2017 World Baseball Classic

International professional baseball competition

2017 World Baseball Classic

Tournament details
Countries|  Japan
Mexico
South Korea
United States
Dates| March 6–22, 2017
Teams| 16
Final positions
Champions|  United States (1st title)
Runners-up|  Puerto Rico
Third place|  Japan
Fourth place|  Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Games played| 40
Attendance| 973,699 (24,342 per game)
Awards
MVP|  Marcus Stroman

← 2013

2023 →

The 2017 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was an international professional baseball competition, composed of 16 competing nations, held from March 6 to 22, 2017. It was the fourth iteration of the World Baseball Classic. The first-round hosts were Seoul (South Korea), Tokyo (Japan), Miami (Florida, United States), and Zapopan (Mexico). The second-round hosts were Tokyo and San Diego (California, United States), and the championship round was played in Los Angeles (California, United States).[1]

Twelve of the sixteen competing nations qualified based on their performance during the first round of the 2013 tournament; the remaining four nations were the winners of four qualification tournaments that took place in February, March, and September 2016.[2] Two of the four qualifiers, Colombia and Israel, made their first appearance in the WBC, and both have secured their positions for the 2023 World Baseball Classic.

The Netherlands, Japan, Puerto Rico, and the United States advanced to the championship round. Defending champion Dominican Republic was eliminated in the second round. The United States defeated Puerto Rico to win the championship game, 8–0. Marcus Stroman was named tournament MVP. He made three starts for the U.S. and posted a 2.35 ERA in 151⁄3 total innings, including 6 shutout innings in the championship game.

## Qualification

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Main article: 2017 World Baseball Classic qualification

The top three teams from each pool of the first round of the 2013 World Baseball Classic automatically qualified.

Team  | World ranking[3] | Method of qualification  | Classic appearance  | Previous best position

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Canada | 8th  | 2013 World Baseball Classic | 4th  | Round 1
China | 18th  | 2013 World Baseball Classic | 4th  | Round 1
Chinese Taipei | 4th  | 2013 World Baseball Classic | 4th  | Round 2 (2013)
Cuba | 5th  | 2013 World Baseball Classic | 4th  | Runners-up (2006)
Dominican Republic | 13th  | 2013 World Baseball Classic | 4th  | Champions (2013)
Italy | 10th  | 2013 World Baseball Classic | 4th  | Round 2 (2013)
Japan | 1st  | 2013 World Baseball Classic | 4th  | Champions (2006, 2009)
Netherlands | 9th  | 2013 World Baseball Classic | 4th  | Fourth place (2013)
Puerto Rico | 12th  | 2013 World Baseball Classic | 4th  | Runners-up (2013)
South Korea | 3rd  | 2013 World Baseball Classic | 4th  | Runners-up (2009)
United States | 2nd  | 2013 World Baseball Classic | 4th  | Fourth place (2009)
Venezuela | 7th  | 2013 World Baseball Classic | 4th  | Third place (2009)
Australia | 11th  | Qualifier 1 | 4th  | Round 1
Mexico | 6th  | Qualifier 2 | 4th  | Round 2 (2006, 2009)
Colombia | 19th  | Qualifier 3 | 1st  | —
Israel | 41st  | Qualifier 4 | 1st  | —

## Format

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The first and second rounds of the tournament were played in round-robin format, with each team playing each other team in their pool once, as was the case in 2006. However, in an effort to reduce the likelihood that a team would be eliminated on statistical tiebreakers, the tournament schedule allowed for a seventh game at each pool-play site.

* If there is a two-way tie for first, since both teams advance, there would be no extra game. The team that won the original game between the teams would be declared the pool winner, and the other team the pool runner-up.
* If there is a three-way tie for first (all three teams being 2–1, and the last team 0–3), head-to-head results would not help to break the tie. In this case, statistics would determine the first-place team, and the other two would play to determine the pool runner-up.
* If there is a three-way tie for second (all three teams being 1–2, and the first team 3–0), statistics would determine the top two teams who would then play to determine the pool runner-up. The team ranked worst on the calculation would be eliminated.

