2015 WBSC Premier12

International baseball competition in 2015 November 2015 2015 WBSC Premier12 semi final game.JPG 150px November 8–21 12 South Korea 1 United States Japan Mexico 38 235951 KOR Kim Hyun-soo gray 2011 2019 Semi-final game between Japan and South Korea JPN Shohei OhtaniOhtani had the most innings pitched among pitchers who had a 0.00 ERA in the tournament.Stats https://www.wbsc.org/en/events/2015-premier12/stats?section=players World Baseball Softball Confederation 17 December 2025 en 0.00 TPE Chih-Sheng Lin 4 Three tiedMEX Yadir Drake, NED Randolph Oduber and PUR Juan SilvaStats Leaderboard https://www.wbsc.org/en/events/2015-premier12/stats?section=leaders World Baseball Softball Confederation 17 December 2025 en 3 JPN Shohei Ohtani 21 thumb|Venezuela national baseball team on November 7, 2015 The 2015 WBSC Premier12 was an international baseball championship sponsored by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), the inaugural event of the WBSC Premier12. It was held from November 8 to 21 in Taiwan and Japan.Coskrey Jason Japan to co-host Premier 12 baseball world tourney http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2015/01/19/baseball/japanese-baseball/japan-co-host-premier-12-baseball-world-tourney/ The Japan Times Tokyo January 19, 2015 November 21, 2015 The South Korean national team won the championship, and split a US$1 million prize.Axisa Mike USA and South Korea advance to Premier 12 championship game http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/25382341/usa-and-south-korea-advance-to-premier-12-championship-game CBS Sports New York November 20, 2015 November 21, 2015 The top twelve teams in the WBSC World Rankings qualified to participate in the tournament, which began with two groups of six teams playing in a round-robin format for the first round. The tournament then continued with the top four teams in each group playing in the knockout stage, leading to the championship game. In the final, South Korea defeated United States 8–0 to win their first WBSC Premier12 title, and became the first nation to win the championship.November 21, 2015 S. Korea pounds U.S. 8–0 for championship http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/search1/2603000000.html?cid=AEN20151121002251315 Yonhap Seoul November 21, 2015 Japan finished in third place, while Mexico finished in fourth place.Japan KO's Mexico 11–1 to win bronze at WBSC Premier12 http://wbsc.org/en/tournaments/2015-premier12/news/japan-kos-mexico-11-1-to-win-bronze-at-wbsc-premier12 November 21, 2015 November 21, 2015 WBSC https://web.archive.org/web/20151123182229/http://wbsc.org/en/tournaments/2015-premier12/news/japan-kos-mexico-11-1-to-win-bronze-at-wbsc-premier12 November 23, 2015 dead South Korea's Hyun-soo Kim won the Most Valuable Player Award. Shohei Ohtani of Japan had the lowest earned run average of the tournament, and Hayato Sakamoto, also of Japan, was named the tournament's most outstanding defensive player.Coskrey Jason November 21, 2015 South Korea crushes U.S. to win Premier 12 title http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2015/11/21/baseball/south-korea-crushes-u-s-to-win-premier-12-title/#.VlCyCXarTIV live https://web.archive.org/web/20151123071250/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2015/11/21/baseball/south-korea-crushes-u-s-to-win-premier-12-title/#.VlCyCXarTIV 2015-11-23 November 21, 2015 Japan Times Teams Top 12 Rankings as of November 22, 2014World Rankings WBSC http://wbsc.org/en/rankings World Baseball Softball Confederation November 4, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151130060742/http://wbsc.org/en/rankings November 30, 2015 dead Rank Team Points Confederation 1 JPN 785.18 BFA 2 USA 766.02 COPABE 3 CUB 662.98 COPABE 4 TPE 605.48 BFA 5 NED 433.50 CEB 6 DOM 379.18 COPABE 7 CAN 353.52 COPABE 8 KOR 340.90 BFA 9 PUR 291.50 COPABE 10 VEN 269.00 COPABE 11 ITA 196.18 CEB 12 MEX 136.78 COPABE WBSC World Rankings The twelve highest-ranked national teams (as of the 2014 end-of-the-year world rankings) qualified to participate in the inaugural 2015 WBSC Premier 12, based on the most recent WBSC World Rankings, which were updated on November 22, 2014.Cole Bryan WBSC announces details for Premier 12 championship http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2015/1/20/7859799/wbsc-announces-details-for-premier-12-championship