Awesome. "If this continues," 韓 will beat Taiwan and go to the quarterfinals of the W Korea C! Local media 'Power Ranking' has been released in a surprise move [MLB.com]

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The Korean baseball team ranked seventh in the power rankings among countries participating in the 2026 World Baseball Classic (WBC). Among the countries in the same group as Korea, only Japan was ranked higher than Korea.

The official website of the U.S. Major League Baseball (MLB) MLB.com released on the 3rd (Korea time) after ranking the power of 20 countries around the world participating in the 2026 WBC tournament.

South Korea is ranked seventh among 20 countries. Regarding Korea, the media said, "After finishing second in the 2009 WBC competition, I was eliminated in the first round every time in the subsequent competition."

"But I'm not used to big league fans yet, but there are many talented players. He also explained that Ryu Hyun-jin's name is Ryu Hyun-jin because there are players who will bring back friendly memories.

He also mentioned the names of Lee Jung-hoo, Shay Witcom, and Kim Hye-sung as major league players among the players playing in Korea.

South Korea is in Group C along with Japan, Taiwan, Australia and the Czech Republic at this WBC competition.

Now, the national team will move to Tokyo and hold a short adaptation training and official press conference at Tokyo Dome on the 4th. He will then play the first match against the Czech Republic, which is considered the weakest in Group C at 7 p.m. on the 5th. After taking a day off on the 6th, he will hold a Korea-Japan match of fate at 7 p.m. on the 7th.

After the Korea-Japan match, they will face Taiwan at noon on the 8th, the next day after taking a short break. In fact, it is expected that South Korea's advance to the second round will be determined in the match against Taiwan. And on the 9th, he will play in the final round of the first round against Australia at 7 p.m. Only the first and second-place teams in Group C can advance to the quarterfinals.

Perhaps the most interesting thing is the ranking of countries in the same group as Korea. For now, Japan ranked first, beating the U.S. Regarding Japan, the media said, "I am the defending champion and have won three WBC competitions. It is currently ranked No. 1 in the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Unfortunately, however, Shohei Ohtani will not pitch in this tournament. But when Yoshinobu Yamamoto took the mound for the last time in a big game, I will remember what happened," he explained. Yamamoto played as a closure in Game 7 of the World Series against the Toronto Blue Jays last year. In addition, the media brought up the names of Ohtani, Yamamoto, and Seiya Suzuki as Japan's MLB main players.

Taiwan, which is expected to compete virtually with South Korea for the second place, ranked 11th. Australia was also ranked 16th, while the Czech Republic was ranked 18th. If the ranking is determined according to this power ranking, Korea will come in second place. If Korea becomes second, it will be the first time in 17 years that it will reach the quarterfinals since the 2009 WBC competition.

Meanwhile, the U.S. ranked second in the WBC power rankings and the Dominican Republic ranked third. It was followed by No. 4 Venezuela, No. 5 Mexico, No. 6 Puerto Rico, No. 7 Korea, No. 8 Canada, No. 9 Colombia, No. 10 Netherlands, No. 11 Taiwan, No. 12 Italy, No. 13 Cuba, No. 14 Panama, No. 15 Britain, No. 16 Australia, No. 17 Israel, No. 18 Czech Republic, and No. 19 Nicaragua, with the last being Brazil.

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