World Baseball Softball Confederation, also known as WBSC, is a privately owned entity headquartered in Switzerland. Founded in 2013, the organization employs approximately 80 individuals and reported $28.5M in revenue as of 2023. Functioning as a tier 1 media tech buyer and the international governing body for baseball and softball, the WBSC oversees 198 National Federations and 12 Associate Members across 138 countries and territories spanning Asia, Africa, the Americas, Europe, and Oceania. This united sports movement encompasses over 65 million athletes and attracts approximately 150 million fans to stadiums worldwide annually for bat sports.
On April 22, 2026, the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) awarded hosting rights for the Women’s Softball Asia/Oceania Olympic Qualifier for LA28 to Shaoxing, China. This six-team event, one of three continental qualifiers, will grant one place in the softball tournament at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. Previously, on April 21, WBSC confirmed that fans could stream all action from the WBSC U-23 Men’s Softball World Cup 2026, which began Saturday in Sincelejo, Colombia, on GameTime, the organization’s online streaming platform. On the same day, WBSC also awarded USA Softball the hosting rights for the next three editions of the WBSC U-15 Women’s Softball World Cup, covering the 2027, 2029, and 2031 tournaments set to take place in Oklahoma City. This follows WBSC’s announcement on April 9 of an updated schedule for the U-23 Men’s Softball World Cup 2026, running from April 25 to May 3, to ensure a more balanced distribution of games between two venues and provide flexibility for weather-related postponements.
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World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) offers 10 products in the sports and media and telecoms services industries. World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC)'s product portfolio comprises of bat sports, media and TV services and search, social, and retail media.
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World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC)'s revenues were less than $50M in 2023. Caretta Research has split World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC)'s revenue into 4 different product categories, the largest of which is baseball. For full access to World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC)'s revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.
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World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) sells broadcasting rights of its 8 baseball and softball competitions to 54 companies globally, covering 20 countries. World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC)'s rights holders include Sky Group. World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) currently holds 8 broadcasting rights for sports competitions including softball, multi-sport and baseball.
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