Curaçao national baseball team explained

Curaçao national baseball team
Federation:FEBEKO
Confederation:WBSC Americas
Manager:Hainley Statia

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.[1]

Netherlands Antilles national baseball team

Netherlands Antilles national baseball team
Federation:Netherlands Antillean Baseball Federation
Confederation:Pan American Baseball Confederation
Wc Apps:12
Wc First:1952
Wc Best:7th (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.[2] 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.[3]

The Netherlands Antilles was dissolved as a unified political entity on 10 October 2010.[4] 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

Netherlands Antilles

Baseball World Cup

See main article: Baseball World Cup.

Amateur World Series & Baseball World Cup record
YearResultPosition
1938Did not enterIBF
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944FIBA
1945
1947
1948
1950
1951
1952Single-table tournament9th624
1953Single-table tournament9th1028
1961Single-table tournament8th413
1965Single-table tournament8th826
1969Single-table tournament10th918
1970Single-table tournament8th1138
1971Single-table tournament10th909
1972Did not enter
1973Single-table tournament7th14311
1973Did not enterFEMBA
1974
1976AINBA
1978
1980
1982IBAF
1984Single-table tournament10th1046
1986Single-table tournament11th1129
1988Group stage11th1111044115
1990Did not qualify
1994
1998
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009Second round16th102846115
2011Did not qualify
Total0 Titles12/381132390

Curaçao

Caribbean Baseball Cup

See main article: Caribbean Baseball Cup.

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Haarlem Baseball Week

See main article: Haarlem Baseball Week.

 

See also

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Shawn_Spradling. July 22, 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.. Shawn. Spradling. 1815592302124892372.
  2. News: Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Epitome of the Classic . 18 September 2024 . New York Times . 18 March 2013.
  3. [#refBjarkman|Bjarkman 2005]
  4. News: Antillen opgeheven op 10-10-2010 . NOS . 1 October 2009 . 1 October 2009 . nl . 4 October 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091004012255/http://www.nos.nl/nosjournaal/artikelen/2009/10/1/011009_antillen.html . dead .