The Venezuela national baseball team (Spanish: Selección de béisbol de Venezuela[2] or Selección de Venezuela)[3] is the national team of Venezuela.[4] It is currently ranked sixth in the world by the World Baseball Softball Confederation, behind the Mexico and ahead of the Netherlands.[1] The team will compete against Israel, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Nicaragua in the 2023 World Baseball Classic in March 2023 in Miami, Florida.
| Venezuela National Baseball Team | |
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| Information | |
| Country |  Venezuela |
| Federation | Federación Venezolana de Béisbol |
| Confederation | COPABE |
| Manager | Omar López |
| WBSC ranking | |
| Current | 6  (18 December 2023)[1] |
| Highest | 6 (first in December 2022) |
| Lowest | 11 (first in September 2018) |
| World Baseball Classic | |
| Appearances | 5 (first in 2006) |
| Best result |  3rd (1 time, in 2009) |
| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 18 (first in 1940) |
| Best result |  1st (3 times, most recent in 1945) |
| Intercontinental Cup | |
| Appearances | 2 (first in 1973) |
| Best result | 6 (1 time, in 2002) |
| Pan American Games | |
| Appearances | 3 (first in 1955) |
| Best result |  1st (1 time, in 1959) |
Current roster
| Venezuela roster - 2020 Summer Olympics Final Qualifier | ||||
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| Players | Coaching staff | |||
Pitchers
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Infielders
Outfielders
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Results and fixtures
The following is a list of professional baseball match results currently active in the latest version of the WBSC World Rankings, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.[5]
- Legend
Win Lose Void or postponed Fixture
2019
| WBSC Premier12 GS | November 5 | Venezuela | 4–8 |  Japan | Taoyuan Stadium, Taiwan |
| 18:00 NST | Boxscore | Attendance: 3,868 |
| WBSC Premier12 GS | November 6 | Chinese Taipei  | 3–0 | Venezuela | Taichung Stadium, Taiwan |
| 18:30 NST | Boxscore | Attendance: 10,983 |
| WBSC Premier12 GS | November 7 | Venezuela | 7–1 |  Puerto Rico | Taichung Stadium, Taiwan |
| 12:00 NST | Boxscore | Attendance: 618 |
2022
| Bolivarian Games RR | June 30 | Venezuela | 9–2 |  Dominican Republic | Estadio Calamar, Colombia |
| 14:00 COT | Boxscore |
| Bolivarian Games RR | July 1 | Venezuela | 4–5 |  Peru | Estadio Calamar, Colombia |
| 14:00 COT | Boxscore | Attendance: 2,450 |
| Bolivarian Games RR | July 2 | Colombia  | 10–0 (F/6) | Venezuela | Estadio Calamar, Colombia |
| 19:00 COT | Boxscore |
| Bolivarian Games RR | July 3 | Dominican Republic | 14–2 | Venezuela | Estadio Calamar, Colombia |
| 14:00 COT | Boxscore |
| Bolivarian Games RR | July 4 | Peru | 5–6 | Venezuela | Estadio Calamar, Colombia |
| 14:00 COT | Boxscore |
| Bolivarian Games RR | July 5 | Venezuela | 7–1 | Colombia | Estadio Calamar, Colombia |
| 14:00 COT | Boxscore |
2023
| World Baseball Classic GS | March 11 | Dominican Republic | 1–5 | Venezuela | loanDepot Park, United States |
| 19:00 ET | LP: Sandy Alcántara (0–1) | Boxscore | WP: José Ruiz (1–0) HR: Anthony Santander (1) | Attendance: 35,890 Umpires: HP – Andy Fletcher, 1B – Tim Meyer, 2B – Ron Kulpa, 3B – Maikol Tibabijo |
| World Baseball Classic GS | March 12 | Venezuela | 9–6 | Puerto Rico | loanDepot Park, United States |
| 19:00 ET | WP: Pablo López (1–0) Sv: Silvino Bracho (1) HR: Anthony Santander (2), Salvador Pérez (1) | Boxscore | LP: José Berríos (0–1) HR: Eddie Rosario (1) | Attendance: 35,615 Umpires: HP – Chris Guccione, 1B – Chris Graham, 2B – Alejandro Pecero, 3B – Mike Estabrook |
| World Baseball Classic GS | March 14 | Nicaragua  | 1–4 | Venezuela | loanDepot Park, United States |
| 12:00 ET | LP: Rodney Theophile (0–1) | Boxscore | WP: José Ruiz (1–0) Sv: José Alvarado (1) | Attendance: 21,873 Umpires: HP – Ángel Hernández, 1B – Chris Guccione, 2B – Alejandro Pecero, 3B – Tim Meyer |
| World Baseball Classic GS | March 15 | Venezuela | 5–1 |  Israel | loanDepot Park, United States |
| 12:00 ET | WP: Jesús Luzardo (1–0) HR: Eduardo Escobar (1), Eugenio Suárez (1) | Boxscore | LP: Robert Stock (0–1) | Attendance: 18,277 Umpires: HP – Andy Fletcher, 1B – Ángel Hernández, 2B – Maikol Tibabijo, 3B – Alejandro Pecero |
| World Baseball Classic QF | March 18 | United States  | 9–7 | Venezuela | loanDepot Park, United States |
| 19:00 ET | WP: David Bednar (1–0) Sv: Ryan Pressly (2) HR: Kyle Tucker (1), Trea Turner (2) | Boxscore | LP: José Quijada (0–1) HR: Luis Arráez (1), Luis Arráez (2) | Attendance: 35,792 Umpires: HP – Dan Bellino, 1B – Will Little, 2B – Atsushi Fukaya, 3B – Kun Young Park |
Tournament record
World Baseball Classic
In June 2005, Major League Baseball announced the formation of the World Baseball Classic, a sixteen nation international competition to be held in March 2006 for the first time. The team Venezuela sent to the 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classic included Venezuelan players from Major League Baseball. A player is eligible to participate on a WBC national team if:
- The player is a citizen of the nation the team represents.
