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The 2017 World Baseball Classic (WBC) is an ongoing international professional baseball competition. This is the fourth iteration of the WBC.

Twelve of the sixteen nations qualified based on their performance during the first round of the 2013 tournament; the remaining four nations are the winners of four qualification tournaments that took place in February and September 2016.^[1] Two of the four qualifiers, Colombia and Israel, will each be making their first appearance in the World Baseball Classic.

The first-round hosts will be Tokyo, Seoul, Miami, and Guadalajara starting 6 March 2017. The second round hosts will be Tokyo and San Diego, and the championship round will be played in Los Angeles. 

^{Israel is the surprise of the WBC so far, beating both the Cuban and Japanese teams.}