AREQUIPA, Peru – The final of the II Baseball5 World Championship this Saturday closed with the victory of Cuba against Japan in two sets (16-1, 7-5), which allowed the island’s delegation to maintain the crown achieved a few years ago. two years in Mexico.
According to the agency Latin Pressthe Cubans overwhelmed their rivals in the first set to give them a 16-1 knockout, and although in the second set the game was closer, Cuba demonstrated once again that it is the best team in the world in this discipline.
With the victory, the Cubans retained the crown achieved in the first edition of the tournament held in Mexico, in which they also defeated the Japanese in the final with a score, on that occasion, of 9-1 and 6-2.
This represented the ninth victory without setbacks for the team, winners of 18 sets with only one lost, precisely against the Asians, in the initial phase of the tournament.
“Cuba stands at the top of Baseball5, a discipline that is currently enjoying international growth thanks largely to the work carried out by the nation in promoting its practice,” the report states.
The third place in the World Cup was obtained by the French team by beating their counterpart from 3-1, 7-2. Venezuela.
Baseball 5, better known as rubber ball, officially baseball5, is an international sport controlled by the World Baseball and Softball Confederation (WBSC) since 2017. It is a five-on-five sport originating in Venezuela. and Cuba, based on baseball, but with different rules.
It was popularly called “the four corners” in Cuba, and in Venezuela, “rubber ball.” It is unknown where the game first started, however, before the year 2000 it was already part of the street games in both countries.
In 2017, the sport received its first international recognitionwhen it was nominated for the Peace and Sport Award, in the Sport Made Simple category.
“We have specifically focused on creating a fresh new discipline that serves as an easily accessible tool that provides similar sporting and social development benefits, but with a smaller, simpler version of the game,” said WBSC President Riccardo. Fraccari.
