Serie de las Américas

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The Serie de las Américas (English: "Series of the Americas") is an international professional baseball tournament contested by winter league professional baseball teams in Latin America. Envisioned as an alternative to the Caribbean Series, the first edition took place from January 24 to 30, 2025, in Nicaragua.

Background

The Caribbean Series is the longest-running international club baseball tournament in the Americas, but its participants have generally been limited to members of the Caribbean Professional Baseball Confederation (CPBC), an organization which includes the domestic winter leagues of Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic. Various alternative competitions have also existed, often incorporating nations that lack or lacked full CPBC membership: namely, the Interamerican Series (1961–64), the Latin American Series (2013–19), and the proposed Intercontinental Series (2024).{{cite news |title=Colombia albergará la Serie Intercontinental de Béisbol Profesional en 2024 |url=https://sports.caracoltv.com/beisbol/colombia-albergara-la-serie-intercontinental-de-beisbol-profesional-en-2024-rg10 |agency=Caracol TV |date=24 September 2023 |language=es}}{{cite news |title=Cancelan Serie Intercontinental de Colombia por presiones contra equipo de cubanos FEPCUBE |url=https://www.elnuevoherald.com/deportes/beisbol/article284321433.html |agency=El Nuevo Herald |date=January 17, 2023 |language=es}} The CPBC responded by provisionally expanding the Caribbean Series by inviting the league champions from Colombia, Panama, Nicaragua and Curaçao. However, in 2024, the CPBC announced that the 2025 Caribbean Series would drop the new participants, and return to the four full members only (plus a Japanese representative).

On September 20, 2024, representatives of the baseball federations of Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, Curaçao, Panama and Nicaragua announced the formation of the Baseball Association of the Americas ({{langx|es|Asociación de Béisbol de las Américas|link=no}}, or ABAM).{{cite news |title=Anunciaron la primera sede de la Serie de las Américas de Beisbol: los detalles |url=https://eldiario.com/2024/09/20/anunciaron-primera-sede-serie-de-las-americas-beisbol/ |access-date=21 September 2024 |agency=El Diario de Caracas |date=20 September 2024 |language=es }} The first Serie de las Américas was held at three locations in Nicaragua, at the Estadio Nacional Soberanía in Managua, the Estadio Roberto Clemente in Masaya, and the Estadio Rigoberto López Perez in León.{{cite news |title=Se crea la Asociación de Béisbol de las Américas |url=https://www.granma.cu/deportes/2024-09-21/se-crea-la-asociacion-de-beisbol-de-las-americas |access-date=21 September 2024 |agency=Granma |date=20 September 2024 |language=es}} Panama and Colombia are slated to host the tournament in 2026 and 2027, respectively.{{cite news |title=Definidas sedes de la Serie de Las Américas hasta 2027 |url=https://www.prensa-latina.cu/2024/09/21/definidas-sedes-de-la-serie-de-las-americas-hasta-2027/ |access-date=21 September 2024 |agency=Prensa Latina |date=21 September 2024 |language=es}}

Participants

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! First edition

|Argentine Baseball League