Baseball at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games – Qualification

The following is the qualification system and qualified athletes, countries and teams for the Baseball at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games competitions. As the host nation, El Salvador qualifies a team with 24 athletes automatically. The WBSC ranking determined the next four as of the December 31, 2022 release: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Venezuela. The top two non-qualified finishers of the Caribbean Baseball Cup, Bahamas 2022 (COCABE) will receive their quota automatically, which are Puerto Rico and Curaçao. The highest non-qualified finisher of the 2023 Centroamericano de Beisbol received the last slot, which is Nicaragua.

Timeline

Event Dates Location(s) Berth(s) Qualified
Host nation — — 1  El Salvador
WBSC World Rankings December 31, 2022 — 4  Mexico
 Venezuela
 Cuba
 Dominican Republic
2022 Caribbean Baseball Cup December 4–11, 2022 The Bahamas Nassau 2  Puerto Rico
 Curaçao
2023 Central American & Caribbean Games Qualifier February 6–12, 2023 Nicaragua Managua 1  Nicaragua

WBSC World Rankings

Main article: WBSC World Rankings

Countries in the Central America, Caribbean, or northern South American regions are eligible for all Central American & Caribbean Games.[1] The top four highest eligible countries qualified for the main tournament using the December 31, 2022 WBSC World Rankings release, which are Mexico, Venezuela, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic.[2]

Legend

  Qualified for the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games

Top 20 rankings as of 31 December 2022[3]
Rank Change Team Points Region
1 Steady  Japan 4179 East Asia
2 Steady  Chinese Taipei 3819 East Asia
3 Increase 2  United States 3449 Northern America
4 Decrease 1  South Korea 3428 East Asia
5 Decrease 1  Mexico 3273 Central America
6 Increase 1  Venezuela 2723 South America
7 Increase 1  Netherlands 2468 Western Europe
8 Increase 1  Cuba 2246 Caribbean
9 Decrease 3  Dominican Republic 1894 Caribbean
10 Steady  Australia 1889 Australasia
11 Steady  Colombia 1669 South America
12 Increase 1  Panama 1529 Central America
13 Increase 3  Puerto Rico 1419 Caribbean
14 Decrease 2  Canada 1404 Northern America
15 Decrease 1  Czech Republic 1313 Eastern Europe
16 Increase 1  Italy 1206 Southern Europe
17 Decrease 2  Nicaragua 1117 Central America
18 Steady  Germany 1075 Western Europe
19 Steady  Spain 806 Southern Europe
20 Steady  Israel 702 Western Asia

2022 Caribbean Baseball Cup

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT Qualification
1  Puerto Rico 4 3 1 27 9 +18 .750[a] Advanced to the Semifinals
2  Cuba 4 3 1 26 16 +10 .750[a]
3  Curaçao 4 2 2 36 30 +6 .500
4  Bahamas 4 1 3 19 38 −19 .250[b]
5  U.S. Virgin Islands 4 1 3 14 29 −15 .250[b]
Source: WBSC
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Cuba defeated Puerto Rico 6–0,
  2. ^ a b The Bahamas defeated the U.S. Virgin Islands 4–3.

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December 4
15:00 ET 		Curaçao  7–1  Puerto Rico Rodgers Stadium, Bahamas
Attendance: 105
Boxscore
December 4
19:00 ET 		U.S. Virgin Islands  3–4  Bahamas Rodgers Stadium, Bahamas
Attendance: 1,502
Boxscore
December 5
15:00 ET 		Cuba  9–0  U.S. Virgin Islands Rodgers Stadium, Bahamas
Attendance: 173
Boxscore
December 5
19:00 ET 		Bahamas  10–12  Curaçao Rodgers Stadium, Bahamas
Attendance: 1,300
Boxscore
December 6
15:00 ET 		Curaçao  10–11  U.S. Virgin Islands Rodgers Stadium, Bahamas
Attendance: 210
Boxscore
December 6
19:00 ET 		Puerto Rico  6–0  Cuba Rodgers Stadium, Bahamas
Attendance: 307
Boxscore
December 7
14:00 ET 		U.S. Virgin Islands  0–6  Puerto Rico Rodgers Stadium, Bahamas
Attendance: 87
Boxscore
December 7
19:00 ET 		Bahamas  3–9  Cuba Rodgers Stadium, Bahamas
Attendance: 1,803
Boxscore
December 8
15:00 ET 		Cuba  8–7  Curaçao Rodgers Stadium, Bahamas
Attendance: 153
Boxscore
December 8
19:00 ET 		Puerto Rico  14–2  Bahamas Rodgers Stadium, Bahamas
Attendance: 1,710
Boxscore

Knockout stage

 
SemifinalsChampionship
 
      
 
December 10 – Nassau
 
 
 Curaçao2
 
December 11 – Nassau
 
 Cuba4
 
 Cuba4
 
December 10 – Nassau
 
 Puerto Rico9
 
 Bahamas3
 
 
 Puerto Rico9
 
Third place
 
 
December 11 – Nassau
 
 
 Bahamas2
 
 
 Curaçao4

Semifinals

December 10
14:00 ET 		Curaçao  2–4  Cuba Rodgers Stadium, Bahamas
Attendance: 86
Boxscore
December 10
19:00 ET 		Bahamas  3–9  Puerto Rico Rodgers Stadium, Bahamas
Attendance: 2,030
Boxscore

Third place game

December 11
13:00 ET 		Bahamas  2–4  Curaçao Rodgers Stadium, Bahamas
Boxscore

Championship

December 11
17:00 ET 		Cuba  4–9  Puerto Rico Rodgers Stadium, Bahamas
Attendance: 1,603
Boxscore

Standings

Rk Team W L Notes
1  Puerto Rico 5 1 Qualification to the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games
2  Cuba 4 2 Qualified through the WBSC World Rankings method
3  Curaçao 3 3 Qualification to the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games
4  Bahamas 1 5  
5  U.S. Virgin Islands 1 3  

2023 Central American & Caribbean Games Qualifier

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD Qualification
1  Nicaragua 4 4 0 49 0 +49 Advanced to Final
2  Honduras 4 3 1 24 14 +10
3  Costa Rica 4 2 2 9 23 −14 Advanced to Bronze medal game
4  Guatemala 4 1 3 8 38 −30
5  El Salvador 4 0 4 7 22 −15
Source: WBSC

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February 6
11:00 CT 		Costa Rica  3–1  El Salvador Martínez Stadium, Nicaragua
Boxscore
February 6
18:30 CT 		Honduras  0–7  Nicaragua Martínez Stadium, Nicaragua
Attendance: 560
Boxscore
February 7
11:00 CT 		Honduras  10–2  Guatemala Martínez Stadium, Nicaragua
Boxscore
February 7
18:30 CT 		Nicaragua  13–0 (F/7)  Costa Rica Martínez Stadium, Nicaragua
Boxscore
February 8
11:00 CT 		Costa Rica  1–6  Honduras Martínez Stadium, Nicaragua
Boxscore
February 8
18:30 CT 		Guatemala  3–2  El Salvador Martínez Stadium, Nicaragua
Boxscore
February 9
11:00 CT 		Guatemala  3–5  Costa Rica Martínez Stadium, Nicaragua
Attendance: 100
Boxscore
February 9
18:30 CT 		El Salvador  0–8  Nicaragua Martínez Stadium, Nicaragua
Boxscore
February 10
11:00 CT 		El Salvador  4–8  Honduras Martínez Stadium, Nicaragua
Boxscore
February 10
18:30 CT 		Nicaragua  21–0 (F/7)  Guatemala Martínez Stadium, Nicaragua
Boxscore

Bronze medal game

February 12
13:00 CT 		Guatemala  0–4  Costa Rica Martínez Stadium, Nicaragua
Boxscore

Final

February 12
18:00 CT 		Honduras  1–13  Nicaragua Martínez Stadium, Nicaragua
Attendance: 5,000
Boxscore

Standings

Rk Team W L Notes
1  Nicaragua 5 0 Qualification to the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games
2  Honduras 3 2  
3  Costa Rica 3 2  
4  Guatemala 1 4  
5  El Salvador 0 4  

References

  1. ^ "The Central American and Caribbean Games". Topend Sports. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Manual de Beisbol (pagina 40)". 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  3. ^ "WBSC Rankings - Men's baseball (2022-12-31)". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  5. ^ "2022 Caribbean Baseball Cup Standings". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  6. ^ "2023 Central American and Caribbean Games Qualifier Standings". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
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