November 4, 2015 Beyond the Box Score SB Nation January 20, 2015 The membership in the top twelve in the world rankings, which are updated only once every year, was unchanged from 2013. In fact, there was no movement at all between the 7th and 15th positions in the rankings. thumb|290px|#01ff00 Qualified 12 teams Players 2015 WBSC Premier12 rosters The majority of teams in the tournament missed the October 10 deadline for submitting rosters.Manuel John U.S. Unveils Premier 12 Roster As Start Of Event Nears http://www.baseballamerica.com/college/u-s-unveils-premier-12-roster-event-looming/ November 5, 2015 Baseball America October 21, 2015 Major League Baseball (MLB), which sponsors the World Baseball Classic, declined to allow players on MLB 40-man rosters to participate in the tournament.MLB players won't be at Premier 12 http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2015/09/04/baseball/mlb-players-wont-be-at-premier-12/#.VjqjrtWrTnB November 5, 2015 Japan Times September 4, 2015 The final rosters included a mix of MLB prospects (such as Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Brett Phillips and Chicago White Sox outfielder Jacob May for the United States), former MLB veterans (such as Curaçaoan infielder Andruw Jones and Dominican infielder Pedro Feliz) and non-MLB stars (including Japanese pitchers Shohei Ohtani and South Korean infielder Park Byung-ho). Format For the first stage, the twelve teams were divided into two groups of six. Each team played five games in a round robin format. With the exception of the first game of the tournament, a contest between Japan and South Korea at the Sapporo Dome, Taiwan hosted all games in the group stage at four different ballparks.2015 WBSC Premier12 > Schedule and Results > Opening Round http://wbsc.org/en/tournaments/2015-premier12/schedule-results/2015-premier12-preliminary-round World Baseball Softball Confederation November 4, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151107201331/http://wbsc.org/en/tournaments/2015-premier12/schedule-results/2015-premier12-preliminary-round November 7, 2015 dead mdy-all The top four teams from each group then advanced to a single-elimination tournament. The semifinal and final round were held in Japan while the location of the quarterfinal, the first round of the playoff stage, was initially undetermined.2015 WBSC Premier12 > Schedule and Results > Quarterfinals http://wbsc.org/en/tournaments/2015-premier12/schedule-results/2015-premier12-quarter-finals World Baseball Softball Confederation November 4, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151107201335/http://wbsc.org/en/tournaments/2015-premier12/schedule-results/2015-premier12-quarter-finals November 7, 2015 dead mdy-all Thirty-eight games were played over fourteen days, culminating in the consolation game and championship game at the Tokyo Dome on the final day of the tournament.Schedule, bracket unveiled for WBSC Premier12 http://www.mister-baseball.com/schedule-bracket-unveiled-wbsc-premier12/ November 4, 2015 Mister Baseball June 25, 2015 Broadcast Fox Sports was awarded broadcast rights in Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Italy, Malta, Netherlands and Turkey. Dutch public broadcast network NOS will also air the tournament in the Netherlands. Rights were also awarded to Eleven Sports Network in Belgium, Poland, Singapore and Malaysia; beIN Sports in Indonesia, Singapore and Oceania; LeTV and PPTV in China; Sky Net in Myanmar; Solar TV in the Philippines; i-CABLE in Hong Kong; OSN in the Middle East and North Africa; SBS in South Korea; Videoland in Taiwan; CIRT in Cuba; and Sportsnet in Canada. In Japan, Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, TV Asahi and J Sports will all be carrying the tournament.WBSC Premier12 Broadcast Rights Awarded Around The World http://wbsc.org/en/tournaments/2015-premier12/news/wbsc-premier12-broadcast-rights-awarded-around-the-world November 5, 2015 World Baseball Softball Confederation November 4, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151118133449/http://wbsc.org/en/tournaments/2015-premier12/news/wbsc-premier12-broadcast-rights-awarded-around-the-world November 18, 2015 dead mdy-all For areas not covered by the event's broadcast partners, the event will be livestreamed for free on the WBSC's YouTube channel. Venues Group AGroup A and QuarterfinalsGroup BROC Douliu, TaiwanROC Taichung, TaiwanROC Taipei, TaiwanDouliu Baseball StadiumTaichung Intercontinental Baseball StadiumTianmu Baseball StadiumCapacity: 15,000Capacity: 20,000Capacity: 10,500200px200px200px Group B and QuarterfinalsGroup BSemifinals and FinalsROC Taoyuan, TaiwanJPN Sapporo, JapanJPN Tokyo, JapanTaoyuan International Baseball StadiumSapporo DomeTokyo DomeCapacity: 20,000Capacity: 40,467Capacity: 46,000200px200px200px Group stage Group A main WL runs perc true complete CAN, CUB, NED, PUR, TPE, ITA PO PO PO PO 5 0 23 10 3 2 18 22 Cuba defeated the Netherlands 6–5. 