The second tournament, 2019 WBSC Premier12, was held in November 2019, and served as a qualifier for two teams for baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

[1] Following the 2011 version of the event, the IBAF chose to discontinue the tournament in favor of the World Baseball Classic.

[5] On 27 November 2014, the WBSC announced the creation of the Premier12 tournament, calling it "the new flagship pro baseball nations championship," which would be held every four years.

[10] On 11 September 2023, the WBSC officially announced the third staging of the tournament for 2024, to be hosted in Japan, Taiwan and a venue in the Americas,[11] later chosen to be Mexico.

[14] However, the tournament still garners massive attention and media spotlight in countries in East Asia with active domestic baseball leagues, such as Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, reflected by their large TV viewership.