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2023 World Baseball Classic
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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.
It was originally scheduled to take place in 2021, four years after the previous event, but was canceled in May 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] It was later announced that qualifications for the Classic would start in September 2022, as agreed by World Baseball Classic Inc. (WBCI)[3] The tournament expanded from 16 to 20 national teams, with all teams that participated in the 2017 edition automatically qualifying, plus four additional spots.[4] Unlike in 2009, 2013 and 2017, the U.S. lineup attracted some distinguished players and attracted significant attention for the tournament.[5]
Japan won their record-extending third title after defeating defending champions United States 3–2 in the championship game, becoming the second team since the Dominican Republic in the 2013 World Baseball Classic to win the WBC with an undefeated record. Shohei Ohtani was named the World Baseball Classic Most Valuable Player.[6]
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Teams
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Qualification
Qualified for the 2023 World Baseball Classic
Participated in the qualifier but failed to qualify
In January 2020, the WBC announced that the 16 national teams which participated at the 2017 World Baseball Classic would automatically qualify for the 2023 tournament.[7]
A qualifying tournament was scheduled for March 2020 in Tucson, Arizona, United States, to determine the last four teams.[7] Twelve teams were split into two pools, and the top two teams in each pool would qualify.[4] On March 12, 2020, Major League Baseball announced that the qualifying tournaments were being postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8] The qualification tournament ended up postponing to September 16–21, 2022, for the Africa/Europe qualifiers and September 30 – October 5, 2022, for the Americas/Asia/Oceania qualifiers.[9]
The Czech Republic, Great Britain, and Nicaragua made their first appearance in the World Baseball Classic, while Panama returned after having missed out on two World Baseball Classic appearances. This was the third consecutive time that South Africa, the only African team, did not qualify for the World Baseball Classic, and the second consecutive time that both Brazil and Spain did not qualify. With Panama qualified for the World Baseball Classic for the first time since 2009, South Africa now has the longest active WBC appearance drought at 14 years, having not qualified since 2009.
Draw
The pool draw was announced by World Baseball Classic Inc. (WBCI) on July 7, 2022.[11] Organizers prioritized placement in separate pools of the four nations which reached the semifinals of the 2017 WBC (Japan, the Netherlands, Puerto Rico, and the United States) and the three hosts (Japan, the United States, and Taiwan). Remaining pool assignments were made based on WBSC World Rankings, competitive balance, and commercial and geographic interest.[12]
Note: Numbers in parentheses indicate positions in the WBSC World Rankings at the time of the draw.[13]
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Venues
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Four stadiums were used during the main tournament.[14][15]
Attendance
The first round of the tournament drew 1,010,999 fans across all four venues, nearly double the previous record for the WBC.[16] This included 361,976 fans in Tokyo for Pool B and 295,850 fans in Miami for Pool D. Total attendance for the tournament across all rounds was 1,306,414, the highest in WBC history.[17]
Team base camps
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Rosters
Participating nations had to submit their final 30-man rosters no later than February 7, 2023. WBC rules required teams to carry at least 14 pitchers and two catchers on their rosters.[25]
Officiating
On March 7, 2023, Major League Baseball and the World Baseball Softball Confederation released the list of officials for the tournament.[26]
Umpires
Trent Thomas
Chris Graham- Stu Scheurwater
Chan-Jung Chang
Maikol Tibabijo
Ángel Hernández
Ramon De Jesus- Felix Tejeda
Serge Makouchetchev
Tim Meyer
Fabrizio Fabrizi
Shōji Arisumi
Edwin Louisa
Jairo Mendoza
Alejandro Pecero
Delfin Colon- Roberto Ortiz
Cuti Suárez
Ki Taik ParkNote
Lance Barksdale- Dan Bellino
- Cory Blaser
- Mark Carlson
- Laz Díaz
- Doug Eddings
- Mike Estabrook
- Andy Fletcher
- Chris Guccione
- Adam Hamari
- Pat Hoberg
- Dan Iassogna
- Ron Kulpa
- Nic Lentz
- Will Little
- Ben May
- Bill Miller
- Alan Porter
- Chris Segal
- John Tumpane
- Quinn Wolcott
- Larry Vanover
Jhonatan Biarreta- Carlos Torres
^Note Incorrectly listed as Ki Talk Park
Supervisors
- Mike Everitt
- Cris Jones
- Jeff Kellogg
- Larry Young
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Prize money
The prize money allocation was released by Major League Baseball and the World Baseball Softball Confederation on March 7, 2023. Teams collected prize money for each stage they qualified in. The champions could collect a maximum of $3 million if they were a pool winner.[27]
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Group stage
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Scheduled locations and dates are as follows:[1][28]
Pool A
Pool A was contested in Taichung during March 8–12, 2023.
