australia national baseball team australian national baseball team represents australia international baseball tournaments competitions ranked team oceania champions having awarded title new_zealand withdrew achieving 16th place world baseball classic ranked dropped lowest rank australia got highest rank achieved 9th australian team participated summer olympic games failed qualify team participated major international baseball tournaments recognised recently team controlled represented prior formation australia competed australia continues relationship resumption asia series includes champion team current roster january announced players provisional roster australia world baseball classic march final roster announced february included change provisional roster shane added withdrew team result signing new team los_angeles_dodgers players named roster previous major_league experience pitchers position players shane assistant coach seasons major_league pitcher including world series championships new_york_yankees major_league experience players player played australia international competition prior player play australia prior world ranking january created ranking system nations involved international competition compared independently teams receive points based position finish end tournaments system takes account results senior men teams junior teams emphasise importance certain tournaments based number teams competing number continents represented eligible represented case continental tournaments relative strength teams eligible results previous years points added removed time system began rankings adjusted completion tournaments qualifying ranking process recent baseball world cup rankings introduced australia listed 10th position high water mark world baseball classic 9th lowest position ranking inception 11th end australia returned original position 10th tournaments australia participated previous release rankings multiple tournaments held previous release rankings denotes rankings release tournaments australia participated international competition january releasing edition world rankings announced classifications tournaments contributed rankings identified world tournaments different levels differing levels ranks major world championships minor world championships world qualifying tournaments continental championships qualifying tournaments major world championships currently recognised tournaments considered major summer olympic games summer olympics phased rankings structure baseball longer contested olympic event world baseball classic australia competed editions sixteen teams played edition invited compete second virtue place finish round pool australia qualified compete edition eliminated record finished place overall australia progressed round competition achieved highest finish 12th tournament unusual international competition baseball squads selected world baseball classic tournaments featured players active major_league_baseball addition local players generally players unavailable international representative teams contracts respective clubs united_states prior formally starting campaign australia played exhibition game lost boston_red_sox squad city park florida site training camp australia competed pool dominican_republic italy venezuela round orlando florida teams able field large number major_league players players born outside united_states dominican_republic venezuela countries accounted foreign born players leagues italy nations europe access italian american players eligibility rules tournament australia considered pool having failed win round robin pool games finished pool eliminated canada china chinese italy netherlands panama south_africa eventual champions japan mexico australia based arizona site seattle spring training camp preparation formal start campaign unlike exhibition game competed different major_league clubs chicago_white_sox game seattle game playing october victory world baseball classic tour australia drawn pool tournament cuba mexico south_africa competing mexico_city beating mexico opening game lost games cuba mexico eliminated tournament australians set record mexico hits single game team achieved tournament taiwan june announced field expanded include additional teams qualifying round months prior main tournament qualifying tournament involved newly invited teams lowest placed teams tournament teams win game qualifying tournament broke teams pools teams competed game modified double elimination format similar round tournament winners sixth game pool proceeding main tournament australia having finished 12th beating mexico game automatically qualified main tournament main tournament combined elements previous editions round split teams pools teams competed round robin case tournament second round modified double elimination format tournament qualifying tournament final round contested manner previous tournaments teams group second round qualifying semi final matches winners played championship game australia drawn pool held intercontinental baseball stadium taiwan opener fell host followed loss south_korea finishing defeat netherlands olympic games australia nation united_states sweden participate baseball summer olympics making appearance games melbourne demonstration games seoul sport applied admission baseball longer contested medal event olympics baseball included medal sport games barcelona australia participated tournaments best result achieved games athens australia lost gold medal match cuba receive silver medal tally puts 5th equal chinese world cup australia participated world cup tournaments date best result 5th australia achieved twice recent tournaments held tournament trent australian player named world cup star team recognition tournament leading hitting base running statistics australia currently participating tournament panama world cup actually referred amateur world series amateur world series use round robin fixtures teams ranked end tournament australia appearance italy teams compete australia finished 9th ahead debuting team belgium tournament held world cup recognising past amateur world series winners world cup winners change came change format tournament round robin phase followed knockout phase teams later tournaments pools phase expanded knockout phase including teams pool world cup era australia reached final phase times finishing 7th 6th recently 5th minor world championships separate tournaments currently recognises minor world championships australia participated senior tournament intercontinental cup australia participated included category rankings intercontinental cup australia nations won intercontinental cup winning tournament beating extra innings home crowd sydney time australia won international baseball tournament win outside oceania baseball championship team enjoyed individual successes named tournament mvp leading tournament runs batted named tournament star team catcher led tournament pitching best win loss record led tournament batting runs scored shared lead tournament cuba home runs australians selected star team right handed pitcher designated hitter time cuba beaten gold medal match tournament history having reached tournament time participated australia shares honour cuba nations hosted tournament australia cuba won hosts combining tournament wins times hosted cuba australia australia participated tournament intercontinental cup managing win seven games finishing 8th missing intercontinental cup returned repeat previous performance win 8th place finish tournament improved record finish 6th position australia medal performance intercontinental cup medal world tournament tournament best performance preliminary round record losing eventual silver cuba beating eventual gold japan lost japan semi final beat united_states second time tournament secure bronze australia competed recent tournament finished 5th position compiling record likely edition tournament future continental tournaments australia second nations participated sanctioned continental tournaments continent nation achieve guam competed asian tournament australia involved oceania tournament asian baseball championship australia thirteen nations participated tournament held time contested championship result joining newly formed best result bronze medal teams consistently finish ahead australia japan south_korea chinese teams asia world oceania baseball championship scheduled participate separate occasions australia contested times australia scheduled opponents guam new_zealand withdrew competition lead series times scheduled held sydney australia awarded championship times result represented oceania summer olympics baseball world cup respectively held late april australia won continental championship beating hosts guam win best series games guam won game
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