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Japan won by 4 runs to claim the first championship of the World Baseball Classic. Both countries had to go through two rounds of group stages and the semi-finals in knockout format to reach the final. Cuba lost only two games, once to Puerto Rico in the first round and once to the Dominican Republic in the second round.
The first World Baseball Classic featured 16 teams in a round-robin.Each team played the other three teams in their pool once. Teams were ranked by winning percentage in the first round, with the top two teams in each pool advancing to the second round, where the teams from Pools A and B (in Pool 1) and the teams from Pools C and D (in Pool 2) competed against each other in another round-robin.
The World Baseball Classic (WBC), also referred to as the Classic, [4] 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 following is a list of squads for each nation competing at 2006 World Baseball Classic.The tournament began on March 3 and the final took place on March 20, 2006. The teams listed on the country's roster is the team the player was with while the tournament took place.
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 fourth World Baseball Classic kicks off on March 6 in cities around the world. The opening rounds will be played in Miami, Guadalajara, Tokyo and Seoul. The semifinals and final will be hosted ...
The 2017 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was an international professional baseball competition, ... Cuba 6–11 Japan Tokyo Dome: 3:56 44,908 Boxscore: Mar 8, 2017
Cuba lived up to its history of strong international play by reaching the finals of the inaugural WBC in 2006 before losing to Japan. However, subsequent Cuban teams failed to make a significant mark on the tournament, making three straight second-round exits from 2009 to 2017.