Five rankings are published by the WBSC, they are: Men's Baseball, Women's Baseball, Women's Softball, Men's Softball, and Baseball5.[1]
In January 2009, the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) first published a listing in rank order of its member associations to provide a basis for comparison of the relative strengths of these teams. Though primarily focused on the respective men's senior teams of member nations, the current ranks also include points awarded based on results at the IBAF 'AAA' (Under 18) Junior and 'AA' (Under 16) Youth Championships held during the tracking period. As a result from the merger with softball in 2013, the WBSC is also responsible for ranking international men's and women's softball teams.[2] Beginning in 2015, the rankings also determine which twelve teams participate in the WBSC Premier12 tournament.
WBSC World Men's Ranking Leaders
Date | First | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | |
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31 December 2012 | ||||||
31 December 2014 | ||||||
31 December 2016 | ||||||
25 September 2018 | ||||||
17 December 2018 | ||||||
31 December 2019 | ||||||
18 March 2020 | ||||||
28 June 2021 | ||||||
11 August 2021 | ||||||
31 December 2021 | ||||||
31 December 2022 | ||||||
28 March 2023 | ||||||
15 August 2023 | ||||||
5 October 2023 | ||||||
2 November 2023 | ||||||
18 December 2023 | ||||||
31 December 2023 |
The rankings of November 2023 saw a record 80 nations earning rankings.[3]
Date | First | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth |
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31 December 2014 | |||||
31 December 2016 | |||||
25 September 2018 | |||||
17 December 2018 | |||||
31 December 2019 | |||||
18 March 2020 | |||||
28 June 2021 | |||||
11 August 2021 | |||||
31 December 2021 | |||||
31 December 2022 | |||||
28 March 2023 | |||||
15 August 2023 | |||||
5 October 2023 | |||||
2 November 2023 | |||||
18 December 2023 | |||||
31 December 2023 |
WBSC World Women's Ranking Leaders
Date | First | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | |
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31 December 2016 | ||||||
17 December 2018 | ||||||
31 December 2019 | ||||||
1 January 2020 | ||||||
28 June 2021 | ||||||
11 August 2021 | ||||||
31 December 2021 | ||||||
31 December 2022 | ||||||
12 April 2023 | ||||||
31 July 2023 | ||||||
10 November 2023 | ||||||
31 December 2023 |
Date | First | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | |
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17 December 2018 | ||||||
31 December 2019 | ||||||
28 June 2021 | ||||||
11 August 2021 | ||||||
31 December 2021 | ||||||
31 December 2022 | ||||||
12 April 2023 | ||||||
31 July 2023 | ||||||
10 November 2023 | ||||||
31 December 2023 |
In the wake of the International Olympic Committee's decision to cut baseball from the 2012 Olympics program, the IBAF pushed the growth of women's baseball as to include a women's component in its bid for a reinstatement of the sport in future Olympics. The effort to unify the sports resulted in the merger of the IBAF with the International Softball Federation in 2013 to create the WBSC.[5]
The initial women's baseball rankings were based upon results from past Women's Baseball World Cups. While the calculations of the women's rankings are similar to that of the men's, one main difference is that they are inclusive of the three most recent IBAF Women's Baseball World Cups whereas the men's rankings only include the last two. Points are weighted in favor of the more recent results.[6]
Baseball5 is a mixed-gender sport, with each team of 5 active players having at least 2 players of either gender.
Points are awarded in the men's baseball rankings according to finishes in the Premier12, World Baseball Classic, U-23 Baseball World Cup, U-18 Baseball World Cup, U-15 Baseball World Cup and U-12 Baseball World Cup as follows.[7]
align=left bgcolor=#efefef | Final rank | width=20 | 1 | width=20 | 2 | width=20 | 3 | width=20 | 4 | width=20 | 5 | width=20 | 6 | width=20 | 7 | width=20 | 8 | width=20 | 9 | width=20 | 10 | width=20 | 11 | width=20 | 12 | |
align=left bgcolor=#efefef | Points | width=20 | 1380 | width=20 | 1102 | width=20 | 1004 | width=20 | 906 | width=20 | 808 | width=20 | 710 | width=20 | 612 | width=20 | 514 | width=20 | 416 | width=20 | 318 | width=20 | 220 | width=20 | 122 |
align=left bgcolor=#efefef | Final rank | width=20 | 1 | width=20 | 2 | width=20 | 3 | width=20 | 4 | width=20 | 5 | width=20 | 6 | width=20 | 7 | width=20 | 8 | width=20 | 9 | width=20 | 10 | width=20 | 11 | width=20 | 12 | width=20 | 13 | width=20 | 14 | width=20 | 15 | width=20 | 16 | |
align=left bgcolor=#efefef | Points | width=20 | 1150 | width=20 | 940 | width=20 | 880 | width=20 | 820 | width=20 | 760 | width=20 | 700 | width=20 | 640 | width=20 | 580 | width=20 | 520 | width=20 | 460 | width=20 | 400 | width=20 | 340 | width=20 | 280 | width=20 | 220 | width=20 | 160 | width=20 | 100 |
align=left bgcolor=#efefef | Final rank | width=20 | 1 | width=20 | 2 | width=20 | 3 | width=20 | 4 | width=20 | 5 | width=20 | 6 | width=20 | 7 | width=20 | 8 | width=20 | 9 | width=20 | 10 | width=20 | 11 | width=20 | 12 | |
align=left bgcolor=#efefef | Points | width=20 | 690 | width=20 | 551 | width=20 | 502 | width=20 | 453 | width=20 | 404 | width=20 | 355 | width=20 | 306 | width=20 | 257 | width=20 | 208 | width=20 | 159 | width=20 | 110 | width=20 | 61 |
align=left bgcolor=#efefef | Final rank | width=20 | 1 | width=20 | 2 | width=20 | 3 | width=20 | 4 | width=20 | 5 | width=20 | 6 | width=20 | 7 | width=20 | 8 | width=20 | 9 | width=20 | 10 | width=20 | 11 | width=20 | 12 | |
align=left bgcolor=#efefef | Points | width=20 | 575 | width=20 | 459 | width=20 | 418 | width=20 | 377 | width=20 | 336 | width=20 | 295 | width=20 | 254 | width=20 | 213 | width=20 | 172 | width=20 | 131 | width=20 | 90 | width=20 | 49 |
align=left bgcolor=#efefef | Final rank | width=20 | 1 | width=20 | 2 | width=20 | 3 | width=20 | 4 | width=20 | 5 | width=20 | 6 | width=20 | 7 | width=20 | 8 | width=20 | 9 | width=20 | 10 | width=20 | 11 | width=20 | 12 | |
align=left bgcolor=#efefef | Points | width=20 | 460 | width=20 | 367 | width=20 | 334 | width=20 | 301 | width=20 | 268 | width=20 | 235 | width=20 | 202 | width=20 | 169 | width=20 | 136 | width=20 | 103 | width=20 | 70 | width=20 | 37 |
align=left bgcolor=#efefef | Final rank | width=20 | 1 | width=20 | 2 | width=20 | 3 | width=20 | 4 | width=20 | 5 | width=20 | 6 | width=20 | 7 | width=20 | 8 | width=20 | 9 | width=20 | 10 | width=20 | 11 | width=20 | 12 | |
align=left bgcolor=#efefef | Points | width=20 | 345 | width=20 | 275 | width=20 | 250 | width=20 | 225 | width=20 | 200 | width=20 | 175 | width=20 | 150 | width=20 | 125 | width=20 | 100 | width=20 | 75 | width=20 | 50 | width=20 | 25 |