tournament multiple times, with back-to-back wins in 2006 and 2009, and a third win at the 2023 tournament.

The tournament is the first of its kind to have national teams featuring their best professional players from the top-level major leagues around the world, including MLB in the U.S. and Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) in Japan. In addition to providing a format for the best baseball players in the world to compete against one another while representing their home countries,