2009 World Baseball Classic
Tournament details | |
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Host countries |
Canada Japan Mexico Puerto Rico United States |
Dates | March 5–23 |
Teams | 16 (from 5 continents) |
Defending champions | Japan (2006) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Japan (2nd title) |
Runner-up | South Korea |
Third place | Venezuela |
Fourth place | United States |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 39 |
Attendance | 801,408 (20,549 per game) |
Most Valuable Player | Daisuke Matsuzaka |
← 2006 2013 → |
The 2009 World Baseball Classic was an international baseball competition. It is the only international baseball tournament to feature a large number of players from the major leagues of North America and Asia. It began on March 5 and finished March 23.
Unlike in 2006, when the round-robin format of the first two rounds led to some eliminations being decided by run difference tiebreakers, the first two rounds of the 2009 edition were modified double-elimination format. The modification was that the final game of each bracket was winner-take-all, even if won by the team emerging from the loser's bracket, although that game only affected seeding as two teams always advanced from each bracket.
The biggest surprise in the first round was the Netherlands, which twice defeated the Dominican Republic in Pool D to advance. The second round saw the two Pool A teams (South Korea and Japan) defeat the two Pool B teams (Cuba and Mexico) while the two Pool C teams (Venezuela and the United States) defeated the two Pool D teams (Puerto Rico and the Netherlands). South Korea and Japan then advanced to the final game, playing each other for the fifth time in the tournament (split 2–2 up to that time), and Japan emerged victorious for the second straight Classic, winning the final game 5–3 in 10 innings.
Also for the second straight Classic, Daisuke Matsuzaka was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament.
Format
As was the case for the 2006 tournament, the sixteen teams were split into four pools of four teams each.[1] Whereas previously the teams played in round-robin competition in the first two rounds, this time they took part in a double-elimination format, similar to the USA's College World Series sponsored by the NCAA. Under the new format, teams were only guaranteed to play two games. This change was made to eliminate the complicated tiebreaking procedures,[2] which were required for one of the pools in each of the first two rounds in 2006.
After the first round, the tournament was held on American soil. The top two teams from each of the four pools—seeded from the final game in their respective pools—went to the second round, with the teams from Pools A and B meeting at Petco Park in San Diego for Pool 1, and the teams in Pools C and D playing at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens for Pool 2.[3] Again, both pools made use of double-elimination to determine the teams qualifying for the semifinals. In another change from 2006, the four qualifying teams crossed over for the semifinals, with the winner of each pool playing against the runner-up from the other pool.[2] The championship round process was otherwise unchanged, with each semifinal being a single elimination match, the victors meeting in the final to determine the tournament champion. All three championship round games were held at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.[3]
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 final standings, ties were to be broken in the following order of priority:
- The team allowing the fewest runs per nine innings (RA/9) in all games;
- The team allowing the fewest earned runs per nine innings (ERA) in all games;
- The team with the highest batting average (AVG) in all games;
These standings and tiebreaking procedures are based on International Baseball Federation (IBAF) rules.
Rosters
Each participating national federation had a deadline of January 19, 2009 to submit a 45-man provisional roster. Final rosters of 28 players, which also must include a minimum of 13 pitchers and two catchers, were submitted on February 24. 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. While rosters cannot be changed during a round of competition, a team that advances to a later round can change its roster for the later round.
Venues
Seven stadiums were used during the tournament:
Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
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Tokyo, Japan | Mexico City, Mexico | Toronto, Canada | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Tokyo Dome | Foro Sol | Rogers Centre | Hiram Bithorn Stadium |
Capacity: 42,000 | Capacity: 26,000 | Capacity: 49,539 | Capacity: 18,264 |
Pool 1 | Pool 2 | Championship |
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San Diego, United States | Miami Gardens, United States | Los Angeles, United States |
Petco Park | Dolphin Stadium | Dodger Stadium |
Capacity: 42,685 | Capacity: 38,560 | Capacity: 56,000 |
Pools composition
The 16 teams that participated in the 2006 World Baseball Classic were all invited back for the 2009 tournament. The World Baseball Classic, Inc. (WBCI) changed the members of each pool as compared with the 2006 Classic, however, except for Pool A. There was no official qualifying competition.
Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
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China | Australia | Canada | Dominican Republic |
Chinese Taipei | Cuba | Italy | Netherlands |
Japan | Mexico | United States | Panama |
South Korea | South Africa | Venezuela | Puerto Rico |
First round
Pool A
Preliminaries | Qualifiers | Seeding | ||||||||||||
– | China | 0 | ||||||||||||
– | Japan | 4 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Japan | 14 | ||||||||||||
W2 | South Korea | 2 | ||||||||||||
– | Chinese Taipei | 0 | ||||||||||||
– | South Korea | 9 | ||||||||||||
W4 | Japan | 0 | AR | |||||||||||
W5 | South Korea | 1 | AW | |||||||||||
L1 | China | 4 | ||||||||||||
L2 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | ||||||||||||
W3 | China | 0 | ||||||||||||
L4 | South Korea | 14 | ||||||||||||
Date | Local Time | Road Team | Score | Home Team | Inn. | Venue | Game Time | Attendance | Boxscore |
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Mar 5, 2009 | 18:30 | China | 0–4 | Japan | Tokyo Dome | 2:55 | 43,428 | Boxscore | |
Mar 6, 2009 | 18:30 | Chinese Taipei | 0–9 | South Korea | Tokyo Dome | 2:48 | 12,704 | Boxscore | |
Mar 7, 2009 | 12:30 | Chinese Taipei | 1–4 | China | Tokyo Dome | 2:51 | 12,890 | Boxscore | |
Mar 7, 2009 | 19:00 | Japan | 14–2 | South Korea | 7 | Tokyo Dome | 2:48 | 45,640 | Boxscore |
Mar 8, 2009 | 18:30 | China | 0–14 | South Korea | 7 | Tokyo Dome | 2:13 | 12,571 | Boxscore |
Mar 9, 2009 | 18:30 | South Korea | 1–0 | Japan | Tokyo Dome | 3:02 | 42,879 | Boxscore |
Pool B
Preliminaries | Qualifiers | Seeding | ||||||||||||
– | South Africa | 1 | ||||||||||||
– | Cuba | 8 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Cuba | 5 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Australia | 4 | ||||||||||||
– | Australia | 17 | ||||||||||||
– | Mexico | 7 | ||||||||||||
W4 | Cuba | 16 | BW | |||||||||||
W5 | Mexico | 4 | BR | |||||||||||
L1 | South Africa | 3 | ||||||||||||
L2 | Mexico | 14 | ||||||||||||
W3 | Mexico | 16 | ||||||||||||
L4 | Australia | 1 | ||||||||||||
Date | Local Time | Road Team | Score | Home Team | Inn. | Venue | Game Time | Attendance | Boxscore |
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Mar 8, 2009 | 12:00 | South Africa | 1–8 | Cuba | Foro Sol | 2:37 | 11,270 | Boxscore | |
Mar 8, 2009 | 19:00 | Australia | 17–7 | Mexico | 8 | Foro Sol | 3:43 | 20,821 | Boxscore |
Mar 9, 2009 | 20:00 | Mexico | 14–3 | South Africa | Foro Sol | 3:33 | 10,311 | Boxscore | |
Mar 10, 2009 | 20:00 | Cuba | 5–4 | Australia | Foro Sol | 3:29 | 13,396 | Boxscore | |
Mar 11, 2009 | 20:00 | Mexico | 16–1 | Australia | 6 | Foro Sol | 2:31 | 16,718 | Boxscore |
Mar 12, 2009 | 19:00 | Mexico | 4–16 | Cuba | 7 | Foro Sol | 3:33 | 20,149 | Boxscore |
Pool C
Preliminaries | Qualifiers | Seeding | ||||||||||||
– | Canada | 5 | ||||||||||||
– | United States | 6 | ||||||||||||
W1 | United States | 15 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Venezuela | 6 | ||||||||||||
– | Italy | 0 | ||||||||||||
– | Venezuela | 7 | ||||||||||||
W3 | United States | 3 | CR | |||||||||||
W5 | Venezuela | 5 | CW | |||||||||||
L1 | Canada | 2 | ||||||||||||
L2 | Italy | 6 | ||||||||||||
W4 | Italy | 1 | ||||||||||||
L3 | Venezuela | 10 | ||||||||||||
Date | Local Time | Road Team | Score | Home Team | Inn. | Venue | Game Time | Attendance | Boxscore |
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Mar 7, 2009 | 14:00 | Canada | 5–6 | United States | Rogers Centre | 2:55 | 42,314 | Boxscore | |
