haiti	(M, W)	2013		Yes
HON	Honduras	(M, W)			Yes
JAM	Jamaica	(M, W)			Yes
MEX	Mexico	(M, W)	1987		Yes
NCA	Nicaragua	(M, W)	1950		Yes
PAN	Panama	(M, W)	1944		Yes
PER	Peru	(M, W)	1926		Yes
PUR	Puerto Rico	(M, W)	1970		Yes
SXM	Sint Maarten	(M, W)		Provisional	No	^{Note 1}
TTO	Trinidad and Tobago	(M, W)		Full	Yes
USA	United States	(M, W)	1978		Yes
ISV	United States Virgin Islands	(M, W)			Yes
VEN	Venezuela	(M, W)	1952		Yes

Softball

Code	Association	National teams	Founded	Membership	IOC member	Note
ARG	Argentina	(M, W)	1960	Full	Yes
ARU	Aruba	(M, W)			Yes
BAH	Bahamas	(M, W)	1972		Yes
BIZ	Belize	(M, W)			Yes
BOL	Bolivia	(M, W)			Yes
BRA	Brazil	(M, W)			Yes
IVB	British Virgin Islands	(M, W)	1952		Yes
CAN	Canada	(M, W)	1965		Yes
CAY	Cayman Islands	(M, W)			Yes
CHI	Chile	(M, W)	1954		Yes
COL	Colombia	(M, W)	1968		Yes
CRC	Costa Rica	(M, W)	2011		Yes
CUB	Cuba	(M, W)	1980		Yes
CUW	Curaçao	(M, W)	1952	Provisional	No	^{Note 1}
DOM	Dominican Republic	(M, W)	1966	Full	Yes
ECU	Ecuador	(M, W)	2014		Yes
ESA	El Salvador	(M, W)	1980		Yes
GUA	Guatemala	(M, W)	1990		Yes
HAI	Haiti	(M, W)	2013		Yes
HON	Honduras	(M, W)			Yes
JAM	Jamaica	(M, W)	2016		Yes
MEX	Mexico	(M, W)	1985		Yes
NCA	Nicaragua	(M, W)	2006		Yes
PAN	Panama	(M, W)	1965		Yes
PER	Peru	(M, W)	1981		Yes
PUR	Puerto Rico	(M, W)			Yes
TCA	Turks and Caicos Islands	(M, W)		Provisional	No	^{Note 2}
USA	United States	(M, W)	1933	Full	Yes
ISV	United States Virgin Islands	(M, W)			Yes
URU	Uruguay	(M, W)			Yes
VEN	Venezuela	(M, W)			Yes

Constituent country of the Netherlands.
Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom.

WBSC World Rankings

Baseball

WBSC Men's Rankings (as of 26 March 2026)¹
Americas*	WBSC	+/-	National Team	Points
1	3		United States	4357
2	5		Venezuela	3992
3	6	1	Puerto Rico	3298
4	7	1	Mexico	3227
5	8		Panama	2744
6	11	1	Dominican Republic	2334
7	12	2	Cuba	2291
8	13		Colombia	1973
9	15	1	Nicaragua	1283
10	19	1	Canada	886
11	22		Brazil	693
12	29		Curaçao	252
13	31		Peru	183
14	33		Argentina	175
15	39		Costa Rica	136
16	40	3	Bahamas	128
17	41		U.S. Virgin Islands	112
18	42		Guatemala	108
19	44		Honduras	90
20	51		Chile	71
21	52		Ecuador	58
22	54		El Salvador	50
23	58		Aruba	39
24	64		Sint Maarten	25
*Local rankings based on WBSC ranking points

WBSC Women's Rankings (as of 31 December 2025)²
Americas*	WBSC	+/-	National Team	Points
1	2		United States	918
2	3		Canada	755
3	4	2	Mexico	746
4	5	1	Venezuela	710
5	7	2	Cuba	352
6	9	2	Puerto Rico	297
7	25		Argentina	20
8	29	8	Dominican Republic	6
*Local rankings based on WBSC ranking points

Softball

WBSC Men's Softball Rankings (as of 14 May 2026)³
Americas*	WBSC	+/-	National Team	Points
1	2		Venezuela	2797
2	3	1	Canada	2347
3	4	1	United States	2262
4	5	2	Argentina	2146
5	6	2	Mexico	1955
6	10	1	Dominican Republic	1027
7	12	1	Colombia	796
8	13	1	Guatemala	660
9	17	5	Panama	308
10	21		Cuba	210
11	25	9	Peru	115
12	26		Puerto Rico	107
13	32	8	Honduras	58
14	33		Aruba	43
15	34	3	Nicaragua	41
16	36	8	Costa Rica	25
17	39	4	El Salvador	10
18	40	3	Belize	9
*Local rankings based on WBSC ranking points

