WBSC Oceania

WBSC Oceania
Type	Sports organization
Region served	Oceania
Membership	21 member associations
President	Robert Steffy
Parent organization	World Baseball Softball Confederation
Website	www.wbscoceania.org

The WBSC Oceania, formerly known as Baseball Confederation of Oceania (abbreviated as BCO), is the governing body of baseball and softball within Oceania, and is responsible for the Oceania Baseball Championship.

The Baseball Confederation of Oceania was established in 1989, it currently has 14 member nations. Not all member nations are represented in the executive committee which creates conflict within the region. The lesser countries tend not to support regional tournaments which contributes negatively to the growth of the sport in the region.

Ray Brown, the BCO Development Officer, provides support throughout the region.

Since 2006, the BCO has run a Regional Training Centre for aspiring players. Run for approximately 10 days, the RTC is open to players 14-18 who want to perform at a higher level. In 2006, the RTC was held in Auckland, New Zealand. In 2007, it was held in Christchurch, New Zealand.

History

Baseball arrived in most parts of Oceania as a result of Japanese influence prior to and during World War II, and American influence, particularly following the war. The Japanese influenced was most pronounced in Micronesia, particularly Palau.^[1]

The Baseball Confederation of Oceania was established in 1989, it currently has 14 member nations.

The organisation adopted a policy of sharing the rights to hold BCO Tournaments between the northern and southern Oceania areas, on an alternative basis. Either New Zealand or Australia should hold the 18U BCO playoffs in 2015 since Guam held them in 2012. It is likely that New Zealand will hold this tournament due to the cancelling of the 15U tournament which was to be held in Auckland, New Zealand early in 2015. The cancellation was of huge disappointment to the New Zealand Baseball organisation and community. The game in New Zealand is growing significantly, which is important for the overall region and Baseball NZ had organised the local cable television company SkyTV to show some of the games lives to boost the sports profile.

Members

Baseball

Code	Association	National teams	Founded	Membership	IOC member	Note
ASA	American Samoa	(M, W)	1995	Full	Yes	^{[Note 1]}
AUS	Australia	(M, W)	1913	Full	Yes
FIJ	Fiji	(M, W)	2000	Full	Yes
FSM	FS Micronesia	(M, W)		Full	Yes
GUM	Guam	(M, W)	2007	Full	Yes
MHL	Marshall Islands	(M, W)		Full	Yes
NCL	New Caledonia	(M, W)	1993	Full	No	^{[Note 2]}
NZL	New Zealand	(M, W)	1989	Full	Yes
MNP	Northern Mariana Islands	(M, W)		Provisional	No	^{[Note 1]}
PLW	Palau	(M, W)	1999	Full	Yes
PNG	Papua New Guinea	(M, W)		Full	Yes
SOL	Solomon Islands	(M, W)		Full	Yes
TGA	Tonga	(M, W)	2019	Full	Yes

Softball

Code	Association	National teams	Founded	Membership	IOC member	Note
ASA	American Samoa	(M, W)	1985	Full	Yes	^{[Note 1]}
AUS	Australia	(M, W)	2009	Full	Yes
FSM	FS Micronesia	(M, W)		Full	Yes
GUM	Guam	(M, W)		Full	Yes
MHL	Marshall Islands	(M, W)		Full	Yes
NZL	New Zealand	(M, W)	1938	Full	Yes
MNP	Northern Mariana Islands	(M, W)		Provisional	No	^{[Note 1]}
PLW	Palau	(M, W)	2006	Full	Yes
PNG	Papua New Guinea	(M, W)		Full	Yes
SOL	Solomon Islands	(M, W)		Full	Yes
TGA	Tonga	(M, W)	2019	Full	Yes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Unorganized unincorporated territory of the United States.
^ Sui generis collectivity of France.

