Colombia national baseball team

Colombia national baseball team
Information
Country Colombia
ConfederationWBSC Americas
ManagerJosé Mosquera
WBSC ranking
Current 13 Steady (31 December 2024)[1]
Highest11 (first in December 2021)
Lowest19 (first in December 2012)
Uniforms
Home
Away
World Baseball Classic
Appearances3 (first in 2017)
Best result11th (2017)
World Cup
Appearances18 (first in 1944)
Best result 1st (2: 1947, 1965)
Pan American Games
Appearances7 (first in 1951)
Best result 1st (2023)

The Colombia national baseball team (Spanish: Selección de béisbol de Colombia) is the national baseball team of Colombia. The team represents Colombia in international competitions.

Colombia has won two international baseball championships, both during the Amateur World Series era (1938-86); the first in 1947, and the second in 1965. In the modern era, it has qualified for the World Baseball Classic twice, in 2017 and 2023, but has yet to make it out of the pool stage.

History

The Colombian national team first participated in the Amateur World Series ― which would become the Baseball World Cup ― in 1944, finishing sixth. It would go on to win the 1947 edition, which it hosted in Barranquilla. Colombia again hosted, and won, in 1965, though the Colombian government notably denied the defending-champion Cuban team entry into the country, due to tensions with Fidel Castro's government.

In 2017, Colombia defeated Spain and Panama to secure their first ever appearance in the World Baseball Classic. The 2017 team was managed by Luis Urueta. Its pitching staff was anchored by Major Leaguers José Quintana and Julio Teheran, and included then-prospects Jorge Alfaro and Gio Urshela. However, the group was placed in the Pool C — meaning its "very tough" competitors would be the United States, the Dominican Republic, and Canada.[2] Colombia ultimately finished third in the division and did not move on to the second round, though it did manage to defeat Canada 4–1 at Marlins Park in Miami.

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.

As a participant in the 2017 WBC, Colombia automatically qualified for the expanded 2023 World Baseball Classic. It was placed in a group with the United States, Canada, Mexico, and a fifth team to be determined by qualification.[3] On July 29, 2022, the team announced that Urueta would return to coach the national team for the WBC.[4]

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of professional baseball match results currently active in the latest version of the WBSC World Rankings, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.[5]

Legend

  Win   Lose   Void or postponed   Fixture

2019

Pan American Games Q January 30 Panama  4–10   Academia CBBS, Brazil
15:00 BRT Boxscore
Pan American Games Q February 1   8–6  Canada Academia CBBS, Brazil
11:00 BRT Boxscore
Pan American Games Q February 2   5–4  Nicaragua Academia CBBS, Brazil
15:00 BRT Boxscore
Pan American Games Q February 3 Dominican Republic  17–4   Academia CBBS, Brazil
15:00 BRT Boxscore
Pan American Games GS July 29 Cuba  1–6   Campo de Béisbol, Peru
10:00 PET Boxscore Attendance: 2,456
Pan American Games GS July 30   4–2  Argentina Campo de Béisbol, Peru
15:00 PET Boxscore Attendance: 1,560
Pan American Games GS August 1   3–10  Canada Campo de Béisbol, Peru
10:00 PET Boxscore Attendance: 0
Pan American Games SR August 2 Nicaragua  1–11 (F/7)   Campo de Béisbol, Peru
19:00 PET Boxscore Attendance: 1,513
Pan American Games SR August 3 Puerto Rico  2–1   Campo de Béisbol, Peru
19:00 PET Boxscore Attendance: 2,313
Pan American Games 3rd August 4   0–6  Nicaragua Campo de Béisbol, Peru
11:00 PET Boxscore Attendance: 0

2022

Bolivarian Games RR June 30 Peru  0–8   Estadio Calamar, Colombia
17:00 COT Boxscore
Bolivarian Games RR July 1 Dominican Republic  11–4   Estadio Calamar, Colombia
17:00 COT Boxscore
Bolivarian Games RR July 2   10–0 (F/6)  Venezuela Estadio Calamar, Colombia
17:00 COT Boxscore
Bolivarian Games RR July 3   8–0  Peru Estadio Calamar, Colombia
17:00 COT Boxscore
Bolivarian Games RR July 4   2–6  Dominican Republic Estadio Calamar, Colombia
17:00 COT Boxscore
Bolivarian Games RR July 5 Venezuela  7–1   Estadio Calamar, Colombia
12:00 COT Boxscore

