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2023 World Baseball Classic Pool A
The 2023 World Baseball Classic Pool A was the first of four pools of the 2023 World Baseball Classic that took place from March 8–12 at Taichung Stadium in Taichung, Taiwan. The top two teams automatically qualified for the top eight knockout stage, beginning with the quarterfinals in Tokyo and the remaining of the bracket in Miami. The teams in this pool consisted of hosts Chinese Taipei, Cuba, Italy, Netherlands, and Panama. After all games were completed, the five teams tied at 2–2. This resulted in the standings being determined by the fewest runs allowed per defensive out recorded. Cuba won the pool and advanced to the quarterfinals, along with Italy as runners-up, and Chinese Taipei fell to last place and was relegated to the qualifiers for the 2026 World Baseball Classic, despite scoring the most in the pool. Yu Chang of Chinese Taipei was named the most valuable player of Pool A. Teams Standings Tiebreaker As all five teams tied at 2–2, WBC's tiebreakers w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netherlands National Baseball Team
The Netherlands national baseball team is the national baseball team of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, representing the country in international men's baseball. They are the best-ranked team in the WBSC Europe, Europe, and WBSC World Rankings, ranked seventh in the world by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). The team is controlled by the Royal Netherlands Baseball and Softball Federation, which is represented in WBSC Europe. The Netherlands participated in the Summer Olympic Games in Baseball at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 1996, Baseball at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000, Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2004, and Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008. The team has also participated in other major international baseball tournaments, including the World Baseball Classic (WBC), Baseball World Cup, and WBSC Premier12, Premier12. The Netherlands' best finish was winning the 2011 Baseball World Cup, 2011 World Cup, defeating 25-time champion Cuba national baseb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lai
Lai Ching-te (; pinyin: ''Lài Qīngdé''; born 6 October 1959), also known as William Lai, is a Taiwanese politician and former physician who is currently serving as the eighth president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since May 2024. He is the third member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to assume the office of president and the first whose predecessor was also a DPP member. He is also the third incumbent vice president of the Republic of China, vice president to succeed to the presidency and the first to assume the office through election instead of immediate succession. He has also served as the List of leaders of the Democratic Progressive Party, chair of the DPP since 2023. Born to a working-class family in Wanli District, New Taipei, Taipei County, Lai studied medicine at National Taiwan University and National Cheng Kung University before earning a master's degree from Harvard University in 2003. After serving as the president of the National Physician Suppor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2026 World Baseball Classic Qualification
The World Baseball Classic qualification, qualifying round of the 2026 World Baseball Classic, officially called the World Baseball Classic 2025 Qualifiers, was held from February 21 to March 6, 2025. The top four teams in 2023 World Baseball Classic#Group stage, each pool of the 2023 World Baseball Classic automatically qualified for the 2026 tournament. The qualifiers consisted of two tournaments with four teams each, and is held in Taipei, Taiwan, and Tucson, Arizona, Tucson, United States of America. Two teams of each tournament qualified for the 2026 World Baseball Classic. Qualified teams Players Venues Pools composition The format consisted of two rounds. The first round is a Round-robin tournament, round-robin, with the teams playing each other once. After the six games from each group, the first-placed team qualified for the final tournament, while the second and third-placed teams play in a seventh game where the winner also qualified. Pool A Pool A took plac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 World Baseball Classic Knockout Stage
The 2023 World Baseball Classic knockout stage was a single-elimination tournament of the 2023 World Baseball Classic took place from March 15–21. The top two teams from each pool automatically qualify for the top eight knockout stage, beginning with the quarterfinals at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, and LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida. The semifinals and 2023 World Baseball Classic championship, final took place in Miami. Japan was the champion of this tournament Format The top two teams from each pool advanced to the single elimination bracket. These games contested from March 15–21. Tokyo hosted two of the quarterfinals at the Tokyo Dome, while the other two quarterfinals, the semifinals, and the championship game took place at LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida. During the quarterfinal round, the four first-round pool winners were the designated home teams against the four runners-up. For the semifinals and championship game, the team with the better overall record was t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
