Where else in the world is baseball found?

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Baseball's popularity has been spreading in recent decades, but it spread to a number of countries (Cuba, Japan) in the 1860s and 70s. The game is followed with fervent interest in Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Mexico, Venezuela, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, other Caribbean countries, and elsewhere. The International Baseball Federation (IBAF) was founded in 1938 and now has 112 member countries; it has organized the Baseball World Cup since its founding. Baseball was made an Olympic sport in 1992, with the IBAF as the governing body, but in 2005 the International Olympic Committee voted to drop it (and softball) from the 2012 summer games. In 2006, however, the World Baseball Classic debuted, under the auspices of Major League Baseball, its players association, and other professional leagues and sanctioned by IBAF. The tournament featurea 16 teams in four pools; Japan won in the inaugural year.