2019 WBSC Premier12

Tournament details
Countries	👁 Image  Japan 👁 Image  Mexico 👁 Image  South Korea 👁 Image  Taiwan
Dates	November 2–17
Teams	12
Defending champions	👁 Image  South Korea
Final positions
Champions	👁 Image  Japan (1st title)
Runners-up	👁 Image  South Korea
Third place	👁 Image  Mexico
Fourth place	👁 Image  United States
Tournament statistics
Games played	32
Attendance	357,525 (11,173 per game)
Best BA	👁 Japan Seiya Suzuki (.478)
Most HRs	Three tied[i] (3)
Most SBs	👁 Japan Ukyo Shuto (3)
Best ERA	👁 Chinese Taipei Yi Chang[ii] (0.00)
Most Ks (as pitcher)	👁 South Korea Hyeonjong Yang (17)
Awards
MVP	👁 Japan Seiya Suzuki
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The 2019 WBSC Premier12 was an international baseball championship featuring the 12 highest-ranked national teams in the world, held by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). It was the second WBSC Premier12 event. The championship was held from November 2 to 17, 2019, in Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan.^[3]

The tournament served as a qualifier for baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Two quota spots were allocated, with Team Mexico as the top finisher from the Americas earning one spot, and Team South Korea as the top-finishing team from the Asia/Oceania region (excluding Team Japan, which already qualified as host) earning the other.^[4][5]

Japan defeated South Korea in the championship game, and the bronze medal game was won by Mexico over Team USA.

Top 12 Rankings as of December 17, 2018[6]
Rank	Team	Points	Confederation
1	👁 Image  Japan	5796	BFA
2	👁 Image  United States	5565	COPABE
3	👁 Image  South Korea	4987	BFA
4	👁 Image  Chinese Taipei	3569	BFA
5	👁 Image  Cuba	3516	COPABE
6	👁 Image  Mexico	3393	COPABE
7	👁 Image  Australia	2440	BCO
8	👁 Image  Netherlands	2421	CEB
9	👁 Image  Venezuela	2348	COPABE
10	👁 Image  Canada	2186	COPABE
11	👁 Image  Puerto Rico	2105	COPABE
12	👁 Image  Dominican Republic	1920	COPABE

The 12 highest-ranked national teams qualified to participate in the 2019 WBSC Premier12, based on the then-most-recent WBSC World Rankings, which were as of December 17, 2018.^[7]

The tournament began with three groups of four teams each playing in the 12-team Opening Round. Each team played three games, in a round robin format against the other three teams in its group.^[8]

The top two teams from each group then advanced to the six-team Super Round, which was hosted at ZOZO Marine Stadium and the Tokyo Dome in Japan.

In the Super Round, the top two teams that advanced from each of the three groups competed in a round robin format against the top two teams that advanced from the other two groups, for a total of four games played per team.^[8]

Following the conclusion of the Super Round, four teams advanced to the Finals. The four teams were selected based on a combination of the results of the Opening Round game contested between the two teams in the same group that qualified for the Super Round (1 game) and the teams' results in the Super Round (4 games).

The 3rd- and 4th-place teams competed in a Bronze Medal Game, while the 1st- and 2nd-place teams faced each other in the Championship Final at the Tokyo Dome.^[9]

Six stadiums were used during the tournament:

Group A	Group B	Group B
👁 Mexico Zapopan, Mexico	👁 Taiwan Taichung, Taiwan	👁 Taiwan Taoyuan, Taiwan
Estadio de Béisbol Charros de Jalisco	Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium	Taoyuan International Baseball Stadium
Capacity: 16,000	Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 20,000
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Group C	Super Round	Super Round and Finals
👁 South Korea Seoul, South Korea	👁 Japan Chiba, Japan	👁 Japan Tokyo, Japan
Gocheok Sky Dome	ZOZO Marine Stadium	Tokyo Dome
Capacity: 16,813	Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 46,000
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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	👁 Image  Mexico (H)	3	3	0	24	5	+19	1.000	—	Advance to Super Round
2	👁 Image  United States	3	2	1	21	16	+5	.667	1
3	👁 Image  Dominican Republic	3	1	2	23	20	+3	.333	2
4	👁 Image  Netherlands	3	0	3	6	33	−27	.000	3

