# 2024 WBSC Premier12

The 2024 WBSC Premier12 was the 3rd edition of the WBSC Premier12, a baseball championship featuring the 12 highest-ranked national teams in the world, held by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Originally scheduled for 2023, but delayed due to COVID-19, the championship was held from November 9 to 24, 2024, in Japan, Mexico, and Taiwan.
Taiwan won the championship, defeating final round hosts and defending champions Japan, 4–0, in the championship game. It was Chinese Taipei's first Premier12 championship and their first overall senior international baseball title ever.
The United States took third place after a 6–1 win over Venezuela.

## Teams

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 had originally wanted to expand this edition but due to COVID-19, halted the plans for a future edition.

## Rosters

Participating nations had to submit their final 28-man rosters no later than 10 October 2024. WBSC rules required teams to carry at least 13 pitchers and two catchers in their squads.

## Format

The format underwent a slightly different format compared to 2019.

### Opening Round

The tournament began with two groups of six teams each playing in the 12-team Opening Round. Each team played five games, in a round robin format against each other in the group. The top two teams from each group advanced to the Super Round.

### Super Round

The four remaining teams who advanced to the Super Round, traveled to Japan where they played against the top two teams that advanced from the other group.
After completion, the teams who finished first and second played the gold medal match, while the teams placed third and fourth played for bronze.

## Venues

Six stadiums were used during the tournament. Japanese cities, Nagoya and Tokyo plus the Taiwanese capital, Taipei, were confirmed as host cities on 11 September 2023, while a then-unknown country from the Americas was scheduled to host the event too. That then-unknown country turned out to be Mexico, with venues in Guadalajara and Tepic being chosen to host an Opening Round group on 4 April 2024.
| Group A | Group B | Group B |
| Guadalajara, Mexico | Taipei, Taiwan | Nagoya, Japan |
| Estadio Panamericano | Taipei Dome | Vantelin Dome Nagoya |
| Capacity: 16,500 | Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 36,418 |
| GuadalajaraTepic | Taipei | NagoyaTokyo |
| Group A | Group B | Super Round and Medal rounds |
| Tepic, Mexico | Taipei, Taiwan | Tokyo, Japan |
| Coloso del Pacífico | Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium | Tokyo Dome |
| Capacity: 9,480 | Capacity: 10,500 | Capacity: 45,600 |

