2006 World Baseball Classic























2006 World Baseball Classic
Tournament details
Host countries
 Japan
 Puerto Rico
 United States
Dates March 3–20
Teams16 (from 6 continents)
Final positions
Champions
Gold medal world.svg


 Japan (1st title)
Runner-up
Silver medal world.svg


 Cuba
Third place
Bronze medal world.svg


 South Korea
Fourth place
 Dominican Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played39
Attendance737,112 (18,900 per game)
Most Valuable Player
Japan Daisuke Matsuzaka

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Countries that participated


The 2006 World Baseball Classic was the inaugural tournament between national baseball teams that included players from Major League Baseball. It was held from March 3 to 20 in stadiums that are in and around Tokyo, Japan; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Lake Buena Vista, Florida; Phoenix, Arizona; Scottsdale, Arizona; Anaheim, California; and San Diego, California.


The first two rounds had a round-robin format, which led to two teams being eliminated on run difference tiebreakers: in the first round, Canada was eliminated despite its 2–1 record, due to a blowout loss to Mexico as well as failing to run up the score on South Africa; and in the second round, eventual champion Japan advanced despite its 1–2 record, due to a blowout win over Mexico and losing more narrowly to South Korea than did the United States. The higher-seeded teams generally advanced to the second round, including Puerto Rico and Venezuela, as well as the teams mentioned elsewhere in this summary.


Although South Korea defeated Japan twice in the earlier rounds, they were matched against each other again in the semifinals as the two teams emerging from the same second round pool, and Japan won that game to advance to the final against Cuba (which had defeated the Dominican Republic in the other semifinal). Japan defeated Cuba 10–6 to be crowned the first champion of the World Baseball Classic.


Daisuke Matsuzaka, a NPB veteran who was little-known outside Japan at the time, was crowned the Most Valuable Player of the tournament. The following year he made his debut with the Boston Red Sox.




Contents





  • 1 Format


  • 2 Rosters


  • 3 Venues


  • 4 Pools composition


  • 5 First round

    • 5.1 Pool A


    • 5.2 Pool B


    • 5.3 Pool C


    • 5.4 Pool D



  • 6 Second round

    • 6.1 Pool 1


    • 6.2 Pool 2



  • 7 Championship round

    • 7.1 Semifinals


    • 7.2 Final



  • 8 Final standings


  • 9 Attendance

    • 9.1 First round


    • 9.2 Second round


    • 9.3 Championship round



  • 10 2006 All-World Baseball Classic team


  • 11 Statistics leaders

    • 11.1 Batting


    • 11.2 Pitching



  • 12 Additional rules


  • 13 Controversies


  • 14 Success of tournament


  • 15 The allocation of earnings

    • 15.1 Net profit (53%)


    • 15.2 Prize money (47%)



  • 16 See also


  • 17 References


  • 18 External links




Format


The first World Baseball Classic featured 16 teams in a round-robin. Each team played the other three teams in their pool once. Teams were ranked by winning percentage in the first round, with the top two teams in each pool advancing to the second round, where the teams from Pools A and B (in Pool 1) and the teams from Pools C and D (in Pool 2) competed against each other in another round-robin.


Teams were ranked by winning percentage in the second round, without regard to the results of the first round, with the top two teams from each pool entered a four-team single-elimination bracket, with the pool winners and runners-up from each pool facing each other in the semifinals. The winners of the semifinals then met to determine the World Baseball Classic Champions.


In the final, the team with the higher winning percentage of games in the tournament were to be the home team. If the teams competing in the final had identical winning percentages in the tournament, then World Baseball Classic, Inc. (WBCI) would conduct a coin flip or draw to determine the home team.


In the first two rounds, ties were to be broken in the following order of priority:


  1. The winner of head-to-head games between the tied teams;

  2. The team allowing the fewest runs per nine innings (RA/9) in head-to-head games between the tied teams;

  3. The team allowing the fewest earned runs per nine innings (ERA) in head-to-head games between the tied teams;

  4. The team with the highest batting average (AVG) in head-to-head games between the tied teams;

  5. Drawing of lots, conducted by World Baseball Classic, Inc. (WBCI).


Rosters



Each participating national federation initially submitted a 45-man provisional roster. Final rosters of 28 players, which also must include a minimum of 13 pitchers and two catchers, were later submitted. If a player on the submitted roster was unable to play, usually due to injury, he could be substituted at any time before the start of the tournament.