3 2 40 21 CUB 2 3 28 26 Puerto Rico defeated Chinese Taipei 7–4. 2 3 27 25 H PUR 0 5 4 36 CAN CUB NED PUR TPE ITA Q green1 Advance to playoff stage November 9 18:35 NED 7–4 TPE Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 3:55 16,188 November 10 12:35 ITA 1–7 PUR Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 3:37 483 November 10 18:35 CAN 5–1 CUB Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 3:21 639 November 11 12:35 CUB 6–5 NED Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 3:21 674 November 11 18:35 PUR 0–2 CAN Douliu Baseball Stadium 2:51 335 November 11 18:35 TPE 7–1 ITA Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 2:53 8,517 November 12 12:35 PUR 7–8 CUB 10 Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 3:50 281 November 12 18:35 NED 16–1 ITA 7 Douliu Baseball Stadium 3:08 119 November 12 18:35 CAN 9–8 TPE Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 3:45 10,245 November 14 12:35 PUR 7–11 NED Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 3:33 308 November 14 18:35 ITA 0–4 CAN Douliu Baseball Stadium 2:29 500 November 14 18:35 CUB 1–4 TPE Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 3:33 17,503 November 15 12:35 TPE 4–7 PUR 12 Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 4:41 17,436 November 15 18:35 ITA 1–2 CUB Douliu Baseball Stadium 2:21 1,200 November 15 18:35 CAN 3–1 NED Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 2:31 218 |} Group B main WL runs perc true complete JPN, USA, KOR, MEX, VEN, DOM PO PO PO PO 5 0 31 14 H 3 2 31 24 United States defeated South Korea 3–2. 3 2 29 14 USA 2 3 23 30 Mexico defeated Venezuela 6–4. 2 3 26 36 MEX 0 5 20 42 JPN USA KOR MEX VEN DOM Q green1 Advance to playoff stage November 8 19:08 KOR 0–5 JPN Sapporo Dome 3:37 28,848 November 10 12:05 MEX 6–4 VEN Taoyuan Int'l Baseball Stadium 2:58 800 November 10 18:05 DOM 5–11 USA Taoyuan Int'l Baseball Stadium 3:02 500 November 11 12:05 VEN 7–5 USA Taoyuan Int'l Baseball Stadium 3:20 500 November 11 18:00 KOR 10–1 DOM Taoyuan Int'l Baseball Stadium 3:56 600 November 11 18:08 MEX 5–6 JPN Tianmu Baseball Stadium 3:36 6,523 November 12 12:00 VEN 2–13 KOR 7 Taoyuan Int'l Baseball Stadium 2:51 1,010 November 12 18:05 USA 10–0 MEX 8 Tianmu Baseball Stadium 2:47 531 November 12 18:08 JPN 4–2 DOM Taoyuan Int'l Baseball Stadium 3:02 3,500 November 14 12:00 DOM 6–8 VEN Taoyuan Int'l Baseball Stadium 2:59 1,112 November 14 18:00 KOR 4–3 MEX Tianmu Baseball Stadium 3:30 2,500 November 14 18:08 JPN 10–2 USA Taoyuan Int'l Baseball Stadium 3:27 10,437 November 15 12:05 MEX 9–6 DOM Taoyuan Int'l Baseball Stadium 3:21 1,000 November 15 18:00 USA 3–2 KOR 10 Tianmu Baseball Stadium 4:08 2,000 November 15 18:08 VEN 5–6 JPN Taoyuan Int'l Baseball Stadium 3:22 6,547 |} Playoff stage 150 y Gold Medal Bronze Medal B4 MEX 4 A1 CAN 3 A3 NED 1 B2 USA 6 B3 KOR 7 A2 CUB 2 A4 PUR 3 B1 JPN 9 B4 MEX 1 B2 USA 6 KOR B3 4 B1 JPN 3 B4 MEX 1 B1 JPN 11 B2 USA 0 B3 KOR 8 Quarterfinals November 16 12:30 MEX 4–3 CAN Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 2:43 250 November 16 12:30 NED 1–6 USA Taoyuan Int'l Baseball Stadium 2:56 503 November 16 18:30 KOR 7–2 CUB Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 3:30 370 November 16 18:30 PUR 3–9 JPN Taoyuan Int'l Baseball Stadium 3:14 8,000 |} Though Canada led Group A with a 5–0 record, they were upset in the quarterfinals by Mexico. Zack Segovia led the United States to a victory over the Netherlands.http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aeas/201511160030.aspx Mexico upsets Canada to snatch WBSC Premier 12 semifinal berth focustaiwan.tw November 16, 2015 November 21, 2015http://www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/sports/350694841.html Canada loses 4–3 to Mexico in