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Cuban SportsSTEPH GALASSO

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Baseball

 The Cuban baseball league system isnot a single baseball league; rather itis a structure of leagues an seriesthat are go!erne by the Baseball"eeration of Cuba an culminate innational championships an theselection of the Cuba nationalbaseball team#

  The $ational Series generally runsfrom $o!ember through April %ith ascheule of &' games per team inthe regular season# The series is thenfollo%e by ( playo) rounsculminating in a championship# Thisseries has been playe each %inter

since *&+*,+-# There are *+ teamsorgani.e in a /est League an an

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Bas0etball

 The Cuba national bas0etball team isthe national bas0etball team fromCuba#1*2 Cuba %on the bron.e mealat *&3- Summer Olympics an the4th place *&34 "5BA /orlChampionship# They are the onlyteam from the Caribbean to %in ameal at a ma6or global e!ent#

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Soccer

   The Cuba national football team is controlle by the AsociCuba9 the go!erning boy for football in Cuba#1*2 They areCaribbean "ootball nion of CO$CACA"#

 They %ere the omania in a replay -?* after (?(# They %ere then eliminate in the @uarter,

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olleyball

  Cuba %omens national !olleyball team %as the

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 Trac0 an "eil

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BoFing

BoFing is a popular sport in Cuba# As of *&&-9 there %ere the islan# Across Cuba toay there are 4&4 boFing coacheOf the &&9''' athletes in Cuba currently9 *&9''' are boFeOlympic competence9 e!en though only *- ma0e the Olym