2020 Summer Olympics / Baseball / Qualification

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A total of six teams can qualify for the 2020 Olympic baseball tournament.

Overview

Qualifying competition date place Places Qualified teams
host August 3, 2016 1 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 1 JapanJapan Japan
African / European qualifying tournament 18.-22. September 2019 ItalyItaly Italy 1 IsraelIsrael Israel
WBSC Premier 12 2019 2nd - 17th November 2019 JapanJapan Japan South Korea Taiwan Mexico
Korea SouthSouth Korea 
TaiwanRepublic of China (Taiwan) 
MexicoMexico  		2 Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea Mexico
MexicoMexico 
American qualifying tournament still open United StatesUnited States Arizona 1
International qualification tournament still open TaiwanRepublic of China (Taiwan) Taichung / Douliu 1
total 6th 4th

1 On August 3, 2016, baseball was added to the program for the 2020 Olympic Games.

Qualifying competitions

Drew Maggi during an Italy match at the qualifying tournament.

African / European qualifying tournament

The first quota place was awarded at a qualifying tournament for Africa and Europe, which was held in Parma and Bologna from September 18 to 22, 2019. The five best teams from the 2019 European Championships and the 2019 African champions took part in this tournament . The tournament was a round-robin tournament in which the Israeli national baseball team qualified as winners for the Olympic Games. The Dutch team has the opportunity to qualify as second place at the International Animal qualifying tournament in 2020 for the games. The following nations took part in this tournament:

WBSC Premier 12 2019

The 12 best teams in the world rankings as of the end of 2018 competed at WBSC Premier12 2019 . Only teams from America, Asia and Oceania were able to qualify for the Olympic Games through this tournament. Mexico received a quota place as the best American nation. South Korea, as the best team from Asia and Oceania, also got a quota place. If no team from Asia or Oceania had finished the tournament among the top six nations, the international qualifying tournament in April 2020 would have been expanded by one place. The following nations took part in the WBSC Premier 12:

American qualifying tournament

The six teams that could not qualify through the WBSC Premier12 2019 will take part in the American qualifying tournament. The field of participants is complemented by the two best teams of the Pan American Games 2019 that did not qualify for the WBSC Premier12 2019. The tournament was originally supposed to take place in Arizona from March 22nd to 26th, 2020 , but has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic .

The winner of the tournament receives a quota place, the second and third placed teams have another opportunity to qualify for the games through the international qualifying tournament.

International qualification tournament

The international qualifying tournament is the last chance to secure a place for the games. It was originally supposed to take place in the Taiwanese cities of Taichung and Douliu from April 1st to 5th, 2020 . However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the tournament was postponed. A total of six teams will take part in this tournament. The runner-up of the African / European and the second and third of the American qualifying tournament take part. The finalists of the 2019 Asian Cup and the winner of an Oceania qualifying tournament will receive two more places .

If no team from Asia / Oceania had made it into the top six nations of the WBSC Premier 12 2019 , two places would have been awarded at this tournament. However, only the winner receives one.

  • NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands (Second African / European Qualifier)
  • Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chinese Taipei (Asian Champion)
  • China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China China (Third Asian Cup)
  • AustraliaAustralia Australia (Oceania representative)
  • two American representatives from the qualifying tournament

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