World Baseball Challenge
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| Sport | Baseball |
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| Founded | 2009 |
| Country | Canada |
| Venue(s) | Citizen Field, Prince George, British Columbia |
| Continent | North America |
| Most recent champion(s) |
Team Japan (2016) |
| Most titles | Four teams (1 each) |
The World Baseball Challenge is an international baseball competition based in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. The tournament was established in 2002 by Larry Seminoff, who is also the founder of the Grand Forks International.
The current incarnation of the event, beginning in 2009, has been held every two years at Citizen Field in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. It is sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation, Baseball Canada and Baseball BC. The field of participants for the event typically consists of amateur or competitors such as the United States Collegiate National Team, the Cuban National baseball B squad, independent Canadian club teams and Japanese industrial clubs.
The USA National Collegiate Baseball Team defeated the German National Team by a score of 8-1 in the final.Drew Pomeranz of the University of Mississippi pitched a one-hitter against the tournament's only European team. German starting pitcher Tim Henkenjohann was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament. Team USA included several future Major League Baseball players, such as Trevor Bauer, Gerrit Cole, Yasmani Grandal, Sonny Gray, Kolten Wong and Pomeranz. Canada, British Columbia, Prince George Axemen and the Bahamas National Team finished in third through sixth place respectively.
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