Cuba, which made all five Olympic baseball medal finals before the sport was removed from the Olympic program after 2008, failed to qualify for baseball’s return at the Tokyo Games.
Cuba, which is ranked seventh in the world, lost its first two games of a North and South American qualifying tournament to Venezuela (ranked eighth) and Canada (13th) in Florida.
The U.S. (ranked No. 2 in the world behind Japan), Canada, Venezuela and one of the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua or Puerto Rico will advance to the final round of the qualifier.
The tournament champion qualifies for the six-team Olympic baseball tournament.