The following is a list of squads for each nation competing at the 2009 World Baseball Classic

2009 World Baseball Classic

The 2009 World Baseball Classic was an international baseball competition. It is the only international baseball tournament to feature a large number of players from the major leagues of North America and Asia. It began on March 5, 2009, and finished March 23, 2009.Japan emerged victorious for the...

. The tournament started on March 5, 2009.

Each participating national federation had a deadline of January 19, 2009 to submit a 45-man provisional roster. Final rosters of 28 players, which also must include a minimum of 13 pitchers and two catchers, were submitted on February 24. If a player on the submitted roster is unable to play, usually due to injury, he can be substituted at any time before the start of the tournament. Roster changes during the competition are restricted to the breaks between rounds of competition—for example, a player who is injured during pool play could not be replaced during the pool phase, but could be replaced if his team advanced to the second round.

Team affiliations on all rosters, and player ages, are current as of the opening day of the tournament.

  China

China national baseball team

The China national baseball team is the national representative team of the People's Republic of China.-Olympic Games:China secured qualification to the 2008 Summer Olympics automatically as host nation, giving the country its first Olympics berth....

Manager: 77 Terry Collins

Terry Collins

Terry Lee Collins is the manager for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball. A former minor league shortstop, Collins managed the Albuquerque Dukes of the Pacific Coast League, the Buffalo Bisons of the International League, the Duluth Huskies of the summer collegiate Northwoods League, and...

Coaches: 66 Brent Strom

Brent Strom

Brent Terry Strom is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1972 to 1973 and 1975 to 1977 for the New York Mets, Cleveland Indians and San Diego Padres...

, 72 Aiping Wang

Aiping Wang

Wang Aiping is a baseball coach who is most notable for coaching the China national baseball team in the 2008 Olympic Games and the 2009 World Baseball Classic. He has also coached for the Guangdong Leopards.-References:...

, 29 Sheng Yi

Sheng Yi

YI Sheng is an official of the Chinese Baseball Association who is most notable for coaching the China national baseball team in the World Baseball Classics. He has also coached for the Beijing Tigers. Furthermore, he has coached Team China in the 2002 Asia Games, 2005 Asian...

  Chinese Taipei

Manager: 3 Chih-Hsien Yeh (葉志仙)

Coaches: 88 Tai-Yuan Kuo

Tai-Yuan Kuo

Kuo Tai-yuan, ; , born March 20, 1962), is a retired Taiwanese NPB baseball pitcher and currently a baseball coach. With 117 wins accumulated during his 13 seasons in the Seibu Lions, Kuo set the record of being the international player who achieves most wins in the NPB history, and is widely...

 (郭泰源), 26 Kong-Hui Wang (王光輝), 70 Wen-Sheng Lu

Lu Wen-sheng

Lu Wen-sheng, , Taiwan), is a retired Taiwanese professional baseball player and the current manager of Uni-President Lions. He has also represented Chinese Taipei on many occasions before entering professional career, and is sometimes named the best second baseman of his time.-Baseball career:Lu...

 (呂文生), 6 Chen Wei-Cheng (陳威成), 65 Lin Kun-Han

Lin Kun-Han

Lin Kun-han, , is a Taiwanese baseball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Chinese Taipei baseball team which won the silver medal. He played as infielder.-External links:*...

 (林琨瀚), 68 Cheng-Hao Wang

  Japan

Japan national baseball team

The Japan national baseball team is the national baseball team representing Japan in international competitions. They are one of the more successful baseball teams in the world, having won the World Baseball Classic in 2006 and 2009...

Manager: 83 Tatsunori Hara

Tatsunori Hara

is the current manager for the Yomiuri Giants baseball team in Nippon Professional Baseball. He also played for the Yomiuri Giants during his professional baseball career from to . Hara led the Japan national baseball team to victory in the final of the 2009 World Baseball Classic.- External links :...

 (原辰徳)

Coaches: 3 Koichi Ogata, 72 Tsutomu Itoh, 71 Hisashi Yamada

Hisashi Yamada

was a Japanese baseball submarine pitcher. He played with the Hankyu Braves in Nippon Professional Baseball from to .Yamada won the Pacific League MVP for three years in a row , and the Japan Series MVP in 1977. He was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in .-External links:...

