WBSC Baseball World Rankings
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The WBSC Baseball World Rankings are an official international system that ranks national baseball teams based on their performance in sanctioned global and regional competitions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| WBSC Baseball World Rankings canonical | 3 |
| WBSC world rankings | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2792141 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: WBSC Baseball World Rankings Context triple: [World Baseball Softball Confederation, maintainsRanking, WBSC Baseball World Rankings]
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A.
Baseball World Cup
The Baseball World Cup was an international baseball tournament organized by the IBAF that served for decades as the sport’s premier global competition before being superseded by the World Baseball Classic.
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B.
World Baseball Softball Confederation
The World Baseball Softball Confederation is the international governing body responsible for overseeing and promoting the sports of baseball and softball worldwide, including organizing major global competitions and setting official rules.
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C.
World Baseball Classic
The World Baseball Classic is an international baseball tournament featuring national teams from around the globe, widely regarded as the sport’s premier world championship event.
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D.
Nippon Professional Baseball
Nippon Professional Baseball is Japan’s highest-level professional baseball organization, comprising multiple teams in its Central and Pacific Leagues.
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E.
Serie Nacional de Béisbol
Serie Nacional de Béisbol is Cuba’s top professional baseball league and the country’s premier domestic baseball competition.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: WBSC Baseball World Rankings Target entity description: The WBSC Baseball World Rankings are an official international system that ranks national baseball teams based on their performance in sanctioned global and regional competitions.
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A.
Baseball World Cup
The Baseball World Cup was an international baseball tournament organized by the IBAF that served for decades as the sport’s premier global competition before being superseded by the World Baseball Classic.
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B.
World Baseball Softball Confederation
The World Baseball Softball Confederation is the international governing body responsible for overseeing and promoting the sports of baseball and softball worldwide, including organizing major global competitions and setting official rules.
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C.
World Baseball Classic
The World Baseball Classic is an international baseball tournament featuring national teams from around the globe, widely regarded as the sport’s premier world championship event.
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D.
Nippon Professional Baseball
Nippon Professional Baseball is Japan’s highest-level professional baseball organization, comprising multiple teams in its Central and Pacific Leagues.
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E.
Serie Nacional de Béisbol
Serie Nacional de Béisbol is Cuba’s top professional baseball league and the country’s premier domestic baseball competition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
baseball ranking system
ⓘ
sports ranking ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
World Baseball Softball Confederation
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surface form:
World Baseball Softball Confederation Executive Board
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| appliesTo | national baseball teams ⓘ |
| basedOn |
performance in WBSC-sanctioned competitions
ⓘ
results in global baseball tournaments ⓘ results in regional baseball tournaments ⓘ |
| category |
international baseball
ⓘ
sports world rankings ⓘ |
| considers |
U-12 national team results
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U-15 national team results ⓘ U-18 national team results ⓘ U-23 national team results ⓘ senior national team results ⓘ women's baseball national team results ⓘ |
| entityTypeRanked | national federation teams ⓘ |
| geographicCoverage | worldwide ⓘ |
| governingBody | World Baseball Softball Confederation ⓘ |
| governingBodyHeadquarters | Pully, Switzerland ⓘ |
| hasFormat | online ranking table ⓘ |
| includes |
Baseball World Cup results
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Olympic baseball tournament results ⓘ WBSC Premier12 results ⓘ continental championship results ⓘ qualifying tournament results ⓘ |
| language |
English
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Japanese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | WBSC statistics department ⓘ |
| operator | WBSC Baseball Division ⓘ |
| primaryMetric | ranking points total ⓘ |
| publishedOn | WBSC official website ⓘ |
| rankingPeriod | multi-year results window ⓘ |
| rankingTarget |
men's baseball national teams
ⓘ
women's baseball national teams ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
WBSC Baseball5 World Rankings
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WBSC Softball World Rankings ⓘ |
| replaced |
IBAF
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surface form:
IBAF World Rankings
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| scope | international ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| startYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| updateFrequency | periodic ⓘ |
| usedFor |
measuring national team strength
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qualification criteria ⓘ tournament seeding ⓘ |
| uses | points system ⓘ |
| website | https://www.wbsc.org ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: WBSC Baseball World Rankings Description of subject: The WBSC Baseball World Rankings are an official international system that ranks national baseball teams based on their performance in sanctioned global and regional competitions.
Referenced by (4)
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this entity surface form:
WBSC world rankings