End-of-the-year message from WBSC President to the global Baseball Softball community
World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) President Riccardo Faccari addresses baseball and softball leaders, players, media and fans around the world in the following end-of-year address: Dear baseball and softball athletes, leaders, WBSC partners, media representatives, and fans around the world, We have reached the end a year that will surely remain etched in the minds […]
In Memoriam
Yan Fang, WBSC Softball Hall of Famer, former Chinese Softball Team Captain, silver medalist of Atlanta Olympic Games, founder of Yan Fang Softball Fund passed away on Feb. 8, 2020 after a long time fighting with cancer. Yan Fang, born in Beijing in 1969 was an outstanding female softball player, former captain of Chinese national […]
WBSC President Riccardo Fraccari honours Softball Asia attending online 25th Congress
It was an honour to Softball Asia when World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) president joined the Softball Asia (SA) Congress 2020 held online (via Zoom) on 15 December 2020 (2pm Malaysian time). Under the SA Constitution, the SA hold its Congress biennially. Due to the current Covid pandemic, with the travel restrictions and other health […]
KBSA works around Covid 19 to continue with their softball activities
Korean Baseball Softball Association (KBSA) have had an active month of November. They had conducted a two-day Umpire seminar on Nov 11th and 12th Songdo LNG sports town (Incheon, Korea) where 16 KBSA Umpires 22 New Umpires participated. Download Full Report
SA-JSA Joint Coaching Webinars
The series of Coaching Webinars is a follow-up to the WBSC-SA Coaching Seminar-Course that was held in Penang-Malaysia in January 2020. Due to the Covid19 pandemic and many restrictions on international travels and mandatory quarantine, a physical seminar-course is not yet possible. Thus, the online Webinars. The Webinars will comprise of 20 video footages, each 30 minutes, and available online […]
Expanded Japanese Olympic Softball Team opens training camp at Tokyo 2020 venue Yokohama Stadium
Wearing their new red uniforms, the Japanese National Team took the field after a nine-month pause. A total of 20 players will compete for the 15-athlete Olympic roster. An expanded Japanese National/Olympic Women’s Softball Team held their first training session on Tuesday at the Yokohama Stadium, the main venue of the Tokyo 2020 softball and […]
WBSC’s baseball-softball global headquarters featured as IOC sustainability case study
Launched at last week’s IOC International (Sports) Federation (IF) Sustainability Session under the theme ‘Back to Basics to Build Back Better’, the 23 IOC sustainability case studies feature innovative initiatives by sports’ world governing bodies, covering topics such as climate change, infrastructure, education and social development. The new, sustainable World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) headquarters […]
3rd Softball Asia EXCO Meeting 03/2018-2022
Softball Asia (SA) had their Executive Committee (EXCO) Meeting this morning (01 December 2020) online chaired by president Beng Choo, Low. Below is a brief of what transpired at the meeting for your kind attention. The detailed report will be posted in due time. The SA EXCO thanks the following for their commitment – both […]
New dates released for 2021 WBSC U-18 Women’s Softball World Cup in Peru
Pully, Switzerland; 30 November 2020 — The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today announced new dates for the inaugural WBSC U-18 Women’s Softball World Cup®. Originally scheduled for 2020, the top international youth softball event will now be played from 28 August to 5 September 2021 in Lima, Peru. The first edition of the WBSC […]
New WBSC Academy opens first online courses in push to further globalise baseball, softball
PULLY, Switzerland; 30 October 2020 — The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today announced that the WBSC Academy, a global development initiative, will officially begin courses on 2 November. The WBSC Academy will help facilitate athletes, coaches, officials and National Federations to conduct efficient self-learning of the various topics related to Baseball, Softball and Baseball5. […]
