Cuba national baseball team
Cuba national baseball team | |
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1939) | |
Best result | 1st (25 times, most recent in 2005) |
Intercontinental Cup | |
Appearances | 13 (first in 1979) |
Best result | 1st (10 times, most recent in 2006) |
Pan American Games | |
Appearances | 16 (first in 1951) |
Best result | 1st (12 times, most recent in 2007) |
The Cuba national baseball team (
Current squad
Cuba roster - 2023 World Baseball Classic | ||||
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Pitchers
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Catchers Infielders
Outfielders
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Manager Coaches
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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.[4]
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Win Lose Void or postponed Fixture
2019
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 | Canada | 8–6 | Cuba | Campo de Béisbol, Peru |
19:00 PET | Boxscore | Attendance: 1,123 |
Pan American Games GS | July 31 | Cuba | 10–0 (F/7) | Argentina | Campo de Béisbol, Peru |
15:00 PET | Boxscore | Attendance: 987 |
Pan American Games 5th | August 3 | Dominican Republic | 10–9 (F/10) | Cuba | Campo de Béisbol, Peru |
15:00 PET | Boxscore | Attendance: 2,415 |
WBSC Premier12 GS | November 6 | Canada | 3–0 | Cuba | Gocheok Dome, South Korea |
12:00 KST | Boxscore | Attendance: 250 |
WBSC Premier12 GS | November 7 | Australia | 2–3 | Cuba | Gocheok Dome, South Korea |
12:00 KST | Boxscore | Attendance: 252 |
WBSC Premier12 GS | November 8 | Cuba | 0–7 | South Korea | Gocheok Dome, South Korea |
19:00 KST | Boxscore | Attendance: 13,600 |
2021
Caribbean Cup GS | June 26 | Cuba | 14–7 | Curaçao
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Daou Ballpark, Curaçao |
20:00 AST | Boxscore |
Caribbean Cup GS | June 27 | Cuba | 9–1 | Peru | Daou Ballpark, Curaçao |
15:00 AST | Boxscore |
Caribbean Cup GS | June 28 | U.S. Virgin Islands | Void | Cuba | Daou Ballpark, Curaçao |
15:00 AST | Boxscore |
Caribbean Cup GS | June 30 | Curaçao
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0–7 | Cuba | Daou Ballpark, Curaçao |
20:00 AST | Boxscore |
Caribbean Cup GS | July 1 | Cuba | Void | U.S. Virgin Islands | Daou Ballpark, Curaçao |
15:00 AST | Boxscore |
Caribbean Cup GS | July 2 | Peru | 0–13 | Cuba | Daou Ballpark, Curaçao |
15:00 AST | Boxscore |
Caribbean Cup F | July 3 | Curaçao
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4–3 | Cuba | Daou Ballpark, Curaçao |
20:00 AST | Boxscore |
2022
Haarlem Week GS | July 9 | Netherlands | 5–1 | Cuba | Mulier Stadium, Netherlands |
19:30 CET | Boxscore |
Haarlem Week GS | July 10 | Cuba | 3–4 | Japan | Mulier Stadium, Netherlands |
19:30 CET | Boxscore |
Haarlem Week GS | July 11 | Cuba | 0–2 | United States | Mulier Stadium, Netherlands |
19:30 CET | Boxscore |
Haarlem Week GS | July 12 | Curaçao
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1–0 | Cuba | Mulier Stadium, Netherlands |
15:30 CET | Boxscore |
Haarlem Week GS | July 13 | Italy | 2–0 | Cuba | Mulier Stadium, Netherlands |
12:00 CET | Boxscore |
Haarlem Week 5th | July 14 | Cuba | 5–1 | Italy | Mulier Stadium, Netherlands |
12:00 CET | Boxscore |
Caribbean Cup GS | December 5 | Cuba | 9–0 | U.S. Virgin Islands | Bahamas
