Dominican Republic national baseball team
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The team competed against Team Israel, Team Puerto Rico, Team Venezuela, and Team Nicaragua in the 2023 World Baseball Classic, but ultimately failed to advance out of the first round.
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of professional baseball match results currently active in the latest version of the WBSC World Rankings, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.[2]
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2019
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2021
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2022
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2023
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Current roster
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Tournament record
World Baseball Classic
| <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />World Baseball Classic record | Qualification record | |||||||||||
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| Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2006 | Semifinal | 4th | 5 | 2 | 36 | 26 | No qualifiers held | |||||
| Template:Flagicon 2009 | Round 1 | 9th | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | No qualifiers held | |||||
| Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2013 | Final | 1st 1st | 8 | 0 | 36 | 14 | Automatically qualified | |||||
| Template:Flagicon 2017 | Round 2 | 5th | 4 | 2 | 33 | 19 | Automatically qualified | |||||
| Template:Flagicon 2023 | Round 1 | 10th | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | ||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2026 | To be determined | |||||||||||
| Total | 1 title | 6/6 | 20 | 8 | 136 | 75 | - | - | - | - | ||
2006
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The Dominican Republic was invited to play at the inaugural World Baseball Classic in 2006. Placed in Pool D for the opening round, the Dominican Republic swept through the group, defeating Venezuela, Italy, and Australia at Cracker Jack Stadium in Lake Buena Vista, United States. Prior to this, Carlo Rupnik from Ottawa NCR led the DR as a top import outfielder. After falling to Puerto Rico in the first game of the 2nd round in Puerto Rico, the Dominicans recovered to qualify for the semifinals by virtue of winning their last two games. They would fall in the semifinals, however, to Cuba.
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| 7 March 1st Round, Pool D – Game 1 |
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic | 11–5 | File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela | United States Cracker Jack Stadium Attendance: 10,645 |
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| 9 March 1st Round, Pool D – Game 4 |
Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg | 3–8 | Dominican Republic Dominican Republic | United States Cracker Jack Stadium Attendance: 9,949 |
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| 10 March 1st Round, Pool D – Game 6 |
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic | 6–4 | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | United States Cracker Jack Stadium Attendance: 11,083 |
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| 12 March 2nd Round, Pool 2 – Game 2 |
Puerto Rico File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg | 7–1 | Dominican Republic Dominican Republic | Puerto Rico Hiram Bithorn Stadium Attendance: 19,692 |
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| 13 March 2nd Round, Pool 2 – Game 3 |
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic | 7–3 | File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba | Puerto Rico Hiram Bithorn Stadium Attendance: 6,594 |
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| 14 March 2nd Round, Pool 2 – Game 5 |
Venezuela File:Flag of Venezuela.svg | 1–2 | Dominican Republic Dominican Republic | Puerto Rico Hiram Bithorn Stadium Attendance: 13,007 |
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| 18 March Semifinal |
Cuba File:Flag of Cuba.svg | 3–1 | Dominican Republic Dominican Republic | United States Petco Park Attendance: 41,268 |
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2009
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The Dominicans were placed in Pool D of the 2009 World Baseball Classic, playing their opening round games at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Considered one of the pre-tournament favorites with multiple Major League Baseball All-Stars, they were upset in their opening game of the modified double-elimination pool by the Netherlands.[3] After eliminating Panama, they faced the Dutch again for the right to advance but were stunned in 11 innings[4] and eliminated from the competition.
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| 7 March 1st Round, Pool D – Game 1 |
Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg | 3–2 | Dominican Republic Dominican Republic | Puerto Rico Hiram Bithorn Stadium Attendance: 9,335 |
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| 8 March 1st Round, Pool D – Game 3 |
Panama File:Flag of Panama.svg | 0–9 | Dominican Republic Dominican Republic | Puerto Rico Hiram Bithorn Stadium Attendance: 9,221 |
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| 10 March 1st Round, Pool D – Game 5 |
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic | 1–2 (F/11) | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | Puerto Rico Hiram Bithorn Stadium Attendance: 11,814 |
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2013
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Drawn into Pool C with Puerto Rico, Spain, and Venezuela at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico once again, the Dominicans opened the round-robin round 1 with a decisive 9–3 victory over 2009 semifinalists Venezuela. A victory over Spain and a Puerto Rico win over Venezuela ensured advancement to the second round; the Dominicans clinched the top seed by defeating the hosts. In the second round, the Dominicans rallied past upstart Italy despite an early 4–0 deficit at Marlins Park in Miami, United States. Two ninth-inning runs pushed the Dominicans past the host Americans and into the semifinals. Another victory over Puerto Rico ensured the Dominicans of the top seed and a chance to avoid two-time defending champions Japan national baseball team. Instead, they would face the surprising semifinalists Netherlands. After an early 1–0 deficit, four 5th-inning runs pushed the Dominican Republic into the final, where a 3–0 victory over Puerto Rico gave them their first-ever World Baseball Classic title. New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Canó was named MVP of the tournament.
