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The 2024 WBSC Premier12 was the 3rd edition of the WBSC Premier12, a baseball championship featuring the 12 highest-ranked national teams in the world, ...
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).
[8] [9] The WBSC proposed that, if baseball did return to the Olympics for 2020, the 2019 WBSC Premier12 be used as a qualifying tournament. [10] On 11 September 2023, the WBSC officially announced the third staging of the tournament for 2024, to be hosted in Japan, Taiwan and a venue in the Americas, [11] later chosen to be Mexico. [12]
The following is a list of squads for each nation competing in the 2024 WBSC Premier12. Participating nations had to submit their final 28-man rosters no later than 10 October 2024. WBSC rules require teams to carry at least 13 pitchers and two catchers in their squads. [1]
WBSC World Rankings [10] Americas Canada: Automatically qualified 4 Pool stage (2006, 2009, 2013, 2017) 14 Colombia: Automatically qualified 1 Pool stage (2017) 11 Cuba: Automatically qualified 4 Runners-up (2006) 8 Dominican Republic: Automatically qualified 4 Champions (2013) 9 Mexico: Automatically qualified 4 Quarterfinals (2006, 2009) 5
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).
The 2027 WBSC Premier12 will be the 4th edition of the WBSC Premier12, a baseball championship featuring the 16 top national teams in the world, held by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). This tournament will be the first to include 16 teams, expanded from 12 in previous three editions.
The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) is the world governing body for the sports of baseball, softball, Baseball5 and Blind baseball. [1] It was established in 2013 by the merger of the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) and International Softball Federation (ISF).