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Also among the first teams of minor league players that USA Baseball fielded was the 2000 U.S. Olympic Baseball Team, managed by Tommy Lasorda at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Behind a stellar performance on the mound by Ben Sheets, the team of minor league players defeated Cuba for the gold medal.
Former national teams included 16U and 14U national teams. USA Baseball also hosts two national team development programs in the age divisions of 17U and 14U. The selection processes for these programs can be found on the official website of USA Baseball and these team programs also have their respective Twitter pages.
Leslie Mann, a former MLB player and coach of the United States national team, was an early advocate of bringing baseball to the Olympics. However, baseball's inclusion in the Olympics was opposed by powerful figures like Avery Brundage, longtime head of the United States Olympic Committee who was elevated to president of the International ...
Ukraine men's football team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the semifinals of the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Georgia and Romania. [20] It is signifying Ukraine's debut in the sport. Team roster. Ukraine announced their initial 22-men squad on 3 July 2024. [21] Head coach: Ruslan Rotan
Igor Radivilov of Team Ukraine competes on the vault during the Artistic Gymnastics Men's Team Final on day three of the Olympic Games in Paris. (Dan Mullan/Getty Images) (Dan Mullan via Getty Images)
Baseball was dropped after the 2008 Games, returned in 2021 in Japan, then was left out this year in Paris. The sport returns for the Los Angeles Games four years from now. At the Tokyo Olympics, Major League Baseball only allowed players not on 40-man rosters to play — and teams additionally blocked many eligible prospects.
The on-again, off-again relationship between the Olympics and baseball is heading toward another reconciliation in 2028. That leads to the inevitable discussion of what the rosters could look like.
The United States national under-12 baseball team is the national under-12 baseball team of United States in international-level baseball competitions. As of 2023, the team have won the U-12 Baseball World Cup total in five times.