2017 World Baseball Classic - wikipedia 2017 World Baseball Classic 2017 World Baseball Classic Tournament details Host countries Japan Mexico South Korea United States Dates March 6 -- 22 Teams 16 ( from 5 continents ) Defending champions Dominican Republic ( 2013 ) Final positions Champions United States ( 1st title ) Runner - up Puerto Rico Third place Japan Fourth place Netherlands Tournament statistics Games played 40 Attendance 973,699 ( 24,342 per game ) Most Valuable Player Marcus Stroman ← 2013 2021 → The 2017 World Baseball Classic ( WBC ) was an international professional baseball competition, composed of 16 competing nations, held from March 6 to March 22, 2017. It was the fourth iteration of the WBC. The first - round hosts were Seoul, Tokyo, Miami and Zapopan. The second - round hosts were Tokyo and San Diego, and the championship round was played in Los Angeles. Twelve of the sixteen competing nations qualified based on their performance during the first round of the 2013 tournament ; the remaining four nations are the winners of four qualification tournaments that took place in February, March and September 2016. Two of the four qualifiers, Colombia and Israel, each made their first appearance in the World Baseball Classic, and both have secured their positions for the 2021 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 Team USA, and posted a 2.35 ERA in 15 ​ ⁄ total innings, including six shutout innings in the championship game. Contents 1 Qualified teams 2 Tournament format 3 Rosters 4 Venues 5 Pools composition 6 First round 6.1 Pool A 6.2 Pool B 6.3 Pool C 6.4 Pool D 7 Second round 7.1 Pool E 7.2 Pool F 8 Championship round 8.1 Semifinals 8.2 Final 9 Final standings 10 All - WBC team 11 Attendance 11.1 First round 11.2 Second round 11.3 Championship round 12 Statistics leaders 12.1 Batting 12.2 Pitching 13 Most Valuable Players 13.1 First round 13.2 Second round 13.3 Championship round 14 Broadcasting 14.1 Television 14.2 Radio 15 References 16 External links Qualified teams 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 Method of qualification Classic appearance Previous best position WBSC Ranking Canada 2013 World Baseball Classic 4th Round 1 8 China 2013 World Baseball Classic 4th Round 1 18 Cuba 2013 World Baseball Classic 4th Runners - up ( 2006 ) 5 Dominican Republic 2013 World Baseball Classic 4th Champions ( 2013 ) 13 Italy 2013 World Baseball Classic 4th Round 2 ( 2013 ) 11 Japan 2013 World Baseball Classic 4th Champions ( 2006, 2009 ) Netherlands 2013 World Baseball Classic 4th Fourth place ( 2013 ) 9 Puerto Rico 2013 World Baseball Classic 4th Runners - up ( 2013 ) 12 South Korea 2013 World Baseball Classic 4th Runners - up ( 2009 ) Chinese Taipei 2013 World Baseball Classic 4th Round 2 ( 2013 ) United States 2013 World Baseball Classic 4th Fourth place ( 2009 ) Venezuela 2013 World Baseball Classic 4th Third place ( 2009 ) 7 Australia Qualifier 1 4th Round 1 10 Mexico Qualifier 2 4th Round 2 ( 2006, 2009 ) 6 Colombia Qualifier 3 1st -- 19 Israel Qualifier 4 1st -- 41 Tournament format 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 : Fewest runs allowed per inning of defense in head - to - head games Fewest earned runs allowed per inning of defense in head - to - head games Highest batting average in head - to - head games Drawing of lots Rosters Main article : 2017 World Baseball Classic rosters Venues Six stadiums were used during the main tournament : Pool A Pools B & E Pool C Seoul, South Korea Tokyo, Japan Miami, United States Gocheok Sky Dome Tokyo Dome Marlins Park Capacity : 16,813 Capacity : 42,000 Capacity : 36,742 Pool D Pool F Championship 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 Pools composition Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D South Korea Japan United States Mexico Chinese Taipei Australia Canada Italy Netherlands China Colombia Puerto Rico Israel Cuba Dominican Republic Venezuela First round Advanced to Second Round and qualified for 2021 World