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.
[1][2] 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.
Team affiliations on all rosters, and player ages, are current as of the opening day of the tournament.
Manager: 77 Terry Collins Coaches: 66 Brent Strom, 72 Aiping Wang, 29 Sheng Yi Manager: 3 Chih-Hsien Yeh (葉志仙) Coaches: 88 Tai-Yuan Kuo (郭泰源), 26 Kong-Hui Wang (王光輝), 70 Wen-Sheng Lu (呂文生), 6 Chen Wei-Cheng (陳威成), 65 Lin Kun-Han (林琨瀚), 68 Cheng-Hao Wang (王宸浩) Manager: 83 Tatsunori Hara (原辰徳) Coaches: 73 Koichi Ogata, 72 Tsutomu Itō, 71 Hisashi Yamada, 92 Tsuyoshi Yoda, 81 Kazunori Shinozuka, 63 Nobuhiro Takashiro Manager: 81 Kim In-sik (김인식, 金寅植) Coaches: 80 Kim Sung-han (김성한, 金城漢), 79 Yang Sang-moon (양상문, 楊相文), 78 Lee Soon-chul (이순철, 李順喆), 77 Ryu Joong-il (류중일, 柳仲逸), 75 Kang Sung-woo (강성우, 姜盛友), 76 Kim Min-ho (김민호, 金敏浩) Manager: 24 Jon Deeble Coaches: 33 Paul Elliot, 10 Pat Kelly, 27 Graeme Lloyd, 2 Tony Harris, 43 Philip Dale Manager: 39 Higinio Vélez Coaches: 41 Francisco Escaurido, 22 Enrique Cepero, 34 Jose Elosegui, 30 Pedro Perez, 21 Lourdes Gourriel Manager: 9 Vinny Castilla Coaches: 34 Fernando Valenzuela, 49 Teddy Higuera, 44 Armando Reynoso, 20 José Tolentino, 6 Ever Magallanes, 5 Houston Jiménez Manager: Rick Magnante Coaches: Lee Smith, Brian McArn, Mike Randall, Neil Adonis, Alan Phillips Manager: 21 Ernie Whitt Coaches: 3 Larry Walker, 49 Paul Quantrill, 42 Denis Boucher, 34 Tim Leiper, 27 Greg Hamilton, 20 Greg O'Halloran Manager: 5 Marco Mazzieri Coaches: 21 Mike Hargrove, 26 Tom Trebelhorn, 23 Alberto D'Auria, 1 William Holmberg, 31 Mike Piazza, 33 Gilberto Gerali Manager: 5 Davey Johnson Coaches: 8 Reggie Smith, 27 Marcel Lachemann, 11 Barry Larkin, 3 Billy Ripken, 20 Mike Schmidt, 30 Mel Stottlemyre Manager: 8 Luis Sojo Coaches: 41 Andrés Galarraga, 20 Tony Armas, 34 Omar Malavé, 5 Oscar Escobar, 10 Roberto Espinoza, 33 Luis Dorante Manager: 17 Felipe Alou Coaches: 55 Luis Pujols, 32 Mario Soto, 6 Junior Noboa, 4 Alfredo Griffin, 19 Luis Silverio, 31 Ramon Henderson Manager: 6 Rod Delmonico Coaches: Bert Blyleven, 26 Bill Froberg, 34 Wim Martinus, 32 Hensley Meulens, Jim Stoeckel, Ben Thijssen Manager: 11 Héctor López Coaches: 53 Ricardo Medina, 56 Len Picota, 24 Allan Lewis, 43 Luis Ortiz, 5 Luis Molina Manager: José Oquendo Coaches: Carlos Arroyo, Eduardo Pérez, Iván DeJesús, Charlie Montoyo, Gil Rondon, Jerry Morales [3] [4]