2017 World Baseball Classic

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2017 World Baseball Classic
2017 World Baseball Classic logo.png
Tournament details
CountriesJapan
Mexico
South Korea
United States
DatesMarch 6–22, 2017
Teams16
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of the United States.svg  United States (1st title)
Runner-upFlag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Third placeFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
Fourth placeFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Games played40
Attendance973,699 (24,342 per game)
MVP Flag of the United States (Pantone).svg Marcus Stroman
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The 2017 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was an international professional baseball competition, composed of 16 competing nations, held from March 6 to 22, 2017. It was the fourth iteration of the World Baseball Classic. The first-round hosts were Seoul, Tokyo, Miami, and Zapopan. The second-round hosts were Tokyo and San Diego, and the championship round was played in Los Angeles. [1]

Contents

Twelve of the sixteen competing nations qualified based on their performance during the first round of the 2013 tournament; the remaining four nations were the winners of four qualification tournaments that took place in February, March, and September 2016. [2] Two of the four qualifiers, Colombia and Israel, made their first appearance in the WBC, and both have secured their positions for the 2023 World Baseball Classic.

The Netherlands, Japan, Puerto Rico, and the United States advanced to the championship round. Defending champion Dominican Republic was eliminated in the second round. The United States defeated Puerto Rico to win the championship game, 8–0. Marcus Stroman was named tournament MVP. He made three starts for the U.S. and posted a 2.35 ERA in 151⁄3 total innings, including 6 shutout innings in the championship game.

Qualification

The top three teams from each pool of the first round of the 2013 World Baseball Classic automatically qualified.

TeamWorld ranking [3] Method of qualificationClassic appearancePrevious best position
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8th 2013 World Baseball Classic 4thRound 1
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 18th 2013 World Baseball Classic 4thRound 1
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 4th 2013 World Baseball Classic 4thRound 2 (2013)
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 5th 2013 World Baseball Classic 4thRunners-up (2006)
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 13th 2013 World Baseball Classic 4thChampions (2013)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 10th 2013 World Baseball Classic 4thRound 2 (2013)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1st 2013 World Baseball Classic 4thChampions (2006, 2009)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 9th 2013 World Baseball Classic 4thFourth place (2013)
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 12th 2013 World Baseball Classic 4thRunners-up (2013)
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 3rd 2013 World Baseball Classic 4thRunners-up (2009)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2nd 2013 World Baseball Classic 4thFourth place (2009)
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 7th 2013 World Baseball Classic 4thThird place (2009)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 11th Qualifier 1 4thRound 1
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 6th Qualifier 2 4thRound 2 (2006, 2009)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 19th Qualifier 3 1st—
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 41st Qualifier 4 1st—

Format

The first and second rounds of the tournament were played in round-robin format, with each team playing each other team in their pool once, as was the case in 2006. However, in an effort to reduce the likelihood that a team would be eliminated on statistical tiebreakers, the tournament schedule allowed for a seventh game at each pool-play site.

In either of the latter cases, the statistics used to rank the tied teams were:

  1. Fewest runs allowed per inning of defense in head-to-head games
  2. Fewest earned runs allowed per inning of defense in head-to-head games
  3. Highest batting average in head-to-head games
  4. Drawing of lots [4] [5]

Rosters

Venues

Six stadiums were used during the main tournament:

Pool APool B & EPool C
Flag of South Korea.svg Seoul, South Korea Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo, Japan Flag of the United States.svg Miami, United States
Gocheok Sky Dome Tokyo Dome Marlins Park
Capacity: 16,813Capacity: 42,000Capacity: 36,742
Gocheok Sky Dome interior.jpg Tokyo Dome 2007-1.jpg Marlins First Pitch at Marlins Park, April 4, 2012 (cropped).jpg
Pool DPool FChampionship
Flag of Mexico.svg Zapopan, Mexico Flag of the United States.svg San Diego, United States Flag of the United States.svg Los Angeles, United States
Estadio Charros de Jalisco Petco Park Dodger Stadium
Capacity: 16,000Capacity: 40,162Capacity: 56,000
Estadio Telmex de Atletismo.JPG Opening Day 2009 Petco Park.jpg Dodger Stadium field from upper deck 2015-10-04.jpg

Pools composition

Note: Numbers in parentheses indicate positions in the WBSC World Rankings at the time of the tournament. [3]

