Colombia national baseball team

Colombia national baseball team
Colombia national baseball team
Information
Country	Colombia
Confederation	WBSC Americas
Manager	José Mosquera
WBSC ranking
Current	13 (18 December 2023)
Highest	11 (first in December 2021)
Lowest	19 (first in December 2012)
Uniforms
Home	Away
World Baseball Classic
Appearances	2 (first in 2017)
Best result	11th (2017)
World Cup
Appearances	18 (first in 1944)
Best result	1st (2: 1947, 1965)
Pan American Games
Appearances	7 (first in 1951)
Best result	1st (2023)

The Colombia national baseball team (Spanish: Selección de béisbol de Colombia) is the national baseball team of Colombia. The team represents Colombia in international competitions.

Colombia has won two international baseball championships, both during the Amateur World Series era (1938-86); the first in 1947, and the second in 1965. In the modern era, it has qualified for the World Baseball Classic twice, in 2017 and 2023, but has yet to make it out of the pool stage.

History

The Colombian national team first participated in the Amateur World Series ― which would become the Baseball World Cup ― in 1944, finishing sixth. It would go on to win the 1947 edition, which it hosted in Barranquilla.^{[citation needed]} Colombia again hosted, and won, in 1965, though the Colombian government notably denied the defending-champion Cuban team entry into the country, due to tensions with Fidel Castro's government.^{[citation needed]}

In 2017, Colombia defeated Spain and Panama to secure their first ever appearance in the World Baseball Classic. The 2017 team was managed by Luis Urueta. Its pitching staff was anchored by Major Leaguers José Quintana and Julio Teheran, and included then-prospects Jorge Alfaro and Gio Urshela. However, the group was placed in the Pool C — meaning its "very tough" competitors would be the United States, the Dominican Republic, and Canada.^[2] Colombia ultimately finished third in the division and did not move on to the second round, though it did manage to defeat Canada 4–1 at Marlins Park in Miami.

The team tried but failed to qualify for the 2020 Olympics at the eight-team Americas Qualifying Event on May 31 through June 5, 2021.

As a participant in the 2017 WBC, Colombia automatically qualified for the expanded 2023 World Baseball Classic. It was placed in a group with the United States, Canada, Mexico, and a fifth team to be determined by qualification.^[3] On July 29, 2022, the team announced that Urueta would return to coach the national team for the WBC.^[4]

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of professional baseball match results currently active in the latest version of the WBSC World Rankings, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.^[5]

Legend

Win Lose Void or postponed Fixture

2019

Pan American Games Q	January 30	Panama	4–10	Colombia	Academia CBBS, Brazil
	15:00 BRT		Boxscore

Pan American Games Q	February 1	Colombia	8–6	Canada	Academia CBBS, Brazil
	11:00 BRT		Boxscore

Pan American Games Q	February 2	Colombia	5–4	Nicaragua	Academia CBBS, Brazil
	15:00 BRT		Boxscore

Pan American Games Q	February 3	Dominican Republic	17–4	Colombia	Academia CBBS, Brazil
	15:00 BRT		Boxscore

Pan American Games GS	July 29	Cuba	1–6	Colombia	Campo de Béisbol, Peru
	10:00 PET		Boxscore		Attendance: 2,456

Pan American Games GS	July 30	Colombia	4–2	Argentina	Campo de Béisbol, Peru
	15:00 PET		Boxscore		Attendance: 1,560

Pan American Games GS	August 1	Colombia	3–10	Canada	Campo de Béisbol, Peru
	10:00 PET		Boxscore		Attendance: 0

Pan American Games SR	August 2	Nicaragua	1–11 (F/7)	Colombia	Campo de Béisbol, Peru
	19:00 PET		Boxscore		Attendance: 1,513

Pan American Games SR	August 3	Puerto Rico	2–1	Colombia	Campo de Béisbol, Peru
	19:00 PET		Boxscore		Attendance: 2,313

Pan American Games 3rd	August 4	Colombia	0–6	Nicaragua	Campo de Béisbol, Peru
	11:00 PET		Boxscore		Attendance: 0

2022

Bolivarian Games RR	June 30	Peru	0–8	Colombia	Estadio Calamar, Colombia
	17:00 COT		Boxscore

Bolivarian Games RR	July 1	Dominican Republic	11–4	Colombia	Estadio Calamar, Colombia
	17:00 COT		Boxscore

Bolivarian Games RR	July 2	Colombia	10–0 (F/6)	Venezuela	Estadio Calamar, Colombia
	17:00 COT		Boxscore

Bolivarian Games RR	July 3	Colombia	8–0	Peru	Estadio Calamar, Colombia
	17:00 COT		Boxscore

Bolivarian Games RR	July 4	Colombia	2–6	Dominican Republic	Estadio Calamar, Colombia
	17:00 COT		Boxscore

Bolivarian Games RR	July 5	Venezuela	7–1	Colombia	Estadio Calamar, Colombia
	12:00 COT		Boxscore

