National team appearances in the World Baseball Classic
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.

National team appearances in the World Baseball Classic

Section Title: Number of appearances
Table Section Text: 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

Chinese Taipei	4	4	4	2006	2017	Round 2 (2013)

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	Fourth place (2013, 2017)

Puerto Rico	4	4	4	2006	2017	Runners-up (2013, 2017)

South Korea	4	4	4	2006	2017	Runners-up (2009)

United States	4	4	4	2006	2017	Champions (2017)

Venezuela	4	4	4	2006	2017	Third place (2009)

Panama	2	2	0	2006	2009	Round 1

South Africa	2	2	0	2006	2009	Round 1

Colombia	1	1	1	2017	2017	Round 1

Israel	1	1	1	2017	2017	Round 2 (2017)

Brazil	1	1	0	2013	2013	Round 1

Spain	1	1	0	2013	2013	Round 1

Sentence(s)

The three teams who have won the World Baseball Classic tournament are Japan (2006, 2009), the Dominican Republic (2013), and the United States (2017).

final_sentence: The three teams who have won the World Baseball Classic tournament are Japan (2006, 2009), the Dominican Republic (2013), and the United States (2017).