Pool APool BPool CPool D
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (3) (hosts)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (1) (hosts)Flag of the United States.svg  United States (2) (hosts)Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (6) (hosts)
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei (4)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (11)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (8)Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (10)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (9)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (18)Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia (19)Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico (12)
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel (41)Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba (5)Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic (13)Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela (7)

First round

Pool A

PosTeamPldWLRFRARDPCTGBQualification
1Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 3302110+111.000—Advance to second round
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 321139+4.6671
3Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (H)3121215−3.3332
4Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 3032032−12.0003
Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
DateLocal timeRoad teamScoreHome teamInn.VenueGame durationAttendanceBoxscore
Mar 6, 201718:30 Israel  Flag of Israel.svg2–1Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 10 Gocheok Sky Dome 4:1115,470 Boxscore
Mar 7, 201712:00 Israel  Flag of Israel.svg15–7Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei   Gocheok Sky Dome 3:543,287 Boxscore
Mar 7, 201718:30 South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg0–5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands   Gocheok Sky Dome 3:0315,184 Boxscore
Mar 8, 201718:30 Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg5–6Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands   Gocheok Sky Dome 3:213,606 Boxscore
Mar 9, 201712:00 Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg2–4Flag of Israel.svg  Israel   Gocheok Sky Dome 3:122,739 Boxscore
Mar 9, 201718:30 South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg11–8Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 10 Gocheok Sky Dome 4:4012,000 Boxscore

Pool A of the First Round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic was held at Gocheok Sky Dome, Seoul, South Korea from March 6 to 10, 2017, between Team Israel, the Netherlands, South Korea, and Taiwan. Pool A was a round-robin tournament. Prior to the start of the tournament, ESPN considered Team Israel, ranked 41st in the world, to be the biggest underdog in the tournament, referring to them as the "Jamaican bobsled team of the WBC". [6] [7]

Team Israel (3–0) and Team Netherlands (2–1) qualified for the second round, in Japan. [8] Israel became the first baseball team to go undefeated in the first round of the WBC's main draw after entering the main draw by winning in a qualifying round. [9] [10] In what NBC reported was thought to be the tallest batter-pitcher matchup in baseball history, the Dutch team's 7-foot-1-inch (2.16 m) Loek van Mil walked Israel's 6-foot-8-inch (2.03 m) Nate Freiman. [11] Israel's catcher, Ryan Lavarnway, was named Pool A MVP, after going 5-for-9 (.556/.692/.889), with four walks, a home run, and three RBIs. [12] [13]

Pool B

PosTeamPldWLRFRARDPCTGBQualification
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (H)330228+141.000—Advance to second round
2Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 3211614+2.6671
3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 312158+7.3332
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 303124−23.0003
Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
DateLocal timeRoad teamScoreHome teamInn.VenueGame durationAttendanceBoxscore
Mar 7, 201719:00 Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg6–11Flag of Japan.svg  Japan   Tokyo Dome 3:5644,908 Boxscore
Mar 8, 201712:00 China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg0–6Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba   Tokyo Dome 3:1439,102 Boxscore
Mar 8, 201719:00 Japan  Flag of Japan.svg4–1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia   Tokyo Dome 3:1841,408 Boxscore
Mar 9, 201719:00 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg11–0Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 8 Tokyo Dome 2:593,013 Boxscore
Mar 10, 201712:00 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg3–4Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba   Tokyo Dome 3:3638,050 Boxscore
Mar 10, 201719:00 China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg1–7Flag of Japan.svg  Japan   Tokyo Dome 2:4140,053 Boxscore

Two-time champion Japan concluded Pool B with a 3–0 record. Cuba defeated Australia to advance to the second round. [14] In the first round, after batting .364, Japanese outfielder Yoshitomo Tsutsugoh was named the Pool B MVP. [15]

Pool C

PosTeamPldWLRFRARDPCTGBQualification
1Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 3302610+161.000—Advance to second round
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States (H)321169+7.6671
3Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 312914−5.3332
4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 303321−18.0003
Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
DateLocal timeRoad teamScoreHome teamInn.VenueGame durationAttendanceBoxscore
Mar 9, 201718:00 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg2–9Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic   Marlins Park 3:1427,388 Boxscore
Mar 10, 201718:00 Colombia  Flag of Colombia.svg2–3Flag of the United States.svg  United States 10 Marlins Park 3:2522,580 Boxscore
Mar 11, 201712:00 Colombia  Flag of Colombia.svg4–1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada   Marlins Park 2:5417,209 Boxscore
Mar 11, 201718:30 United States  Flag of the United States.svg5–7Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic   Marlins Park 3:3837,446 Boxscore
Mar 12, 201712:30 Dominican Republic  Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg10–3Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 11 Marlins Park 4:4436,952 Boxscore
Mar 12, 201719:00 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg0–8Flag of the United States.svg  United States   Marlins Park 3:0122,303 Boxscore

