World Baseball Classic Sponsors Revealed

A host of sponsorship deals for the World Baseball Classic 2017 have been revealed ahead of the national team tournament.

Video game developer GungHo, Swiss watchmaker Hublot, Japanese logistics provider Nippon Express and financial services company Nomura Securities have signed up as top-tier global sponsors of the event, which runs from March 6-22 across venues in Japan, Mexico, South Korea and the US.

This year’s event will feature a record number of team partners, with 23 brands to feature on the uniforms of the 12 participating countries.

Any global marketing partners will receive extensive branding opportunities at venues and online.