The World Baseball Classic is now in its fifth installment of the international tournament, and 2023 has been the most successful yet, setting global engagement and attendance marks never before seen for the event.

The 2023 World Baseball Classic drew 1,010,999 fans for the first round of pool play, which is the most in its history, surpassing the 2006, 2009, 2013 and 2017 numbers.

The previous record of 510,056 was set in 2017, marking a 98% increase in 2023 attendance.

The average attendance of 25,275 also set a record for the first round of the tournament, eclipsing 2017’s average of 20,402 by 24%.

(from http://www.dodgerblue.com)

n Japan, the March 10 broadcast of the Japan vs. Korea game on TBS registered a 44.4 rating, making it the most-watched game in the history of the World Baseball Classic in any country. The game outrated all sports competitions during the Tokyo Olympics. Japan’s four first-round games averaged a 42.3 rating in the country.

In Taiwan, Chinese Taipei’s four first-round games averaged 1.301 million viewers on EBC News, an increase of 151% versus the 2017 tournament. The average viewership of all four Chinese Taipei games was higher than all other sports programming in the market since September 2021.

Fans also wanted to rep their team colors more than ever before, with the 2023 tournament breaking its all-time sales records for World Baseball Classic merchandise across both e-commerce and the four host venues at Chase Field in Phoenix, loanDepot Park in Miami, Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, and Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium in Taiwan.

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