National team appearances in the World Baseball Classic

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The countries which have participated in the WBC and their highest standing in the tournament.

This article lists the performances of each of the 20 national teams which have made at least one appearance in the World Baseball Classic. The 2006 and 2009 tournaments, each had the same 16–team field, chosen by invitation. Beginning with the 2013 tournament, the four last-place teams from the previous tournament's first round each contested a qualifying round against three additional teams. The outcome of this process has been that 14 of the original 16 teams have continued to appear in every tournament. In 2013, Canada and Chinese Taipei re-qualified while Panama and South Africa were respectively replaced by Brazil and Spain. In 2017, Australia and Mexico re-qualified while Brazil and Spain were respectively replaced by Colombia and Israel.

The three teams to have won the tournament are Japan (2006, 2009), the Dominican Republic (2013), and the United States (2017). Other teams to have reached the championship game are Cuba (2006), South Korea (2009), and Puerto Rico (2013, 2017). Other teams to have reached the semifinals are the Netherlands and Venezuela. Other teams to have reached the second round are Chinese Taipei, Israel, Italy, and Mexico. The United States is the current World Baseball Classic champion, defeating Puerto Rico at the 2017 World Baseball Classic Final.

Debut of teams[]

A total of 20 national teams have qualified for at least one World Baseball Classic tournament. The 2009 tournament is the only World Baseball Classic with no team had appeared in at least one of the previous tournament. Prior to all 16 teams that participated in the 2006 tournament were invited to the tournament that year.

Year	Debutants	Total	CT
2006	Australia,  Canada,  China,  Chinese Taipei,  Cuba,  Dominican Republic,  Italy,  Japan,  Mexico,  Netherlands,  Panama,  Puerto Rico,  South Korea,  South Africa,  United States,  Venezuela	16	16
2009	None	0	16
2013	Brazil,  Spain	2	18
2017	Colombia,  Israel	2	20
2023	TBA	–	20

Number of appearances[]

Team	Apps	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best result
Australia	5	5	5	2006	2023	Round 1
Canada	5	5	5	2006	2023	Round 1
China	5	5	5	2006	2023	Round 1
Chinese Taipei	5	5	5	2006	2023	Round 2 (2013)
Cuba	5	5	5	2006	2023	Runners-up (2006)
Dominican Republic	5	5	5	2006	2023	Champions (2013)
Italy	5	5	5	2006	2023	Round 2 (2013)
Japan	5	5	5	2006	2023	Champions (2006, 2009)
Mexico	5	5	5	2006	2023	Round 2 (2006, 2009)
Netherlands	5	5	5	2006	2023	Fourth place (2013, 2017)
Puerto Rico	5	5	5	2006	2023	Runners-up (2013, 2017)
South Korea	5	5	5	2006	2023	Runners-up (2009)
United States	5	5	5	2006	2023	Champions (2017)
Venezuela	5	5	5	2006	2023	Third place (2009)
Panama	2	2	0	2006	2009	Round 1
South Africa	2	2	0	2006	2009	Round 1
Colombia	2	2	2	2017	2023	Round 1
Israel	2	2	2	2017	2023	Round 2 (2017)
Brazil	1	1	0	2013	2013	Round 1
Spain	1	1	0	2013	2013	Round 1

Comprehensive team results by tournament[]

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• R2 – Round 2 (2006–2017: second round, 2023–present: quarterfinals)
• R1 – Round 1
•  •  – Did not qualify
•  ×  – Did not enter
• q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament

Team	2006 (16)	2009 (16)	2013 (16)	2017 (16)	2023 (20)	Total
Australia	R1 13th	R1 12th	R1 16th	R1 9th	q	5
Brazil	×	×	R1 14th	•		1
Canada	R1 9th	R1 13th	R1 12th	R1 15th	q	5
China	R1 15th	R1 11th	R1 13th	R1 16th	q	5
Chinese Taipei	R1 12th	R1 14th	R2 8th	R1 14th	q	5
Colombia	×	×	•	R1 11th	q	2
Cuba	2nd	R2 6th	R2 5th	R2 7th	q	5
Dominican Republic	4th	R1 9th	1st	R2 5th	q	5
Israel	×	×	•	R2 6th	q	2
Italy	R1 10th	R1 10th	R2 7th	R1 12th	q	5
Japan	1st	1st	3rd	3rd	q	5
Mexico	R2 6th	R2 8th	R1 11th	R1 13th	q	5
Netherlands	R1 11th	R2 7th	4th	4th	q	5
Panama	R1 14th	R1 15th	•	•		2
Puerto Rico	R2 5th	R2 5th	2nd	2nd	q	5
South Africa	R1 16th	R1 16th	•	•		2
South Korea	3rd	2nd	R1 9th	R1 10th	q	5
Spain	×	×	R1 15th	•		1
United States	R2 8th	4th	R2 6th	1st	q	5
Venezuela	R2 7th	3rd	R1 10th	R2 8th	q	5
Team	2006 (16)	2009 (16)	2013 (16)	2017 (16)	2023 (20)	Total

Overall team records[]

The table is accurate as of the end of the 2017 World Baseball Classic. Teams in bold are part of the 2023 World Baseball Classic.

Team	Part	Pld	W	L	PCT
Dominican Republic	4	24	18	6	.750
Japan	4	31	23	8	.742
Puerto Rico	4	29	20	9	.690
South Korea	4	22	15	7	.682
Israel	1	6	4	2	.667
Cuba	4	26	15	11	.577
United States	4	28	16	12	.571
Venezuela	4	24	12	12	.500
Netherlands	4	24	11	13	.458
Mexico	4	18	7	11	.389
Italy	4	15	5	10	.333
Colombia	1	3	1	2	.333
Canada	4	11	3	8	.273
Chinese Taipei	4	13	3	10	.231
Australia	4	12	2	10	.167
China	4	12	2	10	.167
Brazil	1	3	0	3	.000
Spain	1	3	0	3	.000
Panama	2	5	0	5	.000
South Africa	2	5	0	5	.000

Performance of host nations[]

Since the WBC's format allows multiple nations to host different rounds of the event, seven different nations have hosted at least one round through the first four iterations of the tournament. Records of each nation when playing on its home soil are listed below.

Team	Pld	W	L	PCT
Japan	18	15	3	.833
Puerto Rico	12	9	3	.750
Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	.667
United States	25	14	11	.560
Mexico	7	3	4	.429
South Korea	3	1	2	.333
Canada	2	0	2	.000

The following table lists the teams who've earned the most wins against host countries.

Rk	Team	Wins
1	Puerto Rico	4
	South Korea	4
3	Cuba	3
	Dominican Republic	3
5	Italy	2
	Mexico	2
	Venezuela	2

Results of defending champions and runners-up[]

Year	Defending champions	Finish	Defending runners-up	Finish
2009	Japan	Champions	Cuba	Second Round
2013	Japan	Third place	South Korea	First round
2017	Dominican Republic	Second round	Puerto Rico	Runners-up
2023	United States	TBD	Puerto Rico	TBD

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	2	0	2	4
2	Dominican Republic	1	0	0	1
	United States	1	0	0	1
4	Puerto Rico	0	2	0	2
5	South Korea	0	1	1	2
6	Cuba	0	1	0	1
7	Venezuela	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 nations)		4	4	4	12

Performance by confederation[]

This is a summary of the best performances of each confederation in each tournament.

Number of teams by confederation[]

This is a summary of the total number of participating teams by confederation in each tournament.

External links[]

• Official website