The international baseball event The World Baseball Classic is an international baseball tournament sanctioned by the World Baseball and Softball Confederation (WBSC) and created by Major League Baseball (MLB), the Major League Baseball Players Association MLBPA and other professional baseball leagues around the world.
Previously he lived with the Olympic baseball until 2008 and reintroduced in the Olympic program in 2020 and the Baseball World Cup until 2011 las tournaments of the International Baseball Federation, but both tournaments have been suspended in favor of the World Baseball Classic .1 Therefore, it is from the 2013 edition that the winner of the event is recognized as the world champion.
The tournament is the first of its kind with which the national baseball teams have professional players from the most important leagues in the world, including the Major Leagues. The Summer Olympics had regularly offered college and minor league players, as the date of the matches created conflict with the games of the North American and Asian leagues. On the other hand the Baseball World Cup historically had no Major League players. In addition to providing a format for the best baseball players in the world to compete against each other representing their countries of origin, the World Baseball Classic was created in order to further promote the sport around the world, The first event took place in March 2006. The second edition was held in 2009, and after that it will be held every four years.
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