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2017 World Baseball Classic
Tournament details
Host countries	; Japan; Mexico; South Korea; United States;
Dates	March 6–22
Teams	16 (from 5 continents)
Defending champions	; Dominican Republic (2013)
Final positions
Champions ;	; United States (1st title);
Runner-up ;	; Puerto Rico;
Third place ;	; Japan;
Fourth place	; Netherlands;
Tournament statistics
Games played	40
Attendance	1,086,720 (27,168 per game)
Most Valuable Player	; Marcus Stroman;
	; ← 2013 ; ; 2021 → ;

The 2017 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was an international professional baseball competition, composed of 16 competing nations, held from March 6 to March 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]

Twelve of the sixteen competing 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, March and September 2016.^[2] Two of the four qualifiers, Colombia and Israel, each made their first appearance in the WBC, and both have secured their positions for the 2021 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 six shutout innings in the championship game.

Qualified teams

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

Team	Method of qualification	Classic appearance	Previous best position	WBSC Ranking
Canada	2013 World Baseball Classic	4th	Round 1	8
China	2013 World Baseball Classic	4th	Round 1	18
Cuba	2013 World Baseball Classic	4th	Runners-up (2006)	5
Dominican Republic	2013 World Baseball Classic	4th	Champions (2013)	13
Italy	2013 World Baseball Classic	4th	Round 2 (2013)	11
Japan	2013 World Baseball Classic	4th	Champions (2006, 2009)	1
Netherlands	2013 World Baseball Classic	4th	Fourth place (2013)	9
Puerto Rico	2013 World Baseball Classic	4th	Runners-up (2013)	12
South Korea	2013 World Baseball Classic	4th	Runners-up (2009)	3
Chinese Taipei	2013 World Baseball Classic	4th	Round 2 (2013)	4
United States	2013 World Baseball Classic	4th	Fourth place (2009)	2
Venezuela	2013 World Baseball Classic	4th	Third place (2009)	7
Australia	Qualifier 1	4th	Round 1	10
Mexico	Qualifier 2	4th	Round 2 (2006, 2009)	6
Colombia	Qualifier 3	1st	—	19
Israel	Qualifier 4	1st	—	41

Tournament 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.

If there is a two-way tie for first, since both teams advance, there would be no extra game. The team that won the original game between the teams would be declared the pool winner, and the other team the pool runner-up.

If there is a three-way tie for first (all three teams being 2–1, and the last team 0–3), head-to-head results would not help to break the tie. In this case, statistics would determine the first-place team, and the other two would play to determine the pool runner-up.

If there is a three-way tie for second (all three teams being 1–2, and the first team 3–0), statistics would determine the top two teams who would then play to determine the pool runner-up. The team ranked worst on the calculation would be eliminated.

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

Fewest runs allowed per inning of defense in head-to-head games

Fewest earned runs allowed per inning of defense in head-to-head games

Highest batting average in head-to-head games

Drawing of lots^[3]^[4]

Rosters

Venues

Six stadiums were used during the main tournament:

Pool A	Pools B & E	Pool C
Seoul, South Korea	Tokyo, Japan	Miami, United States
Gocheok Sky Dome	Tokyo Dome	Marlins Park
Capacity: 16,813	Capacity: 42,000	Capacity: 36,742

Pool D	Pool F	Championship
Zapopan, Mexico	San Diego, United States	Los Angeles, United States
Estadio Charros de Jalisco	Petco Park	Dodger Stadium
Capacity: 16,000	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

	Advanced to Second Round and qualified for 2021 World Baseball Classic
	Eliminated, but qualified for 2021 World Baseball Classic
	Eliminated, must qualify for 2021 World Baseball Classic

Pool A

Rk	Team v t e	W	L	HTH
1	Israel	3	0	−
2	Netherlands	2	1	−
3	South Korea	1	2	−
4	Chinese Taipei	0	3	−

NOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH − Head-to-head. RA − Runs against. IPD − Innings the team pitched. RA/IPD − The index of RA/IPD. TG − Tiebreaker game.

