World Baseball Classic: Previous champs, results, medal count, MVPs, All-WBC teams
Let's take a quick walking tour of World Baseball Classic history
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The World Baseball Classic was first played in 2006 and presently occurs every four years. The 16-team tournament includes 12 automatic berths based on a team’s finish in pool play during the prior WBC. The remaining four berths are determined by qualifying play.The first two rounds of the tournament are round-robin format, while the semifinals and finals are single-elimination.
Now here’s a quick look at the results from previous tournaments.
World Baseball Classic champions, final results, team medals
| Year | Final Host | Champions (Gold) | Score | Runners-Up (Silver) | Third (Bronze) | Fourth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2006 |
San Diego |
Japan |
10-6 |
Cuba |
South Korea |
Dominican Rep. |
2009 |
Los Angeles |
Japan |
5-3 (F/10) |
South Korea |
Venezuela |
United States |
2013 |
San Francisco |
Dominican Rep. |
3-0 |
Puerto Rico |
Japan |
Netherlands |
2017 |
Los Angeles |
United States |
8-0 |
Puerto Rico |
Japan |
Netherlands |
Medal count
| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Japan |
2 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
| T-2 | United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
T-2 |
Dominican Rep. |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
South Korea |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
T-5 |
Puerto Rico |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
T-5 |
Cuba |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
Venezuela |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
World Baseball Classic Most Valuable Players
| Year | Player | Position | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
2006 |
Daisuke Matsuzaka |
Starting pitcher |
Japan |
2009 |
Daisuke Matsuzaka |
Starting pitcher |
Japan |
2013 |
Robinson Cano |
Second baseman |
Dominican Rep. |
| 2017 | Marcus Stroman | Starting pitcher | United States |
All-WBC Teams
| POS. | 2006 | 2009 | 2013 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ctcher |
Tomoya Satozaki, JAP |
Ivan Rodriguez, PUR |
Yadier Molina, PUR | Yadier Molina, PUR |
1B |
Seung-yuop Lee, KOR |
Tae-kyun Kim, KOR |
Edwin Encarnacion, DOM | Eric Hosmer, USA |
2B |
Yulieski Gourriel, CUB |
Jose Lopez, VEN |
Robinson Cano, DOM | Javier Baez, PUR |
3B |
Adrian Beltra, DOM |
Bum-ho Lee, KOR |
David Wright, USA | Carlos Correa, PUR. |
SS |
Derek Jeter, USA |
Jimmy Rollins, USA | Jose Reyes, DOM | Francisco Lindor, PUR |
OF |
Ken Griffey Jr., USA |
Norichika Aoki, JAP |
Nelson Cruz, DOM. | Cristian Yelich, USA |
OF |
Jong-beom Lee, KOR |
Frederich Cepeda, CUB |
Angel Pagan, PUR. | Gregory Polanco, DOM |
OF |
Ichiro Suzuki, JAP | Yoenis Cespedes, CUB | Michael Saunders, CAN | Wladimir Balentien, NED |
DH |
Yoandy Garlobo, CUB |
Hyun-soo Kim, KOR |
Hirokazu Ibata, JAP |
Carlos Beltran, PUR |
P |
Yadel Marti, CUB |
Jung-keun Bong, KOR |
Nelson Figueroa, PUR |
Marcus Stroman, USA |
P |
Daisuke Matsuzaka, JAP |
Hisashi Iwakuma, JAP |
Kenta Maeda, JAP | Josh Zeid, ISR |
P |
Chan Ho Park, KOR | Daisuke Matsuzaka, JAP | Fernando Rodney, DOM | Kodai Senga, JAP |
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