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The South Africa Baseball Union SABU is the national governing body of baseball in South Africa. Baseball is played in all provinces, but it is not a major sport especially due to the popularity and relative success of the comparable sport of cricket , in which South Africa is one of the leading countries playing the sport.
South Africa qualified to the 2022 Baseball5 World Cup held in Mexico City as African champions. [ 2 ] South Africa finished fifth in their group in the World Cup opening round with a 2–3 record and won all the placement round games to finish the tournament with an overall record of 5–3, ranking seventh.
South Africa competed at the 2009 World Baseball Classic in Group B with Mexico, Cuba, and Australia. In game 1 South Africa were overpowered by international powerhouse Cuba, giving up 6 home runs in an 8–1 loss. The South African defence was a bright point in the match however, turning three double plays and 2 pickoffs.
The first time baseball featured in the All-Africa Games was in 1999 in the 7th All-Africa Games in South Africa and the second time was in 2003 in the 8th All-Africa Games in Nigeria. The first age group baseball tournament organised by the ABSA was the 1st ABSA/KENKO Under-13 Baseball Tournament with teams from four countries participating ...
The inaugural tournament of the Baseball5 African Championship was held from 23 to 26 May 2022, in the Tanzania National Indoor Stadium in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, with ten national teams taking part. [1] South Africa won the championship defeating Kenya in the final 2 sets to 0; both teams qualified for the 2022 Baseball5 World Cup held in ...
The 2024 Baseball5 African Championship was the second edition of the Baseball5 African Championship, a Baseball5 tournament organized by WBSC Africa. The championship was held from 5 to 8 February 2024, in the Gimnodesportivo Vavá Duarte in Praia , Cape Verde and was contested between four national teams.
South Africa (RSA) Baseball has been an event at the African Games in Johannesburg , South Africa in 1999 and in Abuja , Nigeria in 2003 . Tournament results
This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:Olympic baseball players of South Africa The contents of that subcategory can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it.