Nicaragua national baseball team

Nicaragua National Baseball Team
Nicaragua National Baseball Team
Information
Country	Nicaragua
Federation
Confederation	COPABE
Manager	Marvin Benard
WBSC ranking	15 1 (31 December 2021)
Olympic Games
Appearances	2 (First in 1984)
Best result	4th (1 time, in 1996)
World Cup
Appearances	30 (First in 1939)
Best result	2nd (5 times, most recent in 1990)
Pan American Games
Appearances	5 (First in 1983)
Best result	2nd (2 times, most recent in 1995)

The Nicaragua national baseball team is the national baseball team of Nicaragua. Considered the best in Central America along with Panama, it represents Nicaragua in international tournaments. Nicaragua has a long history at the Baseball World Cup, hosting it five times and earning five second-place finishes , the last in 1990. 30 Nicaraguans have signed professional contracts in the MLB. Nicaragua has never qualified for the World Baseball Classic, but they have participated at the Olympic Games twice in 1984 and 1996. Also, they have participated at the Pan American Games five times in 1983, 1995, 2007, 2015, and 2019. The team tried but failed to qualify for the 2020 Olympics at the eight-team Americas Qualifying Event on May 31 through June 5, 2021.

Current roster[]

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World Baseball Classic record								Qualification record
Year	Host(s)	Round	Position	W	L	RS	RA	Host	W	L	RS	RA
2006	Did not enter							No qualifiers held
2009	Did not enter							No qualifiers held
2013	Did not qualify							Panama	0	2	3	14
2017	Did not qualify							Mexico	2	2	13	33
Total	0/4			–	–	–	–		2	4	16	47

^ No medals awarded; tournament was a demonstration sport only
^ Totals only include years 1992 to 2008, during which baseball was an official medal sport.

The team tried but failed to qualify for the 2020 Olympics at the Americas Qualifying Event on May 31 through June 5, 2021.^[2]

Amateur World Series and Baseball World Cup record
Year	Host	Round	Position		W	L	RS	RA	Year	Host	Round	Position		W	L	RS	RA	Year	Host	Round	Position		W	L	RS	RA
1939	Cuba			2 of 3	3	3			1961	Costa Rica			7 of 10					1984	Cuba			7 of 13
1940	Cuba			2 of 7	9	3			1965	Colombia			6 of 9					1988	Italy			7 of 12
1941	Cuba			7 of 9	2	6			1969	Dominican Republic			5 of 11					1990	Canada			2 of 12
1944	Venezuela			7 of 8					1970	Colombia			8 of 12					1994	Nicaragua			4 of 16
1945	Venezuela			4 of 6					1971	Cuba			3 of 10					1998	Italy	Finals		3 of 16
1947	Colombia			3 of 9					1972	Nicaragua			3 of 16					2001	Taiwan	Round 1		9 of 16
1948	Nicaragua			7 of 8						Nicaragua			2 of 11					2003	Cuba	Finals		6 of 16
1950	Nicaragua			5 of 12					1974	United States			2 of 9					2005	Netherlands	Finals		6 of 16	7	4
1951	Mexico	Round 1		5 of 11	6	4			1976	Colombia			4 of 11					2009	Italy	Round 2		6 of 16
1952	Cuba			5 of 13					1978	Italy			5 of 11					2011	Panama	Round 1		14 of 16	1	6	18	47
	Venezuela			3 of 11														Total	30/39	5 5			-	-	-	-

^ "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 31 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
^ [1]

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