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The World Baseball Classic (WBC), also referred to as the Classic, [1] is an international baseball tournament sanctioned by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), [a] the sport's global governing body, and organized in partnership with Major League Baseball (MLB) and Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA).
The 2023 World Baseball Classic championship was the final of the 2023 World Baseball Classic, the fifth edition of the World Baseball Classic, a men's international baseball tournament sanctioned by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) in partnership with World Baseball Classic Inc. (WBCI).
Japan won their record-extending third title after defeating defending champions United States 3–2 in the championship game, becoming the second team since the Dominican Republic in the 2013 World Baseball Classic to win the WBC with an undefeated record. Shohei Ohtani was named the World Baseball Classic Most Valuable Player. [6]
The 2009 tournament is the only World Baseball Classic in which every team had appeared in at least one of the previous tournament. Prior to all 16 teams that participated in the 2006 tournament were invited to the tournament that year. The total number of teams that have participated in the World Baseball Classic until the 2023 edition is 23.
The championship round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic took place at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, United States, from March 20 to 22, 2017. The championship round was a single-elimination tournament. [1] [2] Japan and the Netherlands advanced to the championship round from Pool E. [3]
2009 World Baseball Classic: 3rd Round 1 China: 18th 2009 World Baseball Classic: 3rd Round 1 Cuba: 1st 2009 World Baseball Classic: 3rd Runners-up (2006) Dominican Republic: 13th 2009 World Baseball Classic: 3rd Fourth place (2006) Italy: 9th 2009 World Baseball Classic: 3rd Round 1 Japan: 3rd 2009 World Baseball Classic: 3rd Champions (2006 ...
The WBC previously coexisted with Olympic baseball (until 2008) and the Baseball World Cup (until 2011) as International Baseball Federation (IBAF) sanctioned tournaments. [2] The final men's Baseball World Cup was held in 2011. It was discontinued in 2013, after an MLB suggestion to reorganize the international baseball calendar.
Winners and runners-up of each of the two tournaments qualified for the 2023 World Baseball Classic. [ 3 ] The first qualifying tournament was originally scheduled to be held from March 13–18, 2020 and the second from March 20–25, 2020, [ 3 ] before the qualifiers' postponement was announced on March 12, 2020, by Major League Baseball due ...