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The Serie de las Américas (English: "Series of the Americas") is a planned international professional baseball tournament contested by winter league professional baseball teams in Latin America. Envisioend as an alternative to the Caribbean Series, the first edition is scheduled to take place from January 24 to 30, 2025, in Nicaragua

Background

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The Caribbean Series is the longest-running international club baseball tournament in the Americas, but its participants have generally been limited to members of the Caribbean Professional Baseball Confederation (CPBC), an organization which includes the domestic winter leagues of Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic. Various alternative competitions have also existed, often incorporating nations that lack or lacked full CPBC membership: namely, the Interamerican Series (1961–64), the Latin American Series (2013–19), and the proposed Intercontinental Series (2024).[1][2] The CPBC responded by provisionally expanding the Caribbean Series by inviting the league champions from Colombia, Panama, Nicaragua and Curaçao. However, in 2024, the CPBC announced that the 2025 Caribbean Series would drop the new participants, and return to the four full members only (plus a Japanese representative).

On September 20, 2024, representatives of the baseball federations of Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, Curaçao, Panama and Nicaragua announced the formation of the Baseball Association of the Americas (Spanish: Asociación de Béisbol de las Américas, or ABAM).[3] The first Serie de las Américas will be held at three locations in Nicaragua, at the Estadio Nacional Soberanía in Managua, the Estadio Roberto Clemente in Masaya, and the Estadio Rigoberto López Perez in León.[4] Panama and Colombia are slated to host the tournament in 2026 and 2027, respectively.[5]

Participants

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Country League First edition First representative Manager
 Argentina Argentine Baseball League 2025 (planned) Club DAOM Argentina Fabricio Curtti
 Colombia Colombian Professional Baseball League 2025 (planned) Caimanes de Barranquilla Colombia Normando Linero
 Cuba Cuban National Series 2025 (planned) Leñadores de Las Tunas Cuba Abeysi Pantoja
 Curaçao Curaçao Professional Baseball League 2025 (planned) Curaçao Goats Curaçao Hainley Statia
 Nicaragua Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League 2025 (planned) Leones de León Nicaragua Sandor Guido
 Panama Panamanian Professional Baseball League 2025 (planned) Águilas Metropolitanas Panama Sebastian Arroyo

Additionally, it was reported in 2024 that the baseball federations of Aruba and Honduras have shown interest in participating in the tournament.[5]

Preliminary round

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Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1 Argentina Club DAOM 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — Advance to knockout stage
2 Colombia Caimanes de Barranquilla 0 0 0 0 0 0 — —
3 Cuba Leñadores de Las Tunas 0 0 0 0 0 0 — —
4 Curaçao Curaçao Goats 0 0 0 0 0 0 — —
5 Nicaragua Leones de León 0 0 0 0 0 0 — —
6 Panama Águilas Metropolitanas 0 0 0 0 0 0 — —
Updated to match(es) played on January 23, 2025. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head matches; 3) Team quality balance; 4) Batting average; 5) Drawing of lots.
Time zone: Time in Nicaragua (UTC-6)
Date Time Away Result Home Stadium
January 24 14:00 Águilas Metropolitanas Panama Argentina Club DAOM Estadio Nacional Soberanía, Managua
January 24 18:00 Caimanes de Barranquilla Colombia Curaçao Curaçao Goats Estadio Rigoberto López Pérez, León
January 24 19:00 Leñadores de Las Tunas Cuba Nicaragua Leones de León Estadio Nacional Soberanía, Managua
January 25 14:00 Club DAOM Argentina Colombia Caimanes de Barranquilla Estadio Nacional Soberanía, Managua
January 25 18:00 Águilas Metropolitanas Panama Cuba Leñadores de Las Tunas Estadio Roberto Clemente, Masaya
January 25 19:00 Curaçao Goats Curaçao Nicaragua Leones de León Estadio Nacional Soberanía, Managua
January 26 14:00 Caimanes de Barranquilla Colombia Panama Águilas Metropolitanas Estadio Nacional Soberanía, Managua
January 26 18:00 Leones de León Nicaragua Argentina Club DAOM Estadio Rigoberto López Pérez, León
January 26 19:00 Leñadores de Las Tunas Cuba Curaçao Curaçao Goats Estadio Nacional Soberanía, Managua
January 27 14:00 Club DAOM Argentina Curaçao Curaçao Goats Estadio Nacional Soberanía, Managua
January 27 18:00 Águilas Metropolitanas Panama Nicaragua Leones de León Estadio Roberto Clemente, Masaya
January 27 19:00 Caimanes de Barranquilla Colombia Cuba Leñadores de Las Tunas Estadio Nacional Soberanía, Managua
January 28 14:00 Leñadores de Las Tunas Cuba Argentina Club DAOM Estadio Nacional Soberanía, Managua
January 28 18:00 Leones de León Nicaragua Colombia Caimanes de Barranquilla Estadio Rigoberto López Pérez, León
January 28 19:00 Curaçao Goats Curaçao Panama Águilas Metropolitanas Estadio Nacional Soberanía, Managua

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Colombia albergará la Serie Intercontinental de Béisbol Profesional en 2024" (in Spanish). Caracol TV. 24 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Cancelan Serie Intercontinental de Colombia por presiones contra equipo de cubanos FEPCUBE" (in Spanish). El Nuevo Herald. January 17, 2023.
  3. ^ "Anunciaron la primera sede de la Serie de las Américas de Beisbol: los detalles" (in Spanish). El Diario de Caracas. 20 September 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Se crea la Asociación de Béisbol de las Américas" (in Spanish). Granma. 20 September 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Definidas sedes de la Serie de Las Américas hasta 2027" (in Spanish). Prensa Latina. 21 September 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
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