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World Baseball Classic



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Current WBC Holders


Country Records World Baseball Classic Champions
Through 2026 WBC
POS
 COUNTRY GP
 W
 L
 PCT.
 RF
 RA
1
 Japan
 43
 34
 9
 .791
 296
 123
2
 Dominican Republic 34
 25
 9
 .735
 188
 85
3
 Puerto Rico
 39
 26
 13
 .667
 196
 111
4
 United States 42
 26
 16
 .619
 247
 166
5
 South Korea 31
 19
 12
 .613
 168
 121
6
 Venezuela 36
 22
 14
 .611
 183
 171
7
 Cuba
 36
 20
 16
 .556
 192
 173
8
 Israel 14
 7
 7
 .500
 49
 80
9
 Mexico 28
 13
 15
 .464
 172
 154
10
 Italy 26
 12
 14
 .462
 140
 137
11
 Netherlands
 32
 14
 18
 .438
 131
 159
12
 Canada
 20
 8
 12
 .400
 99
 127
13
 Chinese Taipei
 21
 7
 14
 .333
 98
 140
14
 Australia 21
 7
 14
 .333
 88
 103
15
 Colombia 11
 3
 8
 .273
 31
 56
16
 Great Britain 8
 2
 6
 .250
 33
 56
17
 Panama 13
 3
 10
 .231
 37
 71
18
 China
 16
 2
 14
 .125
 28
 152
19
 Czech Republic 8
 1
 7
 .125
 21
 69
20
 Spain 3
 0
 3
 .000
 9
 20
21
 South Africa 5
 0
 5
 .000
 16
 60
22
 Brazil
 7
 0
 7
 .000
 13
 62
23
 Nicaragua 8
 0
 8
 .000
 10
 47

World Baseball Classic Champions  Country Records
YEAR
 CHAMPION
 RUNNER-UP
 SCORE
2006
 Japan
 Cuba
 10-6
2009
 Japan
 South Korea
 5-3 (10 innings)
2013
 Dominican Republic
 Puerto Rico
 3-0
2017
 United States
 Puerto Rico
 8-0
2023
 Japan
 United States
 3-2
2026
 Venezuela
 United States
 3-2