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In contrast to the varying outfield dimensions in baseball and softball, [61] a B5 field has a standardized size and square shape with a length of 21 m (68.90 ft) on each side. The bases are only 13 m (43 ft) apart, rather than 60 feet (18 m) or 90 feet (27 m) apart as in softball and baseball respectively.
The 2024 Baseball5 World Cup was the second edition of the Baseball5 World Cup, the mixed-gender Baseball5 (B5) world championship organized by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). It was held in Hong Kong from 7 to 12 October 2024.
The Baseball5 World Cup (B5WC, and sometimes referred to as the Senior Baseball5 World Cup) [1] is a mixed-gender Baseball5 (B5) world championship that occurs every two years, with the first edition held in 2022 in Mexico and contested by 12 countries.
The Youth Baseball5 World Cup (YBWSC) is a mixed-gender Baseball5 world championship consisting of 16 teams that occurs every two years, [1] with the first edition in 2023.It is governed by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC).
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]
The safe area is an area next to first base in which the batter is safe from being tagged. It is a 1.5-meter rectangle with the same width as first base, being adjacent to the foul territory-first base, and with its longer sides running in the same direction as the first base-foul line.
Puerto Rico participated at the 2024 Baseball5 Pan American Championship held in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, that served as qualifier for the 2024 Baseball5 World Cup in Hong Kong. [5] The team lost all its games except for a victory against Mexico to finish the tournament with a 1–5 record, failing to qualify for the World Cup.
The WBSC World Rankings is a ranking system for national teams in baseball, softball, and baseball5.The teams of the member nations of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), baseball's world governing body, are ranked based on their tournament results with the most successful teams being ranked highest.