Brazil national baseball team
| Brazil national baseball team | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Country | |
| Federation | Confederação Brasileira de Beisebol e Softbol (CBBS) |
| Confederation | WBSC Americas |
| Manager | Daniel Yuichi Matsumoto |
| Captain | Leonardo Reginatto |
| Team Colors | Blue, White, Yellow Canary |
| WBSC ranking | |
| Current | 22 |
| Highest | 15 (December 2014) |
| Lowest | 25 (December 2021) |
| World Baseball Classic | |
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2013) |
| Best result | 14th (2013) |
| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 3 (first in 1972) |
| Best result | 7th |
| Intercontinental Cup | |
| Appearances | 2 (first in 1995) |
| Best result | 5th |
| Pan American Games | |
| Appearances | 8 (first in 1951) |
| Best result | |
The Brazil national baseball team (Portuguese: Seleção Brasileira de Beisebol) is the national baseball team of Brazil. The team represents Brazil in international competitions. It is currently ranked 22nd in the world.[1]
The Brazilian team was once nicknamed both as "Araras Azuis" (Blue Parrots) and "Os Carteiros" (The Correios Mailmans) due the main blue and yellow uniforms, but as 2025, there is not an official nickname or a widely known nickname.
Team Brazil will compete in the 2026 World Baseball Classic in March 2026.
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.[2]
- Legend
Win Lose Void or postponed Fixture
2022
| World Baseball Classic Q | September 30 | New Zealand |
7–12 | Panama City, Panama | |
| 12:00 CT | LP: Ben Thompson HR: Nikau Pouaka-Grego (1) |
Boxscore | WP: Gabriel Barbosa HR: Christian Lopes (1) |
Attendance: 105 Umpires: HP: Anthony Perez. 1B: Austin Jones. 2B: Juan Manuel Rodriguez. 3B: Frantisek Pribyl. |
| World Baseball Classic Q | October 1 | Brazil |
4–1 | Panama City, Panama | |
| 12:00 CT | WP: Felipe Sales Sv: Enzo Sawayama (1) |
Boxscore | LP: J. C. Ramírez |
Attendance: 695 Umpires: HP: Dane Poncsak. 1B: Juan Manuel Rodriguez. 2B: Anthony Perez. 3B: Lisa Turbitt |
| World Baseball Classic Q | October 4 | Brazil |
0–4 | Panama City, Panama | |
| 19:00 CT | LP: André Rienzo |
Boxscore | WP: Ariel Jurado HR: Jose Ramos (1), Edgar Munoz (1) |
Umpires: HP: Austin Jones. 1B: Anthony Perez. 2B: Juan Manuel Rodriguez. 3B: Dane Poncsak |
| World Baseball Classic Q | October 5 | Nicaragua |
3–1 | Panama City, Panama | |
| 19:00 CT | WP: Osman Gutierrez Sv: Joaquin Acuna (1) |
Boxscore | LP: Heitor Tokar |
Attendance: 769 Umpires: HP: Anthony Perez. 1B: Dane Poncsak. 2B: Mark Stewart. 3B: Lisa Turbitt |
2023
| Pan Am Games GS | October 19 | Venezuela |
1–3 | Santiago, Chile | |
| 15:00 UTC-3 | Boxscore | Attendance: 825 |
| Pan Am Games GS | October 22 | Brazil |
8–7 (F/9) | Santiago, Chile | |
| 9:30 UTC-3 | Boxscore | Attendance: 1,200 |
| Pan Am Games GS | October 24 | Brazil |
4–2 | Santiago, Chile | |
| 9:30 UTC-3 | Boxscore | Attendance: 765 |
| Pan Am Games SR | October 25 | Brazil |
5–3 | Santiago, Chile | |
| 15:00 UTC-3 | Boxscore | Attendance: 625 |
| Pan Am Games SR | October 27 | Mexico |
5–1 | Santiago, Chile | |
| 15:00 UTC-3 | Boxscore | Attendance: 432 |
| Pan Am Games Gold | October 28 | Colombia |
9–1 | Santiago, Chile | |
| 15:00 UTC-3 | Boxscore | Attendance: 3,180 |
2024
| Copa Sudamericano GS | November 17 | Argentina |
2–0 | Lima, Peru | |
| 11:00 PET | Boxscore | Attendance: 150 |
| Copa Sudamericano GS | November 18 | Chile |
0–10 (F/5) | Lima, Peru | |
| 11:00 PET | Boxscore | Attendance: 120 |
| Copa Sudamericano GS | November 19 | Peru |
1–11 (F/6) | Lima, Peru | |
| 11:00 PET | Boxscore | Attendance: 250 |
| Copa Sudamericano GS | November 20 | Brazil |
6–3 | Lima, Peru | |
| 15:00 PET | Boxscore | Attendance: 75 |
| Copa Sudamericano SF | November 21 | Chile |
0–10 (F/5) | Lima, Peru | |
| 11:00 PET | Boxscore | Attendance: 50 |
| Copa Sudamericano F | November 23 | Brazil |
1–2 | Lima, Peru | |
| 15:00 PET | Boxscore | Attendance: 230 |
2025
| World Baseball Classic Q | March 2 | Brazil |
0–5 | Tucson, United States | |
| 18:00 MST | LP: Bo Takahashi |
Boxscore | LP: Julio Teheran |
Attendance: 2,332 Umpires: HP: Trevor Dannegger. 1B: Alessandro Spera. 2B: Casey James. 3B: Alan Izaguirre. |
