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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.
During FS1’s cablecast of the United States-Cuba World Baseball Classic game at loanDepot park on Sunday night, there wasn’t much air time given to fans holding signs protesting Cuba’s ...
Cuba will play at Miami’s loanDepot park Sunday against the winner of the semifinal game between Venezuela and the United States. A look at Cuba’s World Baseball Classic team and how it ...
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).
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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.
In the United States, the World Baseball Classic was carried by Fox Sports for the first time, with games split among six Fox networks. The championship game drew 5.2 million average viewers in the US, [ 40 ] peaking at 6.5 million viewers in the final 15 minutes, a new American record for a WBC game.
Protesters critical of the Cuban government make their presence felt in the United States' 14-2 win over Cuba in the World Baseball Classic semifinals.