posted Apr 24, 2014, 8:33 PM by Unknown user
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FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
24 April 2014
STATEMENT
International Baseball Federation President/World Baseball
Softball co-President Riccardo Fraccari issued the following statement
regarding the decision by the Little League Congress to align its age
determination calendar according to that of the IBAF (the International
Baseball Division of the World Baseball Softball Confederation):
"The WBSC is proud to serve as a guide for other organisations'
policy-making. As baseball and softball continue to spread globally, we
foresee -- and are fully prepared for -- an increased reliance on the
world governing body for uniformity."
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About the World Baseball Softball
Confederation:
Headquartered in
Lausanne, Switzerland, the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC)
was established in April 2013 and granted recognition as the sole
competent authority in baseball and softball at the world level by the
International Olympic Committee at the 125th IOC Session in September
2013. The WBSC will be led by an Interim Executive Board until the
Inaugural WBSC Congress in May 2014. The WBSC has National Federation
members in 141 territories across Asia, Africa, Americas, Europe and
Oceania.
For further
information, please go to www.WBSC.co.
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