The South Africa national Baseball5 team represents South Africa in international Baseball5 competitions.
History
South Africa won the 2022 Baseball5 African Championship held in Dar es Salaam, finishing the tournament with a perfect 7–0 record and defeating Kenya in the final, 2 games to 0, winning the gold medal. South Africa qualified to the 2022 Baseball5 World Cup held in Mexico City as African champions.[2]
South Africa finished fifth in their group in the World Cup opening round with a 2–3 record and won all the placement round games to finish the tournament with an overall record of 5–3, ranking seventh.[3]
Current roster
- As of 12 November 2022[4]
No.
|
Pos.
|
Player
|
Gender
|
28 |
UTL |
Louis Michael Albertyn |
M
|
96 |
UTL |
Mariska Barnard |
F
|
26 |
UTL |
Aidan Bartes |
M
|
22 |
UTL |
Sipelo Gadudu |
M
|
99 |
UTL |
Nicolene Grobler |
F
|
8 |
UTL |
Juanay Kleynhans |
F
|
18 |
UTL |
Sylvester Maredo |
M
|
2 |
UTL |
Itumeleng Moreroa |
F
|
Staff
No.
|
Pos.
|
Name
|
-- |
Manager |
Americo Juma
|
-- |
Coach |
Hayley Scott
|
Tournament record
Baseball5 World Cup
Baseball5 African Championship
References