Mar 7, 2009 | 20:00 | Italy | 0–7 | Venezuela | Rogers Centre | 3:00 | 13,272 | Boxscore | |
Mar 8, 2009 | 20:00 | United States | 15–6 | Venezuela | Rogers Centre | 3:39 | 13,094 | Boxscore | |
Mar 9, 2009 | 18:30 | Italy | 6–2 | Canada | Rogers Centre | 3:36 | 12,411 | Boxscore | |
Mar 10, 2009 | 17:00 | Italy | 1–10 | Venezuela | Rogers Centre | 3:04 | 10,450 | Boxscore | |
Mar 11, 2009 | 18:30 | Venezuela | 5–3 | United States | Rogers Centre | 3:08 | 12,358 | Boxscore |
Pool D
Preliminaries | Qualifiers | Seeding | ||||||||||||
– | Netherlands | 3 | ||||||||||||
– | Dominican Rep. | 2 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Netherlands | 1 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Puerto Rico | 3 | ||||||||||||
– | Panama | 0 | ||||||||||||
– | Puerto Rico | 7 | ||||||||||||
W4 | Puerto Rico | 5 | DW | |||||||||||
W5 | Netherlands | 0 | DR | |||||||||||
L1 | Dominican Rep. | 9 | ||||||||||||
L2 | Panama | 0 | ||||||||||||
W3 | Dominican Rep. | 1 | ||||||||||||
L4 | Netherlands | 2 | ||||||||||||
Date | Local Time | Road Team | Score | Home Team | Inn. | Venue | Game Time | Attendance | Boxscore |
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Mar 7, 2009 | 12:00 | Netherlands | 3–2 | Dominican Republic | Hiram Bithorn Stadium | 3:01 | 9,335 | Boxscore | |
Mar 7, 2009 | 18:00 | Panama | 0–7 | Puerto Rico | Hiram Bithorn Stadium | 2:57 | 17,348 | Boxscore | |
Mar 8, 2009 | 16:30 | Panama | 0–9 | Dominican Republic | Hiram Bithorn Stadium | 2:46 | 9,221 | Boxscore | |
Mar 9, 2009 | 18:30 | Netherlands | 1–3 | Puerto Rico | Hiram Bithorn Stadium | 3:11 | 19,479 | Boxscore | |
Mar 10, 2009 | 18:30 | Dominican Republic | 1–2 | Netherlands | 11 | Hiram Bithorn Stadium | 3:38 | 11,814 | Boxscore |
Mar 11, 2009 | 17:30 | Netherlands | 0–5 | Puerto Rico | Hiram Bithorn Stadium | 2:55 | 19,501 | Boxscore |
Second round
Pool 1
Preliminaries | Qualifiers | Seeding | ||||||||||||
AR | Japan | 6 | ||||||||||||
BW | Cuba | 0 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Japan | 1 | ||||||||||||
W2 | South Korea | 4 | ||||||||||||
BR | Mexico | 2 | ||||||||||||
AW | South Korea | 8 | ||||||||||||
W4 | South Korea | 2 | 1R | |||||||||||
W5 | Japan | 6 | 1W | |||||||||||
L1 | Cuba | 7 | ||||||||||||
L2 | Mexico | 4 | ||||||||||||
W3 | Cuba | 0 | ||||||||||||
L4 | Japan | 5 | ||||||||||||
Date | Local Time | Road Team | Score | Home Team | Inn. | Venue | Game Time | Attendance | Boxscore |
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Mar 15, 2009 | 13:00 | Japan | 6–0 | Cuba | Petco Park | 3:33 | 20,179 | Boxscore | |
Mar 15, 2009 | 20:00 | Mexico | 2–8 | South Korea | Petco Park | 3:43 | 22,337 | Boxscore | |
Mar 16, 2009 | 20:00 | Cuba | 7–4 | Mexico | Petco Park | 3:09 | 9,329 | Boxscore | |
Mar 17, 2009 | 20:00 | Japan | 1–4 | South Korea | Petco Park | 3:21 | 15,332 | Boxscore | |
Mar 18, 2009 | 20:00 | Japan | 5–0 | Cuba | Petco Park | 3:26 | 9,774 | Boxscore | |
Mar 19, 2009 | 18:00 | Japan | 6–2 | South Korea | Petco Park | 3:42 | 14,832 | Boxscore |
Pool 2
Preliminaries | Qualifiers | Seeding | ||||||||||||
DR | Netherlands | 1 | ||||||||||||
CW | Venezuela | 3 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Venezuela | 2 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Puerto Rico | 0 | ||||||||||||
CR | United States | 1 | ||||||||||||
DW | Puerto Rico | 11 | ||||||||||||
W4 | Venezuela | 10 | 2W | |||||||||||
W5 | United States | 6 | 2R | |||||||||||
