The Colombia national baseball team (Spanish: Selección de béisbol de Colombia) is the national baseball team of Colombia. The team represents Colombia in international competitions.
Colombia has won two international baseball championships, both during the Amateur World Series era (1938-86); the first in 1947, and the second in 1965. In the modern era, it has qualified for the World Baseball Classic three times; in 2017 and 2023 it did not make it out of the pool stage.
Team Colombia will compete in the 2026 World Baseball Classic in March 2026.
History The Colombian national team first participated in the Amateur World Series — which would become the Baseball World Cup — in 1944, finishing sixth. It would go on to win the 1947 edition, which it hosted in Barranquilla. Colombia again hosted, and won, in 1965, though the Colombian government notably denied the defending-champion Cuban team entry into the country, due to tensions with Fidel Castro's government.
In 2017, Colombia defeated Spain and Panama to secure their first ever appearance in the World Baseball Classic. The 2017 team was managed by Luis Urueta. Its pitching staff was anchored by Major Leaguers José Quintana and Julio Teheran, and included then-prospects Jorge Alfaro and Gio Urshela. However, the group was placed in the Pool C — meaning its "very tough" competitors would be the United States, the Dominican Republic, and Canada. Colombia ultimately finished third in the division and did not move on to the second round, though it did manage to defeat Canada 4–1 at Marlins Park in Miami.
The team tried but failed to qualify for the 2020 Olympics at the eight-team Americas Qualifying Event on May 31 through June 5, 2021.
As a participant in the 2017 WBC, Colombia automatically qualified for the expanded 2023 World Baseball Classic. It was placed in a group with the United States, Canada, Mexico, and a fifth team to be determined by qualification. On July 29, 2022, the team announced that Urueta would return to coach the national team for the WBC.
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.
Legend
2019
2022
2023
2026
Current roster
International tournaments World Baseball Classic Qualification recordYearRoundPosition 2006 Did not enter No qualifiers held 2009 2013 Did not qualify 1 2 16 17 2017 Group stage 11th 1 2 9 14 3 0 17 6 2023 Group stage 18th 1 3 12 19 Automatically qualified 2026 Group stage14th131023 3 0 23 1 Total Pool Stage 3/6 3 8 31 56 7 2 56 24 OpponentTournaments metW-L recordLargest victoryLargest defeatCurrent streakScoreTournamentScoreTournament31-24–1United States 20178–2Puerto Rico 2026L210-1–7–4Puerto Rico 2026L110-1–10–3 (F/11)United States 2017L110-1–7–5United States 2023L111-05–4 (F/10)United States 2023–W111-04–3Puerto Rico 2026–W110-1–5–0Puerto Rico 2026L120-2–3–2 (F/10)United States 2017L2Overall33–8Against Against W14–1United States 201710–3 (F/11)United States 2017
Baseball World Cup : 2nd : 1st : 3rd : 1st : 4th : 2nd : 4th : 3rd
Pan American Games : 3rd : 7th : 4th : 1st
Intercontinental Cup : 8th : 5th
U-23 Baseball World Cup Bronze: 2021
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