World Baseball Classic 2009

World Baseball Classic 2009
Tournament details
host	Japan  Canada Mexico Puerto Rico United States
Period	March 5-23, 2009
Defending champion	Japan
Bottom line
winner	Japan (2nd title)
Second	South Korea
Third	Venezuela
Fourth	United States
statistics
Games	39 completed 39 so far
MVP	Daisuke Matsuzaka
spectator	801,408   (Ø: 20,549 per game)

The second World Baseball Classic took place between March 5th and 23rd, 2009. The group matches were played in Tokyo, México DF, Toronto and San Juan, the second round matches in Miami and San Diego, the final venue was Los Angeles. Defending champion Japan won the tournament against Olympic champions South Korea 5: 3 after 10 innings, i.e. H. after an extension.

The Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka was named Most Valuable Player of the tournament for the second time since 2006 .

Participants and tournament mode

The 16 participating nations are the same as in the first World Baseball Classic 2006, which again go into the first tournament phase in four groups. However, the mode of the group stage has been changed: Rounds 1 and 2 are played in double elimination mode :

• The winners of the opening games play against each other. The winner of this game is already qualified for the second round.
• The losers in the opening games play a knockout game. The winner plays the second place in the second round against the loser of the other game.
• The two qualified teams play a placement game, which is important for the classification in the next tournament round.

Venues

Group A - Tokyo	Group B - Mexico City	Group C - Toronto	Group D - San Juan
Tokyo Dome	Foro Sol	Rogers Center	Estadio Hiram Bithorn
Capacity: 42,000	Capacity: 26,000	Capacity: 49,539	Capacity: 18,000
Group 1 - San Diego	Group 2 - Miami	Finals - Los Angeles
PETCO Park	Dolphin Stadium	Dodger Stadium
Capacity: 42,685	Capacity: 38,560	Capacity: 56,000

Results

Round 1

The first phase will take place between March 5th and 12th, 2009. The four groups are composed as follows:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
People's Republic of China	Australia	Canada	Dominican Republic
Chinese Taipei	Cuba	Italy	Netherlands
Japan	Mexico	United States	Panama
South Korea	South Africa	Venezuela	Puerto Rico

Group A match results

Preliminary round

Semifinals

Final group A

-

People's Republic of China

0

Winning round

-

Japan

4th

G1

Japan

14th

G2

South Korea

2

-

Chinese Taipei

0

-

South Korea

9

G4

Japan

0

G5

South Korea

1

V1

People's Republic of China

4th

Losers round

V2

Chinese Taipei

1

G3

People's Republic of China

0

V4

South Korea

14th

game	date	encounter			Result
1	5. March	Japan	-	People's Republic of China	04: 00
2	6th March	South Korea	-	Chinese Taipei	09: 00
3	7th March	People's Republic of China	-	Chinese Taipei	04: 01
4th	7th March	Japan	-	South Korea	14: 02 (7)
5	8th of March	People's Republic of China	-	South Korea	00:14 (7)
6th	9th March	Japan	-	South Korea	00: 01

Match results group B

Preliminary round

Semifinals

Final group B

-

South Africa

1

Winning round

-

Cuba

8th

G1

Cuba

5

G2

Australia

4th

-

Australia

17th

-

Mexico

7th

G4

Cuba

16

G5

Mexico

4th

V1

South Africa

3

Losers round

V2

Mexico

14th

G3

Mexico

16

V4

Australia

1

game	date	encounter			Result
1	8th of March	South Africa	-	Cuba	01: 08
2	8th of March	Australia	-	Mexico	17: 07 (8)
3	9th March	Mexico	-	South Africa	14: 03
4th	March 10th	Cuba	-	Australia	05: 04
5	March 11	Mexico	-	Australia	16: 01 (6)
6th	March 12th	Mexico	-	Cuba	04:16 (7)

