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jlangjr · 03-17-2026, 10:15 PM

The biggest news is how the WBC now affects a nation's baseball quality. I am using this chart. For Fair and Average, you just need to complete one of the 4 benchmarks. For Good you need to complete 7/9 benchmarks for Fair, Average & Good, with at least one being one of the Good benchmarks. WBC means, WBC titles, F4 means WBC final 4 appearances, APPS means WBC appearances, CUPS means any non-WBC tournament, of which many are coming. These can change and will change as the world grows, but for now they are meant to stimulate growth, while not allowing a nation to grow to powerful.

WBC F4 APPS CUPS
POOR 0 0 0 0
FAIR 0 1 3 1
AVERAGE 1 3 10 5
GOOD 3 10 n/a n/a
EXCELLENT 5 15 n/a n/a

There is one new team, Great Britain, who is actually just the England team, since Scotland and Wales have their own teams.

The format stays the same, with just one more team.

The pool play is rather boring as #1 India, #2 USA, #3 China, #4 Indonesia finish as the top 4 seeds and make it to the bracket.

In the bracket, India swept Indonesia 2-0 and USA best China 2-1 in the quarterfinals. In the losers' quarterfinals, Indonesia bests China to defeat them 2-1. In the semifinals, India and USA go to game 3, but India prevails. The same story happens again in the losers bracket but this time they beat Indonesia 2-1 to get a rematch with India in the WBC finals. India would go on to sweep 2-0.

WBC Champion: India
WBC Runner-up: USA
WBC 3rd: Indonesia
WBC 4th: China

By making the F4, Indonesia and the USA now have 3 F4 appearances and move from Fair to Average Baseball Quality.
By competing in 3 WBCs Russia, Japan, Pakistan, Philippines and Brazil move from Poor to Fair Baseball Quality.

03-17-2026, 10:15 PM	#33
jlangjr Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2025 Posts: 107	World Baseball Classic: 2009 The biggest news is how the WBC now affects a nation's baseball quality. I am using this chart. For Fair and Average, you just need to complete one of the 4 benchmarks. For Good you need to complete 7/9 benchmarks for Fair, Average & Good, with at least one being one of the Good benchmarks. WBC means, WBC titles, F4 means WBC final 4 appearances, APPS means WBC appearances, CUPS means any non-WBC tournament, of which many are coming. These can change and will change as the world grows, but for now they are meant to stimulate growth, while not allowing a nation to grow to powerful. WBC F4 APPS CUPS POOR 0 0 0 0 FAIR 0 1 3 1 AVERAGE 1 3 10 5 GOOD 3 10 n/a n/a EXCELLENT 5 15 n/a n/a There is one new team, Great Britain, who is actually just the England team, since Scotland and Wales have their own teams. The format stays the same, with just one more team. The pool play is rather boring as #1 India, #2 USA, #3 China, #4 Indonesia finish as the top 4 seeds and make it to the bracket. In the bracket, India swept Indonesia 2-0 and USA best China 2-1 in the quarterfinals. In the losers' quarterfinals, Indonesia bests China to defeat them 2-1. In the semifinals, India and USA go to game 3, but India prevails. The same story happens again in the losers bracket but this time they beat Indonesia 2-1 to get a rematch with India in the WBC finals. India would go on to sweep 2-0. WBC Champion: India WBC Runner-up: USA WBC 3rd: Indonesia WBC 4th: China By making the F4, Indonesia and the USA now have 3 F4 appearances and move from Fair to Average Baseball Quality. By competing in 3 WBCs Russia, Japan, Pakistan, Philippines and Brazil move from Poor to Fair Baseball Quality. Attached Images __________________ ---- WorldWide Federation Substack story file corrupted Last edited by jlangjr; 03-19-2026 at 01:59 PM.