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Curaçao national baseball team

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Curaçao national baseball team
Information
Country Curaçao
FederationFEBEKO
ConfederationWBSC Americas
ManagerHainley Statia
WBSC ranking
Current 26 Increase 2 (18 December 2023)[1]

The Curaçao national baseball team represents the nation of Curaçao in international competition. It is distinct from the Netherlands national baseball team, though Curaçaoan players are eligible to represent the Netherlands in competitions like the World Baseball Classic. Curaçao has participated independently in minor tournaments such as the Caribbean Baseball Cup and Haarlem Baseball Week (where it competed against the Netherlands in 2022)

Curaçao was previously represented as part of the Netherlands Antilles, a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in senior-level men's international competition, until it was dissolved in 2011.

In 2024, the baseball federations of Curaçao and Aruba announced a partnership to field their own national team, in what some commentators viewed as a split with the Netherlands.[2]

Netherlands Antilles national baseball team

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Netherlands Antilles national baseball team
Information
FederationNetherlands Antillean Baseball Federation
ConfederationPan American Baseball Confederation
World Cup
Appearances12 (first in 1952)
Best result7th (1973)

The Netherlands Antilles team was controlled by the Netherlands Antillean Baseball Federation. Like the Curaçao national team, it was distinct from the Netherlands national baseball team, though for certain tournaments (namely the World Baseball Classic), Dutch Antillean players were eligible to represent the Netherlands.[3] In other tournaments, such as the 1988 Baseball World Cup, both the Netherlands and the Netherlands Antilles competed.

The Dutch Antillean national team was largely composed of players from Curaçao and Aruba, until the latter split off in 1986 to form its own constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Aruba national baseball team would compete against the Netherlands Antilles at the 1991 Pan American Games.

The Netherlands Antilles were represented in twelve Baseball World Cups, making their first appearance at the 1952 Amateur World Series. The team's highest finish was 7th place, at the 1973 Amateur World Series in Cuba.[4]

The Netherlands Antilles was dissolved as a unified political entity on 10 October 2010.[5] Since then, players from the former Dutch Antilles have continued to play on the Netherlands national team for the World Baseball Classic. For minor international competitions, Curaçao has fielded its own national team, as have Bonaire and Sint Maarten.

Competitive record

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Netherlands Antilles

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Baseball World Cup

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Amateur World Series & Baseball World Cup record
Year Result Position Pld W L % RS RA Org.
United Kingdom 1938 Did not enter IBF
Cuba 1939
Cuba 1940
Cuba 1941
Cuba 1942
Cuba 1943
Venezuela 1944 FIBA
Venezuela 1945
Colombia 1947
Nicaragua 1948
Nicaragua 1950
Mexico 1951
Cuba 1952 Single-table tournament 9th 6 2 4 .333
Venezuela 1953 Single-table tournament 9th 10 2 8 .200
Costa Rica 1961 Single-table tournament 8th 4 1 3 .250
Colombia 1965 Single-table tournament 8th 8 2 6 .250
Dominican Republic 1969 Single-table tournament 10th 9 1 8 .111
Colombia 1970 Single-table tournament 8th 11 3 8 .273
Cuba 1971 Single-table tournament 10th 9 0 9 .000
Nicaragua 1972 Did not enter
Cuba 1973 Single-table tournament 7th 14 3 11 .214
Nicaragua 1973 Did not enter FEMBA
United States 1974
Colombia 1976 AINBA
Italy 1978
Japan 1980
South Korea 1982 IBAF
Cuba 1984 Single-table tournament 10th 10 4 6 .400
Netherlands 1986 Single-table tournament 11th 11 2 9 .182
Italy 1988 Group stage 11th 11 1 10 .091 44 115
Canada 1990 Did not qualify
Nicaragua 1994
Italy 1998
Taiwan 2001
Cuba 2003
Netherlands 2005
Taiwan 2007
Italy 2009 Second round 16th 10 2 8 .200 46 115
Panama 2011 Did not qualify
Total 0 Titles 12/38 113 23 90 .200

Curaçao

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Caribbean Baseball Cup

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Haarlem Baseball Week

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  2. ^ Spradling, Shawn [@Shawn_Spradling] (22 July 2024). "The Curaçao and Aruba Baseball Federations have officially announced a partnership with intentions of "participating under a single name in major world tournaments," including the World Baseball Classic" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ "Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Epitome of the Classic". New York Times. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  4. ^ Bjarkman 2005, pp.416–39
  5. ^ "Antillen opgeheven op 10-10-2010" (in Dutch). NOS. 1 October 2009. Archived from the original on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2009.

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