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
November 2	12:00	Netherlands 👁 Image	0 – 9	👁 Image  United States	Estadio Charros de Jalisco	2:17	3,015	[1]
November 2	19:00	Dominican Republic 👁 Image	1 – 6	👁 Image  Mexico	6	Estadio Charros de Jalisco	2:00	8,000	[2]
November 3	12:00	Dominican Republic 👁 Image	14 – 40	👁 Image  Netherlands	7	Estadio Charros de Jalisco	2:59	5,132	[3]
November 3	19:00	Mexico 👁 Image	8 – 2	👁 Image  United States	Estadio Charros de Jalisco	3:03	10,123	[4]
November 4	19:00	United States 👁 Image	10 – 80	👁 Image  Dominican Republic	Estadio Charros de Jalisco	3:20	3,102	[5]
November 5	19:00	Netherlands 👁 Image	02 – 10	👁 Image  Mexico	Estadio Charros de Jalisco	3:17	6,895	[6]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	👁 Image  Japan	3	3	0	20	5	+15	1.000	—	Advance to Super Round
2	👁 Image  Chinese Taipei (H)	3	2	1	10	9	+1	.667	1
3	👁 Image  Venezuela	3	1	2	11	12	−1	.333	2
4	👁 Image  Puerto Rico	3	0	3	2	17	−15	.000	3

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
November 5	18:00	Venezuela 👁 Image	4 – 8	👁 Image  Japan	Taoyuan International Stadium	3:39	3,868	[7]
November 5	18:30	Puerto Rico 👁 Image	1 – 6	👁 Image  Chinese Taipei	Taichung Intercontinental Stadium	2:58	11,852	[8]
November 6	18:00	Puerto Rico 👁 Image	0 – 4	👁 Image  Japan	Taoyuan International Stadium	2:35	4,209	[9]
November 6	18:30	Chinese Taipei 👁 Image	3 – 0	👁 Image  Venezuela	Taichung Intercontinental Stadium	3:56	10,983	[10]
November 7	12:00	Venezuela 👁 Image	7 – 1	👁 Image  Puerto Rico	Taichung Intercontinental Stadium	2:48	618	[11]
November 7	18:30	Japan 👁 Image	8 – 1	👁 Image  Chinese Taipei	Taichung Intercontinental Stadium	3:37	20,465	[12]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	👁 Image  South Korea (H)	3	3	0	15	1	+14	1.000	—	Advance to Super Round
2	👁 Image  Australia	3	1	2	5	9	−4	.333[a]	2
3	👁 Image  Canada	3	1	2	5	6	−1	.333[a]	2
4	👁 Image  Cuba	3	1	2	3	12	−9	.333[a]	2

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
November 6	12:00	Canada 👁 Image	3 – 0	👁 Image  Cuba	Gocheok Sky Dome	3:16	250	[13]
November 6	19:00	Australia 👁 Image	0 – 5	👁 Image  South Korea	Gocheok Sky Dome	2:50	5,899	[14]
November 7	12:00	Australia 👁 Image	2 – 3	👁 Image  Cuba	10	Gocheok Sky Dome	3:15	252	[15]
November 7	19:00	South Korea 👁 Image	3 – 1	👁 Image  Canada	Gocheok Sky Dome	3:15	6,000	[16]
November 8	12:00	Canada 👁 Image	1 – 3	👁 Image  Australia	Gocheok Sky Dome	2:50	200	[17]
November 8	19:00	Cuba 👁 Image	0 – 7	👁 Image  South Korea	Gocheok Sky Dome	3:05	13,600	[18]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	👁 Image  Japan (H)	5	4	1	27	16	+11	.800	—	Advance to gold medal game
2	👁 Image  South Korea	5	3	2	25	21	+4	.600[a]	1
3	👁 Image  Mexico	5	3	2	17	12	+5	.600[a]	1	Advance to bronze medal game
4	👁 Image  United States	5	2	3	11	20	−9	.400[b]	2
5	👁 Image  Chinese Taipei	5	2	3	15	14	+1	.400[b]	2
6	👁 Image  Australia	5	1	4	5	17	−12	.200	3

