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List of defunct baseball teams in Canada; Canada national baseball team; List of Major League Baseball players from Canada; Pearson Cup; Washington Nationals, MLB; formerly the Montreal Expos (1969–2004) (National League) United League: A planned third league of Major League Baseball that was formed in the early 1990s and was to have begun ...
Baseball Canada is the national governing body for baseball in Canada. [1] They are members of the Canadian Olympic Committee and the World Baseball Softball Confederation . Incorporated in 1964 as the Canadian Federation of Amateur Baseball, it is made up of 10 provincial associations which represent players, coaches, and umpires across Canada.
The franchise was sold in 2000 and rebranded as the Falcons. Kelowna continued this membership with the Pacific International League playing from 2000 through 2004. In 2005 the Falcons along with Bellingham, Bend, Spokane, and Wenatchee left the league to form the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League (WCCBL). [1]
Baseball in Canada is played at various levels throughout the country, including by Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jays, founded in 1977 (Canada's first MLB team, the Montreal Expos, formed in 1969, relocated to Washington, D.C. in 2005) and Minor League Baseball's Vancouver Canadians, an affiliate of the Blue Jays competing in the High-A Northwest League.
The Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA, French: Association canadienne du sport collégial) is the national governing body for organized sports at the college level in Canada. National championships
U Sports (stylized as U SPORTS) is the national sport governing body for universities in Canada, comprising the majority of degree-granting universities in the country and four regional conferences: Ontario University Athletics (OUA), Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ), Canada West (CW), and Atlantic University Sport (AUS).
The UBC Thunderbirds are the athletic teams that represent the University of British Columbia.In Canadian intercollegiate competition, the Thunderbirds are the most successful athletic program both regionally in the Canada West Universities Athletic Association, and nationally in U Sports, winning 119 national titles.
The Canada national baseball team represents Canada in international baseball. They are overseen by Baseball Canada , the governing body of baseball in Canada . Canada was an inaugural member of the World Baseball Classic, making its debut in the first edition .