| World Baseball Classic Q | March 3 | Brazil |
9–7 | Tucson, United States | |
| 11:00 MST | WP: Enzo Sawayama |
Boxscore | LP: Jaden Agassi |
Attendance: 2,193 Umpires: HP: Casey James. 1B: Tanner Moore. 2B: Wilfredo Montoya. 3B: Trevor Dannegger |
| World Baseball Classic Q | March 4 | China |
4–15 (F/7) | Tucson, United States | |
| 19:00 MST | LP: Xiang Wang |
Boxscore | WP: Enzo Sawayama |
Attendance: 3,556 Umpires: HP: Wilfredo Montoya. 1B: Harley Acosta. 2B: Tanner Moore. 3B: Trevor Dannegger |
| World Baseball Classic Q | March 5 | Germany |
4–6 | Tucson, United States | |
| 18:00 MST | LP: Niklas Rimmel |
Boxscore | WP: Pedro Da Costa Lemos |
Attendance: 2,247 Umpires: HP: Harley Acosta.1B: Tanner Moore. 2B: Casey James. 3B: Alessandro Spera |
2026
| World Baseball Classic GS | March 6 | United States |
Houston, United States | ||
| 19:00 CT | Boxscore |
| World Baseball Classic GS | March 7 | Brazil |
Houston, United States | ||
| 12:00 CT | Boxscore |
| World Baseball Classic GS | March 8 | Brazil |
Houston, United States | ||
| 19:00 CT | Boxscore |
| World Baseball Classic GS | March 9 | Brazil |
Houston, United States | ||
| 12:00 CT | Boxscore |
Current roster
| Brazil roster – 2026 World Baseball Classic | ||||
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Manager Coaches
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Tournament results
World Baseball Classic
| World Baseball Classic record | Qualification record | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | W | L | RS | RA | W | L | RS | RA | ||
| 2006 | did not enter | No qualifiers held | ||||||||||
| 2009 | ||||||||||||
| Round 1 | 14th | 0 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | |||
| 2017 | did not qualify | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 | |||||||
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 15 | ||||||||
| Round 1 | 20th | 0 | 4 | 6 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 18 | |||
| Total | Round 1 | 2/6 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 62 | 9 | 5 | 68 | 41 | ||
| Brazil World Baseball Classic Main Tournament Record by opponent | |||||||
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| Opponent | Tournaments
met |
W-L
record |
Largest victory | Largest defeat | Current
streak | ||
| Score | Tournament | Score | Tournament | ||||
| 1 | 0-1 | – | 5–2 | Japan 2013 | L1 | ||
| 1 | 0-1 | – | 5–2 | Japan 2013 | L1 | ||
| 1 | 0-1 | – | 8–1 | United States 2026 | L1 | ||
| 1 | 0-1 | – | 8–0 | United States 2026 | L1 | ||
| 1 | 0-1 | – | 5–3 | Japan 2013 | L1 | ||
| 1 | 0-1 | – | 16–0 (F/6) | United States 2026 | L1 | ||
| 1 | 0-1 | – | 15–5 | United States 2026 | L1 | ||
| Overall | 2 | 0–7 | - | Against |
L7 | ||
| - | 16–0 (F/6) | United States 2026 | |||||
| Brazil World Baseball Classic Qualifiers Record by opponent | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | Tournaments
met |
W-L
record |
Largest victory | Largest defeat | Current
streak | ||
| Score | Tournament | Score | Tournament | ||||
| 1 | 1-0 | 12–2 (F/7) | United States 2026 | – | W1 | ||
| 2 | 1-1 | 7–1 | Panama 2013 | 5–0 | United States 2026 | L1 | |
| 1 | 2-0 | 9–7 | United States 2026 | – | W2 | ||
| 1 | 0-1 | – | 4–3 | United States 2017 | L1 | ||
| 1 | 0-1 | – | 1–0 | United States 2017 | L1 | ||
| 1 | 1-0 | 12–7 | Panama 2023 | – | W1 | ||
| 1 | 1-1 | 4–1 | Panama 2023 | 3–1 | Panama 2023 | L1 | |
| 1 | 1-0 | 10–0 (F/7) | United States 2017 | – | W1 | ||
| 2 | 2-1 | 3–2 | Panama 2013 | 4–0 | Panama 2023 | L1 | |
| Overall | 4 | 9–5 | Against |
Against |
W3 | ||
| 12–2 (F/7) | United States 2026 | 5–0 | United States 2026 | ||||
Baseball World Cup
Intercontinental Cup
Pan American Games
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 descendants 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.[3]
| 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.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed] Their 15th-place finish in 2005 was the last time the team competed in the Baseball World Cup.[4]
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.[citation needed]
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 competed on the qualifiers of 2017 and 2023 qualifiers, although without success in these.
