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Baseball World Cup Host Countries

The baseball world cup was held regularly around the world from 1938 to 2011. There are two results listed for 1973 as there was tournament run by FIBA held in Havana, and another run by FEMBA and held in Managua. See also the Baseball World Classic Hosts.



Year Host County/Countries Final Host competing countries
2011 Panama Panama City 16
2009 Croatia, Czechia, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, San Marino, Spain and Sweden Nettuno, Italy 22
2007 Chinese Taipei Taipei 16
2005 The Netherlands Rotterdam 18
2003 Cuba Havana 16
2001 Chinese Taipei Taipei 16
1998 Italy Rome 16
1994 Nicaragua Managua 16
1990 Canada Edmonton 12
1988 Italy Rome 12
1986 The Netherlands Amsterdam 12
1984 Cuba Havana 13
1982 South Korea Seoul 10
1980 Japan Tokyo 12
1978 Italy Rome 11
1976 Colombia Bogotá 11
1974 USA New York 9
1973 Nicaragua Managua 8
1973 Cuba Havana 11
1972 Nicaragua Managua 16
1971 Cuba Havana 10
1970 Colombia Bogotá 12
1969 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 11
1965 Colombia Cartagena de Indias 9
1961 Costa Rica San José 10
1953 Venezuela Caracas 11
1952 Cuba Havana 13
1951 Mexico Mexico City 11
1950 Nicaragua Managua 12
1948 Nicaragua Managua 8
1947 Colombia Cartagena de Indias 9
1945 Venezuela Caracas 6
1944 Venezuela Caracas 8
1943 Cuba Havana 4
1942 Cuba Havana 5
1941 Cuba Havana 9
1940 Cuba Havana 7
1939 Cuba Havana 3
1938 Great Britain Great Britain 2


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The largest sporting event in the world is the Olympic Games, but there are many other multi-sport games. In terms of single sport events, nothing beats the FIFA World Cup. To see what's coming up, check out the calendar of major sporting events.

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