WHAT IS BASEBALL 5 ABOUT?
“The new modality that Baseball 5 presents is to hit it with your hand; is a bounded area that is marked the same, three bases; there are no accessories, there are no gloves, there is no bat, there are no masks, there is nothing that is required, other than hitting it with your hand, which makes it much more dynamic, much more attractive, much more competitive too, because the ball does not it is the baseball one, it is a rubber ball which has much more mobility, it makes the game strategic, the distance to run to first base is much shorter”. 스포츠토토


The Baseball5 World Cup (B5WC, and sometimes referred to as the Senior Baseball5 World Cup) is a mixed-gender Baseball5 (B5) world championship that occurs every two years, with the first edition held in 2022 in Mexico and contested by 12 countries. It is governed by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC).


History
The B5WC was originally planned to happen in December 2020 in Mexico. The COVID-19 pandemic led to the delay of the B5WC to June 2021; however, the continued impact of the pandemic delayed the B5WC further. It was later decided that the WC would be played every two years, starting in 2022.

The 14-team 2020 European Baseball5 Championship held in February and March saw France and Lithuania take the two available Europe berths to qualify for the inaugural B5WC. The Oceania qualifier was scheduled to be played in Australia in 2021. The Asia qualifiers were scheduled to be played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in April 2021, but were then postponed due to COVID-19 to August 17–19, 2022.