Australia national baseball team

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Australian national baseball team
Image:Australiabaseballfederation.jpg
Country Flag of Australia Australia
Federation Australian Baseball Federation
Confederation Baseball Confederation of Oceania
Olympics
Appearances 3 (First in 1996)
Best result 2
World Baseball Classic
Appearances 1 (First in 2006)
Best result 13

The Australia national baseball team is the national team of Australia. It has participated in the Summer Olympic Games since 1996. The team sent to the 2006 World Baseball Classic included Australian players from Major League Baseball.

The team is controlled by the Australian Baseball Federation, which is represented in the Baseball Confederation of Oceania. The team has competed in the Asian Baseball Championship in previous years.

Contents

[edit] Scheduled Games (Round One)

March 7, 2006 - Italy 10 Australia 0
March 9, 2006 - Venezuela 2 Australia 0
March 10, 2006 - Dominican Republic 6 Australia 4

[edit] World Baseball Classic

See also: 2006 World Baseball Classic - Rosters#Australia

Australia competed in the inaugural World Baseball Classic in 2006, and finished 13th.

[edit] Placings

Olympic Games

World Baseball Classic

Baseball World Cup

  • 1972 : did not qualify
  • 1973 : did not qualify
  • 1974 : did not qualify
  • 1976 : did not qualify
  • 1978 : 10th
  • 1980 : 10th
  
  • 1982 : 10th
  • 1984 : did not qualify
  • 1986 : did not qualify
  • 1988 : did not qualify
  • 1990 : did not qualify
  • 1994 : 9th
  

Intercontinental Cup

  • 1973 : did not qualify
  • 1975 : did not qualify
  • 1977 : did not qualify
  • 1979 : did not qualify
  • 1981 : 8th
  • 1983 : did not qualify
  
  • 1985 : 8th
  • 1987 : did not qualify
  • 1989 : did not qualify
  • 1991 : did not qualify
  • 1993 : 6th
  • 1995 : did not qualify
  

Asian Baseball Championship

 

[edit] See also

Australian Baseball Federation
Claxton Shield | Australian Baseball League | International Baseball League of Australia | Australian National Team
State Bodies: Baseball ACT | Baseball NSW | Baseball NT | Baseball QLD | Baseball SA | Baseball TAS | Baseball VIC | Baseball WA
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Australia's national teams
A1 GP · Association football (M, W) · Baseball · Basketball (M, W) · Commonwealth Games · Cricket (M, W) · Gridiron · Handball · Hockey (M, W) · Ice Hockey · Olympics · Netball · Rugby League (M, W) · Rugby Union (M, W) · Tennis (M, W) · Water Polo (M, W)
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National baseball teams of Oceania (BCO)
American Samoa • Australia • Cook Islands • Federated States of Micronesia • Fiji • Guam • Kiribati‡ • Marshall Islands† • Nauru‡ • New Caledonia‡ • New Zealand • Niue‡ • Norfolk Island‡ • Palau • Papua New Guinea • Saipan† • Samoa • Solomon Islands† • Tahiti‡ • Tokelau‡ • Tonga‡ • Tuvalu‡ • Vanuatu‡ • Wallis and Futuna‡
† provisional membership, ‡ non-IBAF associate members
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