24 juillet 2017
Media Accreditation now open for WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup 2017 in Thunder Bay, Canada
Baseball Canada – Media registration for the WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup® 2017 in Thunder Bay, Canada, is now available and will remain open until Friday, 18 August.
All members of the media, both local/national and international, who wish to cover the U-18 Baseball World Cup in Thunder Bay must apply through the official WBSC Media Accreditation online platform at https://my.wbsc.org.
Media outlets that have not previously registered will first need to create a profile at https://my.wbsc.org/?v=request-credentials. (See Registration Guide)
The XXVIII WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup 2017 Thunder Bay will be contested over 50 games, and a record nine Top 10 countries have qualified into the 12-nation world championship.
The WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup features the best 16 to 18-year-old baseball players and future stars/first-round draft picks from around the world. Players affiliated to Major League Baseball are eligible to participate with their respective National Teams, as part of a recent WBSC-MLB global pro player agreement.
KEY INFORMATION
- Pre-event press conference with National Team managers:
- When: Thursday, 31 August at 17:00
- Where: Thunder Bay Community Auditorium
- Tournament Regulations
- Competition Venues:
- Port Arthur Stadium
- Baseball Central
- Official Website (in English, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Traditional Chinese)
- Official Slogan: For the Title of World Champion
- Official Social Media: @WBSC on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram
- Official Hashtag: #U18WorldCup
GUIDELINES FOR NON-RIGHTS HOLDING (“NRH”) MEDIA
Coverage by Non-Rights Holding TV/RADIO and Crew
- Only rights holders of applicable games may transmit game footage (audio and/or video) of the WBSC Baseball World Cups.
- NRH media credentials provide access to official training sessions, games, mixed zone, press conferences and Opening/Closing Ceremonies.
- Credentials will be granted by specific category (i.e., Press, Photographer, Radio, TV), and access will be granted accordingly.
- Photographers and NRH TV crew will be required to wear bibs.
PICK-UP
Credentials may be collected at the Press Conference on 31 August (from 15:00) or at the Thunder Bay Community Auditorium from Friday, 1 September (Opening Day from 08:00).
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Contact: media@wbsc.org
About the WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup
The WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup is the highest-level of baseball in its age category and is one of youth sport’s pinnacle international competitions. The U-18 Baseball World Cup, along with its continental qualifiers, has featured players who have gone on to become some of the biggest names in the sport, including Canada’s Brett Lawrie, Japan’s Yu Darvish and Shohei Otani, South Korea’s Shin-soo Choo, Cuba’s Yasiel Puig and Aroldis Chapman, and USA’s Clayton Kershaw, Bryce Harper, Buster Posey and Andrew McCutchen, among countless others. The most recent generation of young stars include Cuba’s Yoan Moncada and Jorge Soler, Dominican Republic’s Manny Machado, Puerto Rico’s Francisco Lindor and Canada’s Dalton Pompey.
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About the World Baseball Softball Confederation
Headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland — the Olympic Capital — the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) is the world governing body for baseball and softball. WBSC has 213 National Federation and Associate Members in 142 countries and territories across Asia, Africa, Americas, Europe and Oceania, which represent a united baseball/softball sports movement that encompasses over 65 million athletes and attracts approximately 150 million fans to stadiums worldwide annually.
The WBSC governs all international competitions involving official National Teams. The WBSC oversees the Softball World Championships (Men, Women, U-19 Men, and U-19 Women), Premier12, World Baseball Classic, and Baseball World Cups (U-12, U-15, U-18, U-23 and Women’s).
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