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| World Baseball Classic 2
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| Teams
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12 to 2nd round
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4 to semifinals (from 25 entrants)
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| Host
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Az-cz
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| Champions
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| Second
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| Third/Fourth
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| Games played (including Qualifying rounds)
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| Runs scored (including Qualifying rounds)
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(average of per game)
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| Affiliated tournaments
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None
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World Baseball Classic 1
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World Baseball Classic 3
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The 2nd World Baseball Classic was hosted by the first Champions, Az-cz. 25 teams were split into 5 groups of 5 made up the first round of Group play. In Group Play all matches were at each team's home stadium/stadia. Each team played a home/away game vs. the other teams in the group for each of the first two rounds. The top two teams from each group plus the 2 best 3rd placed records advanced to the 2nd round of pool play which will be 3 groups of 4. The four group winners then advanced to the semis in Az-cz. The semifinals were best 2-of-3 games while the finals were best 3-of-5.
(Please note for RA/9I purposes, any game that ended with the home team winning in the bottom of the 9th or later, that inning was counted as 1/2 an inning for the raod team.)
Teams in Blue have advanced to the 2nd round directly and Teams in Green are "wild card" teams.
Preliminary Groups
Group A1
| Team
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Wins
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Losses
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.Pct
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Scored
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Allowed
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Run Diff.
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RA/9I
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| Az-cz
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6 |
0 |
1.00 |
51 |
17 |
+34 |
2.83
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| Quakmybush
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4 |
2 |
.666 |
24 |
33 |
-9 |
5.60
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| Qazox
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3 |
2 |
.600 |
44 |
23 |
+21 |
4.70
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| Calizorinstan
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1 |
5 |
.167 |
25 |
47 |
-22 |
8.06
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| Demot
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0 |
5 |
.000 |
4 |
28 |
-24 |
5.86
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- -Az-cz due to head-to-head sweep of Qazox cannot finish worse than 2nd.
Group B1
Group C1
Group D1
Group E1
Pool Play Awards
- GOLDEN SPOON- Best Record:
- SILVER SLUGGER- Most Runs per 9 Innings:
- CY YOUNG AWARD- Best Team RA/9I:
- WOODEN SPOON- Worst Record:
- TIN SLUGGER- Fewest runs per 9 Innings:
- DIE OLD AWARD- Worst Team RA/9I:
