Australia women's national baseball team explained

Country: Australia
Federation:Australian Baseball Federation
Confederation:Baseball Confederation of Oceania
Manager: Jason Pospishil
Ibaf Rank:8th
Wwc Apps:9
Wwc First:2004
Wwc 2Nd Times:1
Wwc 2Nd Most Recent:2010

The Australian women's national baseball team, nicknamed the Emeralds,[1] represents Australia in international women's baseball tournaments and competitions. The team is controlled by the Australian Baseball Federation,[2] which is represented in the Baseball Confederation of Oceania (BCO). They are the only team in Oceania to be formally ranked by the International Baseball Federation (IBAF), and are the 3rd ranked women's baseball team in the world.[3] The Emeralds have been in existence since 2001, when the first ever squad was selected from the 2001 National Women’s Championships, held in Sydney.[4] They compete in the biennial IBAF Women’s Baseball World Cup.

The team has competed at all eight Women's Baseball World Cups, most recently finishing seventh in 2018. The next major tournament will be the 2020 Women's Baseball World Cup.

Roster

2020 World Cup Roster

No Roster was named due to postponement of the World Cup due to the COVID pandemic. The World Cup was originally scheduled for Monterey, Mexico, and then changed to Tijuana, Mexico.

2014 World Cup Roster

Pitchers

Outfield

Infield

Catcher

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2010 World Cup Roster

Coaching staff

World ranking

In August 2009 the International Baseball Federation created a ranking system so that the nations involved in international competition could be compared independently. Teams receive points based on the position they finish at the end of World Cup tournaments. Only results at the previous three tournaments years are used, so points are added and removed over time. Points are also weighted so that more recent tournaments have a greater impact on the rankings. Since the rankings were introduced, two editions have been released, the most recent released after the 2010 World Cup.

When the rankings were first introduced, Australia was listed at 4th position; their lowest since the rankings were introduced. Their best position achieved to date is their current position of 3rd.

 * – When the rankings were first released, the 2008 World Cup was the most recent tournament completed that had any bearing on the rankings themselves.

Women's World Cup

See also: Women's Baseball World Cup.

Of the twelve nations to be represented at the IBAF Women's Baseball World Cup, Australia is one of five teams to have participated in all four of them. To date its best result was in the most recent tournament held in 2010, in which Australia placed 2nd. Previously, the team had finished fourth in each of the tournaments, with medals being shared between Canada, Japan and United States.[9]

At least one Australian has been named to each of the All-Star teams selected at the end of the respective tournaments.

YearRoundPosition
2004Semifinals4th242531
2006Semifinals4th42
2008Group stage4th243630
2010Finals2nd637249
2012Semifinals4th458264
2014Round 23rd424628
2016Round 25th344736
2018Round 17th53
2024Group stage8th233635
TotalFinals9/93230
OpponentTournaments
Met
W - L
Record
Largest VictoryLargest DefeatCurrent
Streak
Score TournamentScore Tournament
42 - 39 - 4 20066 - 1 2010L2
44 - 012 - 0 (F/6) 2008 - W4
22 - 06 - 2 2010 - W2
11 - 022 - 2 (F/5) 2006 - W1
11 - 015 - 0 (F/5) 2008 - W1
42 - 37 - 1 200413 - 3 (F/5) 2010L1
11 - 016 - 3 (F/5) 2010 - W1
41 - 519 - 6 (F/6) 201011 - 1 (F/6) 2008W1
11 - 112 - 2 20108 - 1 2010W1
Overall415 - 12Against Against & L1
22 - 2 (F/5) 200611 - 1 (F/6)
13 - 3 (F/5)
2008
2010

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Baseball Australia.
  2. Web site: Federations | WBSC . 16 May 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160604114305/http://www.wbsc.org/federations/5/baseball/australia/ . 4 June 2016 . dead .
  3. Web site: WBSC - World Baseball Softball Confederation. 16 May 2016. 28 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181028110149/http://www.wbsc.org/rankings/. dead.
  4. Web site: History .
  5. Web site: The Team Players .
  6. Web site: Coaching Staff .
  7. Web site: IBAF Women's World Rankings - Sept. 2010 . 4 September 2010 . 13 September 2010 . International Baseball Federation . PDF.
  8. Web site: IBAF Releases First-Ever Women's World Rankings . 13 August 2009 . 13 August 2009 . International Baseball Federation . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716122147/http://hosting3.sportingpulse.com/www.ibaf.org/index.php?id=10&tx_ttnews%5Bpointer%5D=10&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=311&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=9&cHash=933b406f89 . 16 July 2011 . dead . Men’s rankings also updated, Venezuela enters the top-10 .
  9. Web site: Silver Medal for Australian Women and 3 named in All-Star Team . Australian Baseball Federation . Sedgman . Cassandra . 23 August 2010 . 23 August 2010 .