The Museum of Baseballs International Tournaments Gallery: Featuring official game balls from the Olympics (Olympic Games, Games of the Olympiad), the World Baseball Classic (WBC) and its Qualifier games (WBCQ), and the World Baseball and Softball Confederation (WBSC) tournaments, to name a few. Also included: 2000s era International Baseball Federation (IBAF), International Baseball Association (IBA) 1984–1999, AINBA 1976-1984, FIBA 1944-1975, and the original International Baseball Federation dating to 1938.
The Olympic Games Baseballs
1984 Rawlings Los Angeles, USA “The Game Ball” Retail/Promotional (Common). 1984 Rawlings USA “Official Ball” Rumored USA Practice Ball (Limited). 1984 Rawlings “The Game Ball” LA Organizing Committee Pres. Peter Ueberroth Stamped (Extremely Limited). MISSING: 1984 Official On-Field Game Ball “R-O” no Rawlings logo. 1984 Spalding LA Olympics Official Promo or Prototype. 1988 Skyline Seoul, Korea ‘Dong Ah’. 1988 Skyline Seoul, Korea ‘Dong Ah’ Practice (smaller ball). 1988 Skyline Seoul Mascot Official Leather Promotional. 1992 Mizuno Barcelona, Spain. 1996 Mizuno Atlanta, USA. 1996 Mizuno Atlanta, USA Game-Used. 2000 Mizuno Sydney, Australia. 2004 Mizuno Athens, Greece. 2008 Mizuno Beijing, China. 2020 SSK Tokyo, Japan. (Coming Eventually: 2028 Los Angeles!)
World Baseball Classic (WBC) Game Balls
2006 World Baseball Classic Prototype. 2006 WBC World Baseball Classic. 2009 WBC World Baseball Classic. 2012 WBCQ World Baseball Classic Qualifier. 2013 WBC World Baseball Classic. 2016 WBCQ World Baseball Classic Qualifier. 2017 WBC World Baseball Classic. 2020 WBCQ World Baseball Classic Qualifier (Canceled/Repurposed Ball). 2022 WBCQ World Baseball Classic Qualifier Prototype or Practice Ball. 2023 WBC World Baseball Classic. 2025 WBCQ World Baseball Classic Qualifier. 2026 WBC World Baseball Classic Coming Soon!
More associations and tournaments to be added as we find them: Federación Internacional de Béisbol Amateur, or FIBA; the Asia Games and Asia Series; the Caribean Serie / Caribbean Series; and many more. This gallery also seems like the right place to include the many miscellaneous multi-league exhibitions, “friendship games,” and special promotional, charity and practice games and series that don’t quite fit into individual league or regional pages, or worldwide tournaments. You may see some repeat balls from our Japan NPB, Taiwan CPBL and Korea KBO pages, among others.
International Associations & Miscellaneous Tournaments & Exhibitions
1980s Rawlings IBA International Baseball Association RO-I. 1980s Rawlings IBA Olympics Logo Variant RO-I. 1990s Mizuno IBA. 1994 Mizuno Asian Games Hiroshima, Japan. 2005 Mizuno Asia Series Konami Cup. 2007 Mizuno Japan vs. Australia National Teams. 2007 Rawlings Serie Del Caribe Caribbean Series, Carolina, Puerto Rico. 2000s Mizuno IBAF International Baseball Federation. 2012 Skyline Asia Series. 2016 Mizuno WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup. 2018 Mizuno ENEOS Tournament Samurai Japan vs Australia. 2018 Brett Asian Games Polembang & Jakarta, Indonesia. 2019 WBSC Premier12. 2024 Rawlings Serie Del Caribe Caribbean Series, Miami.