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The championship game was one of the most watched games in baseball history with the game attracting an average television viewership of 5.2 million people in the U.S. and a reported 62 million television viewers in Japan representing a total of 42.4% of households in the country despite the game taking place at 8 am JST.
Baseball at the 1984 Summer Olympics was a demonstration sport.It would become an official sport 8 years later at the 1992 Summer Olympics.Although single exhibition games had been played in conjunction with five previous Olympics, it was the first time that the sport was officially included in the program, and also the first time that the sport was played in Olympics held in the United States.
[5] [6] Since becoming a medal sport, it was the first time Cuba had not won the gold medal. The gold medal game was also only the second game Cuba had lost in Olympic baseball, having lost to the Netherlands earlier in the tournament. [1] South Korea won their first Olympic baseball medal, beating Japan in the bronze medal match 3–1. [6]
Team USA is looking to repeat as champions, while Japan is looking for its third overall title in five tournaments. It’s USA vs Japan in the World Baseball Classic championship. Breaking down ...
The first World Baseball Classic featured 16 teams in a round-robin.Each team played the other three teams in their pool once. Teams were ranked by winning percentage in the first round, with the top two teams in each pool advancing to the second round, where the teams from Pools A and B (in Pool 1) and the teams from Pools C and D (in Pool 2) competed against each other in another round-robin.
[1] [2] Japan and the Netherlands advanced to the championship round from Pool E. [3] Puerto Rico and the United States advanced from Pool F. [4] [5] Defending champions Dominican Republic were eliminated in the second round. Puerto Rico and the Netherlands played a semifinal game on March 20, [6] while the United States and Japan played on ...
Aside from an early Trea Turner homer, Team USA wasn’t able to muster any offense.
As was the case for the 2006 tournament, the sixteen teams were split into four pools of four teams each. [1] Whereas previously the teams played in round-robin competition in the first two rounds, this time they took part in a double-elimination format, similar to the U.S. College World Series sponsored by the NCAA.