Date	Local Time	Road Team	Score	Home Team	Inn.	Venue	Game Time	Attendance	Boxscore
Mar 6, 2017	18:30	Israel	2–1	South Korea	10	Gocheok Sky Dome	4:11	15,470	Boxscore
Mar 7, 2017	12:00	Israel	15–7	Chinese Taipei		Gocheok Sky Dome	3:54	3,287	Boxscore
Mar 7, 2017	18:30	South Korea	0–5	Netherlands		Gocheok Sky Dome	3:03	15,184	Boxscore
Mar 8, 2017	18:30	Chinese Taipei	5–6	Netherlands		Gocheok Sky Dome	3:21	3,606	Boxscore
Mar 9, 2017	12:00	Netherlands	2–4	Israel		Gocheok Sky Dome	3:12	2,739	Boxscore
Mar 9, 2017	18:30	South Korea	11–8	Chinese Taipei	10	Gocheok Sky Dome	4:40	12,000	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".^[5]^[6]

Team Israel (3–0) and Team Netherlands (2–1) qualified for the second round, in Japan.^[7] 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.^[8]^[9] 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.^[10] 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.^[11]^[12]

Pool B

Rk	Team v t e	W	L	HTH
1	Japan	3	0	−
2	Cuba	2	1	−
3	Australia	1	2	−
4	China	0	3	−

NOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH − Head-to-head. RA − Runs against. IPD − Innings the team pitched. RA/IPD − The index of RA/IPD. TG − Tiebreaker game.

Date	Local Time	Road Team	Score	Home Team	Inn.	Venue	Game Time	Attendance	Boxscore
Mar 7, 2017	19:00	Cuba	6–11	Japan		Tokyo Dome	3:56	44,908	Boxscore
Mar 8, 2017	12:00	China	0–6	Cuba		Tokyo Dome	3:14	39,102	Boxscore
Mar 8, 2017	19:00	Japan	4–1	Australia		Tokyo Dome	3:18	41,408	Boxscore
Mar 9, 2017	19:00	Australia	11–0	China	8	Tokyo Dome	2:59	3,013	Boxscore
Mar 10, 2017	12:00	Australia	3–4	Cuba		Tokyo Dome	3:36	38,050	Boxscore
Mar 10, 2017	19:00	China	1–7	Japan		Tokyo Dome	2:41	40,053	Boxscore

Two-time champion Japan concluded Pool B with a 3–0 record, whereas China lost all three games and must now qualify for the 2021 World Baseball Classic. Cuba defeated Australia to advance to the second round.^[13] In the first round, after batting .364 Japanese outfielder Yoshitomo Tsutsugoh was named the Pool B MVP.^[14]

Pool C

Rk	Team v t e	W	L	HTH
1	Dominican Republic	3	0	−
2	United States	2	1	−
3	Colombia	1	2	−
4	Canada	0	3	−

NOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH − Head-to-head. RA − Runs against. IPD − Innings the team pitched. RA/IPD − The index of RA/IPD. TG − Tiebreaker game.

Date	Local Time	Road Team	Score	Home Team	Inn.	Venue	Game Time	Attendance	Boxscore
Mar 9, 2017	18:00	Canada	2–9	Dominican Republic		Marlins Park	3:14	27,388	Boxscore
Mar 10, 2017	18:00	Colombia	2–3	United States	10	Marlins Park	3:25	22,580	Boxscore
Mar 11, 2017	12:00	Colombia	4–1	Canada		Marlins Park	2:54	17,209	Boxscore
Mar 11, 2017	18:30	United States	5–7	Dominican Republic		Marlins Park	3:38	37,446	Boxscore
Mar 12, 2017	12:30	Dominican Republic	10–3	Colombia	11	Marlins Park	4:44	36,952	Boxscore
Mar 12, 2017	19:00	Canada	0–8	United States		Marlins Park	3:01	22,303	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. While debutants Colombia secured their position for the upcoming 2021 World Baseball Classic, Canada's fourth-place performance meant that they will now have go to the qualifiers in order to try and make their fifth appearance in the WBC, in 2021. Manny Machado of the Dominican Republic was named MVP for the first-round Pool C bracket of the WBC, after batting .357.^[15]

Pool D

Rk	Team v t e	W	L	HTH	RA	IPD	RA/IPD	TG
1	Puerto Rico	3	0	−
2	Venezuela	2	2	1−1	21	19.0	1.105	W
3	Italy	1	3	1−1	20	19.0	1.053	L
4	Mexico	1	2	1−1	19	17.0	1.117	−

NOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH − Head-to-head. RA − Runs against. IPD − Innings the team pitched. RA/IPD − The index of RA/IPD. TG − Tiebreaker game.

