National team appearances in the World Baseball Classic
This article lists the performances of each of the 19 national teams which have made at least one appearance in the World Baseball Classic finals.
Debut of teams
| Year | Debutants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 |  Australia Canada China Cuba Dominican Republic Italy Japan Mexico Netherlands Panama Puerto Rico South Korea South Africa Chinese Taipei United States Venezuela |
16 |
| 2009 | none | 0 |
| 2013 |  Brazil Spain |
2 |
| 2017 |  Colombia |
TBD |
Comprehensive team results by tournament
- Legend
- 1st - Champions
- 2nd - Runners-up
- 3rd - Third place
- 4th - Fourth place
- R2 - Round 2
- R1 - Round 1
- • – Did not qualify
- × - Did not enter
- q - Qualified for forthcoming tournament
| Team | 2006 (16) |
2009 (16) |
2013 (16) |
2017 (16) |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia |
R1 13th | R1 12th | R1 16th | q | 4 |
| Brazil |
× | × | R1 14th | 1 | |
| Canada |
R1 9th | R1 13th | R1 12th | q | 4 |
| China |
R1 15th | R1 11th | R1 13th | q | 4 |
| Colombia |
× | × | • | q | 1 |
| Cuba |
2nd | R2 6th | R2 5th | q | 4 |
| Dominican Republic |
4th | R1 9th | 1st | q | 4 |
| Italy |
R1 10th | R1 10th | R2 7th | q | 4 |
| Japan |
1st | 1st | 3rd | q | 4 |
| Mexico |
R2 6th | R2 8th | R1 11th | q | 4 |
| Netherlands |
R1 11th | R2 7th | 4th | q | 4 |
| Panama |
R1 14th | R1 15th | • | • | 2 |
| Puerto Rico |
R2 5th | R2 5th | 2nd | q | 4 |
| South Africa |
R1 16th | R1 16th | • | • | 2 |
| South Korea |
3rd | 2nd | R1 9th | q | 4 |
| Spain |
× | × | R1 15th | • | 1 |
| Chinese Taipei |
R1 12th | R1 14th | R2 8th | q | 4 |
| United States |
R2 8th | 4th | R2 6th | q | 4 |
| Venezuela |
R2 7th | 3rd | R1 10th | q | 4 |
| Team | 2006 (16) |
2009 (16) |
2013 (16) |
2017 (16) |
Total |
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.
| 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 |
| 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 | 4th (2013) |
| Puerto Rico |
4 | 4 | 4 | 2006 | 2017 | Runners-up (2013) |
| South Korea |
4 | 4 | 4 | 2006 | 2017 | Runners-up (2009) |
| Chinese Taipei1 |
4 | 4 | 4 | 2006 | 2017 | Round 2 (2013) |
| United States |
4 | 4 | 4 | 2006 | 2017 | 4th (2009) |
| Venezuela |
4 | 4 | 4 | 2006 | 2017 | 3rd (2009) |
| Panama |
2 | 2 | 0 | 2006 | 2009 | Round 1 |
| South Africa |
2 | 2 | 0 | 2006 | 2009 | Round 1 |
| Brazil |
1 | 1 | 1 | 2013 | 2013 | Round 1 |
| Colombia |
1 | 1 | 1 | 2017 | 2017 | |
| Spain |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2013 | 2013 | Round 1 |
1 Commonly known as 'Taiwan'; competing as 'Chinese Taipei' due to China's objections against Taiwan's appearance in international sports competitions using its official country name and official country flag
All–time win–loss records
Combined results of 2006, 2009 and 2013 tournaments, not including World Baseball Classic qualification games.
| Team | PLD | W | L | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominican Republic |
18 | 14 | 4 | .778 |
| South Korea |
19 | 14 | 5 | .737 |
| Japan |
24 | 17 | 7 | .708 |
| Cuba |
20 | 13 | 7 | .650 |
| Puerto Rico |
21 | 13 | 8 | .619 |
| Venezuela |
17 | 10 | 7 | .588 |
| United States |
20 | 10 | 10 | .500 |
| Netherlands |
17 | 7 | 10 | .412 |
| Mexico |
15 | 6 | 9 | .400 |
| Canada |
8 | 3 | 5 | .375 |
| Italy |
11 | 4 | 7 | .364 |
| Chinese Taipei |
10 | 3 | 7 | .300 |
| China |
9 | 2 | 7 | .222 |
| Australia |
9 | 1 | 8 | .111 |
| Brazil |
3 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
| Spain |
3 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
| Panama |
5 | 0 | 5 | .000 |
| South Africa |
5 | 0 | 5 | .000 |
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