Competitions

Baseball

Men's^[2]^[3]

Softball

Men's

Men's Softball Oceania Championship

Women's

U-18 Women's Softball Oceania Championship

Current title holders

Baseball
Competition	Year	Host country	Champions	Title	Runners-up	Next edition	Dates
Oceania Baseball Championship	2007	None	Australia	3rd		TBD
U-23 Men's Baseball Oceania Championship	2023	Australia	Australia	2nd	Guam	TBD
U-18 Men's Baseball Oceania Championship	2022	New Zealand	Australia	7th	New Zealand	TBD
U-15 Men's Baseball Oceania Championship	2023	Guam	Guam	2nd	New Zealand	TBD
Softball
Men's Softball Oceania Championship	2023	American Samoa	Australia	1st	New Zealand	TBD
U-18 Women's Softball Oceania Championship	2023	American Samoa	New Zealand	1st	Australia	TBD

WBSC World Rankings

Baseball

WBSC Men's Rankings (as of 18 December 2023)^[4]
Oceania*	WBSC	+/-	National Team	Points
1	11		Australia	2367
2	33	1	Guam	203
3	41	1	New Zealand	113
4	56	2	Northern Mariana Islands	33
5	68		Palau	14
6	75		Fiji	8
7	78		Solomon Islands	3
*Local rankings based on WBSC ranking points

WBSC Women's Rankings (as of 22 September 2023)^[5]
Oceania*	WBSC	+/-	National Team	Points
1	13	5	Australia	264
*Local rankings based on WBSC ranking points

Softball

WBSC Men's Softball Rankings (as of 26 April 2023)^[6]
Oceania*	WBSC	+/-	National Team	Points
1	2	2	Australia	3551
2	7		New Zealand	2280
*Local rankings based on WBSC ranking points

WBSC Women's Rankings (as of 10 November 2023)^[7]
Oceania*	WBSC	+/-	National Team	Points
1	10	3	Australia	1379
2	32	9	New Zealand	241
3	64		American Samoa	5
*Local rankings based on WBSC ranking points

Baseball5

WBSC Baseball5 Rankings (as of 9 August 2024)^[8]
Oceania*	WBSC	+/-	National Team	Points
1	39		Australia	90
*Local rankings based on WBSC ranking points

Historical leaders

Highest Ranked Oceania member in the WBSC Rankings

Men's baseball

Women's baseball

Men's softball

Women's softball

Major tournament records

Legend

1st – Champion
2nd – Runner-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
QF – Quarter-finals
R3 – Round 3 (third group stage)
R2 – Round 2 (second group stage or knockout round)
R1 – Round 1 (first group stage)
• — Did not qualify
× — Did not enter / withdrawn / banned / disqualified
— Hosts

For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

World Baseball Classic

Oceania has sent representatives to the World Baseball Classic five times: Australia competing in all five editions. Of these, only in 2023 did Australia progress beyond the first round.

World Baseball Classic record
Team	2006 (16)	2009 (16)	2013 (16)	2017 (16)	2023 (20)	Years
Australia	R1	R1	R1	R1	QF	5
Total (1 team)	1	1	1	1	1	5

WBSC Premier12

WBSC Premier12 record
Team	2015 (12)	2019 (12)	2024 (12)	Years
Australia	•	R2	Q	2
Total (1 team)	0	1	1	2

Women's Baseball World Cup

Women's Baseball World Cup record
Team	2004 (5)	2006 (7)	2008 (8)	2010 (11)	2012 (8)	2014 (8)	2016 (12)	2018 (12)	2024 (12)	Years
Australia	4th	4th	4th	2nd	4th	3rd	R2	R1	R1	9
Total (1 team)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9

Olympic Games For Men's Baseball

Baseball at the Summer Olympics record
Team	1992 (8)	1996 (8)	2000 (8)	2004 (8)	2008 (8)	2020 (6)	Years
Australia	•	R1 7th	R1 7th	2nd	•	×	3
Total (1 team)	0	1	1	1	0	0	3

