Burkina Faso national baseball team | |
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Country | Burkina Faso |
WBSC ranking | |
Current | NR (18 December 2023) [1] |
The Burkina Faso national baseball team also known as The Upright Men, [2] is a baseball team which represents Burkina Faso in international baseball competitions.
Baseball was introduced in Burkina Faso in the late 1990s. [3] In 2016, a group of ten players from the national team went to Japan to train. [4]
Seventeen national baseball teams in Africa were divided into four zones for the 2020 Olympics qualifiers, and Burkina Faso competed in Zone West 1 against Team Ghana, Team Nigeria, Team Tunisia, and Team Cote d’Ivoire. [5] In April 2019 at the first African West One pre-qualifier for the 2020 Olympics, the team defeated Team Nigeria (13–3) and Team Ghana (14–4). [2] [6] [7] [8] It lost in the semi-final in May to Team South Africa, 16–1. [9] [6] [10]
Burkina Faso national baseball team | |
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Information | |
Country | Burkina Faso |
WBSC ranking | |
Current | NR (18 December 2023) [1] |
The Burkina Faso national baseball team also known as The Upright Men, [2] is a baseball team which represents Burkina Faso in international baseball competitions.
Baseball was introduced in Burkina Faso in the late 1990s. [3] In 2016, a group of ten players from the national team went to Japan to train. [4]
Seventeen national baseball teams in Africa were divided into four zones for the 2020 Olympics qualifiers, and Burkina Faso competed in Zone West 1 against Team Ghana, Team Nigeria, Team Tunisia, and Team Cote d’Ivoire. [5] In April 2019 at the first African West One pre-qualifier for the 2020 Olympics, the team defeated Team Nigeria (13–3) and Team Ghana (14–4). [2] [6] [7] [8] It lost in the semi-final in May to Team South Africa, 16–1. [9] [6] [10]