In either of the latter cases, the statistics used to rank the tied teams were:

1. Fewest runs allowed per inning of defense in head-to-head games
2. Fewest earned runs allowed per inning of defense in head-to-head games
3. Highest batting average in head-to-head games
4. Drawing of lots[4][5]

## Rosters

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Main article: 2017 World Baseball Classic rosters

## Venues

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Six stadiums were used during the main tournament:

Pool A  | Pool B & E  | Pool C

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Seoul, South Korea |  Tokyo, Japan |  Miami, United States
Gocheok Sky Dome | Tokyo Dome | Marlins Park
Capacity: 16,813 | Capacity: 42,000 | Capacity: 36,742
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Pool D  | Pool F  | Championship

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Zapopan, Mexico |  San Diego, United States |  Los Angeles, United States
Estadio Charros de Jalisco | Petco Park | Dodger Stadium
Capacity: 16,000 | Capacity: 40,162 | Capacity: 56,000
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## Pools composition

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Note: Numbers in parentheses indicate positions in the WBSC World Rankings at the time of the tournament.[3]

Pool A  | Pool B  | Pool C  | Pool D

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South Korea (3) (hosts)  |  Japan (1) (hosts)  |  United States (2) (hosts)  |  Mexico (6) (hosts)
Chinese Taipei (4)  |  Australia (11)  |  Canada (8)  |  Italy (10)
Netherlands (9)  |  China (18)  |  Colombia (19)  |  Puerto Rico (12)
Israel (41)  |  Cuba (5)  |  Dominican Republic (13)  |  Venezuela (7)

## First round

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### Pool A

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Main article: 2017 World Baseball Classic Pool A

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification

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1  |  Israel | 3  | 3  | 0  | 21  | 10  | +11  | 1.000  | —  | Advance to second round
2  |  Netherlands | 3  | 2  | 1  | 13  | 9  | +4  | .667  | 1
3  |  South Korea (H) | 3  | 1  | 2  | 12  | 15  | −3  | .333  | 2  |
4  |  Chinese Taipei | 3  | 0  | 3  | 20  | 32  | −12  | .000  | 3

Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Date  | Local time  | Road team  | Score  | Home team  | Inn.  | Venue  | Game duration  | Attendance  | Boxscore

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Mar 6, 2017  | 18:30  | Israel  | 2–1 |  South Korea | 10  | Gocheok Sky Dome | 4:11  | 15,470  | Boxscore
Mar 7, 2017  | 12:00  | Israel  | 15–7 |  Chinese Taipei |   | Gocheok Sky Dome | 3:54  | 3,287  | Boxscore
Mar 7, 2017  | 18:30  | South Korea  | 0–5 |  Netherlands |   | Gocheok Sky Dome | 3:03  | 15,184  | Boxscore
Mar 8, 2017  | 18:30  | Chinese Taipei  | 5–6 |  Netherlands |   | Gocheok Sky Dome | 3:21  | 3,606  | Boxscore
Mar 9, 2017  | 12:00  | Netherlands  | 2–4 |  Israel |   | Gocheok Sky Dome | 3:12  | 2,739  | Boxscore
Mar 9, 2017  | 18:30  | South Korea  | 11–8 |  Chinese Taipei | 10  | Gocheok Sky Dome | 4:40  | 12,000  | Boxscore

Pool A of the First Round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic was held at Gocheok Sky Dome, Seoul, South Korea from March 6 to 10, 2017, between Team Israel, the Netherlands, South Korea, and Taiwan. Pool A was a round-robin tournament. Prior to the start of the tournament, ESPN considered Team Israel, ranked 41st in the world, to be the biggest underdog in the tournament, referring to them as the "Jamaican bobsled team of the WBC".[6][7]