## Opening round

The groups were announced on 18 April 2024. The schedule was announced on 28 May 2024.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Venezuela | 5 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 13 | +18 | .800 | — | Advance to Super Round |
| 2 | United States | 5 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 13 | +23 | .600 | 1 | Advance to Super Round |
| 3 | Panama | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 25 | −3 | .600 | 1 | |
| 4 | Mexico (H) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 34 | −11 | .400 | 2 | |
| 5 | Netherlands | 5 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 47 | −10 | .400 | 2 | |
| 6 | Puerto Rico | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 36 | −17 | .200 | 3 | |
* 1 2 Head to head results: Panama 3–9 United States
* 1 2 Head to head results: Mexico 8–6 Netherlands
| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| 9 November | 13:00 | Panama | 8–9 | Netherlands | 10 | Estadio Panamericano | 3:29 | 347 | Boxscore |
| 9 November | 16:00 | Puerto Rico | 1–0 | United States | | Coloso del Pacífico | 3:07 | 7,820 | Boxscore |
| 9 November | 20:00 | Venezuela | 8–4 | Mexico | | Estadio Panamericano | 3:24 | 9,758 | Boxscore |
| 10 November | 13:00 | Venezuela | 2–4 | Panama | | Estadio Panamericano | 2:36 | 414 | Boxscore |
| 10 November | 16:00 | Netherlands | 2–12 | United States | 8 | Coloso del Pacífico | 2:32 | 5,133 | Boxscore |
| 10 November | 20:00 | Mexico | 7–5 | Puerto Rico | | Estadio Panamericano | 3:32 | 2,921 | Boxscore |
| 11 November | 19:00 | United States | 3–5 | Venezuela | | Coloso del Pacífico | 2:52 | 7,018 | Boxscore |
| 11 November | 20:00 | Panama | 3–2 | Mexico | | Estadio Panamericano | 3:09 | 1,921 | Boxscore |
| 12 November | 19:00 | Panama | 3–9 | United States | | Coloso del Pacífico | 3:12 | 4,320 | Boxscore |
| 12 November | 20:00 | Netherlands | 20–8 | Puerto Rico | 7 | Estadio Panamericano | 2:46 | 622 | Boxscore |
| 13 November | 13:00 | Puerto Rico | 2–5 | Venezuela | | Estadio Panamericano | 2:53 | 533 | Boxscore |
| 13 November | 20:00 | Mexico | 8–6 | Netherlands | | Estadio Panamericano | 3:20 | 2,257 | Boxscore |
| 14 November | 13:00 | Netherlands | 0–11 | Venezuela | 7 | Estadio Panamericano | 1:59 | 239 | Boxscore |
| 14 November | 19:00 | Puerto Rico | 3–4 | Panama | | Coloso del Pacífico | 2:52 | 7,240 | Boxscore |
| 14 November | 20:00 | United States | 12–2 | Mexico | 7 | Estadio Panamericano | 2:45 | 9,721 | Boxscore |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan (H) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 16 | +20 | 1.000 | — | Advance to Super Round |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei (H) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | +12 | .800 | 1 | Advance to Super Round |
| 3 | South Korea | 5 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 24 | +4 | .600 | 2 | |
| 4 | Australia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 29 | −13 | .200 | 4 | |
| 5 | Dominican Republic | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 28 | −12 | .200 | 4 | |
| 6 | Cuba | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 26 | −11 | .200 | 4 | |
* 1 2 3 Tied on head to head results. Head to head Team's Quality Balance: Australia 0.24, Dominican Republic −0.02, Cuba −0.21.
| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| 13 November | 18:30 | Dominican Republic | 6–1 | Cuba | Tianmu Stadium | 3:09 | 255 | Boxscore |
| 13 November | 18:30 | South Korea | 3–6 | Chinese Taipei | Taipei Dome | 2:56 | 39,000 | Boxscore |
| 13 November | 19:00 | Australia | 3–9 | Japan | Vantelin Dome Nagoya | 3:13 | 30,691 | Boxscore |
| 14 November | 18:00 | Cuba | 4–8 | South Korea | Tianmu Stadium | 3:16 | 2,225 | Boxscore |
| 14 November | 18:30 | Chinese Taipei | 2–1 | Dominican Republic | Taipei Dome | 3:00 | 25,000 | Boxscore |
| 15 November | 15:00 | Dominican Republic | 0–5 | Australia | Tianmu Stadium | 2:41 | 1,112 | Boxscore |
| 15 November | 18:00 | South Korea | 3–6 | Japan | Taipei Dome | 3:31 | 20,028 | Boxscore |
| 16 November | 12:00 | Australia | 3–4 | Cuba | Tianmu Stadium | 3:19 | 1,418 | Boxscore |
| 16 November | 18:00 | Japan | 3–1 | Chinese Taipei | Taipei Dome | 3:19 | 34,882 | Boxscore |
| 16 November | 18:30 | Dominican Republic | 6–9 | South Korea | Tianmu Stadium | 3:36 | 3,387 | Boxscore |
| 17 November | 18:00 | Cuba | 6–7 | Japan | Tianmu Stadium | 4:07 | 4,955 | Boxscore |
| 17 November | 18:30 | Chinese Taipei | 11–3 | Australia | Taipei Dome | 4:07 | 34,166 | Boxscore |
| 18 November | 12:00 | Australia | 2–5 | South Korea | Tianmu Stadium | 3:21 | 1,799 | Boxscore |
| 18 November | 18:00 | Japan | 11–3 | Dominican Republic | Tianmu Stadium | 3:22 | 2,572 | Boxscore |
| 18 November | 18:30 | Cuba | 0–2 | Chinese Taipei | Taipei Dome | 2:59 | 30,924 | Boxscore |

## Super Round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 13 | +14 | 1.000 | — | Advance to gold medal game |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 13 | +1 | .333 | 2 | Advance to gold medal game |
| 3 | Venezuela | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 15 | −2 | .333 | 2 | Advance to bronze medal game |
| 4 | United States | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 22 | −13 | .333 | 2 | Advance to bronze medal game |
* 1 2 3 Tied on head to head results. Head to head Team's Quality Balance: Chinese Taipei 0.21, Venezuela 0.08, United States –0.28.
The order of the Super Round games could change.
| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| 21 November | 12:00 | Chinese Taipei | 0–2 | Venezuela | Tokyo Dome | 2:39 | 6,790 | Boxscore |
| 21 November | 19:00 | United States | 1–9 | Japan | Tokyo Dome | 3:07 | 25,428 | Boxscore |
| 22 November | 12:00 | Chinese Taipei | 8–2 | United States | Tokyo Dome | 3:29 | 9,472 | Boxscore |
| 22 November | 19:00 | Venezuela | 6–9 | Japan | Tokyo Dome | 3:52 | 33,300 | Boxscore |
| 23 November | 12:00 | United States | 6–5 | Venezuela | Tokyo Dome | 3:18 | 8,868 | Boxscore |
| 23 November | 19:00 | Chinese Taipei | 6–9 | Japan | Tokyo Dome | 3:18 | 41,674 | Boxscore |

## Finals
### Bronze medal game

| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| 24 November | 12:00 | United States | 6–1 | Venezuela | | Tokyo Dome | 3:07 | 8,386 | Boxscore |