L1 | Netherlands | 3 | ||||||||||||
L2 | United States | 9 | ||||||||||||
W3 | United States | 6 | ||||||||||||
L4 | Puerto Rico | 5 | ||||||||||||
Date | Local Time | Road Team | Score | Home Team | Inn. | Venue | Game Time | Attendance | Boxscore |
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Mar 14, 2009 | 13:00 | Netherlands | 1–3 | Venezuela | Dolphin Stadium | 2:22 | 17,345 | Boxscore | |
Mar 14, 2009 | 20:00 | United States | 1–11 | Puerto Rico | 7 | Dolphin Stadium | 2:15 | 30,595 | Boxscore |
Mar 15, 2009 | 19:30 | Netherlands | 3–9 | United States | Dolphin Stadium | 3:14 | 11,059 | Boxscore | |
Mar 16, 2009 | 20:00 | Venezuela | 2–0 | Puerto Rico | Dolphin Stadium | 3:23 | 25,599 | Boxscore | |
Mar 17, 2009 | 19:00 | Puerto Rico | 5–6 | United States | Dolphin Stadium | 3:54 | 13,224 | Boxscore | |
Mar 18, 2009 | 19:00 | United States | 6–10 | Venezuela | Dolphin Stadium | 3:32 | 16,575 | Boxscore |
Championship round
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
1R | South Korea | 10 | |||||||
2W | Venezuela | 2 | |||||||
SF1W | South Korea | 3 | |||||||
SF2W | Japan | 5 | |||||||
2R | United States | 4 | |||||||
1W | Japan | 9 | |||||||
Semifinals
Date | Local Time | Road Team | Score | Home Team | Inn. | Venue | Game Time | Attendance | Boxscore |
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Mar 21, 2009 | 18:00 | South Korea | 10–2 | Venezuela | Dodger Stadium | 3:22 | 43,378 | Boxscore | |
Mar 22, 2009 | 17:00 | United States | 4–9 | Japan | Dodger Stadium | 3:15 | 43,630 | Boxscore |
Final
Date | Local Time | Road Team | Score | Home Team | Inn. | Venue | Game Time | Attendance | Boxscore |
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Mar 23, 2009 | 18:00 | Japan | 5–3 | South Korea | 10 | Dodger Stadium | 4:00 | 54,846 | Boxscore |
Final standings
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Attendance
801,408 (avg. 20,549; pct. 54.5%)
First round
453,374 (avg. 18,891; pct. 55.6%)
- Pool A – 170,112 (avg. 28,352; pct. 67.5%)
- Pool B – 92,665 (avg. 15,444; pct. 59.4%)
- Pool C – 103,899 (avg. 17,317; pct. 35.0%)
- Pool D – 86,698 (avg. 14,450; pct. 79.1%)
Second round
206,180 (avg. 17,182; pct. 42.3%)
- Pool 1 – 91,783 (avg. 15,297; pct. 35.8%)
- Pool 2 – 114,397 (avg. 19,066; pct. 49.4%)
Championship round
141,854 (avg. 47,285; pct. 84.4%)
- Semifinals – 87,008 (avg. 43,504; pct. 77.7%)
- Final – 54,846 (avg. 54,846; pct. 97.9%)
All–WBC team
Position | Player |
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C | Ivan Rodriguez |
1B | Tae-Kyun Kim |
2B | José López |
3B | Bum-Ho Lee |
SS | Jimmy Rollins |
OF | Norichika Aoki |
Frederich Cepeda | |
Yoenis Cespedes | |
DH | Hyun-Soo Kim |
P | Jung-Keun Bong |
Hisashi Iwakuma | |
Daisuke Matsuzaka |
Statistics leaders
Batting
* Minimum 2.7 plate appearances per game |
Pitching
* Minimum 0.8 innings pitched per game |
Additional rules
As was the case for the 2006 Classic, several rules were announced for the 2009 tournament that modified the existing rules for international baseball set out by the IBAF.[4][5]
Once again there were limits on the number of pitches thrown in a game, though the limits themselves were changed from the previous tournament:
- 70 pitches in First Round (up from 65 in 2006)
- 85 pitches in Second Round (up from 80 in 2006)
- 100 pitches in Championship Round (up from 95 in 2006)
If a pitcher reached his limit during an at bat, he was allowed to finish pitching to the batter, but was removed from the game at the end of the at bat.
