World Baseball Classic television ratings

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In stadium ad for the 2009 WBC shown at the Rogers Centre.

The World Baseball Classic is being one of the world's most viewed baseball events. [1] [2] [3] The 2023 tournament was broadcast in 163 territories through 63 media partners, and it was broadcast in 13 languages around the globe. [4] and received US$100 million in benefits, [5] and In the Japanese archipelago, nearly 100 million people watched the WBC in 2023, [6] and 55+ million people watched the end of the tournament, as Shohei Ohtani struck out Mike Trout. The 2023 tournament semifinal between Mexico and Japan recorded 29 million average viewers in just those two countries alone. [7] [8] [9]

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Viewership/rating

Worldwide

TournamentAvg.
viewers(Millions)
(since 2023)1		FounderNumber of teams
World Baseball Classic championship 32.81 m [10] [11] MLB
WBSC 		20
World Series 11.48 m [12] MLB 12
College World Series 2.75 m [13] NCAA 20
Little League World Series 1.08 m [14] Little League Baseball 8

The tournament is one of the most popular events in the Caribbean, Central and South America, particularly in Venezuela, part of Northern Colombia and is called the "Clásico Mundial". [15] [16] [17] The match between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico is considered a strong rivalry, called "El Clásico". The 2023 tournament was broadcast on China's largest websites, including Weibo. [18] The match between China and Japan was watched by up to 422,000 people. [19] and In addition, in Europe, In the Czech Republic, about 840,000 people watched WBC game through ČT [20]

Japan

In addition to Latin America, The tournament is considered a major sporting event in East Asia, particularly in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. In Japan, nearly 100 million people watched the WBC in 2023, [6] and 55+ million people watched the end of the tournament, as Shohei Ohtani struck out Mike Trout.

World Baseball Classic television ratings in Japanese archipelago showing network(s) broadcast on and average viewership, 2023
ClassicDate
Network(s)Avg. viewers(Millions)RatingShare
QuarterfinalsMar 16,
2023		 TBS
TV Asahi 		38.16 [21] 48.0 [22] Un­known
Game 2Mar 10,
2023		29.86 [23] 44.4 [24] Un­known
Game 4Mar 12,
2023		34.25 [25] 43.2 [26] Un­known
Game 3Mar 11,
2023		34.25 [25] 43.1 [26] Un­known
SemifinalsMar 20,
2023		27.02 [11] 42.5 [27] Un­known
FinalsMar 22,
2023		27.61 [11] 42.4 [28] Un­known
Game 1Mar 9,
2023		28.56 [29] 41.9 [30] Un­known

United States

In the United States, the 2023 tournament was carried by Fox Sports for the first time, with games split between six Fox networks. The championship game drew 5.2 million average viewers in the US, peaking at 6.5 million viewers in the final 15 minutes. [31]

Mexico

In Mexico, the 2023 Classic Semi-Final match between Mexico and Japan was broadcast by Imagen Televisión and viewed by 2.2 million people. [9]

Broadcasting rights

Table based on 2023 Classic

TerritoryRights holder(s)Ref.
Africa ESPN [32]
Brazil BandSports [32]
Canada
 [32]
Central America Tigo Sports [32]
Caribbean SportsMax [32]
China
 [32]
Colombia Win Sports [32]
Cuba
 [32]
Czech Republic ČT [32]
Dominican Republic
 [32]
France beIN Sports [32]
German-speaking countries More Than Sports TV [32]
HungarySport TV [32]
Israel Sport 5 [32]
Italy Sky Italia [32]
Japan
 [32] [33]
Mexico Imagen [32]
Netherlands ESPN [32]
Nordic countries Viaplay [32]
Oceania ESPN [32]
Panama TVN [32]
Puerto Rico WAPA Deportes [32]
South America DirecTV [32]
Southeast Asia & Hong Kong SPOTV [32]
South Korea
 [32]
Taiwan
 [32] [34] [35]
TurkeySaran Media [32]
United Kingdom & Ireland BT Sport [32]
United States
 [32] [36]
Venezuela
 [32]

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  8. ↑ "WBC日本戦全7試合 全国で推計9446.2万人が視聴". oricon.co.jp. March 23, 2023.
  9. 1 2 "Clásico Mundial: Semifinal México vs Japón tuvo un rating brutal". septimaentrada.com. March 22, 2023.
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