Results edit
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| Champions | Series | Runners-up | 3rd place | 4th place | ||||||
| 1977 Details |
 Chicago |
 United States |
 Cuba |
 Panama |
 Germany |
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| 1979 Details |
Miami |
United States |
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| 1981 Details |
 Maiquetía |
United States |
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| 1983 Details |
 Arcachon |
United States |
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| 1985 Details |
 Santo Domingo |
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| 1987 Details |
 Panama City |
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| 1989 Details |
 Brighton |
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| 1991 Details |
San Diego |
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| 1993 Details |
 Shirahama |
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| 1995 Details |
 Tel Aviv |
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| 1997 Details |
 Toa Baja |
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| 1999 Details |
Virginia Beach |
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| 2001 Details |
 Natal |
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| 2003 Details |
 Sydney |
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| 2005 Details |
 Gdańsk |
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| 2007 Details |
Honolulu |
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| 2009 Details |
 Catania |
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| 2011 Details |
 Dakar |
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| 2013 Details |
 Cancún |
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| 2015 Details |
 The Hague |
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| 2017 Details |
Myrtle Beach |
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| 2019 Details |
 Havana |
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| 2021 Details |
 Zanzibar |
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| 2023 Details |
 TBD |
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Medal table edit
Once the final of each World Baseball Classic concludes, the players of the winning team receive gold medals during the closing ceremony immediately after the losing team receives silver medals. The third place team receives bronze medals at a separate date.
| Rank | Country | Gold 
|
Silver 
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Bronze 
|
Total 
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Dominican Republic
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |  South Korea
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0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Cuba
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0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Puerto Rico
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0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Venezuela
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Performance of nations edit
The 2006 and 2009 tournaments each had the same 16–team field, chosen by invitation. Starting with the 2013 tournament, the top 12 teams from the previous tournament qualified automatically and a qualifying round has been used to determine the remaining 4 teams.