# Brazil national baseball team

The Brazil national baseball team (Portuguese: Seleção Brasileira de Beisebol) is the national baseball team of Brazil. The team represents Brazil in international competitions. The team is currently ranked 18th in the world.

## Results and fixtures

The following is a list of professional baseball game results currently active in the latest version of the WBSC World Rankings, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

### Legend

Win  Lose  Void or postponed  Fixture

### 2018
## Current roster
## Tournament results
### World Baseball Classic

| World Baseball Classic record | World Baseball Classic record | World Baseball Classic record | World Baseball Classic record | World Baseball Classic record | World Baseball Classic record | World Baseball Classic record | Qualification record | Qualification record | Qualification record | Qualification record |
| Year | Round | Position | W | L | RS | RA | W | L | RS | RA |
| 2006 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | No qualifiers held | No qualifiers held | No qualifiers held | No qualifiers held |
| 2009 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | No qualifiers held | No qualifiers held | No qualifiers held | No qualifiers held |
| 2013 | Round 1 | 14th | 0 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
| 2017 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 |
| 2023 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | 2 | 2 | 17 | 15 |
| 2026 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | 3 | 1 | 27 | 18 |
| Total | Round 1 | 2/6 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 68 | 41 |

### Baseball World Cup

* 2003: 7th
* 2005: 14th

### Intercontinental Cup

* 1995: 5th
* 2002: 9th

### Pan American Games

* 2007: 7th
* 2023: 2nd

## Team history

The Brazil National Baseball team is controlled by the Confederação Brasileira de Beisebol e Softbol. The team represents the nation of Brazil in senior-level men's international competition and is a member of the COPABE or WBSC Americas. Though not a major competitor in the world scene, Brazil has steadily been improving and managed to provide a scare for both the Cuba national baseball team and the United States national baseball team in the first decade of the 21st century. Due to the popularity of the sport among the Japanese, the Brazilian team was for longer parts of history, composed in large part of Japanese-Brazilian players. But recently, its more diverse, having non-asian players such as Paulo Orlando, Leonardo Reginatto and Yan Gomes and decendents of Brazilians such as the Bichette Brothers (Bo and Dante Jr.) and Lucas Ramirez (Son of Manny Ramirez).

## Baseball World Cup History
### 2003

In 2003, Brazil placed 7th in the Baseball World Cup. The field of teams consisted of 15 teams split into two groups. Group A included Cuba, Nicaragua, Chinese Taipaei, South Korea, Canada, Italy and Russia while group B consisted of Japan, team USA, Panama, Brazil, the Netherlands, Mexico, China and France.
* Group B:
* Japan
* USA
* Panama
* Brazil
* Netherlands
* Mexico
* China
* France
The order the teams are listed in above shows the teams success in the first round of the tournament. The four teams from each group who finished the first round with the best records went on to play in the placing rounds, which began with the quarterfinals. Brazil played their quarterfinal against the eventual tournament Champions, the Cuba national baseball team and nearly pulled off a huge upset. Pitcher Kléber Ojima nursed a 3–2 lead into the ninth inning, but Cuba's offense proved too powerful for the underdogs to hang on. After a deep triple and a two-run game-winning home run, the Brazilian team are crushed and stunned at their 4–3 loss. In their next game the team suffered a lopsided defeat to the United States 14–3, a game in which they were forced to use 5 different pitchers. This defeat sent Brazil into the Seventh place game where they faced and beat the South Korea national baseball team by the score of 8–3, taking advantage of pitcher Cláudio Yamadao throws eight scoreless innings and Brazil officially finishing out their first ever appearance in the Baseball world cup with a win.

### 2005

In 2005 Brazil competed in their second Baseball World Cup, where they were managed by Mitsuyoshi Sato. Coming off a Seventh place finish in 2003, the team was hungry for more success. The first game of pool play had Brazil taking on China. A hard-fought game by both teams ended in the 15th inning when China scored twice to beat Brazil 6–5. Brazil had a 3-run lead going into the seventh inning of the contest. Next up for Brazil were the South Africa national baseball team. Behind a strong pitching performance and sturdy defensive play, the Brazilian team one-hit South Africa and improved to 1–1. The success did not last however, as the team faced a powerful team Cuba in their next game. The final score was 11–1 in Cuba's favor and Brazil was left sitting at 1–2. The woes continued to pile up for Brazil as they lost the following three games 7–0 to the Netherlands, 4–0 to South Korea and 8–5 over Panama. In the latter game of the skid Brazil actually found itself in the lead with just four innings to play. However the bats for the Panama national baseball team came alive and they rallied for the victory. Brazil finally was able to find its stroke against an unsuspecting Sweden team and took and 11–4 victory while scoring all of their runs in each of the first three innings. The victory gave Brazil a record of 2–4 in the games and a hope to finish with a win and boost their winning percentage. Alas, Brazil would taste no more victory as they dropped their final game 12–4 to Canada, a game in which they led 3–0 early on. Their 15th-place finish in 2005 was the last time the team competed in the Baseball World Cup.