- The player is qualified for citizenship or to hold a passport under the laws of a nation represented by a team, but has not been granted citizenship or been issued a passport, then the player may be made eligible by WBCI upon petition by the player or team.
- The player is a permanent legal resident of the nation or territory the team represents.
- The player was born in the nation or territory the team represents.
- The player has one parent who is, or if deceased was, a citizen of the nation the team represents.
- The player has one parent who was born in the nation or territory the team represents.[6]
| World Baseball Classic record | Qualification record | |||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | W | L | RS | RA | W | L | RS | RA | ||
| 2006 | Round 2 | 7th | 3 | 3 | 22 | 20 | No qualifiers held | |||||
 2009 | Semifinal | 4th | 6 | 2 | 45 | 36 | No qualifiers held | |||||
| 2013 | Round 1 | 10th | 1 | 2 | 17 | 21 | Automatically qualified | |||||
 2017 | Round 2 | 8th | 2 | 5 | 28 | 55 | Automatically qualified | |||||
| 2023 | Quarterfinal | 5th | 4 | 1 | 30 | 18 | Automatically qualified | |||||
| Total | Semifinal | 5/5 | 16 | 13 | 142 | 150 | - | - | - | - | ||
2009: Bronze medal
Venezuela competed in the 2009 World Baseball Classic, playing its opening games in Pool C, in Toronto, Ontario. The Venezuelans secured advancement out of Pool C with a pair of resounding wins over Italy. Along the way, Venezuela also lost a 15–6 slugfest against the United States, but won twice against the same team.[7]
2013: First round exit
In the 2013 World Baseball Classic, Venezuela was eliminated by Puerto Rico, who went on to eliminate Italy, the United States and two-time defending champion Japan. Their placing as the third team in Pool C after defeating newcomers Spain was sufficient to secure direct qualification to the 2017 World Baseball Classic.
2017: Misses the finals again
2023
The team competed against Team Israel, Team Puerto Rico, Team Dominican Republic, and Team Nicaragua in the 2023 World Baseball Classic in March 11–15, 2023 in Miami, Florida.[8]
Baseball World Cup
2009 IBAF World Cup
In 2009, Europe will host the IBAF World Cup. It will mark the first time in history the Baseball World Cup will not be hosted by a certain country, but rather a whole continent. The 2009 Baseball World Cup will take place from 9–27 September. Seven European countries will host and participant in the tournament of 22 teams. The event will be made up of five groups consisting of four teams each, for a total of 20 teams. Italy (Bollate, Bologna, Codogno, Florence, Macerata, Milan, Parma, Piacenza, Reggio Emilia, Rimini, San Marino, Turin, Trieste, Verona and Vicenza) and Netherlands (Rotterdam, Haarlem and Amsterdam) serve as hosts of the sixteen teams of the second round ( 14–20 September), and therefore receive first round byes. The groups are as follows:[9]
- Group A (hosted by the Czech Republic in Prague): Czech Republic, Australia, Chinese Taipei & Mexico
- Group B (hosted by Spain in Barcelona): Spain, Cuba, Puerto Rico & South Africa
- Group C (hosted by Sweden in Stockholm): Sweden, Canada, South Korea & Netherlands Antilles
- Group D (hosted by Russia in Moscow): Russia, France/Great Britain, Japan & Nicaragua
- Group E (hosted by Germany in Regensburg): Germany, China, U.S.A. & Venezuela[10]
Pan American Games
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U-23 Baseball World Cup
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