Baseball Classic Eliminated, but qualified for 2021 World Baseball Classic Eliminated, must qualify for 2021 World Baseball Classic Pool a Main article : 2017 World Baseball Classic -- Pool A Rk Team HTH RA IPD RA / IPD TG Israel 0 − Netherlands − South Korea − Chinese Taipei 0 − NOTE : Tiebreaker notes : HTH − Head - to - head. RA − Runs against. IPD − Innings the team pitched. RA / IPD − The index of RA / IPD. TG − Tiebreaker game. Date Local Time Road Team Score Home Team Inn. Venue Game Time Attendance Boxscore 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 ''. Team Israel ( 3 -- 0 ) and Team Netherlands ( 2 -- 1 ) qualified for the second round, in Japan. 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. 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. 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. Pool B Main article : 2017 World Baseball Classic -- Pool B Rk Team HTH RA IPD RA / IPD TG Japan 0 − Cuba − Australia − China 0 − NOTE : Tiebreaker notes : HTH − Head - to - head. RA − Runs against. IPD − Innings the team pitched. RA / IPD − The index of RA / IPD. TG − Tiebreaker game. Date Local Time Road Team Score Home Team Inn. Venue Game Time Attendance Boxscore 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, whereas China lost all three games and must now qualify for the 2021 World Baseball Classic. Cuba defeated Australia to advance to the second round. In the first round, after batting. 364 Japanese outfielder Yoshitomo Tsutsugoh was named the Pool B MVP. Pool C Main article : 2017 World Baseball Classic -- Pool C Rk Team HTH RA IPD RA / IPD TG Dominican Republic 0 − United States − Colombia − Canada 0 − NOTE : Tiebreaker notes : HTH − Head - to - head. RA − Runs against. IPD − Innings the team pitched. RA / IPD − The index of RA / IPD. TG − Tiebreaker game. Date Local Time Road Team Score Home Team Inn. Venue Game Time Attendance Boxscore 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 USA 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. USA then took an early lead on Canada, winning 8 -- 0 to claim the second berth in San Diego. While debutants Colombia secured their position for the upcoming 2021 World Baseball Classic, Canada 's fourth - place performance meant that they will now have go to the qualifiers in order to try and make their fifth appearance in the WBC, in 2021. Manny Machado of the Dominican Republic was named MVP for the first - round Pool C bracket of the WBC, after batting. 357. Pool d Main article : 2017 World Baseball Classic -- Pool D Rk Team HTH RA IPD RA / IPD TG Puerto Rico 0 − Venezuela 1 − 1 21 19.0 1.105 Italy 1 − 1 20 19.0 1.053 Mexico 1 − 1 19 17.0 1.117 − NOTE : Tiebreaker notes : HTH − Head - to - head. RA − Runs against. IPD − Innings the team pitched. RA / IPD − The index of RA / IPD. TG − Tiebreaker game. Date Local Time Road Team Score Home Team Inn. Venue Game Time Attendance Boxscore 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 Time Attendance Boxscore Mar 13, 2017 19 : 00 Venezuela 4 -- 3 Italy Estadio Charros de Jalisco 3 : 26 1,783 Boxscore The first tiebreaker criterion is fewest runs allowed per defensive inning played ( RA / IPD ) in the games between the tied teams. Mexico allowed 19 runs, Italy allowed 20 runs, and Venezuela allowed 21 runs. Italy and Venezuela played 19 innings each in the two games, therefore their RA / IPD were 1.053 and 1.105. Mexico played 18 innings, but they recorded no outs in the ninth inning of their game versus Italy, therefore the inning did not count towards their RA / IPD of 1.117 ; however, the five runs scored in the same half - inning by Italy counted against Mexico 's RA / IPD. Second round Advanced to Semifinals Eliminated Pool e Main article : 2017 World Baseball Classic -- Pool E Rk Team HTH RA IPD RA / IPD TG Japan 0 − Netherlands − Israel − Cuba 0 − NOTE : Tiebreaker notes : HTH − Head - to - head. RA − Runs against. IPD − Innings the team pitched. RA / IPD − The index of RA / IPD. TG − Tiebreaker game. Date