| BCL Americas | |
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| Organizer: | WBSC Americas |
| Region: | North America and the Caribbean |
| Sport: | Baseball |
| Founded: | 2023 |
| Champion: |  Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks (1st title) |
| Related Comps: | Caribbean Series |
The Baseball Champions League Americas, or BCL Americas, is an annual international baseball tournament organized by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). It is contested by the champion teams of various leagues in North America and the Caribbean, similar to the Caribbean Series (which is not WBSC-sanctioned).
It is played as a single round-robin tournament, with the first and second-place teams playing against each other in a final championship game.[1] The tournament began as a four-team invitational, but is expected to expand to an eight-team league format by 2028.[2]
The inaugural tournament was held in 2023 in Mérida, Mexico.[3] It was won by the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks of the American Association.[4]
While the Caribbean Series is generally limited to Latin American winter league teams, BCL Americas includes the champions of the top-level independent (i.e. not affiliated with Major League Baseball) summer leagues in Mexico and the United States.
| Country | League | First edition | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cuban National Series | 2023 | ||
| Colombian Professional Baseball League | 2023 | ||
| Mexican League | 2023 | ||
| American Association of Professional Baseball | 2023 |
Cuba and Colombia had previously participated in the Caribbean Series, but both were dropped after the 2023 edition of the tournament.[5] [6]