Venues




A game on Mar. 13, 2006, Angel Stadium, Anaheim, USA


Seven stadiums were used during the tournament:






















Pool A
Pool B
Pool B
Pool C & 2

Japan Tokyo, Japan

United States Phoenix, Arizona, United States

United States Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Puerto Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico

Tokyo Dome

Chase Field

Scottsdale Stadium

Hiram Bithorn Stadium
Capacity: 42,000
Capacity: 49,033
Capacity: 8,500
Capacity: 18,264

TokyoDome GiantsFighters.jpg

Flyover at Diamondbacks season opener 2010-04-05.JPG

Scottsdale Stadium - 2004-03-12 - View from lawn seats.JPG

Hiram Bithorn Stadium.jpg















Pool D
Pool 1
Championship

United States Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States

United States Anaheim, California, United States

United States San Diego, California, United States

Cracker Jack Stadium

Angel Stadium of Anaheim

Petco Park
Capacity: 9,500
Capacity: 45,037
Capacity: 42,445

Home Of The Braves.jpg

Angel Stadium of Anaheim.jpg

Petco Park Interior.JPG


Pools composition


The teams selected for the inaugural World Baseball Classic were chosen because they were judged to be the "best baseball-playing nations in the world and provide global representation for the event."[1] There was no official qualifying competition.






















Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D

 China

 Canada

 Cuba

 Australia

 Chinese Taipei

 Mexico

 Netherlands

 Dominican Republic

 Japan

 South Africa

 Panama

 Italy

 South Korea

 United States

 Puerto Rico

 Venezuela


First round



Pool A































Rk

Team

W
L
HTH
RA
IPD
RA/9
1

 South Korea
30

2

 Japan
21

3

 Chinese Taipei
12

4

 China
03

NOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH − Head-to-head. RA − Runs against. IPD − Innings the team pitched. RA/9 − The index of (RA*9)/IPD.








































































Date
Local Time
Road Team
Score
Home Team
Inn.
Venue
Game Time
Attendance
Boxscore
Mar 3, 2006
11:30

South Korea 

2–0

 Chinese Taipei
 

Tokyo Dome
3:19
5,193

Boxscore
Mar 3, 2006
18:30

Japan 

18–2

 China
8

Tokyo Dome
3:04
15,869

Boxscore
Mar 4, 2006
11:00

China 

1–10

 South Korea
 

Tokyo Dome
2:52
3,925

Boxscore
Mar 4, 2006
18:00

Japan 

14–3

 Chinese Taipei
7

Tokyo Dome
3:10
31,047

Boxscore
Mar 5, 2006
11:00

Chinese Taipei 

12–3

 China
 

Tokyo Dome
3:31
4,577

Boxscore
Mar 5, 2006
18:00

South Korea 

3–2

 Japan
 

Tokyo Dome
3:02
40,353

Boxscore


Pool B








































Rk

Team

W
L
HTH
RA
IPD
RA/9
1

 Mexico
211–1317.01.59
2

 United States
211–1818.04.00
3

 Canada
211–11518.07.50
4

 South Africa
03

NOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH − Head-to-head. RA − Runs against. IPD − Innings the team pitched. RA/9 − The index of (RA*9)/IPD.








































































Date
Local Time
Road Team
Score
Home Team
Inn.
Venue
Game Time
Attendance
Boxscore
Mar 7, 2006
14:00

Mexico 

0–2

 United States
 

Chase Field
2:06
32,727

Boxscore
Mar 7, 2006
19:00

Canada 

11–8

 South Africa
 

Scottsdale Stadium
3:38
5,829

Boxscore
Mar 8, 2006
14:00

Canada 

8–6

 United States
 

Chase Field
3:02
16,993

Boxscore
Mar 8, 2006
19:00

South Africa 

4–10

 Mexico
 

Scottsdale Stadium
3:17
7,937

Boxscore
Mar 9, 2006
18:00

Mexico 

9–1

 Canada
 

Chase Field
3:00
15,744

Boxscore
Mar 10, 2006
13:00

United States 

17–0

 South Africa
5

Scottsdale Stadium
1:47
11,975

Boxscore


Pool C































Rk

Team

W
L
HTH
RA
IPD
RA/9
1

 Puerto Rico
30

2

 Cuba
21

3

 Netherlands
12

4

 Panama
03

NOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH − Head-to-head. RA − Runs against. IPD − Innings the team pitched. RA/9 − The index of (RA*9)/IPD.








































