, 92 Tsuyoshi Yoda, 81 Kazunori Shinozuka, 63 Nobuhiro Takashiro

  South Korea

Manager: 81 In-Sik Kim (김인식)

Coaches: 80 Sung-Han Kim (김성한), 79 Sang-Moon Yang (양상문), 78 Soon-Chul Lee (이순철), 77 Joong-Il Ryu (류중일), 75 Sung-Woo Kang (강성우), 76 Min-Ho Kim (김민호)

  Australia

Australia national baseball team

The Australian national baseball team represents Australia in international baseball tournaments and competitions. They are ranked as the top team in Oceania, and are the Oceanian Champions, having been awarded the title in 2007 when New Zealand withdrew from the Oceania Baseball Championship. They...

Manager: 24 Jon Deeble

Jon Deeble

Jon Deeble is currently the head coach of the Australia national baseball team.Deeble was a pitcher on the national team he now coaches from 1983 to 1995, a playing career which included the 1988 Olympics and an Australian Baseball League championship with the Melbourne Monarchs in 1993...

Coaches: 33 Paul Elliot, 10 Pat Kelly, 27 Graeme Lloyd

Graeme Lloyd

Graeme John Lloyd is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who had a ten year career from 1993 to 2003.-Playing career:...

, 2 Tony Harris, 43 Philip Dale

Philip Dale

Phillip Dale , was an Australian minor league baseball player and is currently a coach with the Australia national baseball team....

  Cuba

Cuba national baseball team

The Cuba national baseball team is the national team of Cuba. The team is made up of amateur players from the Cuban national baseball system, as there are no professional sports leagues in Cuba...

Manager: 39 Higinio Vélez

Higinio Vélez

Higinio Vélez Carrión is a Cuban baseball manager. After leading Santiago de Cuba to three straight championships in the Cuban National Series , he became the manager of the Cuban national baseball team, which he led to the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.-References:...

Coaches: 41 Francisco Escaurido, 22 Enrique Cepero, 34 Jose Elosegui, 30 Pedro Perez, 21 Lourdes Gourriel

Lourdes Gourriel

Lourdes Gourriel Delgado is a Cuban baseball player and Olympic gold medalist.Gourriel is a one time Gold medalist for baseball, winning at the 1992 Summer Olympics...

  Mexico

Mexico national baseball team

The Mexico national baseball team is the baseball team which represents Mexico in international tournaments. They are currently the eighth ranked baseball team in the world.-Pan American Games:*1951 Bronze Medal *1963 Bronze Medal...

Manager: 9 Vinny Castilla

Vinny Castilla

Vinicio "Vinny" Castilla Soria is a former Major League Baseball third baseman who played his best years with the Colorado Rockies and Atlanta Braves...

Coaches: 34 Fernando Valenzuela

Fernando Valenzuela

Fernando Valenzuela Anguamea is a Mexican former left-handed pitcher, most notably with the Los Angeles Dodgers.In 1981, the 20-year-old Valenzuela took Los Angeles by storm, winning his first 8 decisions and leading the Dodgers to the World Championship...

, 49 Teddy Higuera

Teddy Higuera

Teodoro Higuera Valenzuela is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for nine years for the Milwaukee Brewers of the American League.-Early career:...

, 44 Armando Reynoso

Armando Reynoso

Armando Martin Reynoso Gutierrez is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher.During a 12-year baseball career, Reynoso compiled 68 wins, 554 strikeouts, and a 4.74 earned run average...

, 20 José Tolentino

José Tolentino

José Tolentino , is a retired Major League Baseball first baseman. He played for the Houston Astros in . He was a coach for the Mexican national baseball team during the 2009 World Baseball Classic.-Playing career:...

, 6 Ever Magallanes

Ever Magallanes

Everardo "Ever" Magallanes Espinoza is a former major league baseball player and all-star minor league player...

, 5 Houston Jiménez

Houston Jiménez

Alfonso "Houston" Jiménez González is a former Major League Baseball player. He played all or part of four seasons in the majors between and , primarily as a shortstop. He currently serves as manager of the Pericos de Puebla in the Mexican League.- Early years :Jiménez began his playing career...

