Members of the Baseball 5 Team for Youth Olympic Games pose for a group photo dressed in uniform. (By Xie Jiayao)

The Chinese Baseball Association, Sport Bureau of Guangdong Province, Guangdong Huangcun Sports Training Center and Zhongshan Panda Baseball Club recently signed a cooperation agreement on the co-building of the Baseball 5 Team for Youth Olympic Games (YOG).

The China Baseball 5 Team will start to prepare for the upcoming Dakar 2026 YOG.

In 2024, the China Baseball 5 Team participated in the 2nd Baseball 5 Asian Cup and World Cup, securing the 3rd and 9th places respectively, with its world ranking rising to 9th place.