Cuba rose to seventh place in the ranking universal thanks to its results in the recently concluded V World Baseball Classic (WBC)in which he managed to advance to the semifinal phase for the first time after 17 years.
After give in at that point Against the powerful United States squad, in a match held in the city of Miami, the island added 905 points to its total, which allowed it to reach 3,151 points and improve one position compared to the previous update of the list, according to with a note published by the sports portal Hit.
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Thanks to their new coronation, Japan remained at the top of the list, made by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), now with 5,323 points thanks to the 1,150 added by the recent result.
Behind is the runner-up of the tournament, the United States, which added 953 units and now exhibits a total of 4,402. It is followed by Mexico, the other semifinalist of the World Classic, with 4,130 stripes.
The media highlights that Chinese Taipei (4,061 points) and South Korea (4,049), teams that did not pass the group stage of the tournament, complete the first five seats in the ranking, while Venezuela (3,353), this time among the casts that reached the duel of sudden death, is placed one place ahead of Cuba.
The eighth position was reserved for the Netherlands (3,089), who were disadvantaged by the tie-break system in bracket B. Australia (2,600) and the Dominican Republic (2,415) complete the top ten places in the universal classification.
Italy, whose team accompanied Cuba to the next phase of the tournament and lost in the match against the Japanese monarchs, was the one that moved the most on the list, moving up four positions and sneaking into the top 12.
Of the other entrants in the Classic, China gained seven places to 23rd, while Israel (18) and Great Britain (20) moved up a couple of notches.
Remember Hit that he ranking The Baseball World Cup includes all the results of the last four years in WBSC-sanctioned tournaments, from the U-12 World Cup to the so-called Premier 12 and the WBC.
The top 12 nations in the ranking at the end of 2023 will have the right to participate in the next edition of the WBSC Premier 12.
