Portugal national baseball team 11 July, and to Russia by 0-10, at 11 July, being eliminated. Portugal national baseball team The Portugal national baseball team is the national baseball team of Portugal. The team represents Portugal in international competitions. Baseball is still a relatively unknown sport in Portugal. Many of the Portuguese baseball players are from Portuguese communities in Canada, United States and Venezuela. The first Portuguese baseball stadium, Estádio Municipal de Abrantes, was inaugurated on 22 July 2006. Portugal was recently involved in the 2010 European Baseball Championship qualifier tournament, in Abrantes, with Ireland, Greece and Russia. On 9 July 2008, the Portuguese
Japan national baseball team Japan national baseball team The is the national team representing Japan in international baseball competitions. They have reached 2nd place in the Baseball World Cup in 1982, and have won the World Baseball Classic in 2006 and 2009. The team is currently ranked #2 in the world by the International Baseball Federation. The team participated in every Summer Olympic Games since the first demonstration tournament in 1984, through when it was discontinued following the 2008 Beijing Games. Until 2000, the team was made up exclusively of amateur players. Since the 2000 Summer Olympics, the team has been composed of players