Baseball at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games – Qualification

The following is the qualification system and qualified athletes, countries and teams for the Baseball at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games competitions. As the host nation, El Salvador qualifies a team with 24 athletes automatically. The WBSC ranking determined the next four as of the December 31, 2022 release: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Venezuela. The top two non-qualified finishers of the Caribbean Baseball Cup, Bahamas 2022 (COCABE) will receive their quota automatically, which are Puerto Rico and Curaçao. The highest non-qualified finisher of the 2023 Centroamericano de Beisbol received the last slot, which is Nicaragua.

Timeline

Event	Dates	Location(s)	Berth(s)	Qualified
Host nation	—	—	1	El Salvador
WBSC World Rankings	December 31, 2022	—	4	Mexico Venezuela Cuba Dominican Republic
2022 Caribbean Baseball Cup	December 4–11, 2022	Nassau	2	Puerto Rico Curaçao
2023 Central American & Caribbean Games Qualifier	February 6–12, 2023	Managua	1	Nicaragua

WBSC World Rankings

Countries in the Central America, Caribbean, or northern South American regions are eligible for all Central American & Caribbean Games.^[1] The top four highest eligible countries qualified for the main tournament using the December 31, 2022 WBSC World Rankings release, which are Mexico, Venezuela, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic.^[2]

Legend

Qualified for the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games

Rank	Change	Team	Points	Region
Top 20 rankings as of 31 December 2022^[3]
1		Japan	4179	East Asia
2		Chinese Taipei	3819	East Asia
3	2	United States	3449	Northern America
4	1	South Korea	3428	East Asia
5	1	Mexico	3273	Central America
6	1	Venezuela	2723	South America
7	1	Netherlands	2468	Western Europe
8	1	Cuba	2246	Caribbean
9	3	Dominican Republic	1894	Caribbean
10		Australia	1889	Australasia
11		Colombia	1669	South America
12	1	Panama	1529	Central America
13	3	Puerto Rico	1419	Caribbean
14	2	Canada	1404	Northern America
15	1	Czech Republic	1313	Eastern Europe
16	1	Italy	1206	Southern Europe
17	2	Nicaragua	1117	Central America
18		Germany	1075	Western Europe
19		Spain	806	Southern Europe
20		Israel	702	Western Asia

2022 Caribbean Baseball Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	Qualification
1	Puerto Rico	4	3	1	27	9	+18	.750^[a]	Advanced to the Semifinals
2	Cuba	4	3	1	26	16	+10	.750^[a]
3	Curaçao	4	2	2	36	30	+6	.500
4	Bahamas	4	1	3	19	38	−19	.250^[b]
5	U.S. Virgin Islands	4	1	3	14	29	−15	.250^[b]

Source: WBSC
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Cuba defeated Puerto Rico 6–0,
^ ^a ^b The Bahamas defeated the U.S. Virgin Islands 4–3.

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December 4 15:00 ET	Curaçao	7–1	Puerto Rico	Rodgers Stadium, Bahamas Attendance: 105
		Boxscore

December 4 19:00 ET	U.S. Virgin Islands	3–4	Bahamas	Rodgers Stadium, Bahamas Attendance: 1,502
		Boxscore

December 5 15:00 ET	Cuba	9–0	U.S. Virgin Islands	Rodgers Stadium, Bahamas Attendance: 173
		Boxscore

December 5 19:00 ET	Bahamas	10–12	Curaçao	Rodgers Stadium, Bahamas Attendance: 1,300
		Boxscore

December 6 15:00 ET	Curaçao	10–11	U.S. Virgin Islands	Rodgers Stadium, Bahamas Attendance: 210
		Boxscore

December 6 19:00 ET	Puerto Rico	6–0	Cuba	Rodgers Stadium, Bahamas Attendance: 307
		Boxscore

December 7 14:00 ET	U.S. Virgin Islands	0–6	Puerto Rico	Rodgers Stadium, Bahamas Attendance: 87
		Boxscore

December 7 19:00 ET	Bahamas	3–9	Cuba	Rodgers Stadium, Bahamas Attendance: 1,803
		Boxscore

December 8 15:00 ET	Cuba	8–7	Curaçao	Rodgers Stadium, Bahamas Attendance: 153
		Boxscore

December 8 19:00 ET	Puerto Rico	14–2	Bahamas	Rodgers Stadium, Bahamas Attendance: 1,710
		Boxscore

Knockout stage

Semifinals		Championship

December 10 – Nassau

Curaçao	2
		December 11 – Nassau
Cuba	4
		Cuba	4
December 10 – Nassau
		Puerto Rico	9
Bahamas	3