After falling behind 5–0 in the sixth inning, Dominican Republic rallied to defeat the U.S. 7–5 in their second game. On the last day of the pool, Colombia tied their game against Dominican Republic 3–3 in the eighth on a Jorge Alfaro home run, and had a chance to win in the ninth inning, but Oscar Mercado was called out at home trying to score on a sacrifice fly. The game continued into extra innings, where Dominican Republic scored 7 runs in the 11th to win and finish the pool undefeated. The U.S. then took an early lead on Canada, winning 8–0 to claim the second berth in San Diego. Manny Machado of the Dominican Republic was named MVP for the first-round Pool C bracket of the WBC, after batting .357. [16]

Pool D

PosTeamPldWLRFRARDPCTGBQualification
1Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 330297+221.000—Advance to second round
2Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 4222435−11.5001.5
3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4132633−7.2502.5
4Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (H)3122428−4.3332
Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
DateLocal timeRoad teamScoreHome teamInn.VenueGame durationAttendanceBoxscore
Mar 9, 201720:00 Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg9–10Flag of Italy.svg  Italy   Estadio Charros de Jalisco 3:3914,296 Boxscore
Mar 10, 201720:00 Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela.svg0–11Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 7 Estadio Charros de Jalisco 2:4314,806 Boxscore
Mar 11, 201714:00 Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela.svg11–10Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 10 Estadio Charros de Jalisco 4:4312,187 Boxscore
Mar 11, 201720:30 Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico.svg9–4Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico   Estadio Charros de Jalisco 3:4015,647 Boxscore
Mar 12, 201713:30 Italy  Flag of Italy.svg3–9Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico   Estadio Charros de Jalisco 2:4211,924 Boxscore
Mar 12, 201720:00 Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg11–9Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela   Estadio Charros de Jalisco 4:4415,489 Boxscore
Tiebreaker game
DateLocal timeRoad teamScoreHome teamInn.VenueGame durationAttendanceBoxscore
Mar 13, 201719:00 Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela.svg4–3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy   Estadio Charros de Jalisco 3:261,783 Boxscore

While Puerto Rico cruised in all three of its games, the fight for the other three places was extremely tight. Italy scored 5 runs in the bottom of the 9th inning to shock Mexico in the first game, then lost an extra-inning slugfest against Venezuela. In the final game, Mexico defeated Venezuela in another slugfest and thought they had scored enough runs to advance on tiebreakers, [17] though this turned out not to be the case.

The first tiebreaker criterion is fewest runs allowed per defensive inning played (RA/IPD) in the games among the tied teams. Although Mexico allowed the fewest runs in those games (19, to Italy's 20, and Venezuela's 21), Mexico played fewer defensive innings (17, while the other two teams had 19) and thus had the highest average RA/IPD (1.117, to Italy's 1.053 and Venezuela's 1.105). This occurred for two reasons: the Italy-Venezuela game went 10 innings, and Mexico was the road team while losing to Italy. In fact, the Mexico-Italy game did go into the bottom of the 9th, in which Italy scored runs that were charged against Mexico but Mexico failed to record an out. There was confusion during and after the Mexico-Venezuela game, with an initial calculation showing that Mexico had advanced. Mexico filed a formal protest of its elimination, but the protest was denied. [17] [18]

As specified in the rules, Mexico was eliminated by the tiebreaker calculation and a tiebreaker game was played between Italy and Venezuela, which Venezuela won with a 9th-inning rally.

According to the rules as announced at the time, Mexico's last-place finish would have required it to participate in a qualifying tournament in order to re-qualify for the 2021 World Baseball Classic. However, MLB announced in 2020 that the field of teams for the 2021 WBC would be expanded, with all 2017 WBC participants qualifying automatically and four new teams coming from qualifying tournaments. [19]

