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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Observed surface forms (13)

Surface form Occurrences
2023 World Baseball Classic 4
2006 World Baseball Classic 3
World Baseball Classic games 3

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 (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Japan national baseball team → competesIn → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
WBC → fullName → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
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
WBC → hasTrophy → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Baseball Classic championship trophy
Petco Park → hostedEvent → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Baseball Classic games
Sun Life Stadium → hostedEvent → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Baseball Classic games
loanDepot park → hostedEvent → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2023 World Baseball Classic final
World Baseball Classic → mostRecentEdition → World Baseball Classic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2023 World Baseball Classic
Shohei Ohtani → notableEvent → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2023 World Baseball Classic championship
Yokohama Stadium → notableEventHosted → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Baseball Classic games
Bud Selig → notableWork → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Introduction of the World Baseball Classic
Major League Baseball → organizes → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
Manny Machado → participatedIn → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
Miguel Cabrera → participatedIn → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
Munetaka Murakami → participatedIn → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2023 World Baseball Classic
Cuba national baseball team → participatesIn → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
Hideki Matsui → playedIn → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
Baseball World Cup → predecessorOf → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
World Baseball Classic → qualificationSystem → World Baseball Classic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Baseball Classic Qualifiers
this entity surface form: 2006 World Baseball Classic
World Baseball Classic → replaced → World Baseball Classic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baseball World Cup
Baseball World Cup → successorTournament → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
Baseball World Cup → supersededBy → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
United States national baseball team → title → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Baseball Classic champions 2017
this entity surface form: 2013 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
Jim Leyland → wonTournament → World Baseball Classic ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2017 World Baseball Classic