World Baseball Classic
| Netherlands World Baseball Classic |
|
|---|---|
| Tournament Results | |
| 2006 | 11th |
| / 2009 | 7th |
| / / 2013 | 4th |
| Medal Tally | |
| Gold | - |
| Silver | - |
| Bronze | - |
The Netherlands has competed in both of the World Baseball Classic tournaments held. All sixteen teams that played in the 2006 edition were invited to compete in the second in 2009.
The Netherlands, which only has progressed to the second round of competition, achieved its highest finish, 7th, in the 2009 tournament. Unusual for international competition in baseball, the squads selected in the World Baseball Classic tournaments featured players active in Major League Baseball in addition to Minor League, Nippon Professional Baseball and local players. Generally players in the Major Leagues are unavailable due to their contracts with the respective clubs.
The Netherlands team in the World Baseball Classic has featured Major Leaguers Andruw Jones (2006, 2013), Sidney Ponson (2009 only), and Randall Simon (both), as well as then-future Major Leaguers Jair Jurrjens (2006 only) and Kenley Jansen (2009, 2013).
| World Baseball Classic record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Host(s) | Round | Position | W | L | RS | RA | Host | W | L | RS | RA | |
| 2006 | Round 1 | 11th | 1 | 2 | 15 | 19 | No qualifiers held | ||||||
| 2009 | Round 2 | 7th | 2 | 4 | 10 | 23 | No qualifiers held | ||||||
| 2013 | Semifinals | 4th | 4 | 4 | 36 | 47 | Top 12, 2009 World Baseball Classic | ||||||
| 2017 | Top 12, 2013 World Baseball Classic | ||||||||||||
| Total | 3/3 | 7 | 10 | 61 | 89 | 0/1 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Opponent | Tournaments Met |
W-L Record |
Largest Victory | Largest Defeat | Current Streak |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Tournament | Score | Tournament | ||||
| Australia | 1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2013 | – | W1 | |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0–1 | – | 3–8 | 2013 | L1 | |
| Cuba | 2 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 2013 | 2–11 | 2006 | W2 |
| Dominican Republic | 2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2009 | 1–4 | 2013 | L1 |
| Japan | 1 | 0–2 | – | 4–16 (F/7) | 2013 | L2 | |
| Panama | 1 | 1–0 | 10–0 (F/7) | 2006 | – | W1 | |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 0–3 | – | 3–8 | 2006 | L3 | |
| South Korea | 1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2013 | – | W1 | |
| United States | 1 | 0–1 | – | 3–9 | 2009 | L1 | |
| Venezuela | 1 | 0–1 | – | 1–3 | 2009 | L1 | |
| Overall | 3 | 7–10 | Against PAN | Against JPN | L2 | ||
| 10–0 (F/7) | 2006 | 4–16 (F/7) | 2013 | ||||
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