Team Israel (3–0) and Team Netherlands (2–1) qualified for the second round, in Japan.[8] Israel became the first baseball team to go undefeated in the first round of the WBC's main draw after entering the main draw by winning in a qualifying round.[9][10] In what NBC reported was thought to be the tallest batter-pitcher matchup in baseball history, the Dutch team's 7-foot-1-inch (2.16 m) Loek van Mil walked Israel's 6-foot-8-inch (2.03 m) Nate Freiman.[11] Israel's catcher, Ryan Lavarnway, was named Pool A MVP, after going 5-for-9 (.556/.692/.889), with four walks, a home run, and three RBIs.[12][13]

### Pool B

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Main article: 2017 World Baseball Classic Pool B

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification

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1  |  Japan (H) | 3  | 3  | 0  | 22  | 8  | +14  | 1.000  | —  | Advance to second round
2  |  Cuba | 3  | 2  | 1  | 16  | 14  | +2  | .667  | 1
3  |  Australia | 3  | 1  | 2  | 15  | 8  | +7  | .333  | 2  |
4  |  China | 3  | 0  | 3  | 1  | 24  | −23  | .000  | 3

Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Date  | Local time  | Road team  | Score  | Home team  | Inn.  | Venue  | Game duration  | Attendance  | Boxscore

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Mar 7, 2017  | 19:00  | Cuba  | 6–11 |  Japan |   | Tokyo Dome | 3:56  | 44,908  | Boxscore
Mar 8, 2017  | 12:00  | China  | 0–6 |  Cuba |   | Tokyo Dome | 3:14  | 39,102  | Boxscore
Mar 8, 2017  | 19:00  | Japan  | 4–1 |  Australia |   | Tokyo Dome | 3:18  | 41,408  | Boxscore
Mar 9, 2017  | 19:00  | Australia  | 11–0 |  China | 8  | Tokyo Dome | 2:59  | 3,013  | Boxscore
Mar 10, 2017  | 12:00  | Australia  | 3–4 |  Cuba |   | Tokyo Dome | 3:36  | 38,050  | Boxscore
Mar 10, 2017  | 19:00  | China  | 1–7 |  Japan |   | Tokyo Dome | 2:41  | 40,053  | Boxscore

Two-time champion Japan concluded Pool B with a 3–0 record. Cuba defeated Australia to advance to the second round.[14] In the first round, after batting .364, Japanese outfielder Yoshitomo Tsutsugoh was named the Pool B MVP.[15]

### Pool C

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Main article: 2017 World Baseball Classic Pool C

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification

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1  |  Dominican Republic | 3  | 3  | 0  | 26  | 10  | +16  | 1.000  | —  | Advance to second round
2  |  United States (H) | 3  | 2  | 1  | 16  | 9  | +7  | .667  | 1
3  |  Colombia | 3  | 1  | 2  | 9  | 14  | −5  | .333  | 2  |
4  |  Canada | 3  | 0  | 3  | 3  | 21  | −18  | .000  | 3

Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Date  | Local time  | Road team  | Score  | Home team  | Inn.  | Venue  | Game duration  | Attendance  | Boxscore

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Mar 9, 2017  | 18:00  | Canada  | 2–9 |  Dominican Republic |   | Marlins Park | 3:14  | 27,388  | Boxscore
Mar 10, 2017  | 18:00  | Colombia  | 2–3 |  United States | 10  | Marlins Park | 3:25  | 22,580  | Boxscore
Mar 11, 2017  | 12:00  | Colombia  | 4–1 |  Canada |   | Marlins Park | 2:54  | 17,209  | Boxscore
Mar 11, 2017  | 18:30  | United States  | 5–7 |  Dominican Republic |   | Marlins Park | 3:38  | 37,446  | Boxscore
Mar 12, 2017  | 12:30  | Dominican Republic  | 10–3 |  Colombia | 11  | Marlins Park | 4:44  | 36,952  | Boxscore
Mar 12, 2017  | 19:00  | Canada  | 0–8 |  United States |   | Marlins Park | 3:01  | 22,303  | Boxscore