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15:00 ET | Boxscore |
Caribbean Cup GS | December 6 | Puerto Rico | 6–0 | Cuba | Bahamas
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19:00 ET | Boxscore |
Caribbean Cup GS | December 7 | Bahamas | 3–9 | Cuba | Bahamas
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19:00 ET | Boxscore |
Caribbean Cup GS | December 8 | Cuba | 8–7 | Curaçao
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Bahamas
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15:00 ET | Boxscore |
Caribbean Cup SF | December 10 | Curaçao
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2–4 | Cuba | Bahamas
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14:00 ET | Boxscore |
Caribbean Cup F | December 11 | Cuba | 4–9 | Puerto Rico | Bahamas
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17:00 ET | Boxscore |
2023
World Baseball Classic GS | March 8 | Cuba | 2–4 | Netherlands | Taichung Stadium, Taiwan |
12:00 NST | LP: Onelki García (0–1) |
Boxscore | WP: Eric Méndez (1–0) Sv: Wendell Floranus (1) |
Attendance: 6,501 Umpires: HP – Nic Lentz, 1B – Shoji Arisumi, 2B – Dan Iassogna, 3B – Serge Makouchetev |
World Baseball Classic GS | March 9 | Italy | 6–3 (F/10) | Cuba | Taichung Stadium, Taiwan |
19:00 NST | Matthew Festa (1–0) |
Boxscore | LP: Raidel Martínez (0–1) |
Attendance: 6,217 Umpires: HP: Ki Talk Park, 1B: Mark Carlson, 2B: Chris Segal, 3B: Serge Makouchetcher |
World Baseball Classic GS | March 10 | Cuba | 13–4 | Panama | Taichung Stadium, Taiwan |
12:00 NST | WP: Miguel Romero (1–0) |
Boxscore | LP: Matt Hardy (0–1) HR: Rubén Tejada (1) |
Attendance: 7,023 Umpires: HP - Dan Iassogna, 1B - Serge Makouchetev, 2B - Mark Carlson, 3B - Trent Thomas |
World Baseball Classic GS | March 12 | Chinese Taipei | 1–7 | Cuba | Taichung Stadium, Taiwan |
12:00 NST | LP: Shih-Peng Chen (0–1) |
Boxscore | WP: Elian Leyva (1–0) HR: Erisbel Arruebarrena (1), Yoán Moncada (1) |
Attendance: 18,852 Umpires: HP – Nic Lentz, 1B – Ki Talk Park, 2B – Larry Vanover, 3B – Shoji Arisumi |
World Baseball Classic QF | March 15 | Australia | 3–4 | Cuba | Tokyo Dome, Japan |
19:00 NST | LP: Josh Guyer (0–1) HR: Rixon Wingrove (1) |
Boxscore | WP: Miguel Romero (2–0) Sv: Raidel Martínez (1) |
Attendance: 35,061 Umpires: HP – Adam Hamari, 1B – Cuti Suárez, 2B – Laz Díaz, 3B – Delfin Colon |
World Baseball Classic SF | March 19 | Cuba | 2–14 | United States | loanDepot Park, United States |
19:00 ET | LP: Roenis Elías |
Boxscore | WP: Adam Wainwright HR: Paul Goldschmidt (1), Trea Turner (3), Trea Turner (4), Cedric Mullins (1) |
Attendance: 35,779 Umpires: HP – John Tumpane, 1B – Quinn Wolcott, 2B – Lance Barksdale, 3B – Jong Chui Park, LF – Ramiro Alfaro, RF – Edward Pinales |
World Baseball Classic, Olympics, and IBAF World Cup history
2006 WBC
Cuba competed in the inaugural 2006 World Baseball Classic (WBC) tournament, despite the controversy of Cuban involvement and the United States embargo against Cuba. In the final, Cuba lost the gold medal to Japan, 10–6.
2009 WBC
This was the second time Cuba competed at the 2009 WBC Pool B stage, at Foro Sol in Mexico City. Cuba continued to advance to the second round with wins over South Africa and Australia. Cuba lost to Japan twice in the 2nd round, and were eliminated.
