Palestine national baseball team
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Palestine| Palestine national baseball team | |
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| Information | |
| Country | Palestine |
| Federation | Palestinian Baseball and Softball Federation |
| Confederation | Baseball Federation of Asia |
| Manager | Ozzie Guillen Jr. |
| WBSC ranking | |
| Current | 36  (26 March 2026)[1] |
| Asian Championship | |
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2023) |
| Best result | 5th (in 2023) |
The Palestine national baseball team is the national baseball team of Palestine, representing the country in international competitions.[2]
The team is controlled by the Palestinian Baseball and Softball Federation, which is a member of the Baseball Federation of Asia since 2017. Palestine won its first international tournament at the 2025 West Asia Baseball Cup.
Palestine first organized a national baseball team around 2017, starting with a small number of players from the Gaza Strip. The team then recruited several Palestinian American players, which eventually grew to make up a larger part of the team after the Gaza war cut off access to many homegrown players starting in 2023.[3] At least two national team players have been killed in the war: outfielder and team captain Ashraf Murad, killed near Al-Shifa Hospital in March 2024, and infielder/outfielder Mustafa Tafesh, killed in August 2025.[4][5][6][7]
As part of preparation for the 2025 Asian Baseball Championship, Palestine competed in an exhibition series against Pakistan at Ozinga Field in Crestwood, Illinois.[8][9]
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of professional baseball match results currently active in the latest version of the WBSC World Rankings, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.[10]
- Legend
Win Lose Void or postponed Fixture
2023
| West Asia Baseball Cup GS | January 27 | Palestine |
WALKOVER |  India |
Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Boxscore |
| West Asia Baseball Cup GS | January 28 | Palestine |
21–1 (F/5) |  Nepal |
Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Boxscore |
| West Asia Baseball Cup GS | January 29 | Palestine |
10–0 (F/5) |  Sri Lanka |
Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Boxscore |
| West Asia Baseball Cup SF | January 31 | Bangladesh  |
3–14 (F/5) | Palestine |
Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Boxscore |
| West Asia Baseball Cup Final | February 1 | Pakistan  |
11–3 | Palestine |
Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Boxscore |
| Lincoln Cup 2023 | August 5 | Pakistan |
3–5 | Palestine |
Illinois, United States |
| Asian Baseball Championship - Group A | December 4 | Palestine |
3-1 |  Hong Kong |
Taichung, Taiwan |
| Boxscore |
| Asian Baseball Championship - Group A | December 5 | Chinese Taipei  |
19–0 (F/6) | Palestine |
Taichung, Taiwan |
| Boxscore |
| Asian Baseball Championship - Group A | December 6 | Palestine |
1-19 (F/5) |  South Korea |
Taichung, Taiwan |
| Boxscore |
| Asian Baseball Championship - Placement | December 8 | Palestine |
3-12 | Pakistan |
New Taipei City, Taiwan |
| Boxscore |
| Asian Baseball Championship - Placement | December 9 | Thailand  |
0-4 | Palestine |
New Taipei City, Taiwan |
| Boxscore |
International tournament results
World Baseball Classic
| World Baseball Classic record | Qualification record | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | W | L | RS | RA | W | L | RS | RA | |
| 2006 | Did not enter | No qualifiers held | |||||||||
| 2009 | |||||||||||
| 2013 | Did not enter | ||||||||||
| 2017 | |||||||||||
| 2023 | |||||||||||
| Total | 0/5 | – | – | – | – | - | - | - | - | ||
Regional competitions
Asian Baseball Championship
Based on its performance at the Asian Baseball Cup, Palestine qualified for the top continental tournament, the Asian Baseball Championship, in 2023 and 2025. Palestine finished seventh in 2023, defeating Hong Kong and Thailand and losing three times.[11] In 2025, Palestine finished in fifth place, winning the bottom-four placement round.[12]
West Asia Baseball Cup
Palestine's first appearance at the Asian Baseball Cup was in 2023.[13] Palestine won their first championship in the 2025 West Asia Baseball Cup.[14][15]
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