Venezuela national baseball team

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Venezuela national baseball team
Country	Venezuela
Federation	Federación Venezolana de Béisbol
Confederation	COPABE
Manager	Luis Sojo
World Baseball Classic
Appearances	2 (First in 2006)
Best result	3rd
World Cup
Appearances	18 (First in 1940)
Best result	1st (1941, 1944 & 1945)
Intercontinental Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 1973)
Best result	6th (2002)
Pan American Games
Appearances	3 (First in 1955)
Best result	1st (1959)

The Venezuela national baseball team is the national team of Venezuela.

Contents 1 Uniforms 2 World Baseball Classic 3 2009 IBAF World Cup 4 Placings 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Uniforms

[edit] World Baseball Classic

In June 2005, Major League Baseball announced the formation of the World Baseball Classic, a sixteen nation international competition to be held in March of 2006 for the first time. The team Venezuela sent to the 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classic included Venezuelan players from Major League Baseball. A player is eligible to participate on a WBC national team if:

• The player is a citizen of the nation the team represents.
• The player is qualified for citizenship or to hold a passport under the laws of a nation represented by a team, but has not been granted citizenship or been issued a passport, then the player may be made eligible by WBCI upon petition by the player or team.
• The player is a permanent legal resident of the nation or territory the team represents.
• The player was born in the nation or territory the team represents.
• The player has one parent who is, or if deceased was, a citizen of the nation the team represents.
• The player has one parent who was born in the nation or territory the team represents.^[1]

Venezuela competed in the 2009 World Baseball Classic, playing its opening games in Pool C, in Toronto. The Venezuelans secured advancement out of Pool C with a pair of resounding wins over Italy. Along the way, Venezuela also lost a 15-6 slugfest against the United States.^[2]

• 2006 - 7th place
• 2009 - 3rd place

[edit] 2009 IBAF World Cup

In 2009, Europe will host the IBAF World Cup. It will mark the first time in history the Baseball World Cup will not be hosted by a certain country, but rather a whole continent. The 2009 Baseball World Cup will take place from September 9-27. Seven European countries will host and participant in the tournament of 22 teams. The event will be made up of five groups consisting of four teams each, for a total of 20 teams. Italy (Bollate, Bologna, Codogno, Florence, Macerata, Milano, Parma, Piacenza, Reggio Emilia, Rimini, San Marino, Torino, Trieste, Verona & Vicenza) and Netherlands (Rotterdam, Haarlem & Amsterdam) serve as hosts of the sixteen teams of the second round (September 14-20), and therefore receive first round byes. The groups are as follows:^[3]

• Group A (hosted by the Czech Republic in Prague): Czech Republic, Australia, Chinese Taipei & Mexico
• Group B (hosted by Spain in Barcelona): Spain, Cuba, Puerto Rico & South Africa
• Group C (hosted by Sweden in Stockholm): Sweden, Canada, Korea & Netherlands Antilles
• Group D (hosted by Russia in Moscow): Russia, France/Great Britain, Japan & Nicaragua
• Group E (hosted by Germany in Regensburg): Germany, China, U.S.A. & Venezuela^[4]

[edit] Placings

World Baseball Classic

• 2006 : 7th
• 2009 : 3rd

Baseball World Cup

1940 : 4th 1941 : 1st 1942 : 3rd 1943 : did not qualify 1944 : 1st 1945 : 1st 1947 : 5th 1948 : did not qualify 1950 : 3rd 1951 : 2nd 1952 : 6th

1953 : 2nd 1961 : 3rd 1965 : did not qualify 1969 : 4th 1970 : 6th 1971 : did not qualify 1972 : did not qualfiy 1973 : 3rd 1974 : did not qualify 1976 : did not qualify 1978 : did not qualify

1980 : 7th 1982 : did not qualify 1984 : 9th 1986 : 7th 1988 : did not qualify 1990 : 12th 1994 : did not qualify 1998 : did not qualify 2001 : did not qualify 2003 : did not qualify 2005 : did not qualify

Pan American Games

• 1955 : 3rd
• 1959 : 1st
• 1975 : 3rd

Intercontinental Cup

1973 : did not qualify 1975 : did not qualify 1977 : 9th 1979 : did not qualify 1981 : did not qualify 1983 : did not qualify

1985 : did not qualify 1987 : did not qualify 1989 : did not qualify 1991 : did not qualify 1993 : did not qualify 1995 : did not qualify

1997 : did not qualify 1999 : did not qualify 2002 : 6th 2006 : did not qualify

[edit] See also

• Players from Venezuela in MLB

[edit] References

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v • d • e World Baseball Classic 2006 • 2009 • 2013

v • d • e Venezuela 2006 World Baseball Classic roster 1 Tomás Pérez | 2 Carlos Guillén | 9 Edgardo Alfonzo | 12 Marco Scutaro | 13 Omar Vizquel | 15 Víctor Moreno | 19 Ramón Hernández | 20 Juan Rivera | 21 Henry Blanco | 23 Ricardo Palma | 24 Miguel Cabrera | 27 Carlos Hernández | 28 Giovanni Carrara | 29 Jorge Julio | 30 Magglio Ordóñez | 31 Víctor Zambrano | 34 Freddy García | 36 Tony Armas, Jr. | 37 Francisco Rodriguez | 38 Carlos Zambrano | 39 Gustavo Chacín | 41 Víctor Martínez | 45 Kelvim Escobar | 47 Endy Chávez | 51 Robert Pérez | 52 Carlos Silva | 53 Bobby Abreu | 56 Tony Alvarez | 57 Johan Santana | 63 Rafael Betancourt Manager Luis Sojo

v • d • e Venezuela 2009 World Baseball Classic roster 1 Gerardo Parra | 2 Carlos Guillén | 3 César Izturis | 4 José López | 6 Melvin Mora | 7 Luis Maza | 11 Gregor Blanco | 12 Marco Scutaro | 16 Víctor Moreno | 19 Ramón Hernández | 21 Henry Blanco | 22 Jan Granado | 24 Miguel Cabrera | 30 Magglio Ordóñez | 31 Víctor Zambrano | 39 Yoel Hernández | 40 Armando Galarraga | 43 Ramón Ramirez | 44 Orber Moreno | 47 Endy Chávez | 48 Carlos Vásquez | 51 Max Ramírez | 52 Carlos Silva | 53 Bobby Abreu | 54 Enrique González | 59 Félix Hernández | 63 Iván Blanco | 75 Francisco Rodriguez Manager 8 Luis Sojo | Coach 41 Andrés Galarraga | Coach 20 Tony Armas | Coach 34 Omar Malavé | Coach 5 Oscar Escobar | Coach 10 Roberto Espinoza | Coach 33 Luis Dorante

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