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===2006 WBC=== ===2006 WBC===
{{see also | 2006 World Baseball Classic | 2006 World Baseball Classic - Rosters#Australia | l2=2006 World Baseball Classic - Australian Roster}} {{see also | 2006 World Baseball Classic | 2006 World Baseball Classic - Rosters#Australia | l2=2006 World Baseball Classic - Australian Roster}}
Prior to formally starting their campaign, Australia played an exhibition game against a ] squad at ] in ], ],<ref name="wbc06_exhib">{{cite web | title=WBC 2006 Exhibition Game Box Score | publisher=] | date=] | url=http://www.baseball.com.au/default.asp?Page=23221&MenuID=National%5FTeams%2F86%2F0%2C2006%5FWorld%5FBaseball%5FClassic%2F365%2F22702%2CRESULTS%2F13623%2F0%2CAustralian%5FGames%5FResults%5Fand%5FStatistics%2F13659%2F0 | accessdate=]}}</ref> which they lost. This was also the site of their training camp.<ref name="wbc06_train">{{cite web | title=WBC 2006 Training Camps | publisher=] | year=] | url=http://ww2.worldbaseballclassic.com/2006/schedule/index.jsp?mc=training&sid=wbc | accessdate=]}}</ref> Prior to formally starting their campaign, Australia played an exhibition game against a ] squad at ] in ], ],<ref name="wbc06_exhib">{{cite web | title=WBC 2006 Exhibition Game Box Score | publisher=] | date=] | url=http://www.baseball.com.au/default.asp?Page=23221&MenuID=National%5FTeams%2F86%2F0%2C2006%5FWorld%5FBaseball%5FClassic%2F365%2F22702%2CRESULTS%2F13623%2F0%2CAustralian%5FGames%5FResults%5Fand%5FStatistics%2F13659%2F0 | accessdate=]}}</ref> which they lost. This was also the site of their training camp.<ref name="wbc06_train">{{cite web | title=WBC 2006 Training Camps | publisher=] | year=2006 | url=http://ww2.worldbaseballclassic.com/2006/schedule/index.jsp?mc=training&sid=wbc | accessdate=]}}</ref>


Australia competed in Pool D - along with ], ] and ] - in the first round at ] in ], Florida. Having failed to win any of their ] pool games, they finished last in their pool, and were eliminated with ], ], ], Italy, ], ] and ]. The eventual champions were ].<ref name="wbc06_standings">{{cite web | title = WBC 2006 Standings | publisher = ] | date = ] | url = http://ww2.worldbaseballclassic.com/2006/stats/stats.jsp?t=l_sta&lid=160&sid=wbc | accessdate = ]}}</ref> Australia competed in Pool D - along with ], ] and ] - in the first round at ] in ], Florida. Having failed to win any of their ] pool games, they finished last in their pool, and were eliminated with ], ], ], Italy, ], ] and ]. The eventual champions were ].<ref name="wbc06_standings">{{cite web | title = WBC 2006 Standings | publisher = ] | date = ] | url = http://ww2.worldbaseballclassic.com/2006/stats/stats.jsp?t=l_sta&lid=160&sid=wbc | accessdate = ]}}</ref>
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==Olympic Games== ==Olympic Games==
{{see also|Baseball at the Summer Olympics}} {{see also|Baseball at the Summer Olympics}}
Australia was the third nation, after the ] and ],<ref name="oly_bb_hist">{{cite journal | last=Cava | first=Pete | title=Baseball In The Olympics | journal=The ISOH Journal | volume=Volume 1 | issue= No 1 | pages=pp7-15 | publisher=] | location=] | date=] ] | url=http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv1n1/JOHv1n1a.pdf |format=PDF| accessdate=] }} Australia was the third nation, after the ] and ],<ref name="oly_bb_hist">{{cite journal | last=Cava | first=Pete | title=Baseball In The Olympics | journal=The ISOH Journal | volume=Volume 1 | issue= No 1 | pages=pp7-15 | publisher=] | location=] | date=Summer 1992 | url=http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv1n1/JOHv1n1a.pdf |format=PDF| accessdate=] }}
</ref> to participate in baseball at the ], making their first appearance at the ] in ], and again as part of its ] at the ] in ]. </ref> to participate in baseball at the ], making their first appearance at the ] in ], and again as part of its ] at the ] in ].


