The Hong Kong Jockey Club Baseball5 Community Project launched Saturday at the Central Harbourfront Event Space, marking the start of a series of activities leading up to the WBSC Baseball5 World Cup 2024, which will take place from 7-12 October.
The event featured a launch ceremony attended by Liu Zhen,deputy director of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau of the Hong KongSpecial Administrative Region; Mak Wai-bin, general manager of charity affairs(sports) at the Hong Kong Jockey Club; Fan Junhua, president of the Hong KongBaseball Association; and He Difu, chairman of the Hong Kong BaseballAssociation.
The highlight of the event was a demonstration game that included eight athletes from various sports, including Baseball5 player Dai Wenjun, Softballer Huang Chuxi, fin swimmer Ruan Weiheng, karate athlete Cai Yunyu, basketball player Ren Xuyan, artist and women’s football player Zhi Yongshan, football player Xie Jiarong, and frisbee player Li Jintao.
The WBSC Baseball5 World Cup 2024 will be held at the same venue. Twelve teams from five continents, including Tunisia, South Africa, Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela, China, Chinese Taipei, Japan, Hong Kong, France, Lithuania, and Australia, will compete for the title of World Champion.
The first edition of the WBSC Baseball5 World Cup was held at El Zócalo in Mexico City, Mexico, in 2022. Cuba emerged as the inaugural World Champions, defeating Japan, who took second place, while Chinese Taipei finished third.
