Baseball World Cup

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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tournament organized by the IBAF that served for decades as the sport’s premier global competition before being superseded by the World Baseball Classic.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international baseball tournament
world championship
abbreviation Baseball World Cup self-linksurface differs
surface form: IBAF World Cup
ageCategory open age
alsoKnownAs Amateur World Series
category international baseball competitions
world championships in baseball
competitionLevel senior
competitionType national team tournament
continent worldwide
defunct true
discontinued 2011
eligibility member federations of IBAF
era 20th century
21st century
firstHeld 1938
format round-robin and knockout
formerFrequency biennial
formerName Amateur World Series
frequency quadrennial
gender men
governingBody International Baseball Federation
governingBodyChange International Baseball Federation
surface form: IBAF merged into WBSC
governingBodySuccessor World Baseball Softball Confederation
governingBodyType international sports federation
historicalSignificance served for decades as baseball’s premier global competition
lastHeld 2011
mostSuccessfulTeam Cuba national baseball team
notableChange lost top-tier status after creation of World Baseball Classic in 2006
numberOfTitlesOfMostSuccessfulTeam 25
organizer IBAF
International Baseball Federation
participantType national teams
predecessorOf World Baseball Classic
primaryRegionOfDominance Cuba
rankingImpact influenced international baseball rankings
ruleSet professional and amateur players allowed in later years
scope global
sport baseball
status defunct
successorFocus professional era global championship
successorTournament Premier12
surface form: WBSC Premier12

World Baseball Classic
supersededBy Premier12
surface form: WBSC Premier12

World Baseball Classic
teamRepresentation countries
national federations
teamType senior national teams

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Baseball World Cup abbreviation Baseball World Cup self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: IBAF World Cup
this entity surface form: WBSC Baseball World Cup
Cuba national baseball team participatesIn Baseball World Cup
Cuba national baseball team participatesIn Baseball World Cup
this entity surface form: Intercontinental Cup (baseball)
World Baseball Classic replacedAsTopEvent Baseball World Cup
WBC replacedCompetition Baseball World Cup
United States national baseball team title Baseball World Cup
this entity surface form: Baseball World Cup champions 1973