Puerto Rico	9
		Third place

		December 11 – Nassau

		Bahamas	2

		Curaçao	4

Semifinals

December 10 14:00 ET	Curaçao	2–4	Cuba	Rodgers Stadium, Bahamas Attendance: 86
		Boxscore

December 10 19:00 ET	Bahamas	3–9	Puerto Rico	Rodgers Stadium, Bahamas Attendance: 2,030
		Boxscore

Third place game

December 11 13:00 ET	Bahamas	2–4	Curaçao	Rodgers Stadium, Bahamas
		Boxscore

Championship

December 11 17:00 ET	Cuba	4–9	Puerto Rico	Rodgers Stadium, Bahamas Attendance: 1,603
		Boxscore

Standings

Rk	Team	W	L	Notes
1	Puerto Rico	5	1	Qualification to the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games
2	Cuba	4	2	Qualified through the WBSC World Rankings method
3	Curaçao	3	3	Qualification to the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games
4	Bahamas	1	5
5	U.S. Virgin Islands	1	3

2023 Central American & Caribbean Games Qualifier

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	Qualification
1	Nicaragua	4	4	0	49	0	+49	Advanced to Final
2	Honduras	4	3	1	24	14	+10	Advanced to Final
3	Costa Rica	4	2	2	9	23	−14	Advanced to Bronze medal game
4	Guatemala	4	1	3	8	38	−30	Advanced to Bronze medal game
5	El Salvador	4	0	4	7	22	−15

Source: WBSC

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February 6 11:00 CT	Costa Rica	3–1	El Salvador	Martínez Stadium, Nicaragua
		Boxscore

February 6 18:30 CT	Honduras	0–7	Nicaragua	Martínez Stadium, Nicaragua Attendance: 560
		Boxscore

February 7 11:00 CT	Honduras	10–2	Guatemala	Martínez Stadium, Nicaragua
		Boxscore

February 7 18:30 CT	Nicaragua	13–0 (F/7)	Costa Rica	Martínez Stadium, Nicaragua
		Boxscore

February 8 11:00 CT	Costa Rica	1–6	Honduras	Martínez Stadium, Nicaragua
		Boxscore

February 8 18:30 CT	Guatemala	3–2	El Salvador	Martínez Stadium, Nicaragua
		Boxscore

February 9 11:00 CT	Guatemala	3–5	Costa Rica	Martínez Stadium, Nicaragua Attendance: 100
		Boxscore

February 9 18:30 CT	El Salvador	0–8	Nicaragua	Martínez Stadium, Nicaragua
		Boxscore

February 10 11:00 CT	El Salvador	4–8	Honduras	Martínez Stadium, Nicaragua
		Boxscore

February 10 18:30 CT	Nicaragua	21–0 (F/7)	Guatemala	Martínez Stadium, Nicaragua
		Boxscore

Bronze medal game

February 12 13:00 CT	Guatemala	0–4	Costa Rica	Martínez Stadium, Nicaragua
		Boxscore

Final

February 12 18:00 CT	Honduras	1–13	Nicaragua	Martínez Stadium, Nicaragua Attendance: 5,000
		Boxscore

Standings

Rk	Team	W	L	Notes
1	Nicaragua	5	0	Qualification to the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games
2	Honduras	3	2
3	Costa Rica	3	2
4	Guatemala	1	4
5	El Salvador	0	4

References

^ "The Central American and Caribbean Games". Topend Sports. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
^ "Manual de Beisbol (pagina 40)". 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
^ "WBSC Rankings - Men's baseball (2022-12-31)". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
^ "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
^ "2022 Caribbean Baseball Cup Standings". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
^ "2023 Central American and Caribbean Games Qualifier Standings". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 6 April 2023.

[table_hth_PUR0.53440400610417-4] Cuba defeated Puerto Rico 6–0,

[table_hth_BAH0.53440400610417-5] The Bahamas defeated the U.S. Virgin Islands 4–3.

[1] "The Central American and Caribbean Games". Topend Sports. Retrieved 6 April 2023.

[2] "Manual de Beisbol (pagina 40)". 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games. Retrieved 6 April 2023.

[3] "WBSC Rankings - Men's baseball (2022-12-31)". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 6 April 2023.

[6] "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2022-12-30.

[7] "2022 Caribbean Baseball Cup Standings". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 6 April 2023.

[8] "2023 Central American and Caribbean Games Qualifier Standings". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 6 April 2023.

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