Since baseball was first included as a medal sport at the ] in ],<ref name="ioc_hist">{{cite web | url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/programme/history_uk.asp?DiscCode=BB | title=IOC Baseball History | year=] | accessdate=] | publisher=]}}</ref> Australia has participated in three of the five tournaments. The best result achieved was in the ] in ], where Australia lost the gold medal match to Cuba to receive silver.<ref name="smh_athens04">{{cite news | last=Brown | first=Alex | title=Aussies win silver in baseball | publisher=] (]) | date=] | url=http://www.smh.com.au/olympics/articles/2004/08/26/1093456697611.html | accessdate=] }}</ref> Since baseball was first included as a medal sport at the ] in ],<ref name="ioc_hist">{{cite web | url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/programme/history_uk.asp?DiscCode=BB | title=IOC Baseball History | year=2008 | accessdate=] | publisher=]}}</ref> Australia has participated in three of the five tournaments. The best result achieved was in the ] in ], where Australia lost the gold medal match to Cuba to receive silver.<ref name="smh_athens04">{{cite news | last=Brown | first=Alex | title=Aussies win silver in baseball | publisher=] (]) | date=] | url=http://www.smh.com.au/olympics/articles/2004/08/26/1093456697611.html | accessdate=] }}</ref>


===1956 Melbourne Games=== ===1956 Melbourne Games===
{{see also| Baseball at the 1956 Summer Olympics}} {{see also| Baseball at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}


In 1956, two demonstration sports were allowed: a sport from the host nation - ] in 1956 - and baseball which was the foreign sport.<ref name="oly_mel_report">{{cite conference | title=The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games XVI Olympiad Melbourne 1956 | pages=pp714-5 | publisher=The Organizing Committee of the XVI Olympiad, Melbourne, 1956 | year=] | location=] | url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1956/OR1956.pdf |format=PDF| accessdate=2008-10-02 }}</ref> Rather than the tournaments that would be played at future Games while still a demonstration sport, a single match was played against a team representing the ] on 1 December 1956, at the ]. In 1956, two demonstration sports were allowed: a sport from the host nation - ] in 1956 - and baseball which was the foreign sport.<ref name="oly_mel_report">{{cite conference | title=The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games XVI Olympiad Melbourne 1956 | pages=pp714-5 | publisher=The Organizing Committee of the XVI Olympiad, Melbourne, 1956 | year=1956 | location=] | url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1956/OR1956.pdf |format=PDF| accessdate=2008-10-02 }}</ref> Rather than the tournaments that would be played at future Games while still a demonstration sport, a single match was played against a team representing the ] on 1 December 1956, at the ].


Though many of the 114,000 people who attended were believed to be attending in anticipation of the athletics events to be held that afternoon,<ref name="oly_bb_hist"/> until an exhibition game played at the ] in 2008 between the ] and the ], it had the largest attendance for a baseball game ever.<ref name="attendance">{{cite news | last=] | title=More than 100K fans on hand for Dodgers' exhibition at Coliseum | publisher=] | date=] | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3320089 | accessdate=] }}</ref> Though many of the 114,000 people who attended were believed to be attending in anticipation of the athletics events to be held that afternoon,<ref name="oly_bb_hist"/> until an exhibition game played at the ] in 2008 between the ] and the ], it had the largest attendance for a baseball game ever.<ref name="attendance">{{cite news | last=] | title=More than 100K fans on hand for Dodgers' exhibition at Coliseum | publisher=] | date=] | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3320089 | accessdate=] }}</ref>
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{{Baseball in Australia}} {{Baseball in Australia}}

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Australian Baseball Team
Information
Country Australia
FederationAustralian Baseball Federation
ConfederationBaseball Confederation of Oceania
World Baseball Classic
Appearances1 (first in 2006)
Best result13th
Olympic Games
Appearances3 (first in 1996)
Best result 2nd
World Cup
Appearances8 (first in 1978)
Best result5th
Intercontinental Cup
Appearances6 (first in 1981)
Best result 1st
Oceania Championship
Best result1
Australia national baseball team
Medal record
Baseball
Representing  Australia
Asian Baseball Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1975 Korea Team
Intercontinental Cup
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Spain Team
Gold medal – first place 1999 Australia Team
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Team

The Australian baseball team is the national team of Australia. It has participated in the Summer Olympic Games in 1996, 2000 and 2004, but failed to qualify for 2008 - likely to be the last time baseball will be contested at the Olympics. The team sent to the 2006 World Baseball Classic included Australian players from Major League Baseball.

The team is controlled by the Australian Baseball Federation, which is represented in the Baseball Confederation of Oceania. The team has competed in the Asian Baseball Championship in previous years. Australia is due to compete in the 2009 World Baseball Classic in March, and the 2009 Baseball World Cup in September.

World Baseball Classic

See also: World Baseball Classic

Australia competed in the inaugural World Baseball Classic in 2006, finishing 13th. Along with the other teams from the 2006 tournament, Australia were invited to compete in the second World Baseball Classic, scheduled for 2009.

2006 WBC

See also: 2006 World Baseball Classic and 2006 World Baseball Classic - Australian Roster

Prior to formally starting their campaign, Australia played an exhibition game against a Boston Red Sox squad at City of Palms Park in Fort Myers, Florida, which they lost. This was also the site of their training camp.

Australia competed in Pool D - along with Dominican Republic, Italy and Venezuela - in the first round at Cracker Jack Stadium in Orlando, Florida. Having failed to win any of their round-robin pool games, they finished last in their pool, and were eliminated with Canada, China, Chinese Taipei, Italy, Netherlands, Panama and South Africa. The eventual champions were Japan.

Round Home Score Away Game Information
Date Venue Crowd
Exhibition Template:BaseballIcon Boston Red Sox (SS) 3-0 (F/7) Australia Australia 5 March 2006 City of Palms Park 5,370
1  Italy 10-0 (F/7) Australia Australia 7 March 2006 Cracker Jack Stadium 8,099
1 Australia Australia 0-2  Venezuela 9 March 2006 Cracker Jack Stadium 10,111
1  Dominican Republic 6-4 Australia Australia 10 March 2006 Cracker Jack Stadium 11,083

2009 WBC

See also: 2009 World Baseball Classic

Australia has been drawn in Pool B for the 2009 tournament, along with Cuba, Mexico and South Africa. They will play between two and four games in the first round from 8-12 March at Foro Sol Stadium in Mexico City, Mexico. Unlike the inaugural tournament, the first and second rounds will make use of a double-elimination format to avoid the potential need for complex tiebreakers to be used. Should Australia advance beyond the first round, they would play at PETCO Park in San Diego, California for the second round, and Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California for the finals.

Olympic Games

See also: Baseball at the Summer Olympics

Australia was the third nation, after the United States and Sweden, to participate in baseball at the Summer Olympics, making their first appearance at the 1956 Games in Melbourne, and again as part of its demonstration at the 1988 Games in Seoul.

Since baseball was first included as a medal sport at the 1992 Games in Barcelona, Australia has participated in three of the five tournaments. The best result achieved was in the 2004 Games in Athens, where Australia lost the gold medal match to Cuba to receive silver.

1956 Melbourne Games

See also: Baseball at the 1956 Summer Olympics

In 1956, two demonstration sports were allowed: a sport from the host nation - Australian rules football in 1956 - and baseball which was the foreign sport. Rather than the tournaments that would be played at future Games while still a demonstration sport, a single match was played against a team representing the United States on 1 December 1956, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Though many of the 114,000 people who attended were believed to be attending in anticipation of the athletics events to be held that afternoon, until an exhibition game played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in 2008 between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Boston Red Sox, it had the largest attendance for a baseball game ever.

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
 United States 2 0 4 0 2 3 11 13 0
Australia Australia 0 1 0 0 1 3 5 8 2

1988 Seoul Games

See also: Baseball at the 1988 Summer Olympics

1988 was the last time that baseball was included as an Olympic sport without medal status, and was the second time that Australia participated at the Olympic level. Though not originally included in the eight team tournament, Australia joined Canada, Chinese Taipei, Japan, the Netherlands, Puerto Rico, South Korea and the United States after Cuba chose to boycott the Games. Australia was pooled with Canada, South Korea and the United States, but failed to qualify for the finals.

Game Home Score Away Game Information
Date Venue
1 Australia Australia 7-6  Canada 19 September 1988 Jamsil Baseball Stadium
2  United States 12-2 Australia Australia 21 September 1988 Jamsil Baseball Stadium
3  South Korea 2-1 Australia Australia 23 September 1988 Jamsil Baseball Stadium

1996 Atlanta Olympics

See also: Baseball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Australia became the tenth nation to compete for an Olympic medal in baseball, when they played Cuba in the openning game of their 1996 campaign. After losing their first two mercy-rule shortened games to Cuba and the Netherlands, Australia recorded their first victory against defending bronze-medalists Japan. Australia won only one of their remaining four games (against South Korea), which included two more mercy-rule losses to the United States and Nicaragua. They finished the preliminary stage seventh, ahead of South Korea.

Though it has been equalled since, the loss to Cuba in the first game remains the largest defeat Australia have suffered in Olympic baseball.

Game Home Score Away Game Information
Date Venue
1  Cuba 19-8 (F/8) Australia Australia 20 July 1996 Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
2  Netherlands 16-6 (F/8) Australia Australia 22 July 1996 Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
3 Australia Australia 9-6  Japan 23 July 1996 Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
4  Italy 12-8 Australia Australia 25 July 1996 Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
5 Australia Australia 5-15 (F/7)  United States 27 July 1996 Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
6 Australia Australia 0-10 (F/8)  Nicaragua 28 July 1996 Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
7 Australia Australia 11-8  South Korea 30 July 1996 Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