Oceania Baseball Championship

Oceania Baseball Championship record
Team	1999 (2)	2003 (2)	2004 (1)	2007 (1)	Years
American Samoa	2nd	×	×	×	2
Australia	×	1st	1st	1st	3
Guam	1st	2nd	×^[a]	×	2
New Zealand	×	×	×	×^[b]	0
Total (3 teams)	2	2	1	1	6

U-21/U-23 Baseball World Cup

U-21/U-23 Baseball World Cup record
Team	2014 (11)	2016 (12)	2018 (12)	2020 (12)	2022 (12)	Years
Australia	R2 6th	2nd	R1 9th	•	R2 6th	4
New Zealand	R1 10th	•	•	•	•	1
Total (2 teams)	2	1	1	0	1	5

World Junior Baseball Championship/U-18 Baseball World Cup

World Junior Baseball Championship/U-18 Baseball World Cup record
Team	1981 (11)	1982	1983	1984 (10)	1985 (8)	1986 (7)	1987 (7)	1988 (8)	1989 (12)	1990 (10)	1991 (12)	1992 (21)	1993 (8)	1994 (10)	1995	1996 (10)	1997 (11)	1999 (12)	2000 (12)	2002 (12)	2004 (11)	2006 (12)	2008 (12)	2010 (12)	2012 (12)	2013 (12)	2015 (12)	2017 (12)	2019 (12)	2022 (12)	2023 (12)	Years
Australia	3rd	3rd	?	6th	8th	7th	5th	4th	3rd	7th	4th	5th	5th	8th	3rd	•	6th	7th	4th	7th	6th	9th	4th	2nd	R1 9th	R1 8th	4th	R2 5th	4th	R1 9th	R1 10th	29
Total (1 team)	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	29

World Youth Baseball Championship/U-15 Baseball World Cup

World Youth Baseball Championship/U-15 Baseball World Cup record
Team	1989 (8)	1990	1991	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	2001	2003	2005	2009 (12)	2011 (11)	2012 (15)	2014 (18)	2016 (12)	2018 (12)	2022 (13)	2024 TBD (12)	Years
Australia	•	?	?	?	?	?	?	3rd	?	3rd	?	?	R1 9th	R2 8th	•	R1 10th	R1 11th	R1 9th	•	×	7
Guam	•	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 12th	R1 12th	2
New Zealand	•	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	•	•	•	R1 15th	R1 12th	•	•	•	2
Total (3 teams)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	1	1	11

U-12 Baseball World Cup

U-12 Baseball World Cup record
Team	2011 (13)	2013 (14)	2015 (12)	2017 (12)	2019 (12)	2021 (11)	2023 (10)	Years
Australia	•	•	R1 10th	R1 10th	R1 10th	•	R1 11th	4
Fiji	•	•	•	•	R1 12th	•	•	1
New Zealand	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 12th	1
Total (3 teams)	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	6

Men's Softball World Cup

Men's Softball World Cup record
Team	1966 (11)	1968 (10)	1972 (10)	1976 (7)	1980 (14)	1984 (16)	1988 (14)	1992 (18)	1996 (22)	2000 (16)	2004 (15)	2009 (16)	2013 (16)	2015 (15)	2017 (16)	2019 (16)	2022 (12)	Years
Australia	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1 7th	R1 5th	R2 7th	R1 12th	3rd	1st	3rd	4th	2nd	R2 7th	1st	11
Guam	×	×	R1 7th	R1 6th	R1 8th	R1 10th	•	R1 16th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	5
New Zealand	3rd	R1 5th	3rd	1st	4th	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	4th	R1 8th	17
Northern Mariana Islands	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1 13th	R1 16th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	2
Papua New Guinea	×	×	×	×	R1 14th	•	•	R1 17th	R1 19th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3
Samoa	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	R2 6th	•	R2 7th	•	•	•	•	2
Total (6 teams)	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	5	4	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	40