### Championship final

| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| 24 November | 19:00 | Chinese Taipei | 4–0 | Japan | | Tokyo Dome | 2:57 | 41,827 | Boxscore |

## Final standings

| Rk | Team | W | L |
| 1 | Chinese Taipei | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | Japan | 8 | 1 |
| Bronze medal game ||||
| 3 | United States | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | Venezuela | 5 | 4 |
| Eliminated in Group stage ||||
| 5 | South Korea | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | Panama | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | Australia | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Mexico | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Dominican Republic | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Cuba | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Puerto Rico | 1 | 4 |
* 2024 WBSC Premier 12
* Chinese Taipei 1st title

## Prize money

The WBSC gave $5.2 million in prize money to participants, distributed as follows, with a minimum of half of a team's prize money being distributed equally among its players:
* Winner: US$1,500,000
* 2nd Place: US$750,000
* 3rd Place: US$500,000
* 4th Place: US$350,000
* 5th Place: US$300,000
* 6th Place: US$250,000
* 7–12th Place: US$180,000 each
* Each win in Opening Round: US$10,000
* Each win in Super Round: US$20,000
* 1st Place in Opening Round: US$20,000

## Statistical leaders

Batting
Statistic
Name
Total/Avg
Batting average*
Chieh-Hsien Chen.625
Hits
Chandler Simpson17
Runs
Shōta Morishita13
Home runs
Ryan Ward5
Runs batted in
Matt Shaw14
Strikeouts
Luke Ritter13
Stolen bases
Chandler Simpson9
On-base percentage*
Chieh-Hsien Chen.700
Slugging percentage*
Kim Do-yeong1.059
OPS*
Chieh-Hsien Chen1.617
* Minimum 2 plate appearances per team game
Pitching
Statistic
Name
Total/Avg
ERA
7 tied with0.00
Wins
2 tied with2
Losses
3 tied with2
Saves
Chun-Wei Wu3
Innings pitched
Tzu-Peng Huang12.0
Hits allowed
Shairon Martis17
Runs allowed
Shairon Martis15
Earned runs allowed
Shairon Martis15
Walks
Takahisa Hayakawa10
Strikeouts
2 tied with16
WHIP*
Tzu-Peng Huang0.50
* Minimum 0.8 innings pitched per team game :

#### Notes

* ↑ Alberto Baldonado, Jorge Benitez, Chang Yi, Been Gwak, Rich Hill, Franklyn Kilome, Seohyeon Kim
* ↑ Chang Yi, Haruto Inoue
* ↑ Sam Benschoter, Po-Ching Chen, Liván Moinelo
* ↑ Hiroto Takahshi, Chihiro Sumida

## Awards

Following the conclusion of the tournament, the WBSC announced the Premier12 All-World Team and individual awards winners.
All-World Team :
| Position | Player |
| Starting Pitcher | Rich Hill |
| Relief Pitcher | Oddanier Mosqueda |
| Catcher | Shōgo Sakakura |
| First Baseman | Carlos Pérez |
| Second Baseman | Kaito Kozono |
| Third Baseman | Matt Shaw |
| Shortstop | Didi Gregorius |
| Outfielders | Chandler Simpson Chieh-Hsien Chen Shōta Morishita |
| Designated Hitter | Ryan Ward |
Individual Awards :
| Award | Player | Value |
| Most Valuable Player | Chieh-Hsien Chen | |
| Best Batting Average | Chieh-Hsien Chen | B-AVE .632 |
| Pitcher with Best ERA | Rich Hill | 0.00 ERA |
| Pitcher with Best Win/Loss Average | Haruto Inoue | 3W – 0L |
| Most Runs Batted In | Matt Shaw | 14 RBI |
| Home Run King | Ryan Ward | 5 HR |
| Most Stolen Bases | Chandler Simpson | 9 SB |
| Most Runs Scored | Shōta Morishita | 13 Runs |
| Outstanding Defensive Player | Chieh-Hsien Chen | 0 ERR |

## Sponsors

2024 WBSC Premier12 had 36 sponsors, including 6 global sponsors.
Sponsors of the 2024 WBSC Premier12 :
Global Sponsors
Konami
RAXUS
Kowa
Nippon Express
Daiso
Kao Corporation :
Super/Final Round Sponsors
Coca-Cola
MUFG Bank
Yomiuri Shimbun
Lawson
Japan Airlines
Fanatics :
Group A Sponsors
Mega
Red Cola :
Group B Sponsors
CTBC
Taiwan Sports Lottery
Family Mart
Eva Air
Barista Coffee
TransGlobe Life Insurance
Chunghwa Telecom
GFC, Ltd.
Capital Motors, Inc.
1664
J&G Fried Chicken
Kinmen Kaoliang Liquor
CPC Corporation
Taiwan Select
Hotel Episode
Uni-president
New Balance
Domino's
Burger King :