National team appearances in the World Baseball Classic

This article lists the performances of each of the 19 national teams which have made at least one appearance in the World Baseball Classic finals.

The 2006 and 2009 tournaments each had the same 16–team field, chosen by invitation. Beginning with the 2013 tournament, the four last-placed teams from the previous tournament's first round each contested a qualifying round against three new 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 Israel and Colombia.

The two teams to have won the tournament are Japan (2006, 2009) and the Dominican Republic (2013). Other teams to have reached the championship game are Cuba, Puerto Rico, and South Korea. Other teams to have reached the semifinals are the Netherlands, the United States, and Venezuela. Other teams to have reached the second round are Italy, Mexico, and Chinese Taipei. The remaining team to be mentioned is China, which has never advanced to the second round but has also never been forced to contest a qualifier.

Debut of teams

Year	Debutants	Total
2006	Australia Canada China Cuba Dominican Republic Italy Japan Mexico Netherlands Panama Puerto Rico South Korea South Africa Chinese Taipei United States Venezuela	16
2009	none	0
2013	Brazil Spain	2
2017	Colombia Israel	2

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Legend

1st - Champions
2nd - Runners-up
3rd - Third place
4th - Fourth place
R2 - Round 2
R1 - Round 1
• – Did not qualify
× - Did not enter
q - Qualified for forthcoming tournament

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

Number of appearances

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.

Team	Apps	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best result
Australia	4	4	4	2006	2017	Round 1
Canada	4	4	4	2006	2017	Round 1
China	4	4	4	2006	2017	Round 1
Cuba	4	4	4	2006	2017	Runners-up (2006)
Dominican Republic	4	4	4	2006	2017	Champions (2013)
Italy	4	4	4	2006	2017	Round 2 (2013)
Japan	4	4	4	2006	2017	Champions (2006, 2009)
Mexico	4	4	4	2006	2017	Round 2 (2006, 2009)
Netherlands	4	4	4	2006	2017	4th (2013)
Puerto Rico	4	4	4	2006	2017	Runners-up (2013)
South Korea	4	4	4	2006	2017	Runners-up (2009)
Chinese Taipei¹	4	4	4	2006	2017	Round 2 (2013)
United States	4	4	4	2006	2017	4th (2009)
Venezuela	4	4	4	2006	2017	3rd (2009)
Panama	2	2	0	2006	2009	Round 1
South Africa	2	2	0	2006	2009	Round 1
Colombia	1	1	1	2017	2017
Israel	1	1	1	2017	2017
Brazil	1	1	0	2013	2013	Round 1
Spain	1	1	0	2013	2013	Round 1

1 Commonly known as 'Taiwan'; competing as 'Chinese Taipei' due to China's objections against Taiwan's appearance in international sports competitions using its official country name and official country flag

All–time win–loss records

Combined results through 2013, excluding qualification games.

Team	PLD	W	L	PCT
Dominican Republic	18	14	4	.778
South Korea	19	14	5	.737
Japan	24	17	7	.708
Cuba	20	13	7	.650
Puerto Rico	21	13	8	.619
Venezuela	17	10	7	.588
United States	20	10	10	.500
Netherlands	17	7	10	.412
Mexico	15	6	9	.400
Canada	8	3	5	.375
Italy	11	4	7	.364
Chinese Taipei	10	3	7	.300
China	9	2	7	.222
Australia	9	1	8	.111
Brazil	3	0	3	.000
Spain	3	0	3	.000
Panama	5	0	5	.000
South Africa	5	0	5	.000

External links

World Baseball Classic

Tournaments	2006 2009 2013 2017

Qualification	2006 2009 2013 2017

Final rounds	2006 2009 2013 2017

Team rosters	2006 2009 2013 2017

Records and statistics	Team appearances

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