World Baseball Classic

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international baseball tournament world championship in baseball

The World Baseball Classic is an international baseball tournament featuring national teams from around the globe, widely regarded as the sport’s premier world championship event.

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All labels observed (15)

Label Occurrences
World Baseball Classic canonical 22
2013 World Baseball Classic 8
2006 World Baseball Classic 6

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international baseball tournament ⓘ
world championship in baseball ⓘ
2006Champion Japan national baseball team ⓘ
2009Champion Japan national baseball team ⓘ
2013Champion Dominican Republic national baseball team ⓘ
2017Champion United States national baseball team ⓘ
2023Finalist Japan national baseball team ⓘ
United States national baseball team ⓘ
2023MVP Shohei Ohtani ⓘ
allowsMLBPlayers true ⓘ
continentScope worldwide ⓘ
firstEditionYear 2006 ⓘ
format national team tournament ⓘ
founder Major League Baseball ⓘ
Major League Baseball Players Association ⓘ
frequency quadrennial ⓘ
gender men ⓘ
governingBody World Baseball Softball Confederation ⓘ
hasEdition World Baseball Classic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 2006 World Baseball Classic

World Baseball Classic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 2009 World Baseball Classic

World Baseball Classic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 2013 World Baseball Classic

World Baseball Classic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 2017 World Baseball Classic

World Baseball Classic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 2023 World Baseball Classic
hasMercyRule true ⓘ
hasPitchCountLimits true ⓘ
inception 2006 ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName English ⓘ
mostRecentChampion Japan national baseball team ⓘ
mostRecentEdition World Baseball Classic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 2023 World Baseball Classic
mostTitlesCount 3 ⓘ
mostTitlesTeam Japan national baseball team ⓘ
numberOfTeamsIn2017 16 ⓘ
numberOfTeamsIn2023 20 ⓘ
officialAbbreviation WBC ⓘ
organizer Major League Baseball ⓘ
Major League Baseball Players Association ⓘ
World Baseball Softball Confederation ⓘ
participantsType national baseball teams ⓘ
primaryVenueRegion Asia ⓘ
North America ⓘ
qualificationSystem World Baseball Classic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: World Baseball Classic Qualifiers
recognizedAs official world championship of baseball ⓘ
recognizedBy International Olympic Committee ⓘ
replaced World Baseball Classic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Baseball World Cup
replacedAsTopEvent Baseball World Cup ⓘ
sport baseball ⓘ
sportFormat professional baseball ⓘ
televisionCoverageRegion global ⓘ
usesDesignatedHitterRule true ⓘ
website https://www.worldbaseballclassic.com/ ⓘ

Referenced by (61)

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Major League Baseball → organizes → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
World Baseball Classic → replaced → World Baseball Classic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baseball World Cup
World Baseball Classic → hasEdition → World Baseball Classic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2006 World Baseball Classic
World Baseball Classic → hasEdition → World Baseball Classic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2009 World Baseball Classic
World Baseball Classic → hasEdition → World Baseball Classic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2013 World Baseball Classic
World Baseball Classic → hasEdition → World Baseball Classic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2017 World Baseball Classic
World Baseball Classic → hasEdition → World Baseball Classic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2023 World Baseball Classic
World Baseball Classic → qualificationSystem → World Baseball Classic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Baseball Classic Qualifiers
World Baseball Classic → mostRecentEdition → World Baseball Classic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2023 World Baseball Classic
loanDepot park → hostedEvent → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2023 World Baseball Classic final
Sun Life Stadium → hostedEvent → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Baseball Classic games
Jim Leyland → wonTournament → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2017 World Baseball Classic
Bud Selig → notableWork → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Introduction of the World Baseball Classic
Cuba national baseball team → participatesIn → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
Cuba national baseball team → reachedWorldBaseballClassicFinal → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2006 World Baseball Classic
Manny Machado → participatedIn → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
Munetaka Murakami → participatedIn → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2023 World Baseball Classic
Yokohama Stadium → notableEventHosted → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Baseball Classic games
WBC → fullName → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
WBC → hasTrophy → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Baseball Classic championship trophy
Japan national baseball team → competesIn → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
Japan national baseball team → wonTournament → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2006 World Baseball Classic
Japan national baseball team → wonTournament → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2009 World Baseball Classic
Japan national baseball team → wonTournament → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2023 World Baseball Classic
Dominican Republic national baseball team → participatesIn → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
Dominican Republic national baseball team → wonTournament → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2013 World Baseball Classic
Shohei Ohtani → notableEvent → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2023 World Baseball Classic championship
Baseball World Cup → predecessorOf → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
Baseball World Cup → supersededBy → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
Baseball World Cup → successorTournament → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
United States national baseball team → participatesIn → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
United States national baseball team → title → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Baseball Classic champions 2017
Hideki Matsui → playedIn → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
Miguel Cabrera → participatedIn → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
Petco Park → hostedEvent → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Baseball Classic games
Tokyo Dome → notableEventHosted → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Baseball Classic games
Marlins Park → hostedEvent → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Baseball Classic games
Sadaharu Oh → managedTournament → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2006 World Baseball Classic
平野 佳寿 → 出場大会 → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
subject surface form: 平野佳寿
this entity surface form: ワールド・ベースボール・クラシック
Puerto Rico national baseball team → competition → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
Randy Arozarena → participatedIn → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2023 World Baseball Classic
Frederich Cepeda → participatedIn → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
Frederich Cepeda → participatedIn → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2006 World Baseball Classic
Frederich Cepeda → participatedIn → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2009 World Baseball Classic
Frederich Cepeda → participatedIn → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2013 World Baseball Classic
Frederich Cepeda → participatedIn → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2017 World Baseball Classic
José Antonio Bautista Santos → participatedIn → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
Esteban Loaiza → participatedIn → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2006 World Baseball Classic
Samurai Japan → internationalCompetition → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
Yu Darvish → participatedIn → World Baseball Classic ⓘ