After falling behind 5–0 in the sixth inning, Dominican Republic rallied to defeat the U.S. 7–5 in their second game. On the last day of the pool, Colombia tied their game against Dominican Republic 3–3 in the eighth on a Jorge Alfaro home run, and had a chance to win in the ninth inning, but Oscar Mercado was called out at home trying to score on a sacrifice fly. The game continued into extra innings, where Dominican Republic scored 7 runs in the 11th to win and finish the pool undefeated. The U.S. then took an early lead on Canada, winning 8–0 to claim the second berth in San Diego. Manny Machado of the Dominican Republic was named MVP for the first-round Pool C bracket of the WBC, after batting .357.[16]

### Pool D

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Main article: 2017 World Baseball Classic Pool D

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification

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1  |  Puerto Rico | 3  | 3  | 0  | 29  | 7  | +22  | 1.000  | —  | Advance to second round
2  |  Venezuela | 4  | 2  | 2  | 24  | 35  | −11  | .500  | 1.5
3  |  Italy | 4  | 1  | 3  | 26  | 33  | −7  | .250  | 2.5  |
4  |  Mexico (H) | 3  | 1  | 2  | 24  | 28  | −4  | .333  | 2

Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Date  | Local time  | Road team  | Score  | Home team  | Inn.  | Venue  | Game duration  | Attendance  | Boxscore

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Mar 9, 2017  | 20:00  | Mexico  | 9–10 |  Italy |   | Estadio Charros de Jalisco | 3:39  | 14,296  | Boxscore
Mar 10, 2017  | 20:00  | Venezuela  | 0–11 |  Puerto Rico | 7  | Estadio Charros de Jalisco | 2:43  | 14,806  | Boxscore
Mar 11, 2017  | 14:00  | Venezuela  | 11–10 |  Italy | 10  | Estadio Charros de Jalisco | 4:43  | 12,187  | Boxscore
Mar 11, 2017  | 20:30  | Puerto Rico  | 9–4 |  Mexico |   | Estadio Charros de Jalisco | 3:40  | 15,647  | Boxscore
Mar 12, 2017  | 13:30  | Italy  | 3–9 |  Puerto Rico |   | Estadio Charros de Jalisco | 2:42  | 11,924  | Boxscore
Mar 12, 2017  | 20:00  | Mexico  | 11–9 |  Venezuela |   | Estadio Charros de Jalisco | 4:44  | 15,489  | Boxscore

Tiebreaker game
Date  | Local time  | Road team  | Score  | Home team  | Inn.  | Venue  | Game duration  | Attendance  | Boxscore

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Mar 13, 2017  | 19:00  | Venezuela  | 4–3 |  Italy |   | Estadio Charros de Jalisco | 3:26  | 1,783  | Boxscore

While Puerto Rico cruised in all three of its games, the fight for the other three places was extremely tight. Italy scored 5 runs in the bottom of the 9th inning to shock Mexico in the first game, then lost an extra-inning slugfest against Venezuela. In the final game, Mexico defeated Venezuela in another slugfest and thought they had scored enough runs to advance on tiebreakers,[17] though this turned out not to be the case.

The first tiebreaker criterion is fewest runs allowed per defensive inning played (RA/IPD) in the games among the tied teams. Although Mexico allowed the fewest runs in those games (19, to Italy's 20, and Venezuela's 21), Mexico played fewer defensive innings (17, while the other two teams had 19) and thus had the highest average RA/IPD (1.117, to Italy's 1.053 and Venezuela's 1.105). This occurred for two reasons: the Italy-Venezuela game went 10 innings, and Mexico was the road team while losing to Italy. In fact, the Mexico-Italy game did go into the bottom of the 9th, in which Italy scored runs that were charged against Mexico but Mexico failed to record an out. There was confusion during and after the Mexico-Venezuela game, with an initial calculation showing that Mexico had advanced. Mexico filed a formal protest of its elimination, but the protest was denied.[17][18]

As specified in the rules, Mexico was eliminated by the tiebreaker calculation and a tiebreaker game was played between Italy and Venezuela, which Venezuela won with a 9th-inning rally.

