- Source: WBSC Oceania
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.
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
== Softball
=Competitions
= Current title holders
=WBSC World Rankings
= Baseball
== Softball
== Baseball5
== Historical leaders
=Highest Ranked Oceania member in the WBSC Rankings
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.
= 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
Oceania Softball Confederation
Oceania Baseball Championship
Baseball at the Pacific Games
Notes
References
External links
Confederation of Oceania
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- WBSC Oceania
- World Baseball Softball Confederation
- WBSC Premier12
- 2019 WBSC Premier12
- WBSC World Rankings
- 2024 WBSC Premier12
- 2023 Men's Softball Oceania Championship squads
- WBSC Americas
- 2015 WBSC Premier12
- Men's Softball Oceania Championship
