Korea’s World Baseball Ranking, which experienced the bitter taste of being eliminated in the first round of the World Baseball Classic (WBC), fell to 5th. The first was Japan, the second was the United States, and the third was Mexico.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) announced the world baseball rankings for each country on the 28th (Korean time).

In the world ranking announced this time, Korea ranked 5th with 4049 points. After about 3 months, the ranking went down again.

Korea rose to third place in the world rankings announced by the WBSC on December 31, 2016. Then, on August 11, 2021, it seemed to go up to the 2nd place and climb to the 1st place.

However, on December 31, 2021, it fell back to 3rd place and slowed down, and on December 31st of last year, it fell to 4th place.

And in the world ranking announced this time, it was pushed to 5th place.

The sluggishness at the 2023 World Baseball Classic (WBC) competition also affected the ranking drop. From the 12-year-old (U-12) national team to the adult national team, the WBSC ranks the world based on each country’s performance in international competitions over the past four years.

Korea recorded 2 wins and 2 losses in the first round of the 2023 WBC, finishing third in the group and suffering from elimination. They failed to avoid disaster as they lost consecutively to Australia and Japan.

In 2006, it was Korean baseball that made the feat of semifinal and runner-up in 2009. This time, he challenged world baseball with the goal of advancing to the semifinals for the first time in 14 years. However, following 2013 and 2017, he suffered the humiliation of being eliminated in the first round three times in a row until this tournament. 안전놀이터

After finishing the WBC tournament, Korea earned 621 ranking points. On the other hand, Japan, the winner, received 1150 points, and the runner-up, the United States, received 953 points. Cuba and Mexico, which succeeded in advancing to the semifinals, both scored 905 points.

The undisputed first place was Japan (5323 points). Japan has not missed the top spot in the world rankings for 10 years since 2014. The second place was the United States with 4402 points, and the third place was Mexico with 4130 points.

4th place was Taiwan (4061 points), which was eliminated in the first round like Korea. Taiwan, which finished the WBC group stage in 5th place and received only 242 ranking points, fell two places from second place.

South Korea, 12 points short of Taiwan, ranked 5th, and Venezuela (3534 points) ranked 6th. 7th Cuba (3151 points), 8th Netherlands (3089 points), 9th Australia (2600 points), 10th Dominican Republic (10th), 11th Puerto Rico (2230 points), 12th Italy (2017 points) followed in turn. Italy moved up four places in the rankings as they advanced to the quarterfinals.