Date	Local Time	Road Team	Score	Home Team	Inn.	Venue	Game Time	Attendance	Boxscore
Mar 9, 2017	20:00	Mexico	9–10	Italy		Estadio Charros de Jalisco	3:39	14,296	Boxscore
Mar 10, 2017	20:00	Venezuela	0–11	Puerto Rico	7	Estadio Charros de Jalisco	2:43	14,806	Boxscore
Mar 11, 2017	14:00	Venezuela	11–10	Italy	10	Estadio Charros de Jalisco	4:43	12,187	Boxscore
Mar 11, 2017	20:30	Puerto Rico	9–4	Mexico		Estadio Charros de Jalisco	3:40	15,647	Boxscore
Mar 12, 2017	13:30	Italy	3–9	Puerto Rico		Estadio Charros de Jalisco	2:42	11,924	Boxscore
Mar 12, 2017	20:00	Mexico	11–9	Venezuela		Estadio Charros de Jalisco	4:44	15,489	Boxscore

Tiebreaker game

Date	Local Time	Road Team	Score	Home Team	Inn.	Venue	Game Time	Attendance	Boxscore
Mar 13, 2017	19:00	Venezuela	4–3	Italy		Estadio Charros de Jalisco	3:26	1,783	Boxscore

The first tiebreaker criterion is fewest runs allowed per defensive inning played (RA/IPD) in the games between the tied teams. Mexico allowed 19 runs, Italy allowed 20 runs, and Venezuela allowed 21 runs. Italy and Venezuela played 19 innings each in the two games, therefore their RA/IPD were 1.053 and 1.105. Mexico played 18 innings, but they recorded no outs in the ninth inning of their game versus Italy, therefore the inning did not count towards their RA/IPD of 1.117; however, the five runs scored in the same half-inning by Italy counted against Mexico's RA/IPD.^[16]^[17]

Second round

	Advanced to Semifinals
	Eliminated

Pool E

Rk	Team v t e	W	L	HTH
1	Japan	3	0	−
2	Netherlands	2	1	−
3	Israel	1	2	−
4	Cuba	0	3	−

NOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH − Head-to-head. RA − Runs against. IPD − Innings the team pitched. RA/IPD − The index of RA/IPD. TG − Tiebreaker game.

Date	Local Time	Road Team	Score	Home Team	Inn.	Venue	Game Time	Attendance	Boxscore
Mar 12, 2017	12:00	Cuba	1–4	Israel		Tokyo Dome	3:14	43,153	Boxscore
Mar 12, 2017	19:00	Japan	8–6	Netherlands	11	Tokyo Dome	4:46	44,326	Boxscore
Mar 13, 2017	19:00	Netherlands	12–2	Israel	8	Tokyo Dome	3:04	5,017	Boxscore
Mar 14, 2017	19:00	Cuba	5–8	Japan		Tokyo Dome	3:25	32,717	Boxscore
Mar 15, 2017	12:00	Netherlands	14–1	Cuba	7	Tokyo Dome	2:19	40,680	Boxscore
Mar 15, 2017	19:00	Israel	3–8	Japan		Tokyo Dome	3:28	43,179	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.^[18]

Pool F

Rk	Team v t e	W	L	HTH
1	Puerto Rico	3	0	−
2	United States	2	1	−
3	Dominican Republic	1	2	−
4	Venezuela	0	3	−

NOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH − Head-to-head. RA − Runs against. IPD − Innings the team pitched. RA/IPD − The index of RA/IPD. TG − Tiebreaker game.

Date	Local Time	Road Team	Score	Home Team	Venue	Game Time	Attendance	Boxscore
Mar 14, 2017	18:00	Dominican Republic	1−3	Puerto Rico	Petco Park	3:16	16,637	Boxscore
Mar 15, 2017	18:00	Venezuela	2−4	United States	Petco Park	3:13	16,635	Boxscore
Mar 16, 2017	19:00	Venezuela	0−3	Dominican Republic	Petco Park	4:05	16,390	Boxscore
Mar 17, 2017	19:00	United States	5−6	Puerto Rico	Petco Park	3:09	32,463	Boxscore
Mar 18, 2017	12:30	Puerto Rico	13−2	Venezuela	Petco Park	3:24	20,778	Boxscore
Mar 18, 2017	19:00	United States	6−3	Dominican Republic	Petco Park	3:40	43,002	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	Netherlands	3

FW	Puerto Rico	4
			SF1W	Puerto Rico	0

			SF2W	United States	8
FR	United States	2

EW	Japan	1

Semifinals

Date	Local Time	Road Team	Score	Home Team	Inn.	Venue	Game Time	Attendance	Boxscore
Mar 20, 2017	18:00	Netherlands	3–4	Puerto Rico	11	Dodger Stadium	4:19	24,865	Boxscore
Mar 21, 2017	18:00	United States	2–1	Japan		Dodger Stadium	3:12	33,462	Boxscore