2023

World Baseball Classic GS March 11   5–4 (F/10)  Mexico Chase Field, United States
12:00 MT WP: Guillermo Zuñiga (1–0)
HR: Reynaldo Rodríguez (1) 		Boxscore LP: Jesús Cruz (0–1)
HR: Randy Arozarena (1) 		Attendance: 28,497
Umpires: HP: Cory Blaser. 1B: Edwin Louisa. 2B: Doug Eddings. 3B: Jairo Mendoza
World Baseball Classic GS March 13   5–7  Great Britain Chase Field, United States
12:00 MT LP: Yapson Gomez (0–1)
HR: Dilson Herrera (1) 		Boxscore WP: Graham Spraker (1–0)
Sv: Ian Gibaut (1)
HR: Harry Ford (2) 		Attendance: 10,416
Umpires: HP – Jhonatan Biarreta, 1B – Cory Blaser, 2B – Felix Tejada, 3B – Doug Eddings
World Baseball Classic GS March 14 Canada  5–0   Chase Field, United States
12:00 MT WP: Noah Skirrow (1–0)
HR: Otto Lopez (1) 		Boxscore LP: Adrian Almeida (0–1)
 Attendance: 10,571
Umpires: HP: Doug Eddings. 1B: Alan Porter. 2B: Jairo Mendoza. 3B: Edwin Louisa
World Baseball Classic GS March 15 United States  3–2   Chase Field, United States
19:00 MT WP: Kendall Graveman (1–0)
Sv: Ryan Pressly (1)
 Boxscore LP: Ruben Galindo (0–1)
 Attendance: 29,856
Umpires: HP – Alan Porter, 1B – Bill Miller, 2B – Jairo Mendoza, 3B – Roberto Peralta

Current roster

Colombia roster – 2026 World Baseball Classic qualification
Players Coaches
Pitchers
  • 32 Adrian Almeida
  • 53 Danis Correa
  • 78 Luis Escobar
  • 72 Pedro Garcia
  • 47 Rio Gomez
  • 30 Yapson Gomez
  • 61 Jean Herrera
  • 31 David Lorduy
  • 74 Guillermo Moscoso
  • 62 Jose Quintana
  • 26 Jhon Romero
  • 52 Reiver Sanmartín
  • 49 Julio Teherán
  • 39 Ezequiel Zabaleta
 Catchers
  • 77 Jaír Camargo
  • 27 Carlos Martínez
  • 4 Guillermo Quintana

Infielders

  • 10 Francisco Acuna
  • 8 Michael Arroyo
  • 11 Fabian Pertuz
  • 1 Jose Ramos
  • 16 Reynaldo Rodríguez
  • 29 Gio Urshela

Outfielders

 Manager
  • 15 José Mosquera

Coaches

  • 19 Jhonatan Solano (bench)
  • 18 Jair Fernández (hitting)
  • 14 Dayan Díaz (pitching)
  • 5 Jaime Del Valle (first base)
  • 10 Ronald Ramírez (third base)


International tournaments

World Baseball Classic

World Baseball Classic record Qualification record
Year Round Position W L RS RA W L RS RA
2006 Did not enter No qualifiers held
2009
2013 Did not qualify 1 2 16 17
United States 2017 Pool Stage 11th 1 2 9 14 3 0 17 6
United States 2023 Pool Stage 18th 1 3 12 19 Automatically qualified
Puerto Rico 2026 To be determined 3 0 23 1
Total Pool Stage 3/6 2 5 21 33 7 2 56 24

Baseball World Cup

  • 1945 : Argent 2nd
  • 1947 : Or 1st
  • 1948 : Bronze 3rd
  • 1965 : Or 1st
  • 1970 : 4th
  • 1971 : Argent 2nd
  • 1973 : 4th
  • 1974 : Bronze 3rd

Pan American Games

  • 1971 : Bronze 3rd
  • 2015 : 7th
  • 2019 : 4th
  • 2023 : Gold 1st

Intercontinental Cup

  • 1975 : 8th
  • 1977 : 5th

U-23 Baseball World Cup

  • Bronze: 2021

References

  1. ^ "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 31 December 2024. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  2. ^ Oz, Mike (24 February 2017). "World Baseball Classic 2017: Can two star pitchers make Colombia a surprise team?". Yahoo!Sports. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  3. ^ Axisa, Mike (7 July 2022). "World Baseball Classic releases schedule, venues, team pools ahead of 2023 return". CBS Sports. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  4. ^ Acosta, Sebastian (29 July 2022). "Colombia define a su manager para el Clásico Mundial de Beisbol 2023" (in Spanish). Con Las Bases Llenas. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Colombia in the WBSC Ranking (Men's baseball)". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
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