Date
Local Time
Road Team
Score
Home Team
Inn.
Venue
Game Time
Attendance
Boxscore
Mar 7, 2006
20:00

Panama 

1–2

 Puerto Rico
 

Hiram Bithorn Stadium
2:47
19,043

Boxscore
Mar 8, 2006
14:00

Cuba 

8–6

 Panama
11

Hiram Bithorn Stadium
4:11
6,129

Boxscore
Mar 8, 2006
20:30

Puerto Rico 

8–3

 Netherlands
 

Hiram Bithorn Stadium
3:29
15,570

Boxscore
Mar 9, 2006
20:00

Cuba 

11–2

 Netherlands
 

Hiram Bithorn Stadium
3:19
7,657

Boxscore
Mar 10, 2006
14:00

Netherlands 

10–0

 Panama
7

Hiram Bithorn Stadium
2:18
6,337

Boxscore
Mar 10, 2006
20:30

Puerto Rico 

12–2

 Cuba
7

Hiram Bithorn Stadium
3:01
19,736

Boxscore


Pool D































Rk

Team

W
L
HTH
RA
IPD
RA/9
1

 Dominican Republic
30

2

 Venezuela
21

3

 Italy
12

4

 Australia
03

NOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH − Head-to-head. RA − Runs against. IPD − Innings the team pitched. RA/9 − The index of (RA*9)/IPD.








































































Date
Local Time
Road Team
Score
Home Team
Inn.
Venue
Game Time
Attendance
Boxscore
Mar 7, 2006
13:00

Dominican Republic 

11–5

 Venezuela
 

Cracker Jack Stadium
3:16
10,645

Boxscore
Mar 7, 2006
20:00

Australia 

0–10

 Italy
7

Cracker Jack Stadium
2:16
8,099

Boxscore
Mar 8, 2006
19:00

Italy 

0–6

 Venezuela
 

Cracker Jack Stadium
2:48
10,101

Boxscore
Mar 9, 2006
13:00

Italy 

3–8

 Dominican Republic
 

Cracker Jack Stadium
2:39
9,949

Boxscore
Mar 9, 2006
20:00

Venezuela 

2–0

 Australia
 

Cracker Jack Stadium
2:45
10,111

Boxscore
Mar 10, 2006
19:00

Australia 

4–6

 Dominican Republic
 

Cracker Jack Stadium
2:52
11,083

Boxscore


Second round



Pool 1








































Rk

Team

W
L
HTH
RA
IPD
RA/9
1

 South Korea
30

2

 Japan
121–1517.22.55
3

 United States
121–1517.02.65
4

 Mexico
121–1718.03.50

NOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH − Head-to-head. RA − Runs against. IPD − Innings the team pitched. RA/9 − The index of (RA*9)/IPD.








































































Date
Local Time
Road Team
Score
Home Team
Inn.
Venue
Game Time
Attendance
Boxscore
Mar 12, 2006
13:00

Japan 

3–4

 United States
 

Angel Stadium of Anaheim
3:09
32,896

Boxscore
Mar 12, 2006
20:00

Mexico 

1–2

 South Korea
 

Angel Stadium of Anaheim
2:57
42,979

Boxscore
Mar 13, 2006
19:00

United States 

3–7

 South Korea
 

Angel Stadium of Anaheim
3:27
21,288

Boxscore
Mar 14, 2006
16:00

Japan 

6–1

 Mexico
 

Angel Stadium of Anaheim
2:36
16,591

Boxscore
Mar 15, 2006
19:00

South Korea 

2–1

 Japan
 

Angel Stadium of Anaheim
2:44
39,679

Boxscore
Mar 16, 2006
16:30

United States 

1–2

 Mexico
 

Angel Stadium of Anaheim
2:50
38,284

Boxscore


Pool 2



































Rk

Team

W
L
HTH
RA
IPD
RA/9
1

 Dominican Republic
211–0

2

 Cuba
210–1

3

 Venezuela
121–0

4

 Puerto Rico
120–1

NOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH − Head-to-head. RA − Runs against. IPD − Innings the team pitched. RA/9 − The index of (RA*9)/IPD.








































































Date
Local Time
Road Team
Score
Home Team
Inn.
Venue
Game Time
Attendance
Boxscore
Mar 12, 2006
14:00