2000 Sydney Olympics

See also: Baseball at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Game Home Score Away Game Information
Date Venue
1  Netherlands 6-4 Australia Australia 17 September 2000 Sydney Baseball Stadium
2 Australia Australia 5-3  South Korea 18 September 2000 Sydney Baseball Stadium
3  Japan 7-3 Australia Australia 19 September 2000 Sydney Baseball Stadium
4 Australia Australia 10-4  South Africa 20 September 2000 Blacktown Olympic Park
5 Australia Australia 0-1  Cuba 22 September 2000 Sydney Baseball Stadium
6  Italy 8-7 Australia Australia 23 September 2000 Blacktown Olympic Park
7  United States 12-1 Australia Australia 24 September 2000 Sydney Baseball Stadium

2004 Athens Olympics

See also: Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Game Home Score Away Game Information
Date Venue
1 Australia Australia 1-4  Cuba 15 August 2004 Helliniko Baseball Centre
2  Chinese Taipei 3-0 Australia Australia 16 August 2004 Helliniko Baseball Centre
3 Australia Australia 6-0  Italy 17 August 2004 Helliniko Baseball Centre
4 Australia Australia 9-4  Japan 18 August 2004 Helliniko Baseball Centre
5  Greece 6-11 Australia Australia 20 August 2004 Helliniko Baseball Centre
6 Australia Australia 22-2 (F/7)  Netherlands 21 August 2004 Helliniko Baseball Centre
7  Canada 11-0 Australia Australia 22 August 2004 Helliniko Baseball Centre
Semi  Japan 0-1 Australia Australia 24 August 2004 Helliniko Baseball Centre
Gold  Cuba 6-2 Australia Australia 25 August 2004 Helliniko Baseball Centre

Olympic Record

Excludes demonstration games from 1956 & 1988.

Opponent Tournaments
Met 		W-L
Record 		Largest Victory Largest Defeat Current
Streak
Score Date Venue Score Date Venue
 Canada 1 0-1 - - - 11-0 22 August 2004 Helliniko Baseball Centre L1
 Chinese Taipei 1 0-1 - - - 3-0 16 August 2004 Helliniko Baseball Centre L1
 Cuba 3 0-4 - - - 19-8 (F/8) 20 July 1996 Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium L4
 Greece 1 1-0 11-6 20 August 2004 Helliniko Baseball Centre - - - W1
 Italy 3 1-2 6-0 17 August 2004 Helliniko Baseball Centre 12-8 25 July 1996 Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium W1
 Japan 3 3-1 9-4 18 August 2004 Helliniko Baseball Centre 7-3 19 September 2000 Sydney Baseball Stadium W2
 Netherlands 3 1-2 22-2 (F/7) 21 August 2004 Helliniko Baseball Centre 16-6 (F/8) 22 July 1996 Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium W1
 Nicaragua 1 0-1 - - - 10-0 (F/8) 28 July 1996 Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium L1
 South Africa 1 1-0 10-4 20 September 2000 Blacktown Olympic Park - - - W1
 South Korea 2 2-0 11-8 30 July 1996 Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium - - - W2
 United States 2 0-2 - - - 12-1 24 September 2000 Sydney Baseball Stadium L4
Overall 3 9-14 Against  Netherlands Against  CUB,  USA &  CAN L1
22-2 (F/7) 21 August 2004 Helliniko Baseball Centre 19-8 (F/8)
12-1
11-0		 20 July 1996
24 September 2000
22 August 2004		 Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Sydney Baseball Stadium
Helliniko Baseball Centre

Placings

Olympic Games

World Baseball Classic

Baseball World Cup

  • 1972 : did not qualify
  • 1973 : did not qualify
  • 1974 : did not qualify
  • 1976 : did not qualify
  • 1978 : 10th
  • 1980 : 10th
  
  • 1982 : 10th
  • 1984 : did not qualify
  • 1986 : did not qualify
  • 1988 : did not qualify
  • 1990 : did not qualify
  • 1994 : 9th
  
  • 1998 : 7th
  • 2001 : 10th
  • 2003 : did not qualify
  • 2005 : 10th
  • 2007 : 5th

Intercontinental Cup

  • 1973 : did not qualify
  • 1975 : did not qualify
  • 1977 : did not qualify
  • 1979 : did not qualify
  • 1981 : 8th
  • 1983 : did not qualify
  
  • 1985 : 8th
  • 1987 : did not qualify
  • 1989 : did not qualify
  • 1991 : did not qualify
  • 1993 : 6th
  • 1995 : did not qualify
  
  • 1997 : Bronze 3rd
  • 1999 : Gold 1st
  • 2002 : did not qualify
  • 2006 : 5th

Asian Baseball Championship

  • 1973 : 5th
  • 1971 : 4th
  • 1975 : Bronze 3rd
  • 1983 : 4th
  
  • 1991 : 5th
  • 1987 : 5th
  • 1991 : 4th
  • 1993 : 4th

See also

References

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