  South Africa

South Africa national baseball team

The South African national baseball team is a baseball team which represents the Republic of South Africa in international baseball competitions such as the World Baseball Classic and formerly the Summer Olympics.-All-Africa Games:...

Manager: Rick Magnante

Coaches: Lee Smith

Lee Smith (baseball)

Lee Arthur Smith is an American right-handed former baseball pitcher who played 18 years in Major League Baseball for eight teams. Pitching primarily for the Chicago Cubs, with whom he spent his first eight seasons, Lee served mostly as a relief pitcher during his career...

, Brian McArn, Mike Randall, Neil Adonis

Neil Adonis

Neil Isaac Adonis is a South African baseball player. Adonis competed for South Africa at the 2000 Summer Olympics, where he appeared in 3 games as the designated hitter , going 0-8 in his plate appearances.-References:...

, Alan Phillips
California

  Canada

Canada national baseball team

Canada has qualified for two Olympic games, in 2004 and 2008. Canadian teams also competed twice when baseball was a demonstration sport, in 1984 and 1988.-1984 Summer Olympics:...

Manager: 21 Ernie Whitt

Ernie Whitt

Leo Ernest "Ernie" Whitt is a former Major League Baseball catcher and coach who is the current manager for the minor league Clearwater Threshers. He is noted for the twelve years he spent as a player with the Toronto Blue Jays...

Coaches: 3 Larry Walker

Larry Walker

Larry Kenneth Robert Walker is a former right fielder in Major League Baseball. From 1989 through 2005, Walker played for the Montreal Expos , Colorado Rockies , and St. Louis Cardinals...

, 49 Paul Quantrill

Paul Quantrill

Paul John Quantrill is a former Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher. He earned a reputation for being very durable and having impeccable control. He regularly appeared in 80 or more games a season and did not walk more than 25 batters in a season since...

, 42 Denis Boucher

Denis Boucher

Denis Boucher is a Canadian former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Toronto Blue Jays , Cleveland Indians , and Montreal Expos . He is currently a scout for the New York Yankees....

, 34 Tim Leiper

Tim Leiper

Timothy Joseph Leiper is an American professional baseball coach and manager. In , he will serve as the Florida Marlins' roving minor league defensive coordinator....

, 27 Greg Hamilton, 20 Greg O'Halloran

Greg O'Halloran (baseball)

Gregory Joseph O'Halloran is a former Major League Baseball catcher who played for one season. He played for the Florida Marlins for 12 games during the 1994 Florida Marlins season, serving mostly as a pinch hitter....

  Italy

Italy national baseball team

The Italy national baseball team is the team that represents Italy in international baseball competition. The Italian national team is currently ranked 12th in the world.-World Baseball Classic:...

Manager: 5 Marco Mazzieri

Coaches: 21 Mike Hargrove

Mike Hargrove

Dudley Michael Hargrove is a former Major League Baseball first baseman and manager. He is currently employed as an advisor with the Cleveland Indians....

, 26 Tom Trebelhorn, 23 Alberto D'Auria, 1 William Holmberg, 31 Mike Piazza

Mike Piazza

Michael Joseph "Mike" Piazza ; born September 4, 1968) is an American former Major League Baseball catcher. He played in his career with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Florida Marlins, New York Mets, San Diego Padres and the Oakland Athletics....

, 33 Gilberto Gerali

  United States of America

United States national baseball team

The United States National Baseball team represents the United States in international baseball competition. The United States has won the previous two Baseball World Cups, having lost this title to the Netherlands in 2011, and is currently second in the IBAF World Rankings, behind Cuba.The team...

Manager: 5 Davey Johnson

Davey Johnson

David Allen "Davey" Johnson is an American Major League Baseball player and current manager of the Washington Nationals. He was the starting second baseman for the Baltimore Orioles when they won four American League pennants and two World Series championships between 1965 and 1972...

Coaches: 8 Reggie Smith

Reggie Smith

Carl Reginald Smith is a former Major League Baseball outfielder, coach and front office executive. During a 17-year big league career , Smith appeared in 1,987 games, hit 314 home runs and batted .287. He was a switch-hitter who threw right-handed. In his prime, he had one of the strongest...

