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NovaNation19 · 08-16-2019, 02:13 PM

Additionally, the World Baseball Federation organizes the World Cup of Baseball, which is a tournament for country pride, as opposed to club pride. This World Cup is set to take place every 4 years, and will occur for the first time in the 1950 season. 32 teams qualify for the World Cup, and qualification rounds will take place in the spring of 1949 in the three regional qualifiers of 16 teams each - the AmeriCaribbean Cup, the Australasian Cup, and the Euro-African Cup.

For each regional qualifier, any country within the given region with at least 25 player representatives was deemed eligible. For the AmeriCaribbean Cup, 19 teams met the eligibility requirement; for the Australasian Cup, 17 teams met the eligibility requirement; for the Euro-African Cup, 27 teams met the eligibility requirement. In the spring of 1948, qualifying pools took place where the countries with the fewest number of player representatives battled it out to determine which made the cut for their regional tournament.

In the AmeriCaribbean Cup, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Curacao made the cut by outperforming Haiti, Paraguay, and Uruguay over a 15 game schedule. Auto-qualifiers for the 1949 tournament are: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, and The United States.

In the Australasian Cup, the bottom 4 eligible teams played 15 games, with the worst record failing to qualify. Fiji ended up with the worst record, while Hong Kong, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates moved on. The auto-qualifiers are: Australia, China, Iran, Israel, New Zealand, Japan, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, and Uzbekistan.

Finally, in the Euro-African Cup, only 5 teams were exempt from the qualifiers, as 22 teams played 21 games (complete round robin) to determined which 11 teams qualified and which 11 teams did not. The 5 auto-qualifiers were: England, France, Italy, Spain, and the Netherlands. The 11 play-in qualifiers were: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Finland, Ireland, Mali, Morocco, Poland, Sudan, Tunisia, and Ukraine. Failing to qualify were: Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Portugal, Scotland, Serbia, Sweden, and Switzerland.

For the 1949 regional tournaments, teams will be randomly placed into 4 pools of 4 teams each. 24 games will be played in the pool stage, and the top 2 from each pool advance into the elimination stage - 5 games will be played for the Quarterfinals, and 7 game series will be played for the Semifinal and Championship rounds.

Qualification into the World Cup will be proportional based on the geographic representation of all baseball players worldwide, with the USA excluded in order to not heavily skew the numbers. For 1950, 13 teams from the AmeriCaribbean Cup will advance - all 8 elimination round teams, plus the 5 best records from the pool stage. 9 teams will advance into the World Cup from the Australasian Cup - all 8 elimination rounds, plus the country with the best remaining record from the pool stage. Finally, the remaining 10 World Cup spots will be allotted to the 8 elimination round teams from the Euro-African Cup, plus the top 2 records from the pool stage.

Once again, a World Ranking will be compiled after the conclusion of every World Cup. Points are awarded to countries as follows:

1 point for attempting but failing to qualify for a regional tournament
5 points for qualifying for a regional tournament
10 points for advancing to the elimination stage of a regional tournament
20 points for advancing to the semifinals of a regional tournament
25 points for finishing runner-up in a regional tournament
50 points for winning a regional tournament
20 points for qualifying for the World Cup
25 points for advancing to the Round of 16 in the World Cup
35 points for advancing to the World Cup Quarterfinals
50 points for advancing to the World Cup Semifinals
60 points for finishing runner-up in the World Cup
75 points for winning the World Cup

Stay tuned for revealing the leagues and teams in coming posts.

08-16-2019, 02:13 PM	#2
NovaNation19 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 151	Additionally, the World Baseball Federation organizes the World Cup of Baseball, which is a tournament for country pride, as opposed to club pride. This World Cup is set to take place every 4 years, and will occur for the first time in the 1950 season. 32 teams qualify for the World Cup, and qualification rounds will take place in the spring of 1949 in the three regional qualifiers of 16 teams each - the AmeriCaribbean Cup, the Australasian Cup, and the Euro-African Cup. For each regional qualifier, any country within the given region with at least 25 player representatives was deemed eligible. For the AmeriCaribbean Cup, 19 teams met the eligibility requirement; for the Australasian Cup, 17 teams met the eligibility requirement; for the Euro-African Cup, 27 teams met the eligibility requirement. In the spring of 1948, qualifying pools took place where the countries with the fewest number of player representatives battled it out to determine which made the cut for their regional tournament. In the AmeriCaribbean Cup, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Curacao made the cut by outperforming Haiti, Paraguay, and Uruguay over a 15 game schedule. Auto-qualifiers for the 1949 tournament are: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, and The United States. In the Australasian Cup, the bottom 4 eligible teams played 15 games, with the worst record failing to qualify. Fiji ended up with the worst record, while Hong Kong, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates moved on. The auto-qualifiers are: Australia, China, Iran, Israel, New Zealand, Japan, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, and Uzbekistan. Finally, in the Euro-African Cup, only 5 teams were exempt from the qualifiers, as 22 teams played 21 games (complete round robin) to determined which 11 teams qualified and which 11 teams did not. The 5 auto-qualifiers were: England, France, Italy, Spain, and the Netherlands. The 11 play-in qualifiers were: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Finland, Ireland, Mali, Morocco, Poland, Sudan, Tunisia, and Ukraine. Failing to qualify were: Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Portugal, Scotland, Serbia, Sweden, and Switzerland. For the 1949 regional tournaments, teams will be randomly placed into 4 pools of 4 teams each. 24 games will be played in the pool stage, and the top 2 from each pool advance into the elimination stage - 5 games will be played for the Quarterfinals, and 7 game series will be played for the Semifinal and Championship rounds. Qualification into the World Cup will be proportional based on the geographic representation of all baseball players worldwide, with the USA excluded in order to not heavily skew the numbers. For 1950, 13 teams from the AmeriCaribbean Cup will advance - all 8 elimination round teams, plus the 5 best records from the pool stage. 9 teams will advance into the World Cup from the Australasian Cup - all 8 elimination rounds, plus the country with the best remaining record from the pool stage. Finally, the remaining 10 World Cup spots will be allotted to the 8 elimination round teams from the Euro-African Cup, plus the top 2 records from the pool stage. Once again, a World Ranking will be compiled after the conclusion of every World Cup. Points are awarded to countries as follows: 1 point for attempting but failing to qualify for a regional tournament 5 points for qualifying for a regional tournament 10 points for advancing to the elimination stage of a regional tournament 20 points for advancing to the semifinals of a regional tournament 25 points for finishing runner-up in a regional tournament 50 points for winning a regional tournament 20 points for qualifying for the World Cup 25 points for advancing to the Round of 16 in the World Cup 35 points for advancing to the World Cup Quarterfinals 50 points for advancing to the World Cup Semifinals 60 points for finishing runner-up in the World Cup 75 points for winning the World Cup Stay tuned for revealing the leagues and teams in coming posts. Last edited by NovaNation19; 08-16-2019 at 02:15 PM.