They last were eliminated before the start of the final stage of any international tournament in 1951.[citation needed]
2013 WBC
This was the third time Cuba competed at the
2017 WBC
At the 2017 World Baseball Classic, Cuban hitters Frederich Cepeda and Alfredo Despaigne had the distinction in WBC history to be the only players that each hit six home runs in their careers in the WBC.[5]
The team had a 2–1 record in the first round.[6][7] It was led by slugger Despaigne, who took over as the all-time WBC home-run leader.[3]
Cuba advanced into the second round, where it lost its first game to undefeated Pool A winner Team Israel.[6][8][9][10] Former Major League starting pitcher Jason Marquis (in 5.2 innings) and three Team Israel relief pitchers (including Brad Goldberg and Josh Zeid, who both threw 96 mph fastballs) kept Cuba to five hits and one run, a homer by Despaigne, who became the all-time World Baseball Classic home run leader.[11][12][13] Pool A MVP catcher Ryan Lavarnway had two hits for Israel.[11] Cuba went on to lose all 3 games they played and failed to advance to the championship round.
Olympics
Cuba has been the most successful national team at the Olympics bringing home three gold medals and two silver medals. They have the distinction of being one of two nations to compete in the first five baseball contests at the Summer Olympic Games since it has been an event that started at the Olympic.
On June 1, 2021, Cuba was eliminated from qualification for the 2020 Olympics, marking their first failure to qualify for the games.[14]
IBAF World Cup
2009 IBAF World Cup
Cuba was originally slated to host the
- Group A (hosted by the Czech Republic in Prague): Czech Republic, Australia, Chinese Taipei and Mexico
- Group B (hosted by Spain in Barcelona): Spain, Cuba, Puerto Rico and South Africa
- Group C (hosted by Sweden in Stockholm): Sweden, Canada, South Korea and Netherlands Antilles
- Group D (hosted by Russia in Moscow): Russia, France/Great Britain, Japan and Nicaragua
- Group E (hosted by Germany in Regensburg): Germany, China, U.S. and Venezuela[16]
International tournament results
World Baseball Classic
World Baseball Classic record | Qualification record | |||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | W | L | RS | RA | W | L | RS | RA | ||
2006 | Final | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 44 | 43 | No qualifiers held | |||||
2009 | Quarter Finals | 6th | 4 | 2 | 36 | 24 | No qualifiers held | |||||
2013 | Quarter finals | 5th | 4 | 2 | 45 | 18 | Automatically qualified | |||||
2017 | Quarter Finals | 7th | 2 | 4 | 23 | 40 | Automatically qualified | |||||
2023 | Semifinals | 4th | 3 | 3 | 31 | 32 | Automatically qualified | |||||
Total | Runners-up | 5/5 | 18 | 14 | 179 | 157 | - | - | - | - |
Olympics
Baseball World Cup
- Gold: 1939, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1961, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2005
- Silver: 1941, 2007, 2009, 2011
- Bronze: 1944, 1951
Intercontinental Cup
- Gold: 2006
- Silver: 1981, 1997, 1999
Pan American Games
- Gold: 1951, 1963, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007
- Silver: 1967
- Bronze: 2011, 2015
Central American & Caribbean Games
- Gold: 1926, 1930, 1935, 1938, 1950, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1998, 2006, 2014
- Silver: 1982, 2018
- Bronze: 1946
See also
References
- ^ a b "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "Baseball World Cup big news in Cuba, no matter the outcome". CNN. 2009-09-28.
- ^ a b "World Baseball Classic: Israel continues to shock the world, beats Cuba 4-1," Haaretz.
- ^ "Cuba in the WBSC Ranking (Men's baseball)". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "Blue-and-white takes on Cuba in Tokyo," The Jerusalem Post.
- ^ a b Cuba Qualifies for Second Round in WBC | Escambray
- ^ Cuba tops Australia, reaches second round of World Baseball Classic
- ^ "Despaigne's grand slam sends Cuba to second round of WBC," The Japan Times.
- ^ "World Baseball Classic roundup: Dominican Republic cruises" | SI.com
- ^ Cuba vs. Israel Wrapup | 03/11/17 | World Baseball Classic
- ^ a b "Israel beats Cuba to stay unbeaten in WBC '17". Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- ^ "Jason Marquis on dominant run in WBC '17". Archived from the original on 13 March 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- ^ "Josh Zeid leading Israel's strong bullpen". Archived from the original on 13 March 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- ^ "Cuba fails to qualify for Olympic baseball for first time". OlympicTalk. NBC Sports. June 2, 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "IBAF announces groups for first round of 2009 Baseball World Cup" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-24. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
- ^ "IBAF World Cup 2009 in Europe". Archived from the original on 2009-03-24. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
External links
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