WBSC is the most visited sports page on Facebook
The official Facebook page of the World Baseball Softball Confederation was the top sports page on Facebook in terms of year-to-year follower growth from 2015 to 2016, per the Global Sports Impact (GSI) Report 2016 which analysed over 100 major world sporting events, international sports federations, sports leagues and multi-sport games across a series of indicators. Factors contributing to the success of WBSC social media campaign included streamlining international baseball and softball content under one WBSC Facebook page following the merger of the International Baseball Federation and International Softball Federation. The worldwide fan and media interest in WBSC’s 2020 Olympic Baseball and Softball bid was also seen a key factor in driving the record growth, along with the launch of a new global baseball flagship tournament, WBSC PREMIER12®, in 2015. WBSC also in 2015 began implementing free global live-streaming and highlights for the Baseball World Cup world championships at youtube.com/wbsc, which has generated significant new /followers and opportunities for exciting and exclusive content sharing across all WBSC social media platforms.
“Baseball and softball are one of the biggest sports on social media, with millions of young and passionate fans following and supporting their favourite players, clubs, leagues and National Teams around the world,” said WBSC President Riccardo Fraccari. “And following Olympic Agenda 2020’s emphasis on youth appeal, WBSC and our stakeholders are committed to harnessing the popularity of baseball and softball among young digital users, fans and athletes to help connect the next generation of youth to the Olympic Movement.”
“WBSC is very pleased with the positive ratings and analyses that continue to come in, particularly as the PREMIER12 was a new type of international tournament and concept that was based 100% on our world rankings,” said Fraccari. “With PREMIER12 2019 serving as a main qualifier into the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020”. Per a separate report compiled by WBSC and an independent media intelligence agency, WBSC international baseball and softball events in 2015 registered more than 400k in total attendance, 500 million in potential broadcast reach, 2 billion social media impression, while fans from 217 nations and territories watched via WBSC’s YouTube channel.
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The greatest thing about this year’s WBC, I guess every year so far is seeing all the butt-hurt American fans whine and complain how the WBC isn’t a legitimate tournament because they’re not winning. All this crying how if they had so a so they’d win it all. If the tournament was held over a different time, USA would go all the way. It was a great moment seeing the Freedom circle-jerk goes limp. Its awesome seeing teams who actually give a shit play their hearts out during playoff baseball. When Rios hit that home run, the entire PR bench left the dugout to congratulate him. Every game is like game 7 of the playoffs and you don’t see emotion like that until September or October. Even when Japan lost, they still took the time took salute their fans to prove how much they wanted to win and how much they wanted to be there.