quarter-finals of Premier 12 baseball tourney Earle Couper Comox Valley Record November 21, 2015 November 22, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151122031507/http://www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/sports/350694841.html dead South Korea defeated Cuba, taking a 5–0 lead over Cuba by the second inning.http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=115031 Cuba Ousted at Premier 12 by South Korea Havana Times.org November 18, 2015 November 21, 2015 Japan defeated Puerto Rico behind the pitching of Kenta Maeda.http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2015/11/17/baseball/japan-shuts-puerto-rico-make-premier-12-semifinals/ Japan shuts down Puerto Rico to make Premier 12 semifinals The Japan Times November 17, 2015 November 21, 2015 Semifinals November 19 19:00 KOR 4–3 JPN Tokyo Dome 3:50 40,258 November 20 19:00 MEX 1–6 USA Tokyo Dome 3:07 5,105 |} South Korea had lost to Japan in round-robin play. Japan led their semifinal matchup 3–0 going into the ninth inning, but South Korea scored four runs in the final inning to defeat Japan. Meanwhile, the United States defeated Mexico 6–1, scoring four runs in the fifth inning, to advance to the championship round.http://www.baseballamerica.com/international/u-s-beats-mexico-will-meet-south-korea-premier-12-final/ U.S. Beats Mexico, Will Meet South Korea In Premier 12 Final BaseballAmerica.com November 21, 2015 Third place game November 21 13:00 MEX 1–11 JPN 7 Tokyo Dome 2:26 N.A. |} In the third place game, Japan defeated Mexico 11–1, with the game ending after seven innings due to the mercy rule. Japan's Tetsuto Yamada hit two home runs, and Sho Nakata and Nobuhiro Matsuda each hit a home run, and the score was 8–0 after two innings.Dexter Grant http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2015/11/22/2003633045 S Korea win Premier 12 Taipei Times November 22, 2015 November 21, 2015 Championship November 21, 2015 19:00 Tokyo Dome KOR KOR 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 8 13 0 USA USA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 Kim Kwang-hyun (1–1) Zack Segovia (2–1) Park Byung-ho (2, in 4th, 3 RBI) 40,411 Game Time: 3:39 https://web.archive.org/web/20151122101831/http://statistics.wbsc.org/38.htm In the championship game, Lee Yong-kyu of South Korea recorded a run batted in (RBI) double in the first inning off of Zack Segovia. Kim Hyun-soo had an RBI double in the third inning, and scored two more runs on a double in the fourth inning. Park Byung-ho hit a home run off of Brooks Pounders to left field in the fourth inning. Kim finished the game three hits, including two doubles that scored runs. Kim Hyun-soo and Jeong Keun-woo also had three hits apiece, and Jeong recorded a run batted in with a bases loaded walk in the ninth inning. The United States had defeated South Korea during their sole matchup during group play by a score of 3–2 in extra innings. Kim later explained that the South Korean team made adjustments to better prepare for the fastballs thrown by United States pitchers. Before the game, United States players Brett Eibner, J. B. Wendelken, and Jake Barrett became ineligible to play in the championship game as they had been added to the 40-man rosters of their respective Major League Baseball organizations. Final standings RkTeamWLTiebreaker1KOR62Lost in Final2USA53Lost in Semifinals3JPN714MEX35Lost in Quarterfinals5CAN516CUB337NED338PUR24Eliminated in Group stage9TPE23+0.054 TQB10VEN23−0.238 TQB11DOM05−0.532 TQB12ITA05−0.782 TQB middle bb 2015 WBSC Premier 12 KOR 1st Awards After the tournament, the WBSC announced the Premier12 All-World Team and individual awards winners.November 21, 2015 WBSC Premier12 All-World Team announced https://www.wbsc.org/en/events/2015-premier12/news/wbsc-premier12-all-world-team-announced live https://web.archive.org/web/20151124174624/http://wbsc.org/en/tournaments/2015-premier12/news/wbsc-premier12-all-world-team-announced November 24, 2015 November 21, 2015 WBSC mdy-all +All-World TeamPositionPlayerStarting PitcherJPN Shohei OhtaniRelief PitcherCAN Dustin MollekenCatcherMEX Humberto SosaFirst BasemanJPN Sho NakataSecond BasemanUSA Adam FrazierThird BasemanKOR Hwang Jae-gyunShortstopNED Carlton DaalOutfieldersNED Randolph OduberUSA Matt McBrideKOR Kim Hyun-sooDesignated HitterKOR Lee Dae-ho + Individual Awards Award