Final

Date	Local Time	Road Team	Score	Home Team	Inn.	Venue	Game Time	Attendance	Boxscore
Mar 22, 2017	18:00	United States	8–0	Puerto Rico		Dodger Stadium	3:30	51,565	Boxscore

Final standings

Organizer WBCI^[who?] had no interest in the final standings so did not compute them. Instead, they were calculated by WBSC for inclusion in the WBSC Men's Baseball World Rankings system.^[19]

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

The team with the highest Team's Quality Balance (TQB=(RS/IPO)–(RA/IPD)) in all games;

The team with the highest Earned Runs Team's Quality Balance (ER–TQB=(ERS/IPO)–(ERA/IPD)) in all games;

The team with the highest batting average (AVG) in all games;

Rk	Team	W	L	Tiebreaker
1	United States	6	2	–
Lost in Final
2	Puerto Rico	7	1	–
Lost in Semifinals
3	Japan	6	1	–
4	Netherlands	4	3	–
3rd place in Second Round pools
5	Dominican Republic	4	2	0.277 TQB
6	Israel	4	2	−0.008 TQB
4th place in Second Round pools
7	Cuba	2	4	–
8	Venezuela	2	5	–
3rd place in First Round pools
9	Australia	1	2	0.257 TQB
10	South Korea	1	2	−0.122 TQB
11	Colombia	1	2	−0.172 TQB
12	Italy	1	3	–
4th place in First Round pools
13	Mexico	1	2	–
14	Chinese Taipei	0	3	−0.471 TQB
15	Canada	0	3	−0.729 TQB
16	China	0	3	−0.962 TQB

2017 World Baseball Classic Champions
United States First title

2017 All-World Baseball Classic team

Position	Player
C	Yadier Molina
1B	Eric Hosmer
2B	Javier Báez
3B	Carlos Correa
SS	Francisco Lindor
OF	Wladimir Balentien
	Gregory Polanco
	Christian Yelich
DH	Carlos Beltrán
P	Kodai Senga
	Marcus Stroman
	Josh Zeid

Source: ^[20]

Attendance

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

First round

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

Pool A – 52,286 (avg. 8,714; pct. 51.9%)

Pool B – 206,534 (avg. 34,422; pct. 82.0%)

Pool C – 163,878 (avg. 27,313; pct. 74.3%)

Pool D – 86,132 (avg. 12,305; pct. 76.9%)

Second round

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

Pool E – 209,072 (avg. 34,845; pct. 83.0%)

Pool F – 145,905 (avg. 24,318; pct. 60.5%)

Championship round

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

Semifinals – 58,327 (avg. 29,164; pct. 52.1%)

Final – 51,565 (avg. 51,565; pct. 92.1%)

Statistics leaders

Batting

Statistic	Name	Total/Avg
Batting average*	Luis Velarde	.667
Hits	Wladimir Balentien	16
Runs	Wladimir Balentien Carlos Correa	10
Home runs	Wladimir Balentien	4
Runs batted in	Wladimir Balentien	12
Strikeouts	Nolan Arenado	11
Stolen bases	Javier Báez	4
On-base percentage*	Esteban Quiroz	.800
Slugging percentage*	Esteban Quiroz	1.833
OPS*	Esteban Quiroz	2.633

* Minimum 2.7 plate appearances per game

Pitching

Statistic	Name	Total/Avg
Wins	Danny Duffy Seth Lugo	2
Losses	Hung-wen Chen Ryan Dempster Yoanni Yera	2
Saves	Luke Gregerson	3
Innings pitched	Marcus Stroman	15.1
Hits allowed	Rick van den Hurk	15
Runs allowed	Rick van den Hurk	8
Earned runs allowed	Rick van den Hurk	8
Earned run average*	Josh Zeid	0.00**
Walks	Yoanni Yera	7
Strikeouts	Kodai Senga Tomoyuki Sugano	16
WHIP*	José Quintana	0.35

