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tournament organized by the IBAF that served for decades as the sport’s premier global competition before being superseded by the World Baseball Classic.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Baseball World Cup canonical | 15 |
| Americas Baseball World Cup qualifiers | 1 |
| Baseball World Cup champions 1973 | 1 |
| IBAF World Cup | 1 |
| Intercontinental Cup (baseball) | 1 |
| WBSC Baseball World Cup | 1 |
| World Cup of Baseball | 1 |
Statements (48)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Intercontinental Cup (baseball)
this entity surface form:
WBSC Baseball World Cup
this entity surface form:
IBAF World Cup
this entity surface form:
Baseball World Cup champions 1973
this entity surface form:
Americas Baseball World Cup qualifiers