The Serie de las Américas (English: "Series of the Americas") is a planned international professional baseball tournament contested by winter league professional baseball teams in Latin America. Envisioend as an alternative to the Caribbean Series, the first edition is scheduled to take place from January 24 to 30, 2025, in Nicaragua
Background
editThe 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).[1][2] 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 (Spanish: Asociación de Béisbol de las Américas, or ABAM).[3] The first Serie de las Américas will be 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.[4] Panama and Colombia are slated to host the tournament in 2026 and 2027, respectively.[5]
Participants
edit| Country | League | First edition |
|---|---|---|
 Argentina
|
Argentine Baseball League | 2025 (planned) |
 Colombia
|
Colombian Professional Baseball League | 2025 (planned) |
 Cuba
|
Cuban Elite League | 2025 (planned) |
 Curaçao
|
Curaçao Professional Baseball League | 2025 (planned) |
 Nicaragua
|
Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League | 2025 (planned) |
 Panama
|
Panamanian Professional Baseball League | 2025 (planned) |
Additionally, it was reported in 2024 that the baseball federations of Aruba and Honduras have shown interest in participating in the tournament.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Colombia albergará la Serie Intercontinental de Béisbol Profesional en 2024" (in Spanish). Caracol TV. 24 September 2023.
- ^ "Cancelan Serie Intercontinental de Colombia por presiones contra equipo de cubanos FEPCUBE" (in Spanish). El Nuevo Herald. January 17, 2023.
- ^ "Anunciaron la primera sede de la Serie de las Américas de Beisbol: los detalles" (in Spanish). El Diario de Caracas. 20 September 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ "Se crea la Asociación de Béisbol de las Américas" (in Spanish). Granma. 20 September 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Definidas sedes de la Serie de Las Américas hasta 2027" (in Spanish). Prensa Latina. 21 September 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.