According to the rules as announced at the time, Mexico's last-place finish would have required it to participate in a qualifying tournament in order to re-qualify for the 2021 World Baseball Classic. However, MLB announced in 2020 that the field of teams for the 2021 WBC would be expanded, with all 2017 WBC participants qualifying automatically and four new teams coming from qualifying tournaments.[19]

## Second round

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### Pool E

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Main article: 2017 World Baseball Classic Pool E

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification

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1  |  Japan (H) | 3  | 3  | 0  | 24  | 14  | +10  | 1.000  | —  | Advance to championship round
2  |  Netherlands | 3  | 2  | 1  | 32  | 11  | +21  | .667  | 1
3  |  Israel | 3  | 1  | 2  | 9  | 21  | −12  | .333  | 2  |
4  |  Cuba | 3  | 0  | 3  | 7  | 26  | −19  | .000  | 3

Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
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Date  | Local time  | Road team  | Score  | Home team  | Inn.  | Venue  | Game duration  | Attendance  | Boxscore

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Mar 12, 2017  | 12:00  | Cuba  | 1–4 |  Israel |   | Tokyo Dome | 3:14  | 43,153  | Boxscore
Mar 12, 2017  | 19:00  | Japan  | 8–6 |  Netherlands | 11  | Tokyo Dome | 4:46  | 44,326  | Boxscore
Mar 13, 2017  | 19:00  | Netherlands  | 12–2 |  Israel | 8  | Tokyo Dome | 3:04  | 5,017  | Boxscore
Mar 14, 2017  | 19:00  | Cuba  | 5–8 |  Japan |   | Tokyo Dome | 3:25  | 32,717  | Boxscore
Mar 15, 2017  | 12:00  | Netherlands  | 14–1 |  Cuba | 7  | Tokyo Dome | 2:19  | 40,680  | Boxscore
Mar 15, 2017  | 19:00  | Israel  | 3–8 |  Japan |   | Tokyo Dome | 3:28  | 43,179  | Boxscore

Undefeated Japan (3–0) and the Netherlands (2–1) advanced to the semi-final round, as Israel (1–2) came in third, and Cuba (0–3) fourth.[20]

### Pool F

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Main article: 2017 World Baseball Classic Pool F

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification

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1  |  Puerto Rico | 3  | 3  | 0  | 22  | 8  | +14  | 1.000  | —  | Advance to championship round
2  |  United States (H) | 3  | 2  | 1  | 15  | 11  | +4  | .667  | 1
3  |  Dominican Republic | 3  | 1  | 2  | 7  | 9  | −2  | .333  | 2  |
4  |  Venezuela | 3  | 0  | 3  | 4  | 20  | −16  | .000  | 3

Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
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Date  | Local time  | Road team  | Score  | Home team  | Inn.  | Venue  | Game duration  | Attendance  | Boxscore

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Mar 14, 2017  | 18:00  | Dominican Republic  | 1−3 |  Puerto Rico |   | Petco Park | 3:16  | 16,637  | Boxscore
Mar 15, 2017  | 18:00  | Venezuela  | 2−4 |  United States |   | Petco Park | 3:13  | 16,635  | Boxscore
Mar 16, 2017  | 19:00  | Venezuela  | 0−3 |  Dominican Republic |   | Petco Park | 4:05  | 16,390  | Boxscore
Mar 17, 2017  | 19:00  | United States  | 5−6 |  Puerto Rico |   | Petco Park | 3:09  | 32,463  | Boxscore
Mar 18, 2017  | 12:30  | Puerto Rico  | 13−2 |  Venezuela |   | Petco Park | 3:24  | 20,778  | Boxscore
Mar 18, 2017  | 19:00  | United States  | 6−3 |  Dominican Republic |   | Petco Park | 3:40  | 43,002  | Boxscore

Pool F started with Puerto Rico handing the Dominican Republic its first loss since the 2009 World Baseball Classic. Puerto Rico ended Pool F still undefeated and Venezuela was eliminated, going 0–3. The final game of the pool was a rematch between the United States and Dominican Republic to advance to the championship round. The DR took an early 2–0 lead in the first inning, but the United States came back to win 6–3 to eliminate the defending champions.