Second round

Pool E

PosTeamPldWLRFRARDPCTGBQualification
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (H)3302414+101.000—Advance to championship round
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 3213211+21.6671
3Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 312921−12.3332
4Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 303726−19.0003
Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
DateLocal timeRoad teamScoreHome teamInn.VenueGame durationAttendanceBoxscore
Mar 12, 201712:00 Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg1–4Flag of Israel.svg  Israel   Tokyo Dome 3:1443,153 Boxscore
Mar 12, 201719:00 Japan  Flag of Japan.svg8–6Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 11 Tokyo Dome 4:4644,326 Boxscore
Mar 13, 201719:00 Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg12–2Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 8 Tokyo Dome 3:045,017 Boxscore
Mar 14, 201719:00 Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg5–8Flag of Japan.svg  Japan   Tokyo Dome 3:2532,717 Boxscore
Mar 15, 201712:00 Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg14–1Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 7 Tokyo Dome 2:1940,680 Boxscore
Mar 15, 201719:00 Israel  Flag of Israel.svg3–8Flag of Japan.svg  Japan   Tokyo Dome 3:2843,179 Boxscore

Undefeated Japan (3–0) and the Netherlands (2–1) advanced to the semi-final round, as Israel (1–2) came in third, and Cuba (0–3) fourth. [20]

Pool F

PosTeamPldWLRFRARDPCTGBQualification
1Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 330228+141.000—Advance to championship round
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States (H)3211511+4.6671
3Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 31279−2.3332
4Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 303420−16.0003
Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
DateLocal timeRoad teamScoreHome teamInn.VenueGame durationAttendanceBoxscore
Mar 14, 201718:00 Dominican Republic  Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg1−3Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico   Petco Park 3:1616,637 Boxscore
Mar 15, 201718:00 Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela.svg2−4Flag of the United States.svg  United States   Petco Park 3:1316,635 Boxscore
Mar 16, 201719:00 Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela.svg0−3Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic   Petco Park 4:0516,390 Boxscore
Mar 17, 201719:00 United States  Flag of the United States.svg5−6Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico   Petco Park 3:0932,463 Boxscore
Mar 18, 201712:30 Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico.svg13−2Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela   Petco Park 3:2420,778 Boxscore
Mar 18, 201719:00 United States  Flag of the United States.svg6−3Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic   Petco Park 3:4043,002 Boxscore

Pool F started with Puerto Rico handing the Dominican Republic its first loss since the 2009 World Baseball Classic. Puerto Rico ended Pool F still undefeated and Venezuela was eliminated, going 0–3. The final game of the pool was a rematch between the United States and Dominican Republic to advance to the championship round. The DR took an early 2–0 lead in the first inning, but the United States came back to win 6–3 to eliminate the defending champions.

Championship round

Semifinals Final
      
ER Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 3
FW Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 4
SF1W Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 0
SF2W Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8
FR Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2
EW Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1

Semifinals

DateLocal timeRoad teamScoreHome teamInn.VenueGame durationAttendanceBoxscore
Mar 20, 201718:00 Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg3–4Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 11 Dodger Stadium 4:1924,865 Boxscore
Mar 21, 201718:00 United States  Flag of the United States.svg2–1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan   Dodger Stadium 3:1233,462 Boxscore

Final

DateLocal timeRoad teamScoreHome teamInn.VenueGame durationAttendanceBoxscore
Mar 22, 201718:00 United States  Flag of the United States.svg8–0Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico   Dodger Stadium 3:3051,565 Boxscore

Final standings

The final standings were calculated by the WBSC for inclusion in the WBSC Men's Baseball World Rankings system. [21]

In the final standings, ties were to be broken in the following order of priority:

  1. The team with the highest Team's Quality Balance (TQB=(RS/IPO)–(RA/IPD)) in all games;
  2. The team with the highest Earned Runs Team's Quality Balance (ER–TQB=(ERS/IPO)–(ERA/IPD)) in all games;
  3. The team with the highest batting average (AVG) in all games;

When the 2017 WBC was played, it was assumed that the field for the following 2021 WBC would remain 16 teams. Under the qualification format in use at the time, the bottom four finishers from 2017 (Canada, China, Mexico, and Chinese Taipei) would've been forced to re-qualify for 2021. [22] However, in January 2020, MLB announced it was expanding the field for the 2021 WBC from 16 teams to 20 and that all 16 participants from 2017 would receive automatic bids for 2021, thus sparing the bottom four nations from relegation to the qualifiers. [19]

Awards

Most Valuable Players

DSC04706 Yoshitomo Tsutsugo (1).jpg
Manny Machado on July 15, 2017 (1).jpg
Francisco Lindor on May 24, 2017 (1).jpg
Wladimir Balentien on May 3, 2012 (1).jpg
MVPs of each pools (from left to right);
Pool B – Yoshitomo Tsutsugo of Japan
Pool C – Manny Machado of the Dominican Republic
Pool D – Francisco Lindor of Puerto Rico
Pool E – Wladimir Balentien of the Netherlands