2023

World Baseball Classic GS	March 11	Colombia	5–4 (F/10)	Mexico	Chase Field, United States
	12:00 MT	WP: Guillermo Zuñiga (1–0) HR: Reynaldo Rodríguez (1)	Boxscore	LP: Jesús Cruz (0–1) HR: Randy Arozarena (1)	Attendance: 28,497 Umpires: HP: Cory Blaser. 1B: Edwin Louisa. 2B: Doug Eddings. 3B: Jairo Mendoza

World Baseball Classic GS	March 13	Colombia	5–7	Great Britain	Chase Field, United States
	12:00 MT	LP: Yapson Gomez (0–1) HR: Dilson Herrera (1)	Boxscore	WP: Graham Spraker (1–0) Sv: Ian Gibaut (1) HR: Harry Ford (2)	Attendance: 10,416 Umpires: HP – Jhonatan Biarreta, 1B – Cory Blaser, 2B – Felix Tejada, 3B – Doug Eddings

World Baseball Classic GS	March 14	Canada	5–0	Colombia	Chase Field, United States
	12:00 MT	WP: Noah Skirrow (1–0) HR: Otto Lopez (1)	Boxscore	LP: Adrian Almeida (0–1)	Attendance: 10,571 Umpires: HP: Doug Eddings. 1B: Alan Porter. 2B: Jairo Mendoza. 3B: Edwin Louisa

World Baseball Classic GS	March 15	United States	3–2	Colombia	Chase Field, United States
	19:00 MT	WP: Kendall Graveman (1–0) Sv: Ryan Pressly (1)	Boxscore	LP: Ruben Galindo (0–1)	Attendance: 29,856 Umpires: HP – Alan Porter, 1B – Bill Miller, 2B – Jairo Mendoza, 3B – Roberto Peralta

Current roster

Colombia roster - 2023 World Baseball Classic

Players

Coaches

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Jolbert Cabrera

Coaches

Orlando Cabrera (assistant)
Jorge Cortes (hitting)
Jair Fernández (third base)
Walter Miranda (pitching)
José Mosquera (bench)
Ronald Ramírez (first base)
Édgar Rentería (assistant)

International tournaments

World Baseball Classic

World Baseball Classic record								Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	W	L	RS	RA		W	L	RS	RA
2006	Did not enter							No qualifiers held
2009	Did not enter							No qualifiers held
2013	Did not qualify							1	2	16	17
2017	Pool Stage	11th	1	2	9	14	3	0	17	6
2023	Pool Stage	18th	1	3	12	19	Automatically qualified
Total	Pool Stage	2/5	2	5	21	33	4	2	33	23

Baseball World Cup

1945 : 2nd
1947 : 1st
1948 : 3rd
1965 : 1st
1970 : 4th
1971 : 2nd
1973 : 4th
1974 : 3rd

Pan American Games

1971 : 3rd
2015 : 7th
2019 : 4th
2023 : 1st

Intercontinental Cup

1975 : 8th
1977 : 5th

U-23 Baseball World Cup

Bronze: 2021

References

^ "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ Oz, Mike (24 February 2017). "World Baseball Classic 2017: Can two star pitchers make Colombia a surprise team?". Yahoo!Sports. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^ Axisa, Mike (7 July 2022). "World Baseball Classic releases schedule, venues, team pools ahead of 2023 return". CBS Sports. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^ Acosta, Sebastian (29 July 2022). "Colombia define a su manager para el Clásico Mundial de Beisbol 2023" (in Spanish). Con Las Bases Llenas. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^ "Colombia in the WBSC Ranking (Men's baseball)". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 12 August 2021.

[WBSC_World_Rankings-1] "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

[2] Oz, Mike (24 February 2017). "World Baseball Classic 2017: Can two star pitchers make Colombia a surprise team?". Yahoo!Sports. Retrieved 8 August 2022.

[3] Axisa, Mike (7 July 2022). "World Baseball Classic releases schedule, venues, team pools ahead of 2023 return". CBS Sports. Retrieved 8 August 2022.

[4] Acosta, Sebastian (29 July 2022). "Colombia define a su manager para el Clásico Mundial de Beisbol 2023" (in Spanish). Con Las Bases Llenas. Retrieved 8 August 2022.

[5] "Colombia in the WBSC Ranking (Men's baseball)". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 12 August 2021.

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v t e Colombia national baseball team — managers
World Baseball Classic	Urueta (2017) Cabrera (2023)
IBAF / FIBA / WBSC	Lantigua Flórez Chacón Pacheco Torres Valencia Ramírez Horta Pérez Urueta Fernández Cortés Mosquera

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Competitions	Colombian Professional Baseball League
Hosted events	Amateur World Series 1947 1965 1970 1976 1971 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games 1946 1978 2006 2018 Bolivarian Games 1938 1961 2017 2022 Latin American Series 2014 2017
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