- Runs allowed per defensive out recorded: Cuba .139, Italy .157, Netherlands .186, Panama .200, Chinese Taipei .295[30]
Pool B
Pool B was contested in Tokyo during March 9–13, 2023.
Pool C
Pool C was contested in Phoenix during March 11–15, 2023.
Pool D
Pool D was contested in Miami during March 11–15, 2023.
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Knockout stage
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The top two teams from each pool advanced to the single elimination bracket. These games were contested from March 15–21, 2023. Tokyo hosted two of the quarterfinals, while the other two quarterfinals, the semifinals, and the championship game took place in Miami.[1][28]
Bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship | ||||||||
| March 15 – Tokyo | ||||||||||
 Australia | 3 | |||||||||
| March 19 – Miami | ||||||||||
 Cuba | 4 | |||||||||
| Cuba | 2 | |||||||||
| March 18 – Miami | ||||||||||
 United States | 14 | |||||||||
| United States | 9 | |||||||||
| March 21 – Miami | ||||||||||
 Venezuela | 7 | |||||||||
| United States | 2 | |||||||||
| March 17 – Miami | ||||||||||
 Japan | 3 | |||||||||
 Puerto Rico | 4 | |||||||||
| March 20 – Miami | ||||||||||
 Mexico | 5 | |||||||||
| Mexico | 5 | |||||||||
| March 16 – Tokyo | ||||||||||
| Japan | 6 | |||||||||
 Italy | 3 | |||||||||
| Japan | 9 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
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Awards
Most Valuable Players
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MVPs of each pools (from left to right);
Pool A – Yu Chang of Chinese Taipei
Pool B – Shohei Ohtani of Japan
Pool C – Randy Arozarena of Mexico
Pool D – Salvador Pérez of Venezuela
Pool A – Yu Chang of Chinese Taipei
Pool B – Shohei Ohtani of Japan
Pool C – Randy Arozarena of Mexico
Pool D – Salvador Pérez of Venezuela
Group stage
- Pool A – Yu Chang
- Pool B – Shohei Ohtani
- Pool C –
Randy Arozarena - Pool D – Salvador Pérez
Knockout stage
- Tournament – Shohei Ohtani
2023 All-World Baseball Classic team
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Players named to the All-WBC Team (from left to right);
Pitcher – Miguel Romero of Cuba
Second baseman – Javier Báez of Puerto Rico
Outfielder – Mike Trout of the United States
Outfielder – Masataka Yoshida of Japan
Pitcher – Miguel Romero of Cuba
Second baseman – Javier Báez of Puerto Rico
Outfielder – Mike Trout of the United States
Outfielder – Masataka Yoshida of Japan
Source: [31]
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Statistical leaders
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Notes
- Wendell Floranus, Giovanny Gallegos, Ryan Pressly, Sung Chia-hao
- Harold Arauz, José De León, Miguel Romero, Cristian Javier, Dean Kremer, Humberto Mejía, Se Woong Park, Noah Skirrow
Broadcasting
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Television ratings
The Japan-South Korea pool B game drew a household viewership of 44.4% in Japan[32][33][34] and 11.7% in South Korea.[35][36] The broadcast averaged 29.9 million Japanese viewers[37][38] (28.9% individual viewership[32][33][34]) and 2.7 million Korean viewers.[39] Rating indicated that 62.343 million Japanese watched at least one minute of the game.[37][38] The Korean rating in that game was the second-most-watched WBC game in South Korea, after the 2009 Japan-South Korea final.[39]
The Japan-Italy quarterfinal game broke the Japanese WBC viewership record. It drew an average 48.0% household viewership in Japan and averaged 38.2 million viewers.[37][38]
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.[41]
In Puerto Rico, the Pool D game between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic was viewed by 62% of households.[40]
Broadcasting rights
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Notes
- Americas/Asia/Oceania qualifier winners, team not determined at time of draw
- Africa/Europe qualifier runners-up, team not determined at time of draw
- Americas/Asia/Oceania qualifier runners-up, team not determined at time of draw.
- Africa/Europe qualifier winners, team not determined at time of draw.
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