Governing Bodies

World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC)

Citation Formats

General Reference

Sport and Games Atlas. "World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-sport.interactiveatlas.org/governing-bodies/world-baseball-softball-confederation.

APA Style

Sport and Games Atlas. (n.d.). World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-sport.interactiveatlas.org/governing-bodies/world-baseball-softball-confederation

BibTeX

@misc{sportandgamesatlas-world-baseball-softball-confederation-wb,
  author = {Sport and Games Atlas},
  title = {World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC)},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-sport.interactiveatlas.org/governing-bodies/world-baseball-softball-confederation},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

The international governing body for baseball and softball, formed in 2013 by the merger of the International Baseball Federation and International Softball Federation, headquartered in Pully, Switzerland, and recognized by the IOC that year as the sole global authority for both sports.

Facts

Body Type

International federation (confederation, merger of two prior federations) 1

Founded

2013 1

Headquarters

Pully, Switzerland. 1

Founders

Formed 14 April 2013 by the merger of the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) and the International Softball Federation (ISF), ratified at a historic IBAF Congress in Tokyo. 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Governs

Baseball

Source Wikipedia, World Baseball Softball Confederation

Sources

1. Wikipedia, World Baseball Softball Confederation

WikipediaLead section, IOC recognition

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the WBSC was granted recognition as the sole competent global authority for both the sports of baseball and softball by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 2013.

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1. Wikipedia, World Baseball Softball Confederation

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