Cuba national baseball team

	Cuba
Federation	Federación Cubana de Béisbol

The Cuba national baseball team is a national team of Cuba and is controlled by the Federación Cubana de Béisbol. It represents the nation in senior-level men's international competition. The team is a member of the COPABE. Cuba has been the dominant team in international competition since the 1940s. They have won 26 of the first 28 Baseball World Cups they have played in, 12 of 15 Pan American Games (including 8 in a row from 1971-2007) and 3 of 5 Olympics. Prominent national team members have included Omar Linares, Orestes Kindelan, Jose Contreras, Braudilio Vinent, Orlando Hernandez, Antonio Pacheco, Victor Mesa, Germán Mesa, Lourdes Gourriel, Pedro Luis Lazo, Yulieski Gourriel and Alfredo Despaigne.

Cuba made the finals of every major global baseball tournament from the 1952 Amateur World Series through 2008 Olympics (discounting a regional tournament, the 1959 Pan American Games), 40 straight events, before falling short of the semifinals in the 2009 World Baseball Classic.

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Baseball in Cuba
Federation National Team Womens' National Team
Cuban Serie Nacional
Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame History of baseball in Cuba

International Baseball
· International Baseball Federation ·
Olympics · Men's Baseball World Cup · Women's Baseball World Cup · Intercontinental Cup · World Baseball Classic · University · Junior "AAA" · Youth "AA"
Asian Games · All-Africa Games · Central American Games · Goodwill Games · Pan American Games · South Pacific Games · Southeast Asian Games
Africa: ABSA – All-Africa Games Americas: COPABE – Pan American Games Asia: BFA – Asian Championship Europe: CEB – European Championship Oceania: BCO – Oceania Championship

National baseball teams of the Americas (COPABE)