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"WBSC will put forward regulation nine-inning games as the format for Olympic baseball and seven-inning games for Olympic softball," Riccardo Fraccari, WBSC President confirmed to insidethegames.įor nearly 15 years now, has been at the forefront of reporting fearlessly on what happens in the Olympic Movement. With the number of teams taking part at the Olympics standing at six, however, the WBSC, who are based here in the Olympic capital, have proposed a nine inning game.

They were joined by karate, skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing, after a single vote was taken to include the package of sports at the Games.Īccording to Kyodo News, the WBSC had previously proposed shortening baseball inning to seven to meet television broadcasting needs. Men’s baseball and women’s softball events were unanimously voted onto the programme in August by the International Olympic Committee, following the recommendation of the Japanese organisers. The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) have confirmed they will propose to have nine inning games for baseball and seven inning games for softball at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