## Intercontinental Cup History
### 1995

In 1995 Brazil competed in the Intercontinental Cup for the first time. The team took 5th place that year, as the dynasty that is Cuban baseball rolled to their seventh consecutive title. Japan would take second place while the Nicaragua national baseball team was left holding the bronze.

### 2002

2002 was Brazil's second shot at Intercontinental Cup glory. However, Cuba ended their drought of Golds with yet another first-place finish, one of their ten in Cup history. South Korea took the silver while the Dominican Republic national baseball team hoisted the bronze. Brazil was left with a seventh-place finish and hasn't competed in the tournament since.

## Pan American Games History
### 2007

In 2007 Brazil competed in its very first Pan American Games for baseball. The team opened up pool play with an impressive 1–0 win over Nicaragua. Pitchers Claudio Yamada and Kléber Ojima combined for the four hit shutout while the lone run was scored on a home run by Tiago Magalhaes. Brazil had put themselves in the drivers seat with a huge game 1 win, but took a step back with a 14–2 spanking handed to them by the Dominican Republic national baseball team. This loss put the team's record at 1–1 and meant that the next and final game of pool play was make it or break it for Brazil. In the matchup between Brazil and a powerful United States team, Things were extremely close for the majority of the game. Brazil took an early one-run lead in the first inning but saw it quickly taken away in the second as the U.S. pulled even. The game would stay deadlocked until the fifth when the U.S. would gain a one-run advantage, and later in the seventh would tack on what proved to be a decisive five runs. Despite late efforts by Brazil, who came up with two runs in the eighth and one in the ninth, the American team shut the door for the win and finished pool play undefeated on the 7–5 victory. This loss dropped Brazil to 1–2, a record which proved not good enough to make advance to the medal rounds. The United States would end up making it all the way to the championship where they were beaten by Cuba 3–1.

### 2023

The Brazilian team surprised the baseball world. They start beating Venezuela 3-1, Cuba 4-2, and Colombia on a hard match, 8-7, in the first phase and qualifying for the SuperRound. On this phase beating Panama 5-3, but losing to Mexico 5-1, Brazil could make it through the finals for the first time. Facing Colombia again they were beaten 9–1, thus winning the silver medal. The first medal in Pan American Games of the team's history.

## World Baseball Classic History

Brazil has participated twice of the WBC, in 2013 and 2026, after having to pass under qualifier stages on both times
Brazil also compeated on the qualifers of 2017 and 2023 qualifers, althogout without surcess in qualify.

### 2013 roster

Preliminary roster for 2013 World Baseball Classic.
Manager: Barry Larkin Coaches: Tiago Caldeira, Marcos Guimaraes, Go Kuroki, Ricardo Matumaru, Mitsuyoshi Sato, Satiro Watanabe.
| Pos. | No. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| P | 21 | Gabriel Asakura | (1988-11-11)November 11, 1988 | Cal State Golden Eagles |
| P | 27 | Rafael Fernandes | (1986-04-23)April 23, 1986 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows |
| P | -- | Luiz Gohara | (1996-07-31)July 31, 1996 | Pulaski Mariners |
| P | 34 | Murilo Gouvea | (1988-10-15)October 15, 1988 | Lexington Legends |
| P | 24 | Hugo Kanabushi | (1989-05-22)May 22, 1989 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows (minor league) |
| P | 19 | Kesley Kondo | (1989-12-01)December 1, 1989 | Utah Utes |
| P | 18 | Rafael Moreno | (1995-02-11)February 11, 1995 | DSL Orioles |
| P | 13 | Oscar Nakaoshi | (1991-05-28)May 28, 1991 | Hakuoh University |
| P | 25 | Andre Rienzo | (1988-07-05)July 5, 1988 | Chicago White Sox |
| P | -- | Jean Tome | (1989-09-05)September 5, 1989 | Mie Nishi |
| P | 32 | Thyago Vieira | (1993-01-07)January 7, 1993 | Everett AquaSox |
| P | 15 | Carlos Yoshimura | (1984-02-22)February 22, 1984 | Yamaha |
| C | 26 | Bruno Hirata | (1988-03-17)March 17, 1988 | Toshiba |
| IF | 4 | Felipe Burin | (1992-02-10)February 10, 1992 | Pulaski Mariners |
| IF | 33 | Alan Fanhoni | (1991-12-23)December 23, 1991 | NTT East |
| IF | 37 | Iago Januario | (1993-01-20)January 20, 1993 | VSL Rays |
| IF | 34 | Daniel Matsumoto | (1980-12-18)December 18, 1980 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows |
| P | 28 | Ernesto Noris | (1972-11-24)November 24, 1972 | Atibaia |
| IF | 17 | Pedro Okuda | (1990-04-20)April 20, 1990 | VSL Mariners |
| IF | 20 | Leonardo Reginatto | (1990-04-10)April 10, 1990 | Bowling Green Hot Rods |
| IF | 1 | Lucas Rojo | (1994-04-05)April 5, 1994 | VSL Phillies |
| IF | 36 | Reinaldo Sato | (1980-10-25)October 25, 1980 | Yamaha |
| IF | 6 | Marcio Tanaka | (1980-06-09)June 9, 1980 | JR Kyushu |
| OF | 30 | Tiago Magalhaes | (1981-05-18)May 18, 1981 | Yamaha |
| OF | 9 | Mike Magario | (1991-11-18)November 18, 1991 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows (minor league) |
| OF | 29 | JC Muñiz | (1976-06-28)June 28, 1976 | Marília |
| OF | 16 | Paulo Orlando | (1985-11-01)November 1, 1985 | Kansas City Royals |

