WBSC Softball World Rankings
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The WBSC Softball World Rankings are the official global standings that rate national softball teams based on their performance in international competitions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| WBSC Softball World Rankings canonical | 2 |
| WBSC world rankings | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2792142 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: WBSC Softball World Rankings Context triple: [World Baseball Softball Confederation, maintainsRanking, WBSC Softball World Rankings]
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A.
WBSC Baseball World Rankings
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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B.
WBSC Baseball5 World Rankings
The WBSC Baseball5 World Rankings are the official global standings system that evaluates and orders national teams in the Baseball5 discipline based on their performance in international competitions.
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C.
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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D.
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tournament organized by the IBAF that served for decades as the sport’s premier global competition before being superseded by the World Baseball Classic.
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E.
WBSC Baseball5 World Cup
The WBSC Baseball5 World Cup is the official global championship for the fast-paced, five-on-five urban discipline of baseball known as Baseball5, featuring national teams from around the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: WBSC Softball World Rankings Target entity description: The WBSC Softball World Rankings are the official global standings that rate national softball teams based on their performance in international competitions.
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A.
WBSC Baseball World Rankings
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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B.
WBSC Baseball5 World Rankings
The WBSC Baseball5 World Rankings are the official global standings system that evaluates and orders national teams in the Baseball5 discipline based on their performance in international competitions.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
WBSC Baseball5 World Cup
The WBSC Baseball5 World Cup is the official global championship for the fast-paced, five-on-five urban discipline of baseball known as Baseball5, featuring national teams from around the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
softball ranking
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sports ranking system ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
junior national teams
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men's national teams ⓘ national softball teams ⓘ senior national teams ⓘ women's national teams ⓘ |
| basedOn |
performance in Olympic Games softball tournaments
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performance in WBSC Softball World Cups ⓘ performance in continental championships ⓘ performance in multi-sport events ⓘ performance in world championships ⓘ results in WBSC-sanctioned international competitions ⓘ |
| category |
U-18 softball rankings
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U-23 softball rankings ⓘ men's softball rankings ⓘ women's softball rankings ⓘ |
| dataSource | WBSC-recognized international softball events ⓘ |
| geographicCoverage | worldwide ⓘ |
| governingBodyAcronym | WBSC ⓘ |
| hasCriterion |
importance of event
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number of participating teams ⓘ recency of results ⓘ stage reached in tournament ⓘ |
| hasFormat | ranked list of countries ⓘ |
| includes |
continental confederation
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ranking points ⓘ ranking position ⓘ team name ⓘ |
| language |
English
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Japanese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | World Baseball Softball Confederation ⓘ |
| objective |
to provide an official measure of national softball team performance
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to reflect long-term consistency in international softball ⓘ |
| partOf |
WBSC Softball World Rankings
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
WBSC world rankings
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| publisher | World Baseball Softball Confederation official website ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
WBSC
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WBSC Baseball World Rankings ⓘ |
| scope | international ⓘ |
| sport | softball ⓘ |
| updateFrequency | periodic ⓘ |
| updateMethod | automatic calculation from official results ⓘ |
| usedFor |
development planning by national federations
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evaluation of national softball programs ⓘ media reference for team strength ⓘ seeding in international softball tournaments ⓘ |
| uses |
points system
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weighted results over multiple years ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: WBSC Softball World Rankings Description of subject: The WBSC Softball World Rankings are the official global standings that rate national softball teams based on their performance in international competitions.
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this entity surface form:
WBSC world rankings