, 27 Marcel Lachemann

Marcel Lachemann

Marcel Ernest Lachemann is a baseball pitching coach and a former relief pitcher for the Oakland Athletics...

, 11 Barry Larkin

Barry Larkin

Barry Louis Larkin is a retired Major League Baseball player. Larkin played shortstop for the Cincinnati Reds from 1986 to 2004 and was one of the pivotal players on the 1990 Reds' World Series championship team...

, 3 Billy Ripken

Billy Ripken

William Oliver Ripken is an American radio personality for XM Satellite Radio, a studio analyst for MLB Network's "MLB Tonight," and is a former infielder in Major League Baseball from –...

, 20 Mike Schmidt

Mike Schmidt

Michael Jack Schmidt is a Hall of Fame third baseman popularly considered among the greatest third basemen in the history of Major League Baseball. He played his entire career for the Philadelphia Phillies....

, 30 Mel Stottlemyre

Mel Stottlemyre

Melvin Leon Stottlemyre, Sr. is a former Major League Baseball pitcher and pitching coach. He played 11 years in the Major Leagues, all of them with the New York Yankees...

  Venezuela

Venezuela national baseball team

The Venezuela national baseball team is the national team of Venezuela. They are currently ranked seventh in the world by the International Baseball Federation.-World Baseball Classic:...

Manager: 8 Luis Sojo

Luis Sojo

Luis Beltrán Sojo Sojo is a former Major League Baseball infielder and right-handed batter who played with the Toronto Blue Jays , California Angels , Seattle Mariners , New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates...

Coaches: 41 Andrés Galarraga

Andrés Galarraga

Andrés José Padovani Galarraga is a former Major League Baseball first baseman who played for the Montreal Expos , St. Louis Cardinals , Colorado Rockies , Atlanta Braves , Texas Rangers , San Francisco Giants and Anaheim Angels...

, 20 Tony Armas

Tony Armas

Antonio Rafael Armas Machado is a former Venezuelan professional baseball player who played as an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He was one of the top sluggers in the American League in the early 1980s. Twice Armas led the league in home runs, and led all of Major League Baseball in RBIs in...

, 34 Omar Malavé

Omar Malave

Omar Antonio Malave is the former first base coach for the Toronto Blue Jays. He is currently the head coach of the Gulf Coast League Blue Jays, the rookie ball affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays....

, 5 Oscar Escobar, 10 Roberto Espinoza, 33 Luis Dorante

Luis Dorante

Luis A. Dorante served as the Pittsburgh Pirates Bullpen Coach from 2008 through 2010. He served the Florida Marlins in the same capacity during the 2005 campaign....

  Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic national baseball team

The Dominican Republic national baseball team is the national baseball team of the Dominican Republic.-World Baseball Classic Roster:- Dominican Republic:Manager: 17 Felipe Alou...

Manager: 17 Felipe Alou

Coaches: 55 Luis Pujols

Luis Pujols

Luis Bienvenido Pujols Toribio was a catcher and manager in Major League Baseball. He played nine seasons with the Houston Astros, Kansas City Royals, and Texas Rangers. Luis Pujols and St...

, 32 Mario Soto

Mario Soto (baseball)

Mario Melvin Soto , is a former Major League pitcher, mostly as a starter, for the Cincinnati Reds from through . He currently works in the Reds' front office.-Major league career:...

, 6 Junior Noboa

Junior Noboa

Milciades Arturo "Junior" Noboa Díaz is a former professional baseball player who played eight seasons for the Cleveland Indians, California Angels, Montreal Expos, New York Mets, Oakland Athletics, and Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball. He currently works in the Arizona Diamondbacks...

, 4 Alfredo Griffin

Alfredo Griffin

Alfredo Claudino Griffin is a former Major League Baseball player, who played shortstop for four teams from 1976 to 1993. He is currently the first base coach for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.-Playing career:...

, 19 Luis Silverio

Luis Silverio

Luis Pascual Silverio is a Major League Baseball coach. In November 2010, he was appointed first-base, outfield and baserunning coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League....

