Majors: International Affairs: World Cup

U.S., Cuba May Get One More Rematch
Sep. 25, 2009
There's a World Cup going on? Really? It's hard to tell in the United States these days, but the world's largest international baseball tournament is winding down in Europe, and the U.S. is the leader in the clubhouse. The 2009 World Cup has spanned seven nations—they played first-round games in baseball hotbeds such as Croatia, the Czech Republic and Sweden—and nearly three weeks. It's not quite the soccer World Cup, and it's not even the World Baseball Classic, but it is a 22-nation event that has involved 100 players from major league organizations, not to mention Cuba's top-level national team. [...] Continue Reading »

World Cup Quarterfinal Preview
Nov. 15, 2007
Previewing the remaining field at the 2007 World Cup in Taiwan. [...] Continue Reading »

World Cup Preview
Nov. 6, 2007
A longer look at the entire 2007 World Cup field. [...] Continue Reading »

Team USA Position-By-Position Breakdown
Nov. 5, 2007
The Team USA club heading to the World Cup tournament is one of the better teams the U.S. has sent to an international competition. [...] Continue Reading »

Cuba Wins Gold At World Cup
Sep. 18, 2005
Cuba continued its dominance of both international baseball and the World Cup, winning the 36th edition of the tournament with a 3-0 victory against Korea in the gold-medal game Saturday. [...] Continue Reading »

Cuba To Play For Gold, USA Forfeits
Sep. 16, 2005
Team USA, which had its Thursday game with Nicaragua in the 36th World Cup, has forfeited Friday's rescheduled game due to poor playing conditions at the field in Amsterdam. [...] Continue Reading »

Cuba Tops USA In World Cup Medal Round
Sep. 14, 2005
Cuba brushed aside Team USA in the 36th World Cup in the Netherlands, jumping on the Americans early and often to win 11-3 and end Team USA's chances of winning the gold medal. [...] Continue Reading »

USA Reaches Medal Round At World Cup
Sep. 13, 2005
In international baseball, Cuba remains king. Cuba's only significant losses in medal-round play since professionals were allowed into international baseball came in two Intercontinental Cups (1997 vs. Japan, 1999 at Australia) and in the 2000 Olympics, courtesy of Ben Sheets and Team USA. [...] Continue Reading »

USA Continues To Falter At World Cup
Sep. 11, 2005
As Cuba remained the only undefeated team in the 36th baseball World Cup in the Netherlands, Team USA ran its losing streak to two over the weekend. [...] Continue Reading »

Nicaragua Bombs Team USA At World Cup
Sep. 9, 2005
In its biggest game yet in the 36th World Cup, Team USA came up empty against Pool B rival Nicaragua. [...] Continue Reading »

USA Remains Undefeated In World Cup Play
Sep. 6, 2005
Power arms carried Team USA to an Olympic gold medal in 2000. USA Baseball's World Cup team is hoping to ride power bats to gold in the Netherlands. [...] Continue Reading »

Team USA Continues To Roll At World Cup
Sep. 6, 2005
Team USA keeps rolling out the offense at the World Cup in the Netherlands, and the Americans remain undefeated in pool play as a result. [...] Continue Reading »

USA Sends Underwhelming Team To World Cup
Aug. 28, 2005
Baseball has had a World Cup tournament since 1938. Apparently, that history matters most to the Mets and Davey Johnson. Johnson, the longtime big league manager, will skipper Team USA at the World Cup that begins Friday in the Netherlands. His roster of minor leaguers—mostly from affiliated ball but with two independent leaguers—has precious little premium talent, aside from a pair of Mets. [...] Continue Reading »

World Cup Rosters Projection: Pool Four
May. 11, 2005
This is Baseball America's take on what the starting lineups will look like for the 16 teams expected to be involved in the World Baseball Classic next spring, and how each of the teams can be expected to perform. [...] Continue Reading »

World Cup Rosters Projection: Pool Three
May. 11, 2005
Baseball America's take on what the starting lineups will look like for the 16 teams expected to be involved in the World Baseball Classic next spring, and how each of the teams can be expected to perform. [...] Continue Reading »

World Cup Rosters Projection: Pool Two
May. 11, 2005
Baseball America's take on what the starting lineups will look like for the 16 teams expected to be involved in the World Baseball Classic next spring, and how each of the teams can be expected to perform. [...] Continue Reading »

World Cup Rosters Projection: Pool One
May. 11, 2005
Baseball America's take on what the starting lineups will look like for the 16 teams expected to be involved in the World Baseball Classic next spring, and how each of the teams can be expected to perform. [...] Continue Reading »

World Cup Announcement Expected This Week
May. 10, 2005
NEW YORK—Baseball's long wait for a World Cup-style international tournament, with the game's best players representing their countries, is over. Two Major League Baseball Players Association officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Major League Baseball and the MLBPA will announce either Wednesday or Thursday that a 16-team tournament will be held during spring training of 2006. [...] Continue Reading »

World Cup Announcement Expected This Week
May. 10, 2005
Baseball's long wait for a World Cup-style international tournament, with the game's best players representing their countries, is over. Two Major League Baseball Players Association officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Major League Baseball and the MLBPA will announce either Wednesday or Thursday that a 16-team tournament will be held during spring training of 2006. [...] Continue Reading »

U.S., Canada Qualify For World Cup
Apr. 11, 2005
The U.S. and Canada clinched the final two spots in the World Cup as they both beat the Czech Republic twice at the World Cup Qualifying tournament in Bradenton, Fla.. [...] Continue Reading »

World Cup Qualifier Set
Mar. 16, 2005
The United States, Canada and the Czech Republic will play a three-team qualifer for two spots in September's World Cup in the Netherlands. [...] Continue Reading »