Group C match results

Preliminary round

Semifinals

Final group C

-

Canada

5

Winning round

-

United States

6th

G1

United States

15th

G2

Venezuela

6th

-

Italy

0

-

Venezuela

7th

G4

United States

3

G5

Venezuela

5

V1

Canada

2

Losers round

V2

Italy

6th

G3

Italy

1

V4

Venezuela

10

game	date	encounter			Result
1	7th March	Canada	-	United States	05: 06
2	7th March	Italy	-	Venezuela	00: 07
3	8th of March	United States	-	Venezuela	15: 06
4th	9th March	Italy	-	Canada	06: 02
5	March 10th	Italy	-	Venezuela	01:10
6th	March 11	Venezuela	-	United States	05: 03

Group D match results

Preliminary round

Semifinals

Final group D

-

Netherlands

3

Winning round

-

Dominican Republic

2

G1

Netherlands

1

G2

Puerto Rico

3

-

Panama

0

-

Puerto Rico

7th

G4

Puerto Rico

5

G5

Netherlands

0

V1

Dominican Republic

9

Losers round

V2

Panama

0

G3

Dominican Republic

1

V4

Netherlands

2

game	date	encounter			Result
1	7th March	Netherlands	-	Dominican Republic	03: 02
2	7th March	Panama	-	Puerto Rico	00: 07
3	8th of March	Panama	-	Dominican Republic	00: 09
4th	9th March	Netherlands	-	Puerto Rico	01: 03
5	March 10th	Dominican Republic	-	Netherlands	01: 02 (11)
6th	March 11	Netherlands	-	Puerto Rico	00: 05

round 2

In the second phase between March 14th and 19th, 2009 the tournament mode from round 1 will be repeated.

Group 1	Group 2
South Korea	Venezuela
Cuba	Puerto Rico
Japan	United States
Mexico	Netherlands

Games group 1

Preliminary round

Semifinals

Final group 1

-

Japan

6th

Winning round

-

Cuba

0

G1

Japan

1

G2

South Korea

4th

-

Mexico

2

-

South Korea

8th

G4

South Korea

2

G5

Japan

6th

V1

Cuba

7th

Losers round

V2

Mexico

4th

G3

Cuba

0

V4

Japan

5

game	date	encounter			Result
1	March, 15	Japan	-	Cuba	06: 00
2	March, 15	Mexico	-	South Korea	02: 08
3	March 16	Cuba	-	Mexico	07: 04
4th	17. March	Japan	-	South Korea	01: 04
5	March 18th	Japan	-	Cuba	05: 00
6th	19th March	Japan	-	South Korea	06: 02

Games group 2

Preliminary round

Semifinals

Final group 2

-

Netherlands

1

Winning round

-

Venezuela

3

G1

Venezuela

2

G2

Puerto Rico

0

-

United States

1

-

Puerto Rico

11

G4

Venezuela

10

G5

United States

6th

V1

Netherlands

3

Losers round

V2

United States

9

G3

United States

6th

V4

Puerto Rico

5

game	date	encounter			Result
1	the 14th of March	Netherlands	-	Venezuela	01: 03
2	the 14th of March	United States	-	Puerto Rico	01:11 (7)
3	March, 15	Netherlands	-	United States	03: 09
4th	March 16	Venezuela	-	Puerto Rico	02: 00
5	17. March	Puerto Rico	-	United States	05: 06
6th	March 18th	United States	-	Venezuela	06:10

Final round

In the final round at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on March 21 and 22, the first and second placed players from round 2 played the semi-finals; in contrast to 2006 crosswise. The winners played the final on March 23rd.

	Semifinals					final
	2G1	South Korea	10
	1G2	Venezuela	2
						HF1	South Korea	3
						HF1	Japan	5
	2G2	United States	4th
	1G1	Japan	9

Semifinals

date	encounter			Result
March 21st	South Korea	-	Venezuela	10: 02
March 22	United States	-	Japan	04: 09

final

date	encounter			Result
March 23	Japan	-	South Korea	05: 03 (10)

Exhibition Games

Between February 28 and March 12, between the actual tournament games, test matches between the national teams and club teams from the major league and the Japanese professional league took place. They were held in the Tokyo Dome and smaller stadiums in the United States.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2009 Exhibition Game Schedule By Date ( Memento from June 25, 2009)

Web links

Commons : 2009 World Baseball Classic  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

• Official website (English)
  • WBC 2009 Results (English)
  • WBC 2009 Rosters (English)
  • WBC 2009 Stats (English)