2017 World Baseball Classic – Qualifier 4
Qualifier 4 of the Qualifying Round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic was held at MCU Park, Brooklyn, New York, United States from September 22 to 25, 2016. It was won by Team Israel, which will next play in the World Baseball Classic in March 2017.
Qualifier 4 was a modified double-elimination tournament. The winners of the first games, Israel and Brazil, matched up in the second game, which Israel won. Meanwhile, the losers, Great Britain and Pakistan, faced each other in an elimination game, which Great Britain won.
The winners of the elimination game, Great Britain, then played and defeated the losers of the non-elimination game, Brazil, in another elimination game.
Israel then defeated Great Britain 9–1 in the final on September 25, 2016, to determine the winners of the Qualifier 4. Team Israel next played in South Korea in March 2017, as the 16th and final team in the WBC. They swept Pool B, beating South Korea, Taiwan, and the Netherlands, to qualify for the second round.
Bracket[]
| Preliminaries | Semifinals | Qualifier | ||||||||||||
| – |  Pakistan
|
0 | ||||||||||||
| – |  Brazil
|
10 | ||||||||||||
| W1 | Brazil
|
0 | ||||||||||||
| W2 |  Israel
|
1 | ||||||||||||
| – |  Great Britain
|
2 | ||||||||||||
| – | Israel
|
5 | ||||||||||||
| W3 | Israel
|
9 | Q4W | |||||||||||
| W5 | Great Britain
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1 | – | |||||||||||
| L1 | Pakistan
|
0 | ||||||||||||
| L2 | Great Britain
|
14 | ||||||||||||
| W4 | Great Britain
|
4 | ||||||||||||
| L3 | Brazil
|
3 | ||||||||||||
Results[]
- All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00).
Brazil 10, Pakistan 0[]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Brazil |
0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | X | X | 10 | 13 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Jean Tome (1−0) LP: (0−1) Home runs: PAK: None BRA: J. C. Muñiz (1) Attendance: 1,210 (17.3%) Umpires: HP − , 1B − , 2B − , 3B − Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 7 innings. Two outs when last run scored. Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Israel 5, Great Britain 2[]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Britain |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Israel |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | X | 5 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Craig Breslow (1−0) LP: (0−1) Sv: Brad Goldberg (1) Attendance: 3,919 (56.0%) Umpires: HP − , 1B − , 2B − , 3B − Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Israel 1, Brazil 0[]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Israel |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Corey Baker (1−0) LP: Bo Takahashi (0−1) Sv: Brad Goldberg (2) Attendance: 1,862 (26.6%) Umpires: HP − , 1B − , 2B − , 3B − Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Great Britain 14, Pakistan 0[]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Britain |
0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | X | X | 14 | 13 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 0 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: (1−0) LP: (0−1) Attendance: 1,359 (19.4%) Umpires: HP − , 1B − , 2B − , 3B − Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 7 innings. Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Great Britain 4, Brazil 3[]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil |
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Great Britain |
0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Chris Reed (1−0) LP: André Rienzo (0−1) Sv: (1) Attendance: 1,480 (21.1%) Umpires: HP − , 1B − , 2B − , 3B − Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Israel 9, Great Britain 1[]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Britain |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Israel |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | X | 9 | 11 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Josh Zeid (1−0) LP: (0−1) Home runs: GBR: None ISR: Blake Gailen (1), Ryan Lavarnway (1), Cody Decker (1) Attendance: 2,016 (28.8%) Umpires: HP − , 1B − , 2B − , 3B − Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
External links[]
- 2017 World Baseball Classic – Qualification
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- 21st century in Brooklyn
- Baseball in New York City
- International baseball competitions hosted by the United States
- International sports competitions in New York (state)
- September 2016 sports events in the United States
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