* Minimum 0.8 innings pitched per game

** Zeid is tied with 12 others with a 0.00 ERA but he has pitched the most innings (10.0)

Most Valuable Players

First round

Pool A – Ryan Lavarnway

Pool B – Yoshitomo Tsutsugoh

Pool C – Manny Machado

Pool D – Francisco Lindor

Second round

Pool E – Wladimir Balentien

Pool F – Yadier Molina

Championship round

Tournament – Marcus Stroman

Broadcasting

Television

Territory	Rights holder
Australia	ESPN Australia
New Zealand	ESPN Australia
Brazil	ESPN Brazil
Canada	Sportsnet/RDS
Colombia	Telecaribe/Win Sports^[21]
Cuba	Tele Rebelde, Digital Channels: HD 1 y HD 2.
Dominican Republic	CDN Sports-Max^[22]
Cyprus	Fox Sports Greece
Greece	Fox Sports Greece
Turkey	Fox Sports Turkey
Italy	Fox Sports Italy [it]^[23]
Malta
San Marino
Israel	Fox Sports Israel
Japan	J Sports, TBS, TV Asahi
Latin America	DirecTV Sports (es)^[24]
Southeast Asia	Fox Sports Asia
Hong Kong
Macau
Taiwan
Mexico	Televisa Deportes
Netherlands	Fox Sports Netherlands
Philippines	Sports5
Puerto Rico	Wapa 2 Deportes^[25]
Russia	Viasat Sport (semifinals and final)^[26]
South Korea	JTBC, JTBC3 Fox Sports
Taiwan	Eleven Sports/PTS
United States	MLB Network/ESPN Deportes^[27]
Venezuela	Direct TV/IVC/TLT/TVes

^[21]

Radio

Territory	Rights holder
United States	ESPN Radio (semifinals and finals)/ESPN Deportes Radio
United States	SiriusXM

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External links

Official website

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v t e 2017 World Baseball Classic
Tournament	First round Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Second round Pool E Pool F Championship round
Qualification	Qualifier 1 Qualifier 2 Qualifier 3 Qualifier 4
Overview	Rosters

v t e World Baseball Classic
Tournaments	2006 2009 2013 2017
Qualification	2006 2009 2013 2017
Finals	2006 2009 2013 2017
Rosters	2006 2009 2013 2017
Records and statistics	Team appearances

v t e World championships in 2017
« 2016 2018 »
Summer sports & indoor sports	American football (women) Archery Aquatics diving high diving open water swimming swimming synchronized swimming water polo Athletics cross country para Badminton Baseball (men) Basketball (3x3) Beach soccer Beach volleyball Bowls Boxing (men) Canoeing slalom sprint marathon Cricket (women) Cycling road track mountain bike cyclo-cross BMX Urban Fencing Floorball (women) Gymnastics artistic rhythmic trampoline Handball men women Inline hockey Judo open Modern pentathlon Orienteering trail Rowing Rugby league men women Rugby union (women) Shotgun shooting Softball (men) Squash men women Table tennis Taekwondo Weightlifting Wrestling Wushu
Winter sports	Alpine skiing Bandy (men) Biathlon Bobsleigh / Skeleton Curling men women mixed mixed doubles Figure skating Freestyle skiing / Snowboarding Ice hockey men women Luge Nordic skiing Speed skating allround sprint single distances short track
Cue & mind sports	Chess women rapid blitz Darts BDO PDC Draughts men women rapid / blitz Russian version Pool Nine-ball Snooker six-red
Motor sports	Air race Endurance racing F1 Powerboat Formula One Motocross MotoGP Moto2 Moto3 Rally WRC-2 WRC-3 Rallycross Speedway individual team Sidecarcross Superbike Supersport Touring car

Tournament details
Host countries	Japan Mexico South Korea United States
Dates	March 6–22
Teams	16 (from 5 continents)
Defending champions	Dominican Republic (2013)
Final positions
Champions	United States (1st title)
Runner-up	Puerto Rico
Third place	Japan
Fourth place	Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Games played	40
Attendance	1,086,720 (27,168 per game)
Most Valuable Player	Marcus Stroman
← 2013 2021 →

v t e 2017 World Baseball Classic finalists
Champions	United States
Runners-up	Puerto Rico
Semi-finals	Netherlands Japan
Second round	Cuba Dominican Republic Israel Venezuela
First round	Australia Canada China Chinese Taipei Colombia Italy Mexico South Korea
2006 2009 2013 2017

2017 World Baseball Classic

Contents

Qualified teams

Tournament format

Rosters

Venues

Pools composition

First round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Second round

Pool E

Pool F

Championship round

Semifinals

Final

Final standings

2017 All-World Baseball Classic team

Attendance

First round

Second round

Championship round

Statistics leaders

Batting

Pitching

Most Valuable Players

First round

Second round

Championship round

Broadcasting

Television

Radio

References

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