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. As the championship round was played over three consecutive days, a so-called "pitcher rest equalization" rule was added: a pitcher making 30 or more pitches in a semifinal was ineligible to pitch in the final. This negated an advantage the winners of the first semifinal would have had in the final.
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.
Instant replay was also available to umpires during the tournament. As was introduced in Major League Baseball during the 2008 season, replays were only used to adjudicate on home run decisions, to determine whether the ball was fair or foul, over the fence or not, and the impact of fan interference.
An alternative version of the IBAF's extra inning rule was also introduced. If after 12 innings the score was still tied, each half inning thereafter would have started with runners on second and first base. The runners would have been the eighth and ninth hitters due in that inning respectively. For example, if the number five hitter was due to lead off the inning, the number three hitter would have been on second base, and the number four hitter on first base. However, this rule was never actually employed in this year's Classic, as the only two extra-inning games in the tournament ended prior to a 12th inning.
All base coaches were required to wear protective helmets, in the aftermath of the death of Mike Coolbaugh and participating teams were required to announce the next day's starting pitcher. Additionally, a modified early termination rule was in effect for the first two rounds; had a team been ahead by 15 or more runs after five innings or ten or more runs after seven or eight innings, the game ended at that point.
Prize money
USD 14,000,000
By final standings
- Champions – USD 2,700,000
- Runners-up – USD 1,700,000
- Semifinalists – USD 1,200,000 (x 2 teams)
- Eliminated in Second Round – USD 700,000 (x 4 teams)
- Eliminated in First Round – USD 300,000 (x 8 teams)
Bonus for pool winners
- First Round – USD 300,000 (x 4 teams)
- Second Round – USD 400,000 (x 2 teams)
Media coverage
In the United States, ESPN and the MLB Network shared the rights, with ESPN broadcasting 23 of the games, including the Finals, while MLB Network showed the remaining 16.[6] Spanish language telecasts in the USA were handled by ESPN Deportes telecasting all games. Internationally, it was broadcast to 167 countries by ESPN International.
In Canada, Rogers Sportsnet aired all 39 games.[7]
In the Dominican Republic, CDN (Cadena de Noticias) and CDN2 broadcast all games live (except for games played in Tokyo, shown on tape delay)
In Japan, J Sports broadcast all 39 games. TV Asahi (Round 1) and TBS (Round 2 and Finals) broadcast all games featuring Japan. For all games featuring Japan, they gained viewing ratings of at least 20%. The final game gained ratings in the range 30-45%.[8]
Video games
World Baseball Classic 2009 has licensed three video games, all made in Japan: Pro Yakyuu Spirits 6,[9] Baseball Heroes 2009[10] and Jikkyou Pawafuru Major League 2009[11]
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2009 World Baseball Classic. |
- Baseball at the Summer Olympics
- Baseball World Cup
- Major League Baseball
- International Baseball Federation
References
- ↑ "WBC 2009 Brackets". Major League Baseball. 2008-07-31. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-27.
- 1 2 "Classic changes advancement rules". Major League Baseball. 2008-03-23. Retrieved 2008-09-27.
- 1 2 "Dodger Stadium to host Classic finals". Major League Baseball. 2008-07-31. Archived from the original on 9 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-27.
- ↑ "Several rules changes adopted for 2009 World Baseball Classic" (Press release). Major League Baseball. 29 January 2009. Archived from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
- ↑ Miller, Doug; MLB.com (30 January 2009). "Rules changes approved for Classic". WorldBaseballClassic.com. Major League Baseball. Archived from the original on 4 February 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
- ↑ Ibarra, Sergio (2008-10-07). "ESPN, MLB Net Map Plans for World Baseball Classic". TelevisionWeek. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
- ↑ "Notebook: Happy fans would pay Junior well". Toronto Star. 2009-02-25. Archived from the original on 2009-09-08. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
- ↑ "WBC決勝戦視聴率、36.4%【WBC】" (in Japanese). Jiji Press. 2009-03-25. Archived from the original on 2009-09-08. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
- ↑ "Pro Yakyuu Spirits 6". Archived from the original on 24 March 2010. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
- ↑ "Baseball Heroes 2009". Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
- ↑ "Jikkyou Pawafuru Major League 2009". Archived from the original on 15 April 2010. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
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