2017 World Baseball Classic

2017 World Baseball Classic
Tournament details
Host countries  Japan
 Mexico
 South Korea
 United States
Dates March 9–22
Teams 16 (from 5 continents)
Defending champions  Dominican Republic (2013)
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The 2017 World Baseball Classic (WBC) is an upcoming international professional baseball competition. This will be the fourth iteration of the WBC.

Twelve of the sixteen nations qualified based on their performance during the first round of the 2013 tournament; the remaining four nations are the winners of four qualification tournaments that took place in February and September 2016.[1] Two of the four qualifiers, Colombia and Israel, will each be making their first appearance in the World Baseball Classic.

The first-round hosts will be Tokyo, Seoul, Miami, and Guadalajara. The second round hosts will be Tokyo and San Diego, and the championship round will be played in Los Angeles.[2]

Qualification

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

List of qualified teams

Team Method of qualification Classic

appearance

 Previous best

position

 WBSC

Ranking

 Canada 2013 World Baseball Classic 4th Round 1 (2006, 2009, 2013) 8
 China 2013 World Baseball Classic 4th Round 1 (2006, 2009, 2013) 18
 Cuba 2013 World Baseball Classic 4th Runners-up (2006) 5
 Dominican Republic 2013 World Baseball Classic 4th Champions (2013) 12
 Italy 2013 World Baseball Classic 4th Round 2 (2013) 9
 Japan 2013 World Baseball Classic 4th Champions (2006, 2009) 1
 Netherlands 2013 World Baseball Classic 4th Fourth place (2013) 10
 Puerto Rico 2013 World Baseball Classic 4th Runners-up (2013) 11
 South Korea 2013 World Baseball Classic 4th Runners-up (2009) 4
 Chinese Taipei 2013 World Baseball Classic 4th Round 2 (2013) 3
 United States 2013 World Baseball Classic 4th Fourth place (2009) 2
 Venezuela 2013 World Baseball Classic 4th Third place (2009) 6
 Australia Qualifier 1 4th Round 1 (2006, 2009, 2013) 13
 Mexico Qualifier 2 4th Round 2 (2006, 2009) 7
 Colombia Qualifier 3 1st — 20
 Israel Qualifier 4 1st — —

Rosters

Venues

Six stadiums will be used during the main tournament:

Pool A Pool B & E Pool C
South Korea Seoul, South Korea Japan Tokyo, Japan United States Miami, United States
Gocheok Sky Dome Tokyo Dome Marlins Park
Capacity: 17,000 Capacity: 42,000 Capacity: 36,742
Pool D Pool F Championship
Mexico Guadalajara, Mexico United States San Diego, United States United States Los Angeles, United States
Estadio Charros de Jalisco Petco Park Dodger Stadium
Capacity: 13,000 Capacity: 40,162 Capacity: 56,000

Pools composition

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
 South Korea  Japan  United States  Mexico
 Chinese Taipei  Australia  Canada  Italy
 Netherlands  China  Colombia  Puerto Rico
 Israel  Cuba  Dominican Republic  Venezuela

First round

Pool A

Date Local Time Road Team Score Home Team Inn. Venue Game Time Attendance Boxscore
Mar 6, 2017 19:00 Israel  –  South Korea   Gocheok Sky Dome     Boxscore
Mar 7, 2017 12:30 Israel  –  Chinese Taipei   Gocheok Sky Dome     Boxscore
Mar 7, 2017 19:00 Netherlands  –  South Korea   Gocheok Sky Dome     Boxscore
Mar 8, 2017 19:00 Chinese Taipei  –  Netherlands   Gocheok Sky Dome     Boxscore
Mar 9, 2017 12:30 Israel  –  Netherlands   Gocheok Sky Dome     Boxscore
Mar 9, 2017 19:00 Chinese Taipei  –  South Korea   Gocheok Sky Dome     Boxscore

Pool B

Date Local Time Road Team Score Home Team Inn. Venue Game Time Attendance Boxscore
Mar 7, 2017 19:00 Cuba  –  Japan   Tokyo Dome     Boxscore
Mar 8, 2017 12:00 China  –  Cuba   Tokyo Dome     Boxscore
Mar 8, 2017 19:00 Australia  –  Japan   Tokyo Dome     Boxscore
Mar 9, 2017 19:00 China  –  Australia   Tokyo Dome     Boxscore
Mar 10, 2017 12:00 Australia  –  Cuba   Tokyo Dome     Boxscore
Mar 10, 2017 19:00 China  –  Japan   Tokyo Dome     Boxscore

Pool C

Date Local Time Road Team Score Home Team Inn. Venue Game Time Attendance Boxscore
Mar 9, 2017 18:00 Canada  –  Dominican Republic   Marlins Park     Boxscore
Mar 10, 2017 18:00 Colombia  –  United States   Marlins Park     Boxscore
Mar 11, 2017 12:00 Colombia  –  Canada   Marlins Park     Boxscore
Mar 11, 2017 18:30 United States  –  Dominican Republic   Marlins Park     Boxscore
Mar 12, 2017 12:30 Dominican Republic  –  Colombia   Marlins Park     Boxscore
Mar 12, 2017 19:00 Canada  –  United States   Marlins Park     Boxscore

Pool D

Date Local Time Road Team Score Home Team Inn. Venue Game Time Attendance Boxscore
Mar 9, 2017 20:00 Italy  –  Mexico   Estadio Charros de Jalisco     Boxscore
Mar 10, 2017 20:00 Venezuela  –  Puerto Rico   Estadio Charros de Jalisco     Boxscore
Mar 11, 2017 14:00 Italy  –  Venezuela   Estadio Charros de Jalisco     Boxscore
Mar 11, 2017 20:30 Puerto Rico  –  Mexico   Estadio Charros de Jalisco     Boxscore
Mar 12, 2017 13:30 Italy  –  Puerto Rico   Estadio Charros de Jalisco     Boxscore
Mar 12, 2017 20:00 Venezuela  –  Mexico   Estadio Charros de Jalisco     Boxscore

Broadcasting

MLB Network will have exclusive English-language broadcast rights in the United States.[3]

ESPN Deportes will have exclusive Spanish-language broadcast rights in the United States.

References

  1. ↑ Morosi, Jon Paul (17 September 2015). "Source: Brooklyn among four WBC qualifying sites to be named". Fox Sports. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  2. ↑ http://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/1156085-2017-world-baseball-classic-schedule-released
  3. ↑ "2013 and 2017 WBC to be telecast exclusively on MLB Network". MLB.com. 23 October 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2015.

External links

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