Player Most Valuable Player KOR Kim Hyun-soo Outstanding Defensive Player JPN Hayato Sakamoto Prize money The WBSC announced that it would be giving away $3,800,000 in prize money to participants, distributed as follows: Winner: US$1,000,000 2nd Place: US$600,000 3rd place: US$400,000 4th place: US$300,000 5–8th place: US$225,000 each 9–12th place: US$150,000 eachWBSC announces $4 Million Prize Money for #Premier12 http://www.mister-baseball.com/wbsc-announces-4-million-prize-money-premier12/ November 5, 2015 Mister Baseball October 27, 2015 Controversies Despite South Korea's victory in the entire tournament, many South Korean fans and officials were angered and complaining of how the 2015 WBSC Premier League was heavily biased in favor of the co-host nation Japan's team, and that they purposefully set up in advance of Korea's team under disadvantage by restraining them from practicing and giving them rather complicated schedules and obstacles[엿보기] 뒤죽박죽 경기 시간, '어수선'했던 선수단 분위기 ko http://www.sportsworldi.com/content/html/2015/11/11/20151111004415.html November 11, 2015 Sports World November 11, 2015 (that including of a stadium fire) that other countries did not needed to go through or have. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) was also under fire for not doing enough to solve the issues of Japan's favorable play in the tournament. Jeong Keum Jo, KBO's representative official, stated that the KBO has numerously filed a complaint to Japan of the corrupt play, but was only advised to understand that the premier league had to be successful, and so was dismissed. Additional claims are that Japan purposefully pulled the semifinal match schedule to Thursday as a last-minute change when it was announced that South Korea was going to be Japan's opponent; sponsorship and money is said to be the reason of the schedule change.[단독속보]일본, 엔화로 준결승 일정도 바꿨다 ko http://sports.chosun.com/news/ntype.htm?id=201511180100193450012720&servicedate=20151117 November 16, 2015 스포츠조선 November 16, 2015 This meant that Korean players were to wake up at 3:30 am to take the flight from Taiwan to Japan, while Japanese players were able to rest and practice more during that time. Korea claims this was to purposefully tire the Korean team ahead of the game.Koreans Complain of Pro-Japan Bias at Premier 12 http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2015/11/20/2015112001849.html The Chosun Ilbo November 20, 2015 November 20, 2015<프리미어12> 日 '스케줄 횡포'에 야구대표팀 "피곤하다" ko http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/bulletin/2015/11/18/0200000000AKR20151118102400007.HTML November 18, 2015 Yonhap Agency November 18, 2015 On top of that, further criticism came in when Japan had organized Koda Kawaguchi, a Japanese umpire for the game that of between South Korea and Japan, as it was considered to be a further sign of pro-Japan bias during the tournament.<프리미어12> 한·일전에 일본인 심판...또 상식 밖 운영 ko http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/bulletin/2015/11/19/0200000000AKR20151119187500007.HTML November 19, 2015 Yonhap Agency November 19, 2015 When the game ended with an unexpected South Korean victory, Japan's television networks moved the tournament broadcasting time from 7 PM to 3:45 AM, causing stir in South Korea once more pointing out of how it was unnecessary to do such, and that it was to show fewer people of the highlights.치졸한 일본, 한국 결승전 새벽녹화중계 변경 ko http://sports.chosun.com/news/utype.htm?id=201511210100238210015954&ServiceDate=20151120 November 20, 2015 스포츠조선 November 20, 2015 See also List of sporting events in Taiwan Notes References 2 External links http://wbsc.org/en/tournaments/2015-premier12 2015 Premier12 World Baseball Softball Confederation November 4, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151102222157/http://wbsc.org/en/tournaments/2015-premier12 November 2, 2015 dead mdy-all WBSC Premier12 WBSC Premier12 WBSC Premier12 Category:2010s in Taipei Category:21st century in Sapporo Category:Bunkyō Category:International baseball competitions hosted by Japan Category:International baseball competitions hosted by Taiwan WBSC Premier12 Category:Sport in Taichung Category:Sport in Taoyuan City Category:Sports competitions in Sapporo Category:Sports competitions in Taipei Category:Sports competitions in Tokyo Category:Toyohira-ku, Sapporo Category:WBSC Premier12 Category:Yunlin County