National team appearances in the World Baseball Classic

Twenty national teams have made at least one appearance in the World Baseball Classic. The 2006 and 2009 tournaments each had the same 16–team field, chosen by invitation. Beginning with the 2013 tournament, the four last-place teams from the previous tournament's first round each contested a qualifying round against three additional teams. The outcome of this process has been that 14 of the original 16 teams have continued to appear in every tournament. In 2013, Canada and Chinese Taipei re-qualified while Panama and South Africa were respectively replaced by Brazil and Spain. In 2017, Australia and Mexico re-qualified while Brazil and Spain were respectively replaced by Israel and Colombia.

The three teams to have won the tournament are Japan (2006, 2009), the Dominican Republic (2013), and the United States (2017). Other teams to have reached the championship game are Cuba, Puerto Rico, and South Korea. Other teams to have reached the semifinals are the Netherlands and Venezuela. Other teams to have reached the second round are Israel, Italy, Mexico, and Chinese Taipei. Since qualifiers were introduced, only two debut teams have been assured to participate in the forthcoming tournament: Israel and Colombia.

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,  Israel 2

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)		 2021
(16)		 Total
 Australia R1
13th		R1
12th		R1
16th		R1
9th		q5
 Brazil ××R1
14th		•1
 Canada R1
9th		R1
13th		R1
12th		R1
15th		4
 China R1
15th		R1
11th		R1
13th		R1
16th		4
 Colombia ×וR1
11th		q2
 Cuba 2ndR2
6th		R2
5th		R2
7th		q5
 Dominican Republic 4thR1
9th		1stR2
5th		q5
 Israel ×וR2
6th		q2
 Italy R1
10th		R1
10th		R2
7th		R1
12th		q5
 Japan 1st1st3rd3rdq5
 Mexico R2
6th		R2
8th		R1
11th		R1
13th		4
 Netherlands R1
11th		R2
7th		4th4thq5
 Panama R1
14th		R1
15th		••2
 Puerto Rico R2
5th		R2
5th		2nd2ndq5
 South Africa R1
16th		R1
16th		••2
 South Korea 3rd2ndR1
9th		R1
10th		q5
 Spain ××R1
15th		•1
 Chinese Taipei R1
12th		R1
14th		R2
8th		R1
14th		4
 United States R2
8th		4thR2
6th		1stq5
 Venezuela R2
7th		3rdR1
10th		R2
8th		q5
Team 2006
(16)		 2009
(16)		 2013
(16)		 2017
(16)		 2021
(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 44420062017 Round 1
 Canada 44420062017 Round 1
 China 44420062017 Round 1
 Cuba 44420062017 Runners-up (2006)
 Dominican Republic 44420062017 Champions (2013)
 Italy 44420062017 Round 2 (2013)
 Japan 44420062017 Champions (2006, 2009)
 Mexico 44420062017 Round 2 (2006, 2009)
 Netherlands 44420062017 Fourth place (2013, 2017)
 Puerto Rico 44420062017 Runners-up (2013, 2017)
 South Korea 44420062017 Runners-up (2009)
 Chinese Taipei 44420062017 Round 2 (2013)
 United States 44420062017 Champions (2017)
 Venezuela 44420062017 Third place (2009)
 Panama 22020062009 Round 1
 South Africa 22020062009 Round 1
 Colombia 11120172017 Round 1
 Israel 11120172017 Round 2 (2017)
 Brazil 11020132013 Round 1
 Spain 11020132013 Round 1

All–time win–loss records

Combined results through the 2017 tournament, excluding qualification games.

Team GP W L PCT
 Dominican Republic 24186.750
 Japan 31238.742
 Puerto Rico 29209.690
 South Korea 22157.682
 Israel 642.667
 Cuba 261511.577
 United States 281612.571
 Venezuela 241212.500
 Netherlands 241113.458
 Mexico 18711.389
 Italy 15510.333
 Colombia 312.333
 Canada 1138.273
 Chinese Taipei 13310.231
 China 12210.167
 Australia 12210.167
 Brazil 303.000
 Spain 303.000
 Panama 505.000
 South Africa 505.000
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