, 31 Ramon Henderson

Ramon Henderson

Ramon Gaspar Henderson was the bullpen coach Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1998-2008. In 2008, he was assigned a Minor League coaching position with the Rookie Level Clearwater Phillies...

  Netherlands

Netherlands national baseball team

The Netherlands national baseball team is the national baseball team of the Netherlands. They are currently the top team in Europe and currently the sixth ranked men's baseball team in the IBAF World Rankings....

Manager: 6 Rod Delmonico

Rod Delmonico

Rodney James Delmonico is a baseball coach.Born in Wilmington, North Carolina, Delmonico graduated from New Hanover High School in 1976 and Liberty University in 1980 with a bachelors degree in physical education. He lettered in baseball and soccer...

Coaches: Bert Blyleven

Bert Blyleven

Bert Blyleven is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played from to , and was best known for his curveball. Blyleven was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2011...

, 26 Bill Froberg, 34 Wim Martinus, 32 Hensley Meulens

Hensley Meulens

Hensley Filemon Acasio Meulens is a former professional baseball player and current hitting coach for the San Francisco Giants. He played from to in Major League Baseball, Nippon Professional Baseball, and the Korea Baseball Organization...

, Jim Stoeckel, Ben Thijssen

  Panama

Panama national baseball team

The Panama national baseball team is the national team of Panama. They are currently the 16th ranked baseball team in the world.- Roster :PitchersManuel Acosta,Albenis Castillo,Bienvenido Cedeno,Bruce Chen,Manuel Corpas,Jorge Cortez,...

Manager: 11 Héctor López

Héctor López

Héctor Headley López Swainson is a former left fielder and third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Kansas City Athletics and New York Yankees from to...

Coaches: 53 Ricardo Medina

Ricardo Medina

Ricardo Medina is a former minor league baseball player and manager who currently coaches in the minors. He has also coached for Panama in multiple international events, including the 2009 World Baseball Classic...

, 56 Len Picota

Len Picota

Lenin Alberto Picota is a former professional baseball pitcher. He played two seasons in the Korea Baseball Organization for the Hanwha Eagles in 2002-03...

, 24 Allan Lewis

Allan Lewis

For the rugby players see Allan Lewis Allan Sydney Lewis is a former professional baseball player. He was an outfielder and pinch runner over parts of 6 seasons with the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics. Lewis was a member of the 1972 and 1973 World Series champion Athletics...

, 43 Luis Ortiz, 5 Luis Molina

Luis Molina (baseball)

Luis Molina is a baseball coach who is most notable for coaching for Panama in the 2009 World Baseball Classic. He wore number 5.-Professional career:...

  Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico national baseball team

The Puerto Rico National Baseball Team is a team that is selected by the Puerto Rican Baseball Federation to compete in major international events in representation of Puerto Rico...

Manager: José Oquendo

José Oquendo

José Manuel Roberto Guillermo Oquendo Contreras is a former Major League Baseball infielder and the current third base coach for the St. Louis Cardinals...

Coaches: Carlos Arroyo, Eduardo Pérez

Eduardo Perez

Eduardo Atanasio Pérez, a Cuban-American is a former Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball player. He is currently the hitting coach of the Miami Marlins. He batted and threw right-handed and joined the league in after playing college baseball under head coach Mike Martin for the...

, Iván DeJesús

Ivan DeJesus

Iván Alvarez DeJesús is a former Major League Baseball player from 1974 to 1988 for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants, and Detroit Tigers. DeJesús was regarded as a good fielding but light hitting shortstop...

, Charlie Montoyo

Charlie Montoyo

José Carlos Montoyo Díaz is a former Major League Baseball player. Montoyo played in four games for the Montreal Expos in the 1993 season.-Playing career:...

, Gil Rondon

Gil Rondon

Gilberto Rondón is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Houston Astros in and the Chicago White Sox in . He batted and threw right-handed.-Playing career:...

, Jerry Morales

Jerry Morales

Julio Ruben "Jerry" Morales Torres is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who played from -.-Career:Morales was originally signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent at the age of 17 in 1966...