WBSC Women's Rankings (as of 31 December 2025)⁴
Americas*	WBSC	+/-	National Team	Points
1	2		United States	3490
2	3		Puerto Rico	3010
3	4		Canada	2667
4	7	1	Mexico	1825
5	14	1	Cuba	906
6	16	1	Venezuela	777
7	17		Brazil	602
8	18		Peru	554
9	26	7	Colombia	358
10	30	2	Argentina	295
11	33	3	Dominican Republic	259
12	37	1	El Salvador	227
13	41		Guatemala	171
14	43	4	U.S. Virgin Islands	126
15	45	1	Chile	123
16	49		Curaçao	85
17	54	1	Aruba	48
18	59		Panama	19
19	62		Nicaragua	14
20	66		Belize	8
21	67	6	Bolivia	5
22	69		Honduras	3
23	70	5	British Virgin Islands	2
*Local rankings based on WBSC ranking points

Baseball5

WBSC Baseball5 Rankings (as of 6 May 2026)⁵
Americas*	WBSC	+/-	National Team	Points
1	1		Cuba	5827
2	5	1	Mexico	3843
3	7		Venezuela	3324
4	22	9	Puerto Rico	908
5	33	16	Peru	503
6	34	8	Argentina	500
6	34	8	Dominican Republic	500
8	49	1	United States	250
9	65	15	Canada	100
10	72	24	Bolivia	17
11	76	10	Jamaica	9
*Local rankings based on WBSC ranking points

Historical leaders

Highest Ranked Americas member in the WBSC Rankings

Men's baseball

Women's baseball

Men's softball

Women's softball

Competitions

Baseball

Men's

U-23 Pan American Baseball Championship
U-18 Pan American Baseball Championship
U-15 Pan American Baseball Championship
U-12 Pan American Baseball Championship
U-10 Pan American Baseball Championship

Women's

Women's Baseball Pan American Championship

Softball

Men's

Men's Softball Pan American Championship
U-23 Men's Softball Pan American Championship
U-18 Men's Softball Pan American Championship

Women's

Women's Softball Pan American Championship
U-18 Women's Softball Pan American Championship
U-15 Women's Softball Pan American Championship

Baseball5

Baseball5 Pan American Championship

Current title holders

Baseball
Competition		Year	Host country	Champions	Title	Runners-up	Next edition	Dates
Americas Baseball Cup				TBA		TBA
U-23 Pan American Baseball Championship	Caribbean Central and North America	2025	Panama	Panama		Puerto Rico
U-23 Pan American Baseball Championship	South America	2025	Peru	Venezuela		Brazil
U-18 Pan American Baseball Championship		2024	Panama	United States		Panama	2026	22-29 October
U-15 Pan American Baseball Championship	Central and North America	2025	Mexico	United States		Nicaragua
	Caribbean		Dominican Republic	Cuba		Dominican Republic
	South America		Venezuela	Venezuela		Colombia
U-12 Pan American Baseball Championship		2024	Panama	United States		Dominican Republic
U-10 Pan American Baseball Championship		2025	Panama	Venezuela - Azul		Venezuela - Blanco
Women's Baseball Pan American Championship		2025	Venezuela	Venezuela		Mexico
Softball
Men's Softball Pan American Championship		2026	Colombia	Mexico	1st	Argentina
U-23 Men's Softball Pan American Championship		2025	Argentina	Argentina Mexico
U-18 Men's Softball Pan American Championship		2025	Argentina	Argentina	1st	Mexico
Women's Softball Pan American Championship		2025	Colombia	Canada	1st	Puerto Rico
U-18 Women's Softball Pan American Championship		2024	Colombia	Puerto Rico	1st	Canada
U-15 Women's Softball Pan American Championship		2025	Mexico	United States	2nd	Mexico
Baseball5
Baseball5 Pan American Championship		2024	Venezuela	Cuba	1st	Mexico

Notes

References

"WBSC World Rankings". WBSC. 26 March 2026. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
"The WBSC Women's Baseball World Ranking". WBSC. 31 December 2025. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
"The WBSC Men's Softball World Ranking". WBSC. 14 May 2026. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
"The WBSC Women's World Ranking". WBSC. 31 December 2025. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
"The WBSC Baseball5 World Ranking". WBSC. 6 May 2026. Retrieved 6 May 2026.

External links

Official website
Pan American Baseball Confederation website (on WorldNews (WN) Network domain)

[cc-ned-1] Constituent country of the Netherlands.

[bot-2] Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom.

[WBSC_World_Rankings-3] "WBSC World Rankings". WBSC. 26 March 2026. Retrieved 26 March 2026.

[WBSC_Women's_Baseball_World_Rankings-4] "The WBSC Women's Baseball World Ranking". WBSC. 31 December 2025. Retrieved 31 December 2025.

[WBSC_Men's_Softball_World_Rankings-5] "The WBSC Men's Softball World Ranking". WBSC. 14 May 2026. Retrieved 14 May 2026.

[WBSC_Women's_World_Rankings-6] "The WBSC Women's World Ranking". WBSC. 31 December 2025. Retrieved 31 December 2025.

[WBSC_Baseball5_World_Rankings-7] "The WBSC Baseball5 World Ranking". WBSC. 6 May 2026. Retrieved 6 May 2026.

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History

Members

Baseball

Softball

WBSC World Rankings

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Softball

Baseball5

Historical leaders

Competitions

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Softball

Baseball5

Current title holders

See also

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References

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