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The WBC previously coexisted with Olympic baseball (until 2008) and the Baseball World Cup (until 2011) as International Baseball Federation (IBAF) sanctioned tournaments. [2] The final men's Baseball World Cup was held in 2011. It was discontinued in 2013, after an MLB suggestion to reorganize the international baseball calendar.
Cuba will play at Miami’s loanDepot park Sunday against the winner of the semifinal game between Venezuela and the United States. A look at Cuba’s World Baseball Classic team and how it ...
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The World Baseball Classic (WBC), also referred to as the Classic, [4] is an international baseball tournament sanctioned by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), [a] the sport's global governing body, and organized in partnership with Major League Baseball (MLB) and Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA).
Cuba competed in the inaugural 2006 World Baseball Classic (WBC) tournament, despite the controversy of Cuban involvement and the United States embargo against Cuba. In the final, Cuba lost the gold medal to Japan, 10–6. Cuba was originally slated to host the 2009 Baseball World Cup, however, they willingly gave up the honor to Europe.
In the United States, the World Baseball Classic was carried by Fox Sports for the first time, with games split among six Fox networks. The championship game drew 5.2 million average viewers in the US, [ 40 ] peaking at 6.5 million viewers in the final 15 minutes, a new American record for a WBC game.
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Cuba: 2023 World Baseball Classic Pool A Winner 5 Runners-up (2006) 8 Dominican Republic: 2023 World Baseball Classic Pool D 3rd Place 5 Champions (2013) 9 Mexico: 2023 World Baseball Classic Pool C Winner 5 Third place (2023) 2 Panama: 2023 World Baseball Classic Pool A 4th Place 3 Pool stage (2006, 2009, 2023) 10 Puerto Rico