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WBSC announces free Live-Streaming for U-23 Baseball World Cup 2016 opening today

October 28, 2016

MONTERREY, Mexico - WBSC announces free Live-Streaming for U-23 Baseball World Cup 2016 opening today


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 28 October 2016

WBSC ANNOUNCES FREE LIVE-STREAMING  FOR 
U-23 BASEBALL WORLD CUP 2016 OPENING TODAY
MONTERREY, Mexico -- The World Baseball Softball Confederation today announced that all 50 games of the WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup® 2016 in Monterrey will be live-streamed globally and free-of-charge for audiences.
 
The inaugural U-23 world championship, which is the top international baseball tournament of the year and features representatives from six continents, opens today:
 
 
Post-game highlights and video-on-demand will also be available to fans worldwide through WBSC's official social media platforms.
WBSC's broadcast partner in the U-23 Baseball World Cup host nation is Mexican media giant Televisa.
Last month's coverage of the LG Presents WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup 2016 attracted viewers from 197 countries and territories through WBSC's YouTube channel, while the potential broadcast reach surpassed 100 million households.
The Official Microsite of the U-23 Baseball World Cup is available in five languages, including English, Japanese, Korean, Spanish and Traditional Chinese.
The schedule, results and links to live-streams of the U-23 Baseball World Cup 2016 can be found here.
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WBSC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2016
 
WBSC Women's Softball World Championship 
Surrey, Canada - 15 to 24 Jul  #Surrey2016
 
WBSC U-19 Junior Men's Softball World Championship 
Midland, USA - 24 to 30 Jul  #2016JMWC
 
WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup
Iwaki, Japan - 29 Jul to 7 Aug  #U15WorldCup
 
WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup
Gijang, Korea - 3 to 11 Sept  #WomensBaseball
 
WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup
Monterrey, Mexico - 28 Oct to 6 Nov  #U23WorldCup
 
Contact: media@wbsc.org, @WBSC 
 
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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