First round

Second round

Championship round

2017 All-World Baseball Classic team

Carlos Correa on April 23, 2018 (1).jpg
Christian Yelich on May 14, 2019 (1).jpg
Kodai Senga on April 11, 2013 (1).jpg
Marcus Stroman on September 30, 2015 (1).jpg
Players named to the All-WBC Team (from left to right);
Third baseman – Carlos Correa of Puerto Rico
Outfielder – Christian Yelich of the United States
Pitcher – Kodai Senga of Japan
Pitcher – Marcus Stroman of the United States
PositionPlayer
C Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Yadier Molina
1B Flag of the United States.svg Eric Hosmer
2B Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Javier Báez
3B Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Carlos Correa
SS Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Francisco Lindor
OF Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wladimir Balentien
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Gregory Polanco
Flag of the United States.svg Christian Yelich
DH Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Carlos Beltrán
P Flag of Japan.svg Kodai Senga
Flag of the United States.svg Marcus Stroman
Flag of Israel.svg Josh Zeid

Source: [23]

Attendance

973,699 (avg. 24,342; pct. 72.3%)

First round

508,830 (avg. 20,353; pct. 74.3%)

Second round

354,977 (avg. 29,581; pct. 72.0%)

Championship round

109,892 (avg. 36,631; pct. 65.4%)

Statistics leaders

Broadcasting

Television

TerritoryRights holder
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia ESPN Australia
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil ESPN Brazil
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Sportsnet/RDS
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Telecaribe/Win Sports [24]
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Tele Rebelde, Digital Channels: HD 1 y HD 2.
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic CDN Sports-Max [25]
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus Fox Sports Greece
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Fox Sports Turkey
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Fox Sports Italy  [ it ] [26]
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Fox Sports Israel
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan J Sports, TBS, TV Asahi
Latin America DirecTV Sports (es) [27]
Southeast Asia Fox Sports Asia
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Flag of Macau.svg  Macau
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Televisa Deportes
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Fox Sports Netherlands
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Sports5
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico Wapa 2 Deportes [28]
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Viasat Sport (semifinals and final) [29]
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea JTBC, JTBC3 Fox Sports
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan Eleven Sports/PTS
Flag of the United States.svg  United States MLB Network/ESPN Deportes [30]
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Direct TV/IVC/TLT/TVes

[24]

Radio

TerritoryRights holder
Flag of the United States.svg  United States ESPN Radio (semifinals and finals)/ESPN Deportes Radio
SiriusXM

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The qualifying Round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic was held from February 11 to September 25, 2016. Teams which participated at the 2013 World Baseball Classic were automatically qualified for the 2017 tournament except the four nations which ended up last in their respective groups: Australia, Brazil, Mexico, and Spain had to play in the qualifiers along with 12 other national teams. 16 teams participated, divided into four groups of four teams each. The winners of each of the four groups qualified for the 2017 World Baseball Classic.

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This article lists the performances of each of the 23 national teams which have made at least one appearance in the World Baseball Classic. The 2006 and 2009 tournaments, each had the same 16–team field, chosen by invitation. Beginning with the 2013 tournament, the four last-place teams from the previous tournament's first round each contested a qualifying round against three additional teams. The outcome of this process has been that 14 of the original 16 teams have continued to appear in every tournament. In 2013, Canada and Chinese Taipei re-qualified while Panama and South Africa were respectively replaced by Brazil and Spain. In 2017, Australia and Mexico re-qualified while Brazil and Spain were respectively replaced by Colombia and Israel.

Pool A of the first round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic was held at Gocheok Sky Dome, Seoul, South Korea from March 6 to 9, 2017, between Israel and the Netherlands and South Korea and Taiwan. Pool A was a round-robin tournament. Each team played the other three teams once, with the top two teams advancing to Pool E.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2023 World Baseball Classic</span> International baseball competition

The 2023 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was an international professional baseball tournament and the fifth iteration of the World Baseball Classic. It began on March 8, 2023, and ran until March 21.

Pool D of the First Round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic was held at Estadio Charros de Jalisco, Zapopan, Mexico, from March 9 to 13, 2017, between Italy, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela. Pool D was a round-robin tournament. Each team played the other three teams once, with the top two teams advancing to Pool F.

Pool F of the Second Round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic was held at Petco Park, San Diego, California, from March 14 to 18, between the top two teams in Pools C and D. Pool F was a round-robin tournament. Each team played the other three teams once, with the top two teams advancing to semifinals. The Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, and United States advanced to Pool F.

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