Rankings
See also: IBAF World Rankings| Rankings as of 19 October 2009 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| BCO Rank |
IBAF Rank |
Team | Points |
| 1 | 11 | Australia | 211.24 |
| 2 | 34 | Palau | 12.50 |
| 3 | =37 | New Caledonia | 10.00 |
| 4 | =42 | American Samoa | 7.50 |
| 5 | =55 | Fiji | 3.75 |
| 6 | =74 | Samoa | 0.25 |
When the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) first released their world rankings, Australia was the only team listed. The only continental tournament recognised at the time was the 2007 Oceania Baseball Championship, which had been awarded to Australia when New Zealand pulled out of the series.
However when the IBAF released their updated rankings list in August 2009, in addition to the most recently contested tournaments being added and their expired counterparts being removed, several past tournaments were also added to the ranking system, including the 2007 Pacific Games. This resulted in a further five teams being added to the world rankings list. Australia maintained its position as first of the Oceania teams, given the number of tournaments they had participated in within the tracking period, whereas the newly entered teams had only contested the one tournament.
Though there are a number of teams explicitly listed in the current rankings as having participated in international tournaments within the tracking period but not in any that are considered in the ranking system, none of those teams are from Oceania.
Read more about this topic: Baseball Confederation Of Oceania