## Championship round

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Main article: 2017 World Baseball Classic championship

| Semifinals | | | Final |

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| FW |  Puerto Rico | 4 |
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| FR |  United States | 2 |

| EW |  Japan | 1 |

### Semifinals

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Mar 20, 2017  | 18:00  | Netherlands  | 3–4 |  Puerto Rico | 11  | Dodger Stadium | 4:19  | 24,865  | Boxscore
Mar 21, 2017  | 18:00  | United States  | 2–1 |  Japan |   | Dodger Stadium | 3:12  | 33,462  | Boxscore

### Final

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Mar 22, 2017  | 18:00  | United States  | 8–0 |  Puerto Rico |   | Dodger Stadium | 3:30  | 51,565  | Boxscore

## Final standings

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The final standings were calculated by the WBSC for inclusion in the WBSC Men's Baseball World Rankings system.[21]

In the final standings, ties were to be broken in the following order of priority:

1. The team with the highest Team's Quality Balance (TQB=(RS/IPO)–(RA/IPD)) in all games;
2. The team with the highest Earned Runs Team's Quality Balance (ER–TQB=(ERS/IPO)–(ERA/IPD)) in all games;
3. The team with the highest batting average (AVG) in all games;

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1  |  United States | 6 | 2 | –
Lost in Final
2  |  Puerto Rico | 7 | 1 | –
Lost in Semifinals
3  |  Japan | 6 | 1 | –
4  |  Netherlands | 4 | 3 | –
3rd place in Second Round pools
5  |  Dominican Republic | 4 | 2 | 0.277 TQB
6  |  Israel | 4 | 2 | −0.008 TQB
4th place in Second Round pools
7  |  Cuba | 2 | 4 | –
8  |  Venezuela | 2 | 5 | –
3rd place in First Round pools
9  |  Australia | 1 | 2 | 0.257 TQB
10  |  South Korea | 1 | 2 | −0.122 TQB
11  |  Colombia | 1 | 2 | −0.172 TQB
12  |  Italy | 1 | 3 | –
4th place in First Round pools
13  |  Mexico | 1 | 2 | –
14  |  Chinese Taipei | 0 | 3 | −0.471 TQB
15  |  Canada | 0 | 3 | −0.729 TQB
16  |  China | 0 | 3 | −0.962 TQB
|  2017 World Baseball Classic champions

United States
First title

When the 2017 WBC was played, it was assumed that the field for the following 2021 WBC would remain 16 teams. Under the qualification format in use at the time, the bottom four finishers from 2017 (Canada, China, Mexico, and Chinese Taipei) would've been forced to re-qualify for 2021.[22] However, in January 2020, MLB announced it was expanding the field for the 2021 WBC from 16 teams to 20 and that all 16 participants from 2017 would receive automatic bids for 2021, thus sparing the bottom four nations from relegation to the qualifiers.[19]

## Awards

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### Most Valuable Players

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MVPs of each pools (from left to right);
Pool B – Yoshitomo Tsutsugo of Japan
Pool C – Manny Machado of the Dominican Republic
Pool D – Francisco Lindor of Puerto Rico
Pool E – Wladimir Balentien of the Netherlands

#### First round

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* Pool A –  Ryan Lavarnway
* Pool B –  Yoshitomo Tsutsugo
* Pool C –  Manny Machado
* Pool D –  Francisco Lindor

#### Second round

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* Pool E –  Wladimir Balentien
* Pool F –  Yadier Molina

#### Championship round

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* Tournament –  Marcus Stroman

### 2017 All-World Baseball Classic team

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Players named to the All-WBC Team (from left to right);
Third baseman – Carlos Correa of Puerto Rico
Outfielder – Christian Yelich of the United States
Pitcher – Kodai Senga of Japan
Pitcher – Marcus Stroman of the United States

Position | Player

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C  |  Yadier Molina
1B  |  Eric Hosmer
2B  |  Javier Báez
3B  |  Carlos Correa
SS  |  Francisco Lindor
OF  |  Wladimir Balentien
Gregory Polanco
Christian Yelich
DH  |  Carlos Beltrán
P  |  Kodai Senga
Marcus Stroman
Josh Zeid

