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Participating nations had to submit their final 28-man rosters no later than 10 October 2024. WBSC rules require teams to carry at least 13 pitchers and two catchers in their squads. [1] If applicable, the club listed is the club a player was with at the start of the tournament.
The 12 highest-ranked national teams qualified to participate in the 2024 WBSC Premier 12, based on the WBSC World Rankings, as of 18 December 2023.On 20 December, the 12 teams were confirmed, with the only difference from 2019 was Canada being replaced by debutants Panama.
The WBSC Premier12 is the international baseball tournament organized by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), featuring the 12 highest-ranked national baseball teams in the world. The first tournament was held by Taiwan and Japan in November 2015.
Subsequently, the tournament was created and the first installment was played in 2006. Unique to the event is the use of MLB players on the rosters, marking the first team in USA Baseball history to feature MLB-level athletes. For the inaugural 2006 World Baseball Classic, Team USA featured stars such as Chase Utley, Derek Jeter, and Chipper Jones.
Teams have within five days of the conclusion of the World Series to make qualifying offers to pending free agents. This year, the QO is worth one-year and $21.05 million .
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The United States national team debuted in the Baseball World Cup in 1938. The tournament was discontinued in 2011 in favor of the best-on-best World Baseball Classic. The United States won the tournament four times. In the 2000 Baseball Olympic games, the United States won their first Olympic gold in baseball.
The top twelve teams in the WBSC World Rankings qualified to participate in the tournament, which began with two groups of six teams playing in a round-robin format for the first round. The tournament then continued with the top four teams in each group playing in the knockout stage , leading to the championship game. [ 1 ]