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
November 11	12:00	Chinese Taipei 👁 Image	0 – 2	👁 Image  Mexico	Zozo Marine Stadium	2:49	2,803	[19]
November 11	19:00	Australia 👁 Image	2 – 3	👁 Image  Japan	Zozo Marine Stadium	2:39	17,819	[20]
November 11	19:00	United States 👁 Image	1 – 5	👁 Image  South Korea	Tokyo Dome	3:21	3,012	[21]
November 12	12:00	Australia 👁 Image	0 – 3	👁 Image  Mexico	Tokyo Dome	2:36	2,089	[22]
November 12	19:00	Chinese Taipei 👁 Image	7 – 0	👁 Image  South Korea	Zozo Marine Stadium	3:32	4,056	[23]
November 12	19:00	United States 👁 Image	4 – 3	👁 Image  Japan	Tokyo Dome	3:27	27,827	[24]
November 13	12:00	Australia 👁 Image	2 – 1	👁 Image  United States	Tokyo Dome	2:45	2,149	[25]
November 13	19:00	Mexico 👁 Image	1 – 3	👁 Image  Japan	Tokyo Dome	3:01	31,776	[26]
November 15	12:00	Chinese Taipei 👁 Image	2 – 3	👁 Image  United States	Tokyo Dome	2:37	4,967	[27]
November 15	19:00	Mexico 👁 Image	3 – 7	👁 Image  South Korea	Tokyo Dome	3:34	5,121	[28]
November 16	12:00	Australia 👁 Image	1 – 5	👁 Image  Chinese Taipei	Tokyo Dome	2:57	7,299	[29]
November 16	19:00	South Korea 👁 Image	08 – 10	👁 Image  Japan	Tokyo Dome	3:40	44,224	[30]

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
November 17	12:00	United States 👁 Image	2 – 3	👁 Image  Mexico	10	Tokyo Dome	3:15	44,960	[31]

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
November 17	19:00	South Korea 👁 Image	3 – 5	👁 Image  Japan	Tokyo Dome	3:00	44,960	[32]

Following the conclusion of the tournament, the WBSC announced the Premier12 All-World Team and individual awards winners.^[10]

The WBSC gave $5.2 million in prize money to participants, distributed as follows, with a minimum of half of a team's prize money to be distributed equally among its players:^[11][12]

• Winner: US$1,500,000 (Japan)
• 2nd Place: US$750,000 (South Korea)
• 3rd Place: US$500,000 (Mexico)
• 4th Place: US$350,000 (United States)
• 5th Place: US$300,000 (Chinese Taipei)
• 6th Place: US$250,000 (Australia)
• 7–12th Place: US$180,000 each
• Each win in Opening Round: US$10,000
• Each win in Super Round: US$20,000
• 1st Place in Opening Round: US$20,000

In the Super Round game between South Korea and the United States on November 11, which South Korea won 5–1, a potential blown call by umpire Tetsuya Shibata against South Korea became a topic of debate. In the third inning, baserunner Kim Ha-seong slid back to home plate as catcher Eric Kratz attempted to tag him out. Tetsuya ruled Kim out. Team Korea's coach, Kim Kyung-moon immediately requested a VAR check but was refused.^[13] After reviewing slow motion replays online, some criticized the call, claiming it was wrong and that South Korea lost a run. The Korea Baseball Organization met after the game with the tournament's technical directors and filed an appeal,^[14] additionally stating that Kratz physically obstructed Kim's path to home plate, in violation of WBSC playing regulations. WBSC responded by saying that it respected Team Korea's perspective and would seek to make improvements in the future.^[15] Korean media reports claimed that the Japanese media kept this incident quiet and many ridiculed the controversy in Japan, due to anti-Korean sentiment in the country.^[16]

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