2013 roster
| 2013 Brazil Baseball Team roster | ||||
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Pitchers
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Catchers
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Preliminary roster for 2013 World Baseball Classic.
Manager: Barry Larkin
Coaches: Tiago Caldeira, Marcos Guimaraes, Go Kuroki, Ricardo Matumaru, Mitsuyoshi Sato, Satiro Watanabe.
2017 World Baseball Classic
2017 roster
| Brazil roster – 2017 World Baseball Classic Qualification | ||||
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| Players | Coaches | |||
Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
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Manager
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2017 Qualifying results
| Preliminaries | Semifinals | Qualifier | |||||||||||
| – | 0 | ||||||||||||
| – | 10 | ||||||||||||
| W1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| W2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| – | 2 | ||||||||||||
| – | 5 | ||||||||||||
| W3 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| W5 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
| W4 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| L1 | 0 | L3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| L2 | 14 | ||||||||||||
| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2016 | 12:00 | Pakistan |
0–10 | MCU Park | 2:40 | 1,210 | |||
| Sep 22, 2016 | 7:00 | Brazil |
0–1 | MCU Park | 2:56 | 1,862 | |||
| Sep 24, 2016 | 8:00 | Great Britain |
4–3 | MCU Park | 1,480 |
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2023 World Baseball Classic
2023 Roster
| Brazil roster – 2023 World Baseball Classic Qualifier | ||||
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| Players | Coaches | |||
Pitchers
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Catchers Infielders
Outfielders
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Manager Coaches
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2023 Qualifying results
| Opening Round | Semifinals | Qualifier | |||||||||||
| – | 1 | ||||||||||||
| – | 7 | W1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| – | 12 | W3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| W4 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| – | 11 | ||||||||||||
| – | 4 | W2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| – | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower final | |||||||||||
| L2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| L8 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| L3 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| W5 | 6 | W7 | 3 | ||||||||||
| W6 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| L1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| L4 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 30, 2022 | 12:00 | New Zealand |
7–12 | Estadio Nacional de Panamá | 3:17 | 105 | Boxscore | ||
| Oct. 1, 2022 | 12:00 | Brazil |
4–1 | Estadio Nacional de Panamá | 3:48 | 695 | Boxscore | ||
| Oct. 4, 2022 | 20:00 | Brazil |
0–4 | Estadio Nacional de Panamá | 3:09 | 6,789 | Boxscore | ||
| Oct. 5, 2022 | 19:00 | Nicaragua |
3–1 | 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 | Veterans Memorial Stadium | 2:23 | 2,332 | Boxscore | ||
| March 3, 2025 | 11:00 | Brazil |
9–7 | Veterans Memorial Stadium | 3:05 | 2,193 | Boxscore | ||
| March 4, 2025 | 11:00 | China |
2–12 | 7 | Veterans Memorial Stadium | 2:30 | 3,566 | Boxscore | |
| March 6, 2025 | 18:00 | Germany |
4–6 | Veterans Memorial Stadium | 2:23 | 2,247 | Boxscore |
References
- ^ a b "WBSC World Rankings". WBSC. 31 December 2025. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
- ^ "Brazil in the WBSC Ranking (Men's baseball)". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ 2003 Baseball World Cup
- ^ 2005 Baseball World Cup