Cuba 

7–2

 Venezuela
 

Hiram Bithorn Stadium
2:56
13,697

Boxscore
Mar 12, 2006
21:00

Puerto Rico 

7–1

 Dominican Republic
 

Hiram Bithorn Stadium
3:01
19,692

Boxscore
Mar 13, 2006
14:00

Dominican Republic 

7–3

 Cuba
 

Hiram Bithorn Stadium
3:48
6,594

Boxscore
Mar 13, 2006
20:00

Venezuela 

6–0

 Puerto Rico
 

Hiram Bithorn Stadium
3:09
19,400

Boxscore
Mar 14, 2006
20:00

Venezuela 

1–2

 Dominican Republic
 

Hiram Bithorn Stadium
3:02
13,007

Boxscore
Mar 15, 2006
20:00

Cuba 

4–3

 Puerto Rico
 

Hiram Bithorn Stadium
3:56
19,773

Boxscore


Championship round


























































Semifinals
Final
      
2R

 Cuba

3
2W

 Dominican Republic
1
SF1W

 Cuba
6

SF2W

 Japan

10
1R

 Japan

6
1W

 South Korea
0


Semifinals
































Date
Local Time
Road Team
Score
Home Team
Inn.
Venue
Game Time
Attendance
Boxscore
Mar 18, 2006
12:00

Cuba 

3–1

 Dominican Republic
 

Petco Park
3:42
41,268

Boxscore
Mar 18, 2006
19:00

Japan 

6–0

 South Korea
 

Petco Park
2:40
42,639

Boxscore


Final






















Date
Local Time
Road Team
Score
Home Team
Inn.
Venue
Game Time
Attendance
Boxscore
Mar 20, 2006
18:00

Japan 

10–6

 Cuba
 

Petco Park
3:40
42,696

Boxscore


Final standings


Organizer WBCI has no interest in the final standings and did not compute. So, it was calculated by IBAF.


In the final standings, ties were to be broken in the following order of priority:


  1. The team allowing the fewest runs per nine innings (RA/9) in all games;

  2. The team allowing the fewest earned runs per nine innings (ERA) in all games;

  3. The team with the highest batting average (AVG) in all games;








Attendance


737,112 (avg. 18,900; pct. 67.1%)



First round


326,629 (avg. 13,610; pct. 55.3%)


  • Pool A – 100,964 (avg. 16,827; pct. 40.1%)

  • Pool B – 91,205 (avg. 15,201; pct. 52.8%)
    • Chase Field – 65,464 (avg. 21,821; pct. 44.5%)

    • Scottsdale Stadium – 25,741 (avg. 8,580; pct. 100.9%)


  • Pool C – 74,472 (avg. 12,412; pct. 68.0%)

  • Pool D – 59,988 (avg. 9,998; pct. 105.2%)


Second round


283,880 (avg. 23,657; pct. 74.7%)


  • Pool 1 – 191,717 (avg. 31,953; pct. 70.9%)

  • Pool 2 – 92,163 (avg. 15,361; pct. 84.1%)


Championship round


126,603 (avg. 42,201; pct. 99.4%)


  • Semifinals – 83,907 (avg. 41,954; pct. 98.8%)

  • Final – 42,696 (avg. 42,696; pct. 100.6%)


2006 All-World Baseball Classic team



Note: The tournament Most Valuable Player was Daisuke Matsuzaka.[2]


















PositionPlayer
C

Japan Tomoya Satozaki
1B

South Korea Seung-yuop Lee
2B

Cuba Yulieski Gourriel
3B

Dominican Republic Adrián Beltré
SS

United States Derek Jeter
OF

United States Ken Griffey, Jr.

South Korea Jong-beom Lee

Japan Ichiro Suzuki
DH

Cuba Yoandy Garlobo
P

Cuba Yadel Martí

Japan Daisuke Matsuzaka

South Korea Chan Ho Park


Statistics leaders









Additional rules


There were several rule changes from normal major league play. Pitchers were held to a pitch count of 65 pitches in the first round, 80 pitches in the second round, and 95 in the championship round. (Netherlands pitcher Shairon Martis used exactly 65 pitches to throw the only no-hitter of the tournament, a 10–0 win over Panama that was stopped by the mercy rule [see below].) If a pitcher reached his maximum pitch count in the middle of an at-bat, he could continue to pitch to that batter, but was required to be replaced once that at-bat ended. A 30–pitch outing needed to be followed by one day off, and a 50–pitch outing by four days off. No one would be allowed to pitch on three consecutive days.


