Baseball at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games – Qualification

The following is the qualification system and qualified athletes, countries and teams for the Baseball at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games competitions. As the host nation, El Salvador qualifies a team with 24 athletes automatically. The WBSC ranking determined the next four as of the December 31, 2022 release: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Venezuela. The top two non-qualified finishers of the Caribbean Baseball Cup, Bahamas 2022 (COCABE) will receive their quota automatically, which are Puerto Rico and Curaçao. The highest non-qualified finisher of the 2023 Centroamericano de Beisbol received the last slot, which is Nicaragua.

Timeline Event Dates Location(s) Berth(s) QualifiedHost nation1WBSC World RankingsDecember 31, 202242022 Caribbean Baseball CupDecember 4–11, 2022 Nassau22023 Central American & Caribbean Games QualifierFebruary 6–12, 2023 Managua1

WBSC World Rankings

Countries in the Central America, Caribbean, or northern South American regions are eligible for all Central American & Caribbean Games. The top four highest eligible countries qualified for the main tournament using the December 31, 2022 WBSC World Rankings release, which are Mexico, Venezuela, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic.

Legend

Top 20 rankings as of 31 December 2022RankChangeTeamPointsRegion 1 4179 East Asia 2 3819 East Asia 3 2 3449 Northern America 4 1 3428 East Asia 5 1 3273 Central America 6 1 2723 South America 7 1 2468 Western Europe 8 1 2246 Caribbean 9 3 1894 Caribbean 10 1889 Australasia 11 1669 South America 12 1 1529 Central America 13 3 1419 Caribbean 14 2 1404 Northern America 15 1 1313 Eastern Europe 16 1 1206 Southern Europe 17 2 1117 Central America 18 1075 Western Europe 19 806 Southern Europe 20 702 Western Asia

2022 Caribbean Baseball Cup

Group stage

Knockout stage

Semifinals

Third place game

Championship

Standings

RkTeamWLNotes 1 5 1 Qualification to the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games 2 4 2 Qualified through the WBSC World Rankings method 3 3 3 Qualification to the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games 4 1 5   5 1 3  

2023 Central American & Caribbean Games Qualifier

Group stage

Bronze medal game

Final

Standings

RkTeamWLNotes 1 5 0 Qualification to the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games 2 3 2   3 3 2   4 1 4   5 0 4  

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