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| 7 March 1st Round, Pool C – Game 1 |
Venezuela File:Flag of Venezuela.svg | 3–9 | Dominican Republic Dominican Republic | Puerto Rico Hiram Bithorn Stadium Attendance: 15,055 |
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| 9 March 1st Round, Pool D – Game 3 |
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic | 6–3 | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | Puerto Rico Hiram Bithorn Stadium Attendance: 13,412 |
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| 10 March 1st Round, Pool D – Game 6 |
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic | 4–2 | File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico Hiram Bithorn Stadium Attendance: 19,413 |
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| 12 March 2nd Round, Pool 2 – Game 1 |
Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg | 4–5 | Dominican Republic Dominican Republic | United States Marlins Park Attendance: 14,482 |
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| 14 March 2nd Round, Pool 2 – Game 4 |
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic | 3–1 | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | United States Marlins Park Attendance: 34,366 |
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| 16 March 2nd Round, Pool 2 – Game 6 |
Puerto Rico File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg | 0–2 | Dominican Republic Dominican Republic | United States Marlins Park Attendance: 19,762 |
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| 18 March Final Round, Semifinals |
Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg | 1–4 | Dominican Republic Dominican Republic | United States AT&T Park Attendance: 27,527 |
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| 18 March Final Round, Final |
Puerto Rico File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg | 0–3 | Dominican Republic Dominican Republic | United States AT&T Park Attendance: 35,703 |
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2017
The Dominican Republic advanced out of the first round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic. The Dominican Republic’s win over the US set a new Marlins Park record for baseball game attendance with 37,446.[5] Manny Machado of the Dominican Republic was named MVP for the first round Pool C bracket of the WBC, after batting .357.[5] On the second round, however, they fell to both Puerto Rico and the United States, eliminating them from the World Baseball Classic and ending its championship reign.
2023
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Olympic Games
The Dominican Republic team participated in the 1992 Games, the first medal competition for the sport, and finished 6th. The team failed to qualify for another competition before baseball was eliminated from the Olympics after the 2008 Games. Baseball was brought back for the 2020 Games, and the team qualified for the sixth and final spot in the competition.
At the Olympics in 2021 it faced Israel, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, and the United States.
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| 1984 | United States | Preliminary | 8thTemplate:Efn | 0 | 3 | 8 | 35 | Invited as a replacement for Cuba | |
| 1992 | Spain | Preliminary | 6th | 2 | 5 | 23 | 60 | ||
| 1996 | United States | did not qualify | |||||||
| 2000 | Australia | did not qualify | |||||||
| 2004 | Greece | did not qualify | |||||||
| 2008 | China | did not qualify | 8th, American Qualifying Tournament | ||||||
| 2020 | Japan | Bronze medal game | File:Bronze medal.svg 3rd | 3 | 3 | 25 | 23 | File:Gold medal america.svg Final Qualifying Tournament | |
| TotalTemplate:Efn | 2/5 | 5 | 8 | 48 | 83 | ||||
Baseball World Cup
- 1941 : 5th
- 1942 : Silver 2nd
- 1943 : Bronze 3rd
- 1944 : 5th
- 1948 : Gold 1st
- 1950 : Silver 2nd
- 1951 : 4th
- 1952 : Silver 2nd
- 1953 : 4th
- 1965 : 5th
- 1969 : Bronze 3rd
- 1970 : 6th
- 1971 : 6th
- 1954 : 7th
- 1973 : 4th
- 1974 : 4th
- 1976 : 5th
- 1982 : 8th
- 1984 : 12th
- 1994 : 13th
- 1998 : 8th
- 2001 : 8th
Pan American Games
Intercontinental Cup
References
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- ↑ AFP: Dutch stun Dominicans while US denies World Baseball Classic upset bid. Google.com (2009-03-07). Retrieved on 2013-07-23.
- ↑ Washington, The. (2009-03-11) Dutch stun Dominicans. Washington Times. Retrieved on 2013-07-23.
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External links
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