## 2017 World Baseball Classic
### 2017 Qualifying results

| Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier | Qualifier | Qualifier |
| – | Pakistan | 0 | | | | | | |
| – | Brazil | 10 | | | | | | |
| – | Brazil | 10 | W1 | Brazil | 0 | | | |
| | | | W2 | Israel | 1 | | | |
| – | Great Britain | 2 | W2 | Israel | 1 | | | |
| – | Israel | 5 | | | | | | |
| – | Israel | 5 | | | | W3 | Israel | 9 |
| | | | | | | W5 | Great Britain | 1 |
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower final | Lower final | Lower final | W5 | Great Britain | 1 |
| | | | W4 | Great Britain | 4 | | | |
| L1 | Pakistan | 0 | L3 | Brazil | 3 | | | |
| L2 | Great Britain | 14 | | | | | | |
| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Venue | Game duration | Attendance |
| Sep 22, 2016 | 12:00 | Pakistan | 0-10 | Brazil | MCU Park | 2:40 | 1,210 |
| Sep 22, 2016 | 7:00 | Brazil | 0-1 | Israel | MCU Park | 2:56 | 1,862 |
| Sep 24, 2016 | 8:00 | Great Britain | 4-3 | Brazil | MCU Park | | 1,480 |

## 2023 World Baseball Classic
### 2023 Qualifying results

| Opening Round | Opening Round | Opening Round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier | Qualifier | Qualifier |
| | | | – | Nicaragua | 1 | | | |
| – | New Zealand | 7 | W1 | Brazil | 4 | | | |
| – | Brazil | 12 | | | | W3 | Brazil | 0 |
| | | | | | | W4 | Panama | 4 |
| | | | – | Panama | 11 | | | |
| – | Pakistan | 4 | W2 | Argentina | 0 | | | |
| – | Argentina | 7 | | | | | | |
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | Lower final | Lower final | Lower final |
| L2 | Pakistan | 0 | | | | | | |
| L2 | Pakistan | 0 | | | | L8 | Brazil | 1 |
| L3 | Nicaragua | 12 | | | | L8 | Brazil | 1 |
| L3 | Nicaragua | 12 | W5 | Nicaragua | 6 | W7 | Nicaragua | 3 |
| | | | W6 | Argentina | 5 | | | |
| L1 | New Zealand | 1 | W6 | Argentina | 5 | | | |
| L4 | Argentina | 4 | | | | | | |
| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | 12:00 | New Zealand | 7–12 | Brazil | Estadio Nacional de Panamá | 3:17 | 105 | Boxscore |
| Oct. 1, 2022 | 12:00 | Brazil | 4–1 | Nicaragua | Estadio Nacional de Panamá | 3:48 | 695 | Boxscore |
| Oct. 4, 2022 | 20:00 | Brazil | 0–4 | Panama* | Estadio Nacional de Panamá | 3:09 | 6,789 | Boxscore |
| Oct. 5, 2022 | 19:00 | Nicaragua | 3–1 | Brazil | Estadio Nacional de Panamá | 3:21 | 769 | Boxscore |

### 2026 Qualifying results

| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| March 2, 2025 | 18:00 | Brazil | 0–5 | Colombia | | Veterans Memorial Stadium | 2:23 | 2,332 | Boxscore |
| March 3, 2025 | 11:00 | Brazil | 9–7 | Germany | | Veterans Memorial Stadium | 3:05 | 2,193 | Boxscore |
| March 4, 2025 | 11:00 | China | 2–12 | Brazil | 7 | Veterans Memorial Stadium | 2:30 | 3,566 | Boxscore |
| March 6, 2025 | 18:00 | Germany | 4–6 | Brazil | | Veterans Memorial Stadium | 2:23 | 2,247 | Boxscore |