Nicaragua national baseball team

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Nicaragua National Baseball Team
Information
Country	Nicaragua
Federation	Nicaraguan Baseball Federation
Confederation	COPABE
Manager	Marvin Benard
WBSC ranking
Current	20 (18 December 2023)[1]
Highest	12 (June 2021)
Lowest	17 (December 2022)
World Baseball Classic
Appearances	1 (first in 2023)
Best result	19th (1 time, in 2023)
Olympic Games
Appearances	2 (first in 1984)
Best result	4th (1 time, in 1996)
World Cup
Appearances	30 (first in 1939)
Best result	2nd (5 times, most recent in 1990)
Pan American Games
Appearances	5 (first in 1983)
Best result	2nd (2 times, most recent in 1995)

The Nicaragua national baseball team (Spanish: Selección de béisbol de Nicaragua) is the national baseball team of Nicaragua. Considered the best in Central America along with Panama, it represents Nicaragua in international tournaments. Nicaragua has a long history at the Baseball World Cup, hosting it five times and earning five second-place finishes, the last in 1990. 30 Nicaraguans have signed professional contracts in the Major League Baseball. Nicaragua qualified for the World Baseball Classic for the first time in 2023. They have participated at the Olympic Games twice in 1984 and 1996. Also, they have participated at the Pan American Games five times in 1983, 1995, 2007, 2015, and 2019. The team tried but failed to qualify for the 2020 Olympics at the eight-team Americas Qualifying Event on May 31 through June 5, 2021. The team competed in the 2023 World Baseball Classic in March 11-15, 2023 in Miami, Florida, against Team Israel, Team Puerto Rico, Team Dominican Republic, and Team Venezuela.