2021 World Baseball Classic

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2021 World Baseball Classic
Tournament details
Host countries Japan
 Taiwan
 United States
Dates Canceled[1]
Teams20
Defending champions United States (2017)
← 2017

The 2021 World Baseball Classic (WBC), an international professional baseball tournament originally scheduled to be the fifth iteration of the WBC, was canceled in May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and is unlikely to be played until 2023.[2][1] The tournament was to be expanded to accommodate 20 national teams from 16 teams of the 2017 edition.[3]

Qualification[]

Main article: 2021 World Baseball Classic qualification

In January 2020, the WBC announced the 16 national teams which participated at the 2017 World Baseball Classic will automatically qualify for the tournament.[4]

A qualifying tournament was scheduled for March 2020 in Tucson, Arizona, United States to determine the last four teams.[4] Twelve teams were split into two pools, and the top two teams in each pool will qualify.[3] On March 12, 2020, Major League Baseball announced that the qualifying tournaments were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

Team World ranking[6] Method of qualification Classic appearance Previous best position
 Australia 7th 2017 World Baseball Classic 5th Round 1
 Canada 9th 2017 World Baseball Classic 5th Round 1
 China 20th 2017 World Baseball Classic 5th Round 1
 Chinese Taipei 3rd 2017 World Baseball Classic 5th Round 2 (2013)
 Colombia 15th 2017 World Baseball Classic 2nd Round 1
 Cuba 11th 2017 World Baseball Classic 5th Runners-up (2006)
 Dominican Republic 6th 2017 World Baseball Classic 5th Champions (2013)
 Italy 17th 2017 World Baseball Classic 5th Round 2 (2013)
 Israel 24th 2017 World Baseball Classic 2nd Round 2 (2017)
 Japan 1st 2017 World Baseball Classic 5th Champions (2006, 2009)
 Mexico 5th 2017 World Baseball Classic 5th Round 2 (2006, 2009)
 Netherlands 8th 2017 World Baseball Classic 5th Fourth place (2013, 2017)
 Puerto Rico 12th 2017 World Baseball Classic 5th Runners-up (2013, 2017)
 South Korea 2nd 2017 World Baseball Classic 5th Runners-up (2009)
 United States 4th 2017 World Baseball Classic 5th Champions (2017)
 Venezuela 10th 2017 World Baseball Classic 5th Third place (2009)
TBD Qualifier 1 Winners
TBD Qualifier 1 Runners-up
TBD Qualifier 2 Winners
TBD Qualifier 2 Runners-up

Venues[]

Four stadiums were planned to be used during the main tournament.[7]

Pool A Pool B & Quarterfinals Pool C Pool D, Quarterfinals & Championship
Taiwan Taichung, Taiwan Japan Tokyo, Japan United States Phoenix, United States United States Miami, United States
Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium Tokyo Dome Chase Field LoanDepot Park
Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 45,600 Capacity: 48,686 Capacity: 36,742
台中洲際棒球場.JPG Tokyo Dome 2007-1.jpg Chase Field (16154688086).jpg Marlins First Pitch at Marlins Park, April 4, 2012 (cropped).jpg

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "2021 World Baseball Classic canceled; event may not return until 2023, report says". cbs sports. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Tebow's baseball journey comes to an end". MLB.com. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  3. ^ a b "Qualifiers set for expanded 2021 World Baseball Classic". Agence France-Presse. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  4. ^ a b Nelson, Adam (30 January 2020). "World Baseball Classic to expand to 20 teams for 2021 edition". Sportbusiness.com.
  5. ^ "Major League Baseball to delay 2020 Opening Day by at least two weeks". MLB.com Press Release. March 12, 2020. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  6. ^ "WBSC Rankings – Men's baseball on 06/28/2021". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  7. ^ "2021 World Baseball Classic venues revealed". MLB.com. Retrieved 2021-03-10.

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