Local Time Road Team Score Home Team Inn. Venue Game Time Attendance Boxscore 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. Pool F Main article : 2017 World Baseball Classic -- Pool F Rk Team HTH RA IPD RA / IPD TG Puerto Rico 0 − United States − Dominican Republic − Venezuela 0 − NOTE : Tiebreaker notes : HTH − Head - to - head. RA − Runs against. IPD − Innings the team pitched. RA / IPD − The index of RA / IPD. TG − Tiebreaker game. Date Local Time Road Team Score Home Team Inn. Venue Game Time Attendance Boxscore 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 concludes with Puerto Rico 's winning streak unbroken, whereas Venezuela lost all three of its matches. Defending champion Dominican Republic was eliminated in a loss against the United States, which secured its position in the championship round. Championship round Main article : 2017 World Baseball Classic -- Championship Semifinals Final ER Netherlands FW Puerto Rico SF1W Puerto Rico 0 SF2W United States 8 FR United States EW Japan Semifinals Date Local Time Road Team Score Home Team Inn. Venue Game Time Attendance Boxscore 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 Date Local Time Road Team Score Home Team Inn. Venue Game Time Attendance Boxscore Mar 22, 2017 18 : 00 United States 8 -- 0 Puerto Rico Dodger Stadium 3 : 30 51,565 Boxscore Final standings Organizer WBCI had no interest in the final standings so did not compute them. Instead, they were calculated by WBSC for inclusion in the WBSC Men 's Baseball World Rankings system. In the final standings, ties were to be broken in the following order of priority : The team with the highest Team 's Quality Balance ( TQB = ( RS / IPO ) -- ( RA / IPD ) ) in all games ; The team with the highest Earned Runs Team 's Quality Balance ( ER -- TQB = ( ERS / IPO ) -- ( ERA / IPD ) ) in all games ; The team with the highest batting average ( AVG ) in all games ; Rk Team Tiebreaker United States 6 -- Lost in Final Puerto Rico 7 -- Lost in Semifinals Japan 6 -- Netherlands -- 3rd place in Second Round pools 5 Dominican Republic 0.277 TQB 6 Israel − 0.008 TQB 4th place in Second Round pools 7 Cuba -- 8 Venezuela 5 -- 3rd place in First Round pools 9 Australia 0.257 TQB 10 South Korea − 0.122 TQB 11 Colombia − 0.172 TQB 12 Italy -- 4th place in First Round pools 13 Mexico -- 14 Chinese Taipei 0 − 0.471 TQB 15 Canada 0 − 0.729 TQB 16 China 0 − 0.962 TQB 2017 World Baseball Classic Champions United States First title All - WBC team Position Player Yadier Molina 1B Eric Hosmer 2B Javier Báez 3B Carlos Correa SS Francisco Lindor OF Wladimir Balentien Gregory Polanco Christian Yelich DH Carlos Beltrán Kodai Senga Marcus Stroman Josh Zeid Source : Attendance 973,699 ( avg. 24,342 ; pct. 72.3 % ) First round 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 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 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 Batting Statistic Name Total / Avg Batting average * Luis Velarde. 667 Hits Wladimir Balentien 16 Runs Wladimir Balentien Carlos Correa 10 Home runs Wladimir Balentien Runs batted in Wladimir Balentien 12 Strikeouts Nolan Arenado 11 Stolen bases Javier Báez 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 Statistic Name Total / Avg Wins Danny Duffy Seth Lugo Losses Hung - wen Chen Ryan Dempster Yoanni Yera Saves Luke Gregerson 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 ) Most Valuable Players First round Pool A -- Ryan Lavarnway Pool B -- Yoshitomo Tsutsugoh Pool C -- Manny Machado Pool D -- Francisco Lindor Second round Pool E -- Wladimir Balentien Pool F -- Yadier Molina Championship round Tournament -- Marcus Stroman Broadcasting Television Territory Rights holder Australia ESPN Australia New Zealand Brazil ESPN Brazil Canada Sportsnet / RDS Colombia Telecaribe / Win Sports Cuba Tele Rebelde, Digital Channels : HD 1 y HD 2. 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Question: who won the world baseball classic this year
Answer: The United States