A mercy rule came into effect when one team led by either fifteen runs after five innings, or ten runs after seven innings in the first two rounds. In addition, ties could be called after fourteen innings of play.


The designated hitter rule was in place for all games.



Controversies



Format

South Korea completed the first two rounds undefeated (6-0) but was still forced to play Japan, a team it had already beaten twice, in the semifinal round. South Korea lost the match and subsequently was placed 3rd, despite the fact that South Korea's final standings were 6-1, with the most wins. Other international sporting competitions, such as the FIFA World Cup, are formatted so as to make it impossible for teams to play each other three times. They can only face twice at most – in round robin group play and then again for the championship or 3rd-place match. In addition, the regional grouping of teams was called into question, for the groups were perceived to be unevenly distributed, and the four-team pool system and subsequent three-way tiebreakers were widely seen as awkward.


Umpires

Tournament organizers were unable to reach an agreement with the MLB umpires' union and so the Classic was overseen by umpires from the minor leagues.


South Korea

When South Korea beat Japan, they planted South Korean national flags into a pitcher's mound at Angels Stadium at Anaheim.[3][better source needed]


Chinese Taipei

The Chinese Taipei team was originally listed as "Taiwan" and bearing the ROC national flag, but following pressure from the People's Republic of China the listing was later changed to Chinese Taipei with the Chinese Taipei Olympic flag.


Drug testing

The World Anti-Doping Agency criticized IBAF's drug testing program and threatened to withdraw sanction of the event.[4] South Korean pitcher Myung-hwan Park tested positive for a banned substance during the event, and he was subsequently kicked out of the WBC.[2]. Venezuelan pitcher Freddy García tested positive for marijuana.


Player participation

A number of Major League Baseball players chose not to participate, some backing out at the last minute. Without players such as Barry Bonds, Vladimir Guerrero (who pulled out because three cousins died in a car accident right before World Baseball Classic), Manny Ramírez, Hideki Matsui, and José Vidro, some[who?] questioned whether the event would be credible.[citation needed] Cuba barred players such as Orlando Hernández, his half-brother Liván Hernández, and José Contreras, from its team as Cubans who had previously defected.[citation needed] Additionally, Italy utilized a roster of players made up almost entirely of second-generation Italian Americans such as Mike Piazza.



Success of tournament


Many members of the United States press were skeptical of the Classic since its inception. The event proved to be quite popular, however, providing many memorable moments including a first round game between Venezuela and the Dominican Republic. Attendance was higher than expected at several sites, including the 18,000-seat Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, which was sold out for every Puerto Rico game in the first two rounds. Though international ratings figures are not yet available, viewership is expected to be high, ESPN spokeswoman Diane Lamb said. In addition, there were 4,000 media credentials issued — more than the World Series — which bodes well for the stated goal of internationalizing the sport. Sports Illustrated writer Tom Verducci reported that "more merchandise was sold in the first round than organizers projected for the entire 17-day event." [3] He also reported that, at one point, jerseys for the Venezuelan team were selling at the rate of one every six seconds.


The U.S. television ratings on ESPN were stronger than initially expected, drawing in more than one million television sets for some games, more than almost any other ESPN program in the month of March. This occurred despite less than stellar airing times for the games. Most were not aired live but taped, and sometimes with innings cut, as the WBC was organized well after ESPN had committed to much of its programming.


Outside the U.S. the tournament was very successful. In Latin America, a first-round game between the United States and Mexico, was the third-most-watched game in the history of ESPN Dos, one of the three Spanish-language channels of ESPN in Latin America.



The allocation of earnings


The total earnings of the World Baseball Classic is divided into net profit (53%) and prize money (47%).[4]



Net profit (53%)


  • World Baseball Classic Inc.: 17.5%

  • Baseball Players Union: 17.5%

  • Japanese Baseball Organization: 7%

  • Korean Baseball Organization: 5%

  • International Baseball Federation: 5%

  • Miscellaneous expenses: 1%


Prize money (47%)


  • Japan (Champions): 10%

  • Cuba (Runners-up): 7%

  • South Korea and Dominican Republic (Semifinalists): 5% each

  • The four teams that lost out in Round 2: 3% each

  • The eight teams that lost out in Round 1: 1% each


See also




  • 2006 World Baseball Classic rosters

  • Baseball at the Summer Olympics

  • Baseball World Cup

  • World Series


References


  • MLB.com: DuPuy reacts

  • Yahoo!: Cuba allowed to play

  • Unofficial chat forum of The World Baseball Classic



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