The South Africa national Baseball5 team represents South Africa in international Baseball5 competitions.
History South Africa won the 2022 Baseball5 African Championship held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania finishing the tournament with a perfect 7–0 record and defeating Kenya in the final, 2 games to 0, winning the gold medal. South Africa qualified to the 2022 Baseball5 World Cup held in Mexico City, Mexico as African champions.
South Africa finished fifth in their group in the World Cup opening round with a 2–3 record and won all the placement round games to finish the tournament with an overall record of 5–3, ranking seventh.
Current roster
No. Pos. Player Gender 28 UTL Louis Albertyn M 26 UTL Aidan Bartes M 14 UTL Bridget Lamola F 22 UTL Austin Mangka M 18 UTL Sylvester Maredi M 2 UTL Itumeleng Moreroa F 48 UTL Kay'd Shay Naude F 29 UTL Bonolo Tlome F
Staff No. Pos. Name -- Manager Americo Juma
Tournament record Baseball5 World Cup Year Round Position 2022 Placement round 7th 5 3 56 52 2024 Placement round 11th 1 7 55 146 Total 2/2 – 6 10 111 198
Baseball5 African Championship Year Round Position 2022 Final 1st 7 0 2024 Final 2nd 6 2 Total 1/1 – 13 2
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