Women's Softball World Cup

Women's Softball World Cup record
Team	1965 (5)	1970 (9)	1974 (15)	1978 (15)	1982 (23)	1986 (12)	1990 (20)	1994 (28)	1998 (17)	2002 (16)	2006 (16)	2010 (16)	2012 (16)	2014 (16)	2016 (31)	2018 (16)	2022 (8)	2024 (18)	Years
Australia	1st	4th	3rd	5th	3rd	8th	4th	3rd	2nd	R2 5th	3rd	R2 6th	3rd	3rd	R1 10th	4th	4th	R2 7th	18
Guam	•	•	•	•	R1 18th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
New Guinea	R1 5th	•	•	Became Papua New Guinea															1
New Zealand	4th	R1 7th	R1 9th	3rd	1st	3rd	2nd	R2 6th	R1 13th	R2 6th	R1 11th	R1 12th	R1 13th	R2 8th	R2 8th	R1 13th	•	R1	17
Total (4 teams)	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	37

Olympic Games For Women's Softball

Softball at the Summer Olympics record
Team	1996 (8)	2000 (8)	2004 (8)	2008 (8)	2020 (6)	2028	Years
Australia	3rd	3rd	2nd	3rd	R1 5th		5
New Zealand	•	R1 6th	•	•	•		1
Total (2 teams)	1	2	1	1	1		6

Men's Softball Oceania Championship

Men's Softball Oceania Championship record
Team	2023 (3)	Years
American Samoa	3rd	1
Australia	1st	1
New Zealand	2nd	1
Total (3 teams)	3	3

U-23 Men's Softball World Cup

U-23 Men's Softball World Cup record
Team	2023 (12)	Years
Australia	1st	1
New Zealand	R2 6th	1
Total (2 teams)	2	2

Junior Men's Softball World Championship/U-18 Men's Softball World Cup

Junior Men's Softball World Championship/U-18 Men's Softball World Cup record
Team	1981 (5)	1985 (8)	1989 (7)	1993 (7)	1997 (11)	2001 (10)	2005 (9)	2008 (12)	2012 (14)	2014 (10)	2016 (12)	2018 (13)	2020 (12)	2023 (11)	Years
Australia	×	×	×	4th	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	4th	6th	1st	2nd	R2 5th	11
New Zealand	×	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	4th	4th	4th	6th	2nd	2nd	3rd	R2 5th	R1 9th	13
Total (2 teams)	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	24

Junior Women's Softball World Championship/U-18 Women's Softball World Cup

Junior Women's Softball World Championship/U-18 Women's Softball World Cup record
Team	1981 (10)	1985 (8)	1987 (10)	1991 (10)	1995 (14)	1999 (15)	2003 (14)	2007 (16)	2011 (15)	2013 (15)	2015 (15)	2017 (26)	2019^[c] (16)	2021 (8)	Years
Australia	5th	5th	4th	3rd	3rd	6th	3rd	3rd	4th	3rd	7th	R2 7th	4th	×	13
New Zealand	•	•	8th	5th	8th	9th	8th	11th	6th	4th	6th	R1 16th	R1 9th	×	11
Total (2 teams)	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	24

U-15 Women's Softball World Cup

U-15 Women's Softball World Cup record
Team	2023 (12)	Years
New Zealand	R1 11th	1
Total (1 team)	1	1

Youth Baseball5 World Cup

Youth Baseball5 World Cup record
Team	2023 (12)	Years
Australia	12th	1
Total (1 team)	1	1

