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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).
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 championship game was one of the most watched games in baseball history with the game attracting an average television viewership of 5.2 million people in the U.S. and a reported 62 million television viewers in Japan representing a total of 42.4% of households in the country despite the game taking place at 8 am JST.
The fifth and most recent Classic was scheduled for 2021, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After the pandemic-induced delay, the 2023 World Baseball Classic was held between March 8–21, with Japan defeating the United States 3–2 in the championship game. [4] [5]
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, 2009) Mexico: 11th 2009 World Baseball Classic: 3rd Round 2 (2006, 2009) Netherlands: 7th 2009 World Baseball Classic: 3rd Round 2 (2009) Puerto Rico: 12th 2009 World Baseball ...
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] Puerto Rico and the United States advanced ...
Japan is the only nation to successfully defend the World Baseball Classic as defending champions in 2009. Puerto Rico achieved runners-up in the World Baseball Classic as defending runners-up in 2017. The worst performance of defending champions was by the Dominican Republic in 2017, eliminating in the second round (now the quarterfinals).
2013 World Baseball Classic: 4th Champions (2013) Italy: 10th 2013 World Baseball Classic: 4th Round 2 (2013) Japan: 1st 2013 World Baseball Classic: 4th Champions (2006, 2009) Netherlands: 9th 2013 World Baseball Classic: 4th Fourth place (2013) Puerto Rico: 12th 2013 World Baseball Classic: 4th Runners-up (2013) South Korea: 3rd 2013 World ...