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The WBSC has updated the world rankings by nations, based on the results of the events of the last four years.
Japan always first (4141 points), with a good margin, second Taipei (3590), which gained two positions, third Korea (3452), fourth the United States (3114), which in practice swap places with the Chinese .
Followed by Mexico (2483), Australia (2025), Dominican (1713), Canada (1713, ascent of five places), Holland (1620), before the Europeans, Venezuela (1619), Cuba (1607) and Nicaragua (1100), twelfth to close the Premier 12 threshold.
The exit of Cuba, down four steps, from the Top 10 is surprising. Italy (650 points) remains 17th, also behind Panama (1079), Puerto Rico (1073), Colombia (916) and, above all, the Czech Republic (812).
Also in women’s baseball it confirms Japan as first, and Taipei as second, Canada third, United States fourth.
Mino Prati, journalist since 1979, has written about baseball for ‘Il Giornale Nuovo’, ‘Gazzetta di Bologna’, ‘Stadio’, ‘Tuttobaseball’ and ‘Baseball International’ and ‘Agenzia ANSA’ and ‘Il Resto del Carlino’. as well as being the curator of the BaseballNow website. He was also responsible director, at the Bologna level, of various newspapers including ‘Fuoricampo’, ‘Baseball Time’ and ‘Baseball Oggi’, as well as press officer of Fortitudo Bologna. He worked for the FIBS Press Office He published the Baseball Almanac, for Nuova Sagip, in 1980. As well as a journalist, he also boasts experience on the other side of the fence: ex-technician, company manager, at the level of minor categories practically always (since 1972) in Minerbio (in the province of Bologna where he was one of the founders of the company), and as Technical Director in the Casalecchio Green Socks (Serie A2-1991) first and in Fortitudo Bologna (Serie A1-1992 / 93) then. Several times elected in the local Federbaseball bodies at the provincial and regional level. He was the Editorial Manager of Baseball.It in 2002.
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