The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) announced the launch of the first-ever, official five-on-five street baseball competition, the “WBSC Baseball 5 Championships”, which will take place from 23-24 November in Havana, Cuba.

WBSC today also revealed the new logo that will mark the identity of the new urban discipline, along with the slogan “play everywhere”.

The WBSC Baseball 5 Championships in Havana will feature five inning games played by five on-field players on each side, as opposed to the traditional baseball model of nine players per side and nine innings.

“The WBSC is committed to the development of this new Baseball 5 discipline”, – said WBSC President Riccardo Fraccari. “We are also particularly excited that the Baseball 5 Championships in Havana will crown champions across four categories (Men’s, Women’s, Mixed and Youth). Mixed category — this is something completely new for our sport”.

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