Baseball Prediction: our complete guide 2021

Baseball is making a comeback in the olympic games predictions in 2021! Many Canadian bettors were disappointed during the previous editions of the Olympics with the absence of this popular sport, it is back. In this article, you will know all the details about the Olympic Baseball tournament, the teams competing and our final prediction!

Everything you need to know about baseball at the Olympics

Before betting on Baseball at the Olympic Games, it is important to know the context around this sport. In this part, you will discover the history of this Olympic event as well as the historical winners. This will of course help you place a bet later!

Arrival of this sport at the Olympic Games

To begin with, baseball has made its very first appearance at the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912 as a demonstration sport. This sport comes from the United States and has become popular thanks to the World Series which opposes the two leagues that form the famous MLB championship. One of the franchises is also based in Toronto, Canada.

It is only during the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona that baseball has become an Olympic sport , since then, this sport has been selected for almost all editions, except those of London in 2012 and Rio in 2016. The Olympic tournament was made in three distinct phases, first a preliminary round where the teams compete, then semi-finals and finals for the award of medals. Baseball/softball has become one of the most anticipated events at the Olympic Games!

History of the winners of the Olympics

There have been a total of 5 editions of baseball at the Olympic Games. It is very interesting for bettors to know the old results to be able to get an idea of some trends that are emerging in this event. To do this, we have compiled a summary table of the medals during these editions.

Here is the history of the baseball winners at the Olympics :

Edition	Gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal
1992 Barcelona Olympics	Cuba	Taiwan	Japan
OLYMPIC Atlanta 1996	Cuba	Japan	United States
Sydney OLYMPICS 2000	United States	Cuba	South Korea
OLYMPIC Games 2004 Athens	Cuba	Australia	Japan
2008 Beijing Olympics	South Korea	Cuba	United States

In the end, it is the team from Cuba which is currently at the top of this list , with 3 gold medals and 2 silver medals obtained in the last 5 editions. A team that really stood out during the Olympic Games. Behind the United States with three medals, then South Korea and finally Japan, which only lacks a gold medal to move into second position in the medal standings. The Canadian baseball team has qualified for only two editions, in 2004 and in 2008 and finished 4th and 6th respectively.

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Our JO Baseball prediction

We will establish our analysis and our prognosis on several points. First it will be very interesting to analyze the format of the tournament, then each qualified team of this edition of the Tokyo 2021 Olympics. We will then be able to deliver an accurate analysis.

The format of the 2021 Olympic Baseball tournament

There are 6 teams qualified for this exceptional tournament . This will take place on the fifth day of the Olympics, from July 28 to August 7 at the Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium.

This is a completely new format for the Olympic baseball event. Indeed, there will be two groups of three teams and each of them will play two matches. A ranking will be established, the 1st of group A and the 1st of group B meet for the quarter-finals.

The 2nd of each group meet and the 3rd of each group meet, so that then the two winners face each other during the quarters. A semi-final is then played, the winner goes directly to the final and the loser must go through the repechage again to be able to hope to reach the final or the small final.

Here is the official table :

The teams qualified for the 2021 Baseball Olympics

Japan qualified for the 2021 Olympics

This is the first team qualified for this 2021 edition of the Olympics , simply because it is the host country. This will be his 5th participation in this tournament, the team has already won 3 medals, with one silver and two bronze. The last one dates back to the Athens Olympics in 2004.

Recently, the team has brilliantly won the WBSC Premier 12 by beating South Korea in the Final by a score of 5-3. The team managed to reach the final by finishing first in the group of 6 teams, with 4 wins and only one loss against the USA on a score of 3-4.

The team did not never won a world title like the Baseball World Cup, or the Olympics. However, she is used to the Asian Baseball Championship and has won many of them! The NPB Baseball championship is becoming one of the most successful championships in the world in Baseball and most of the team's players play in it.

⚾ Being the host country and in great shape following its various successes, Japan will be keen to go for a first Olympic title, in its own country!

Israel qualified for the 2021 Olympics

Israel has completely dominated the qualifiers at the Olympic Games Europe in September 2019. In its group consisting of 6 teams with the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Italy, Spain and South Africa, the team came first with 4 wins and only one loss against the Czechs 4-7.

They managed to score 34 points and take only 11 in the five qualifying matches. It was by coming first in the group that the Israeli team managed to qualify for the first time in its history at the Olympic Baseball Games.

Coached by Brad Ausmus, the team is mainly composed of American players . Indeed, it is enough for the players to be Jewish or married to a Jewish person to be able to become a national player of this team. This offers a considerable advantage to the team since it is composed of some MLB players.

⚾ This team will be to be followed during this edition of the Olympic Games, although its last participation in the World Baseball Classic was a failure, with a third place behind the Netherlands and Japan, as well as a heavy defeat 8-3 against the Japanese.

South Korea qualified for the 2021 Olympics

South Korea is a regular at the Olympic Games , baseball being his national sport. The country already has 3 participations and it is the title holder with a gold medal at the last Olympic Games with Baseball in 2008.

