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Results

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Year Host City Final Semifinalists Number of teams
Champions Series Runners-up 3rd place 4th place
1977
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United States
Chicago

United States

Cuba

Panama

Germany
8
1979
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United States
Miami
United States
United States
1981
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Venezuela
Maiquetía

United States
1983
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France
Arcachon

United States
1985
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Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
1987
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Panama
Panama City
1989
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United Kingdom
Brighton
1991
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United States
San Diego


United States

1993
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Japan
Shirahama
1995
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Israel
Tel Aviv


United States

1997
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Puerto Rico
Toa Baja
1999
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United States
Virginia Beach
2001
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Brazil
Natal


United States

2003
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Australia
Sydney


United States

2005
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Poland
Gdańsk
2007
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United States
Honolulu
2009
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Italy
Catania
2011
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Senegal
Dakar
2013
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Mexico
Cancún
2015
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Netherlands
The Hague
2017
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United States
Myrtle Beach
2019
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Cuba
Havana
2021
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Tanzania
Zanzibar
2023
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United Nations
TBD

Medal table

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Once the final of each World Baseball Classic concludes, the players of the winning team receive gold medals during the closing ceremony immediately after the losing team receives silver medals. The third place team receives bronze medals at a separate date.

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Japan 2 0 1 3
2  Dominican Republic 1 0 0 1
3  South Korea 0 1 1 2
4  Cuba 0 1 0 1
 Puerto Rico 0 1 0 1
6  Venezuela 0 0 1 1

Performance of nations

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The countries that have participated in WBC showing their highest result achieved, and the countries to participate in the qualifying tournament.

The 2006 and 2009 tournaments each had the same 16–team field, chosen by invitation. Starting with the 2013 tournament, the top 12 teams from the previous tournament qualified automatically and a qualifying round has been used to determine the remaining 4 teams.