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The Australian national baseball team represents Australia in international baseball tournaments and competitions. They are ranked as the top team in Oceania, and are the Oceanian Champions, having been awarded the title in 2007 when New Zealand withdrew from the Oceania Baseball Championship. After achieving a last (16th) place in the 2013 World Baseball Classic, their ranked dropped to 13, which is the lowest rank Australia ever got. The highest rank they have achieved was 9th. The Australian team participated in the Summer Olympic Games in 1996, 2000 and 2004, but failed to qualify for 2008. The team has also participated in both of the other major international baseball tournaments recognised by the International Baseball Federation (IBAF): the Baseball World Cup and most recently the World Baseball Classic (WBC).〔 The team is controlled by the Australian Baseball Federation, which is represented in the Baseball Confederation of Oceania (BCO). Prior to the BCO's formation, Australia competed in the Asian Baseball Championship under the Baseball Federation of Asia (BFA). Australia continues to have a relationship with the BFA; the 2011 resumption of the Asia Series includes the Australian Baseball League's champion team. == Current roster == On 17 January 2013, the Australian Baseball Federation announced the 28 players that made up the provisional roster for Australia at the 2013 World Baseball Classic in March. The final roster was announced on 20 February, and included only one change from the provisional roster: Shane Lindsay was added after Peter Moylan withdrew himself from the team as a result of signing with a new team, the Los Angeles Dodgers. Of the players named in the roster, eight have previous Major League experience, four pitchers and four position players: Brad Harman, Justin Huber, Luke Hughes, Shane Lindsay, Chris Oxspring, Ryan Rowland-Smith, Chris Snelling and Brad Thomas. Assistant Coach Graeme Lloyd has also had 10 seasons as a Major League pitcher, including two World Series championships with the New York Yankees. Coaches Greg Jelks and Glenn Williams have also had Major League experience as players. Peter Moylan, : * – Player has not played for Australia in international competition prior to 2013 WBC :† – Player did not play for Australia in WBC prior to 2013 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Australia national baseball team」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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