The team qualified for the Olympics thanks to its second place at the WBSC Premier 12 in Asia, indeed the final was Japan-South Korea and since Japan had already qualified by being the host country, South Korea was declared qualified.

This meeting against Japan was a real shock at the end of 2019, the score ended with 5-3 for the Japanese. South Korea remained behind these throughout the competition, even during the group stage. The Korean KBO Championship is becoming more and more popular in the world, this one attracts very good players and the teams are performing up to scratch.

⚾ Will this be enough for South Korea at the Olympics tournament? It's hard to say, what is certain is that the team will follow the best and will clearly have its chance, despite its lack of current form.

Mexico qualified for the 2021 Olympics

It will also be a first participation for Mexico at the 2021 Baseball tournament in Tokyo. The team hung on during the WBSC Premier 12 by finishing 3rd behind Japan and South Korea, but managing to beat the United States during the match for the third qualifying place.

This very close match saw Mexico win 3-2 with an extra inning played, in the Tokyo Dome stadium. In recent years, Mexico has not shone so much in Baseball, its LMB championship is beginning to emerge with difficulty in a country where football is king.

It is historic for this country to qualify for a major and global tournament, they have very often had difficulty managing to slip into the Baseball World Cup, the Intercontinental Cup or even the World Classic. The american coach Rick Renteria will have to work to succeed in really putting himself up to the other teams.

⚾ It is still a team to follow, although there have been no meetings since 2019 but everyone is at the same level of form currently!

The last two qualified for the 2021 Olympics

At the moment, due to the health crisis, the last two qualifiers are still not known for the Olympic Games. Indeed, the WBSC Baseball Last Qualifier was supposed to take place in 2020 but has been postponed. During a final tournament, the last 6 teams drafted will compete for two qualification places for the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021.

The teams in the running :

• China Taipei , the world n ° 4, who has never participated in the Olympics but who has very good weapons to qualify. Arrived 3rd at the last Asian Games with a victory against China for the small final, 10-0, they participate in these Olympic qualifications thanks to the Asian Championships. Their 5th place in the WBSC Premier 12 was not enough to qualify.
• China , the world n ° 20, more in difficulty in recent years, China has however already participated in the Olympics in 2008 and came last in the tournament. The team qualified for this last chance by coming fourth during the Asian Games (so 3rd by removing Japan who had already qualified), we think it will still be complicated for them.
• Netherlands , the world n ° 9, came second behind Israel during the European Qualifications for the Olympics, this team showed a very beautiful face during this tournament by winning 4 games for an 8-1 defeat against Israel. However, the WBSC Premier 12 were a crushing failure with a last place and 3 losses for as many matches, against the USA, Mexico and Dominican Republic. This is likely to be complicated for them.
• Australia , the world n°7, who represents Oceania during these qualifications. Finishing last in the group during the WBSC, the team showed a lot of weaknesses, despite a bit of hope against the USA and a 1-2 victory. They still managed to qualify for this stage of the winners by finishing second behind South Korea and ahead of Canada and Cuba, narrowly. Although they have already qualified for the Olympics 3 times and got a silver medal in 2004, we think that this team is not up to the task to hope for a qualification.
• First and second of the WBSC of the Americas : Colombia, Canada, Cuba, The Dominican Republic, the USA, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Puerto Rico will compete in a final tournament to determine the last two teams qualified for the tournament this Olympic qualifying tournament. We think that the US and Cuba could have a good chance taking into account their history, they will be keen to complete this route to go to Tokyo!

⚾ For the last qualifiers, our experts think that the team from China Taipei has the most chances to reach the end of the other teams. Although we still have to wait to find out the names of the last two competing teams, we think that even if the US or Cuba qualify in this group, China Taipei could make the difference and participate for the first time in the Olympics.

Our final prognosis for the 2021 Olympic Baseball gold medal

After all this analysis of the qualified teams and in the qualification phase, our experts will now give you their prognosis for the final victory and the gold medal at the 2021 Olympics.

We believe that Japan will win its first gold medal in Olympic Baseball. The form of this team in the last tournaments proves that it is not qualified only because it is the host team. She indeed managed to win the WBSC Premier 12 against Korea, even if she didn't need it! In his own country and its historic stadium in Fukushima, it would be a very strong symbol to see them win this tournament.

⚾ Our Baseball prediction : Japan wins the gold medal.

Guide for a place a bet Baseball JO

Now that you know exactly what to bet for the Olympic Baseball Tournament in Tokyo, you need to know how to place your bet. Our experts have planned everything for beginners by putting in this part the complete procedure to be able to bet on Baseball as soon as the odds become available at the bookmakers.

To bet on Baseball at the Olympics it is necessary :

• Register on one of the best selected sites ;
• Make a first deposit and receive your registration offer ;
• Go to the Sport category "Olympic Games" ;
• Choose the subcategory "Baseball" ;
• Select the experts' bet ;
• Enter your bet and confirm the bet.

It will only take you a few seconds to be able to place your bet on the Baseball Tokyo Olympics. Thanks to our tips, we hope that you will be able to take advantage of the best bonus and boost your possible winnings on your baseball bet in 2021!