Burkina Faso national baseball team

The Burkina Faso national baseball team, The Upright Men,[1] is a baseball team which represents Burkina Faso in international baseball competitions.

Burkina Faso national baseball team
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CountryBurkina Faso

Baseball was introduced in Burkina Faso in the late 1990s.[2] In 2016, a group of ten players from the national team went to Japan to train.[3]

Seventeen national baseball teams in Africa were divided into four zones for the 2020 Olympics qualifiers, and Burkina Faso competed in Zone West 1 against Team Ghana, Team Nigeria, Team Tunisia, and Team Cote d’Ivoire.[4] In April 2019 at the first African West One pre-qualifier for the 2020 Olympics, the team defeated Team Nigeria (13-3) and Team Ghana (14-4).[1][5][6][7] It lost in the semi-final in May to Team South Africa, 16-1.[8][5][9]

References
  1. "In Photos: This Is What Africa's First Baseball Olympic Pre-Qualifier Looked Like; Burkina Faso establishes themselves as a thrilling prospect at the first African pre-qualifier for the 2020 Olympics," Okayafrica, April 12, 2019.
  2. Nishimura, Yo (December 7, 2015). "West African baseball coach aims to impart lessons learned in Hokkaido project". Japan Times.
  3. "Fields of Dreams". NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation. September 1, 2016.
  4. "Tokyo 2020: Nigeria Baseball and Softball team storms Ghana for qualifier". The Nation. March 20, 2019.
  5. Eludini, Tunde (March 25, 2019). "Baseball: Nigeria qualify for second stage of Olympic Africa qualifiers". Premium Times.
  6. "Zim Baseball announce team for Olympic qualifier". The Chronicle. April 6, 2019.
  7. "Burkina Faso, Nigeria advance to Baseball Africa Cup". WBSC. March 25, 2019.
  8. "South Africa baseball team advances to WBSC Europe-Africa qualifiers". Boksburg Advertiser. May 11, 2019.
  9. "Baseball: Uganda faces big test". New Vision. April 6, 2019.
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