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Cuba competed in the inaugural 2006 World Baseball Classic (WBC) tournament, despite the controversy of Cuban involvement and the United States embargo against Cuba. In the final, Cuba lost the gold medal to Japan, 10–6. Cuba was originally slated to host the 2009 Baseball World Cup, however, they willingly gave up the honor to Europe.
The following is a list of squads for each nation competing at the 2009 World Baseball Classic. The tournament started on March 5, 2009. The tournament started on March 5, 2009. Each participating national federation had a deadline of January 19, 2009 to submit a 45-man provisional roster.
The following is a list of squads for each nation competing at the 2013 World Baseball Classic (WBC). The deadline for submitting provisional rosters was January 16, but teams had until February 20 to finalize their roster decisions. [1] Provisional rosters were announced on January 17, [2] and final rosters were announced on February 20. [3]
Sixteen nations competed at the 2017 World Baseball Classic (WBC). Key Pos. ... Cuban National Series: ... Major League Baseball: Elizabeth, New Jersey: Hansel Robles ...
The 2023 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was an international professional baseball competition, composed of 20 competing nations, held from March 8 to March 21, 2023. It was the fifth iteration of the World Baseball Classic. The first-round hosts cities were Taichung, Tokyo, Phoenix, and Miami. The second-round hosts were Miami and Tokyo, and the ...
The 2013 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was an international professional baseball competition, held from March 2 to 19, 2013. This was the third iteration of the WBC , following the two previous tournaments, held in 2006 and 2009 .
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 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.