Panama He was placed Eighth in the WBSC (World Baseball & Softball Confederations) World Ranking with a total of 3,394 points, rising 2 points in the Top 12 and placing fourth on the Continent of America.
“Excellent to finish 8th in the world ranking,” said the president of the Panamanian Baseball Federation, Jaime Robinson. “A good job has been done, we have had a good year and we want to thank our players, our coaches, the leadership, our sponsors and also our board of directors, for all the effort provided this year,” he added.
Panama has obtained a total of 941 points so far in 2024 and the points from the Pan American U10 are still to be added, an event that is played in Reynosa, Mexico and where the Panamanian team plays, to close the annual season.
Panama continues to grow in baseball
Japan continues to be number one in the world, with 6,866 points and Taiwan is second (5,498), very close to Japan after its victory in the Premier 12 Championship that was played a few weeks ago.
The Venezuelan team, which finished fourth in the Premier 12, is ranked 3rd in the WBSC Ranking with 4,846 points, Mexico is fourth with 4,729 points and the United States is fifth in the world with 4,691 points.
Korea is sixth (4,487 points), the Netherlands is 7th with 3,949 points, Puerto Rico is 9th with 3,340 points, Cuba is 10th (3,096), the Dominican Republic is 11 (2,745) and Australia closes the top. 12 with 2 thousand 476 points.
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