Source: [23]

## Attendance

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973,699 (avg. 24,342; pct. 72.3%)

### First round

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508,830 (avg. 20,353; pct. 74.3%)

* Pool A – 52,286 (avg. 8,714; pct. 51.9%)
* Pool B – 206,534 (avg. 34,422; pct. 82.0%)
* Pool C – 163,878 (avg. 27,313; pct. 74.3%)
* Pool D – 86,132 (avg. 12,305; pct. 76.9%)

### Second round

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354,977 (avg. 29,581; pct. 72.0%)

* Pool E – 209,072 (avg. 34,845; pct. 83.0%)
* Pool F – 145,905 (avg. 24,318; pct. 60.5%)

### Championship round

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109,892 (avg. 36,631; pct. 65.4%)

* Semifinals – 58,327 (avg. 29,164; pct. 52.1%)
* Final – 51,565 (avg. 51,565; pct. 92.1%)

## Statistics leaders

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### Batting

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Batting average*  |  Luis Velarde | .667
Hits |  Wladimir Balentien | 16
Runs |  Wladimir Balentien
Carlos Correa | 10
Home runs |  Wladimir Balentien | 4
Runs batted in |  Wladimir Balentien | 12
Strikeouts |  Nolan Arenado | 11
Stolen bases |  Javier Báez | 4
On-base percentage*  |  Esteban Quiroz | .800
Slugging percentage*  |  Esteban Quiroz | 1.833
OPS*  |  Esteban Quiroz | 2.633

* Minimum 2.7 plate appearances per game

### Pitching

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| Statistic  | Name  | Total/Avg

|
|

Wins |  Danny Duffy
Seth Lugo | 2
Losses |  Hung-wen Chen
Ryan Dempster
Yoanni Yera | 2
Saves |  Luke Gregerson | 3
Innings pitched |  Marcus Stroman | 15.1
Hits allowed |  Rick van den Hurk | 15
Runs allowed |  Rick van den Hurk | 8
Earned runs allowed |  Rick van den Hurk | 8
Earned run average*  |  Josh Zeid | 0.00**
Walks |  Yoanni Yera | 7
Strikeouts |  Kodai Senga
Tomoyuki Sugano | 16
WHIP*  |  José Quintana | 0.35

* Minimum 0.8 innings pitched per game
** Zeid is tied with 12 others with a 0.00 ERA but he has pitched the most innings (10.0)

## Broadcasting

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### Television

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Territory  | Rights holder

|

Australia | ESPN Australia
New Zealand
Brazil | ESPN Brazil
Canada | Sportsnet/RDS
Colombia | Telecaribe/Win Sports[24]
Cuba | Tele Rebelde, Digital Channels: HD 1 y HD 2.
Dominican Republic | CDN Sports-Max[25]
Cyprus | Fox Sports Greece
Greece
Turkey | Fox Sports Turkey
Italy | Fox Sports Italy [it][26]
Malta
San Marino
Israel | Fox Sports Israel
Japan | J Sports, TBS, TV Asahi
Latin America | DirecTV Sports (es)[27]
Southeast Asia | Fox Sports Asia
Hong Kong
Macau
Taiwan
Mexico | Televisa Deportes
Netherlands | Fox Sports Netherlands
Philippines | Sports5
Puerto Rico | Wapa 2 Deportes[28]
Russia | Viasat Sport (semifinals and final)[29]
South Korea | JTBC, JTBC3 Fox Sports
Taiwan | Eleven Sports/PTS
United States | MLB Network/ESPN Deportes[30]
Venezuela | Direct TV/IVC/TLT/TVes

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### Radio

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Territory  | Rights holder

|

United States | ESPN Radio (semifinals and finals)/ESPN Deportes Radio
SiriusXM

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25. ^ "CDN Sports-Max presenta su oferta para el 2017" (in Spanish). listindiario.com. January 20, 2017. Archived from the original on February 11, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
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