The Curaçao national baseball team represents the nation of Curaçao in international competition. It is distinct from the Netherlands national baseball team, though Curaçaoan players are eligible to represent the Netherlands in competitions like the World Baseball Classic. Curaçao has participated independently in minor tournaments such as the Caribbean Baseball Cup and Haarlem Baseball Week (where it competed against the Netherlands in 2022)

Curaçao was previously represented as part of the Netherlands Antilles national baseball team in senior-level men's international competition,. The Netherlands Antilles were a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands until the country, and its baseball federation, was dissolved in 2011.

In 2024, the baseball federations of Curaçao and Aruba announced a partnership to field their own national team, in what some commentators viewed as a split with the Netherlands.

Netherlands Antilles national baseball team

The Netherlands Antilles team was controlled by the Netherlands Antillean Baseball Federation. Like the Curaçao national team, it was distinct from the Netherlands national baseball team, though for certain tournaments (namely the World Baseball Classic), Dutch Antillean players were eligible to represent the Netherlands. In other tournaments, such as the 1988 Baseball World Cup, both the Netherlands and the Netherlands Antilles competed.

The Dutch Antillean national team was largely composed of players from Curaçao and Aruba, until the latter split off in 1986 to form its own constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Aruba national baseball team would compete against the Netherlands Antilles at the 1991 Pan American Games.

The Netherlands Antilles were represented in twelve Baseball World Cups, making their first appearance at the 1952 Amateur World Series. The team's highest finish was 7th place, at the 1973 Amateur World Series in Cuba.Bjarkman 2005, pp.416–39

The Netherlands Antilles was dissolved as a unified political entity on 10 October 2010. Since then, players from the former Dutch Antilles have continued to play on the Netherlands national team for the World Baseball Classic. For minor international competitions, Curaçao has fielded its own national team, as have Bonaire and Sint Maarten.

Roster Curaçao's roster for the 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games, the last official competition in which the team took part.

Competitive record Netherlands Antilles Baseball World Cup

Amateur World Series & Baseball World Cup recordYearResultPosition 1938 Did not enter IBF 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 FIBA 1945 1947 1948 1950 1951 1952 Single-table tournament 9th 6 2 4 1953 Single-table tournament 9th 10 2 8 1961 Single-table tournament 8th 4 1 3 1965 Single-table tournament 8th 8 2 6 1969 Single-table tournament 10th 9 1 8 1970 Single-table tournament 8th 11 3 8 1971 Single-table tournament 10th 9 0 9 1972 Did not enter 1973 Single-table tournament 7th 14 3 11 1973 Did not enter FEMBA 1974 1976 AINBA 1978 1980 1982 IBAF 1984 Single-table tournament 10th 10 4 6 1986 Single-table tournament 11th 11 2 9 1988 Group stage 11th 11 1 10 44 115 1990 Did not qualify 1994 1998 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 Second round 16th 10 2 8 46 115 2011 Did not qualify Total 0 Titles 12/38 113 23 90 — —

Curaçao Caribbean Baseball Cup

: 2nd : 1st 2022 : 3rd 2023 : 2nd 2024 : 1st : 1st

Haarlem Baseball Week

2016 : 5th 2022 : 2nd

World Port Tournament

: 4th 2011 : 4th 2013 : 3rd : 3rd : 3rd

See also Baseball in the Netherlands

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