Korean baseball finished fourth in the 2023 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) world rankings.In the men’s baseball world rankings announced by WBSC on the 18th (local time), Korea had 4,353 points, followed by Japan (5,797 points), Mexico (4,764 points), and the United States (4,492 points).Taiwan, which faced Korea in the finals of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games held this year, maintained 5th place with 4,170 points.Venezuela, the Netherlands, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Panama ranked 6th to 10th.
The WBSC World Ranking gives the most points (1,380 points for first place) to the Premier12 hosted by WBSC, and the second most points (1,150 points for first place) to the World Baseball Classic (WBC).In addition, points are awarded for various international competitions such as the Baseball World Cup for each age group (345 to 690 points for the winning team) and the Asian Games (235 points for first place).Korea won the Hangzhou Asian Games last September and earned 235 points, and took third place at the U-18 World Cup, earning 418 points.At 무료슬롯게임 the WBC held earlier this year, he was eliminated in the first round and only earned 621 points.