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This article contains lists of achievements in major senior-level international baseball and softball tournaments according to first-place, second-place and third-place results obtained by teams representing different nations. The objective is not to create combined medal tables; the focus is on listing the best positions achieved by teams in major international tournaments, ranking the nations according to the most number of podiums accomplished by teams of these nations.

Results

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For the making of these lists, results from following major international tournaments were consulted:

Form Governing body Tournament Edition
First Latest Next
Baseball WBSC (formerly IBAF) & IOC Men's Baseball at the Summer Olympics (quadrennially[a]) 1992 2008 2020
WBSC (formerly IBAF) Men's World Baseball Classic (quadrennially) 2006 2017 2021
Men's WBSC Premier12 (quadrennially) 2015 2019 2023
Men's Baseball World Cup (biennially) 1938 2011 Defunct
Women's Baseball World Cup (biennially) 2004 2018 2020
Softball WBSC (formerly ISF) & IOC Women's Softball at the Summer Olympics (quadrennially[a]) 1996 2008 2020
WBSC (formerly ISF) Men's Softball World Championship (biennially) 1966 2019 2021
Women's Softball World Championship (biennially) 1965 2018 2020

Medals for the demonstration events are NOT counted. Medals earned by athletes from defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are NOT merged with the results achieved by their immediate successor states. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) do NOT combine medals of these nations or teams.[1]

The tables are pre-sorted by total number of first-place results, second-place results and third-place results, then most first-place results, second-place results, respectively. When equal ranks are given, nations are listed in alphabetical order.

Baseball and softball

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Men and women

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Last updated after the 2023 World Baseball Classic (As of 21 March 2023)
Baseball Softball Number of
Olympic Games World Baseball Classic Premier12 World Cup Olympic Games World Championship
Rk. Nation Men Men Men Men Women Women Men Women 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1  United States 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 1 0 8
2  Japan 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 2 0 8
3  Australia 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 3 0 5
4  Canada 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1 2 2 5
5  South Korea 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 1 0 4
6  Venezuela 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1 1 2 4
7  Chinese Taipei 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 0 4 0 4
8  Mexico 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 0 2 2 4
9  Cuba 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 1 0 3
10  Dominican Republic 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 0 1 3
11  New Zealand 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 0 0 2
12  Puerto Rico 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 1 0 2
13  China 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 0 2 0 2
14  Argentina 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 0 0 1
14  Colombia 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 0 0 1
14  Great Britain 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 0 0 1
14  Netherlands 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 0 0 1
18  Nicaragua 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 0 1 0 1
18  Panama 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 0 1 0 1
20  Bahamas 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 0 0 1 1
20  Philippines 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 0 0 1 1

Men

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Last updated after the 2019 WBSC Premier12 (As of 31 December 2019)
Baseball Softball Number of
Olympic Games World Baseball Classic Premier12 World Cup World Championship
Rk. Nation Men Men Men Men Men 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1  United States 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 1 0 5
2  Japan 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 3 0 5
3  South Korea 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 1 0 4
4  Cuba 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 1 0 3
5  Venezuela 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1 1 1 3
6  Mexico 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 0 2 1 3
7  Dominican Republic 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 0 0 2
8  Australia 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 1 0 2
8  Puerto Rico 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 1 0 2
10  Canada 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 0 1 2
11  Chinese Taipei 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 0 2 0 2
12  Argentina 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 0 0 1
12  Colombia 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 0 0 1
12  Great Britain 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 0 0 1
12  Netherlands 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 0 0 1
12  New Zealand 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 0 0 1
17  Nicaragua 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 0 1 0 1
17  Panama 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 0 1 0 1
19  Bahamas 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 0 0 1 1

Women

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Last updated after the 2018 Women's Baseball World Cup (As of 31 December 2019)
Baseball Softball Number of
World Cup Olympic Games World Championship
Rk. Nation Women Women Women 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1  Japan 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 0 0 3
1  United States 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 0 0 3
3  Australia 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 2 0 3
4  Canada 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 0 2 0 2
4  China 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 0 2 0 2
4  Chinese Taipei 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 0 2 0 2
7  New Zealand 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 0 0 1
8  Philippines 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 0 0 1 1
8  Venezuela 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 0 0 1 1

Baseball

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Last updated after the 2019 WBSC Premier12 (As of 31 December 2019)
Baseball Number of
Olympic Games World Baseball Classic Premier12 World Cup
Rk. Nation Men Men Men Men Women 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1  United States 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 1 0 5
2  Japan 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 2 0 5
3  South Korea 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 1 0 4
4  Cuba 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 1 0 3
5  Venezuela 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1 0 2 3
6  Chinese Taipei 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 0 3 0 3
7  Dominican Republic 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 0 0 2
8  Puerto Rico 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 1 0 2
9  Australia 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 0 2 0 2
10  Canada 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 0 1 1 2
10  Mexico 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 0 1 1 2
12  Colombia 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 0 0 1
12  Great Britain 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 0 0 1
12  Netherlands 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 0 0 1
15  Nicaragua 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 0 1 0 1
15  Panama 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 0 1 0 1

Softball

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Last updated after the 2019 WBSC Premier12 (As of 31 December 2019)
Softball Number of
Olympic Games World Championship
Rk. Nation Women Men Women 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1  United States 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 0 0 3
2  Australia 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 1 0 3
2  Japan 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 1 0 3
4  New Zealand 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 0 0 2
5  Canada 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1 1 0 2
6  China 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 0 2 0 2
7  Argentina 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 0 0 1
8  Chinese Taipei 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 0 1 0 1
8  Mexico 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 0 1 0 1
8  Venezuela 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 0 1 0 1
11  Bahamas 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 0 0 1 1
11  Philippines 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 0 0 1 1

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Baseball and softball were removed from the program for the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, but were added for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

References

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General

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Official results

Specific

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  1. ^ "Olympic Results, Gold Medalists and Official Records". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
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