West palm beach is set to host an Olympic qualifying baseball tournament from may 31 to June 5 with the winning team securing a spot in this year’s Tokyo Olympics.
WEST palm BEACH, Fla. – palm beach County, Fla., will host a WBSC Baseball Americans qualifier for the Tokyo summer Olympic games from may 31 to June 5.
The event will be hosted at two venues–the Ballpark of the palm beaches in West palm beach and Clover Park in Port Saint Lucie. The winning nation will earn a spot in the summer Olympics which will begin this July in Tokyo, Japan.
Eight nations will compete over 16 games for one spot in the six-team Olympic baseball tournament. The nations will be placed into two groups for the opening round. group A will feature the United States, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Nicaragua while group B will include Cuba, Venezuela, Canada, and Colombia.
The first round is slated to begin may 31 and end June 3. After group play concludes, the top two finishers from each group will advance to the super round on June 5, where they will each play two games. Head-to-head contests among these teams from the opening round will carry over into the super round standings.
The palm beach county sports commission expects the tournament to make a strong economic impact in palm beach County. With eight teams, personnel, and fans, the event brings an added boost to local tourism. Due in large part to sports events returning to Camiseta AZ Alkmaar palm beach County, hotel occupancy in The palm beaches has reached 80 percent for the first time since pandemic-related restrictions began in March of last year.
“The road to the Olympic games now runs through palm beach County,” said George Linley, executive director of the palm beach county sports Camiseta Real Sociedad Commission. “The Camiseta SL Benfica palm beach county sports commission could not be more honored to add a historic event like the WBSC Baseball Americas qualifier to the storied history that is baseball in palm beach County.” The Ballpark of the palm beaches might be palm beach County’s newest professional baseball facility but has a history of hosting world-class baseball. two recent world series champions, the Houston Astros (2017) and Washington Nationals (2019), call the ballpark home each year for their spring training games. many elite baseball events have also played at the park including the prospect select Wave Invitational, Baseball Canada Junior Nationals, palm beach Classic, and perfect game USA 14U Florida Showcase.
The ballpark contains a total of 13 MLB fields and five multipurpose athletic fields which are covered in Bermuda grass and cater to soccer, lacrosse, football, rugby, and more. among the events the venue has hosted are Battlepark Mixed Martial Arts, SoFlo Turkey Shootout in lacrosse, The palm beach cup in soccer, and Sunshine games ultimate Frisbee.
