Burkina Faso national baseball team
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Country Burkina Faso
WBSC ranking
CurrentNR (18 December 2023)[1]

The Burkina Faso national baseball team also known as The Upright Men,[2] is a baseball team which represents Burkina Faso in international baseball competitions.

Baseball was introduced in Burkina Faso in the late 1990s.[3] In 2016, a group of ten players from the national team went to Japan to train.[4]

Seventeen national baseball teams in Africa were divided into four zones for the 2020 Olympics qualifiers, and Burkina Faso competed in Zone West 1 against Team Ghana, Team Nigeria, Team Tunisia, and Team Cote d’Ivoire.[5] In April 2019 at the first African West One pre-qualifier for the 2020 Olympics, the team defeated Team Nigeria (13–3) and Team Ghana (14–4).[2][6][7][8] It lost in the semi-final in May to Team South Africa, 16–1.[9][6][10]

References

  1. ^ "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b "In Photos: This Is What Africa's First Baseball Olympic Pre-Qualifier Looked Like; Burkina Faso establishes themselves as a thrilling prospect at the first African pre-qualifier for the 2020 Olympics," Okayafrica, April 12, 2019.
  3. ^ Nishimura, Yo (December 7, 2015). "West African baseball coach aims to impart lessons learned in Hokkaido project". Japan Times.
  4. ^ "Fields of Dreams". NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation. September 1, 2016.
  5. ^ "Tokyo 2020: Nigeria Baseball and Softball team storms Ghana for qualifier". The Nation. March 20, 2019.
  6. ^ a b Eludini, Tunde (March 25, 2019). "Baseball: Nigeria qualify for second stage of Olympic Africa qualifiers". Premium Times.
  7. ^ "Zim Baseball announce team for Olympic qualifier". The Chronicle. April 6, 2019.
  8. ^ "Burkina Faso, Nigeria advance to Baseball Africa Cup". WBSC. March 25, 2019.
  9. ^ "South Africa baseball team advances to WBSC Europe-Africa qualifiers". Boksburg Advertiser. May 11, 2019.
  10. ^ "Baseball: Uganda faces big test". New Vision. April 6, 2019.
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