Former tournaments

Amateur World Series/Baseball World Cup

Amateur World Series/Baseball World Cup record
Team	1938 (2)	1939 (3)	1940 (7)	1941 (9)	1942 (5)	1943 (4)	1944 (8)	1945 (6)	1947 (9)	1948 (8)	1950 (12)	1951 (11)	1952 (13)	1953 (10)	1961 (10)	1965 (9)	1969 (11)	1970 (11)	1971 (10)	1972 (16)	1973 (8)	1973 (11)	1974 (9)	1976 (11)	1978 (11)	1980 (12)	1982 (10)	1984 (13)	1986 (12)	1988 (12)	1990 (12)	1994 (16)	1998 (16)	2001 (16)	2003 (15)	2005 (18)	2007 (18)	2009 (22)	2011 (16)	Years
Australia	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10th	10th	9th	•	•	•	•	R1 9th	QF 7th	R1 10th	•	R1 10th	QF 6th	R3 5th	R2 5th	10
Total (1 team)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	10

Notes

^ Guam were scheduled to participate in the 2004 tournament with Australia, but withdrew prior to the start. The BCO awarded the championship to Australia.
^ New Zealand were scheduled to participate in the 2007 tournament with Australia, but withdrew prior to the start. The BCO awarded the championship to Australia.
^ The 2019 edition was an under-19 tournament before reverting back to under-18 the following edition.

References

^ Baseball in Palau: Passion for the Game. Shuster, Donald ed. (Guam: University of Guam, 2008), pgs 5-10
^ "Events". WBSC Oceania. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
^ "About World Baseball Classic". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
^ "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ "The WBSC Women's Baseball World Ranking". WBSC. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
^ "The WBSC Men's Softball World Ranking". WBSC. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
^ "The WBSC Women's World Ranking". WBSC. 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
^ "The WBSC Baseball5 World Ranking". WBSC. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.

External links

Confederation of Oceania

[uninc-usa-2] Unorganized unincorporated territory of the United States.

[3] Sui generis collectivity of France.

[11] Guam were scheduled to participate in the 2004 tournament with Australia, but withdrew prior to the start. The BCO awarded the championship to Australia.

[12] New Zealand were scheduled to participate in the 2007 tournament with Australia, but withdrew prior to the start. The BCO awarded the championship to Australia.

[13] The 2019 edition was an under-19 tournament before reverting back to under-18 the following edition.

[1] Baseball in Palau: Passion for the Game. Shuster, Donald ed. (Guam: University of Guam, 2008), pgs 5-10

[Tournies-4] "Events". WBSC Oceania. Retrieved 8 November 2023.

[5] "About World Baseball Classic". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 15 May 2021.

[WBSC_World_Rankings-6] "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

[WBSC_Women's_Baseball_World_Rankings-7] "The WBSC Women's Baseball World Ranking". WBSC. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.

[WBSC_Men's_Softball_World_Rankings-8] "The WBSC Men's Softball World Ranking". WBSC. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.

[WBSC_Women's_World_Rankings-9] "The WBSC Women's World Ranking". WBSC. 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.

[WBSC_Baseball5_World_Rankings-10] "The WBSC Baseball5 World Ranking". WBSC. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.

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WBSC Oceania

Contents

History

Members

Baseball

Softball

Competitions

Baseball

Softball

Current title holders

WBSC World Rankings

Baseball

Softball

Baseball5

Historical leaders

Major tournament records

World Baseball Classic

WBSC Premier12

Women's Baseball World Cup

Olympic Games For Men's Baseball

Oceania Baseball Championship

U-21/U-23 Baseball World Cup

World Junior Baseball Championship/U-18 Baseball World Cup

World Youth Baseball Championship/U-15 Baseball World Cup

U-12 Baseball World Cup

Men's Softball World Cup

Women's Softball World Cup

Olympic Games For Women's Softball

Men's Softball Oceania Championship

U-23 Men's Softball World Cup

Junior Men's Softball World Championship/U-18 Men's Softball World Cup

Junior Women's Softball World Championship/U-18 Women's Softball World Cup

U-15 Women's Softball World Cup

Youth Baseball5 World Cup

Former tournaments

Amateur World Series/Baseball World Cup

See also

Notes

References

External links