2023 World Baseball Classic: Scores, standings, teams, schedule and groups
Cuba and Italy advance to quarterfinals along with Japan and Australia in pools A and B, while Venezuela, Puerto Rico, USA and Mexico make it through pools C and D
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We’re through the group stages and on to the quarterfinals and semifinals. This is going fast, too fast, and everything will be decided over the next few days in the knock out stage.
Italy and Japan battle for a trip to the #WorldBaseballClassic semi finals! pic.twitter.com/IIHA0hcejc
— World Baseball Classic (@WBCBaseball) March 16, 2023
| Pool A | Taichung (Taiwan) |
|---|---|
| Cuba *advance to quarterfinals | 2-2 |
| Italy *advance to quarterfinals | 2-2 |
| Netherlands | 2-2 |
| Panama | 2-2 |
| Chinese Taipei | 2-2 |
| Pool B | Tokyo (Japan) |
|---|---|
| Japan *advance to quarterfinals | 4-0 |
| Australia *advance to quarterfinals | 3-1 |
| Korea | 2-2 |
| Czech Republic | 1-3 |
| China | 0-4 |
Another epic battle! Team Puerto Rico wins it! #WorldBaseballClassic pic.twitter.com/1dJ1zSU8C9
— World Baseball Classic (@WBCBaseball) March 16, 2023
| Pool C | Phoenix (Ariz) |
|---|---|
| Mexico *advance to quarterfinals | 3-1 |
| USA *advance to quarterfinals | 3-1 |
| Canada | 2-2 |
| Colombia | 1-3 |
| Great Britain | 1-3 |
| Pool D | Miami (Fla) |
|---|---|
| Venezuela *advance to quarterfinals | 4-0 |
| Puerto Rico *advance to quarterfinals | 3-1 |
| Dominican Republic | 2-2 |
| Israel | 1-3 |
| Nicaragua | 0-4 |
Team USA has a date with Team Venezuela in the #WorldBaseballClassic quarterfinals. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/J5FH0TGJt6
— World Baseball Classic (@WBCBaseball) March 16, 2023
Here is a full schedule of the games. Where they have already been played, we have shown the final score. For upcoming games, we have shown the Eastern Standard time of the first pitch and where you can catch the action.
| DATE | MATCHUP | TIME (ET) | TV CHANNEL |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 7 | Cuba 2-4 Netherlands | ||
| March 8 | Panama 12-5 Chinese Taipei | ||
| Australia 8-7 Korea | |||
| Panama 1-3 Netherlands | |||
| March 9 | China 1-8 Japan | ||
| Italy 6-3 Cuba | |||
| Czech Republic 8-5 China | |||
| Cuba 13-4 Panama | |||
| March 10 | Korea 4-13 Japan | ||
| Italy 7-11 Chinese Taipei | |||
| China 2-12 Australia | |||
| Panama 2-0 Italy | |||
| March 11 | Czech Republic 2-10 Japan | ||
| Netherlands 5-9 Chinese Taipei | |||
| Nicaragua 1-9 Puerto Rico | |||
| Colombia 5-4 Mexico | |||
| Dominican Republic 1-5 Venezuela | |||
| Great Britain 2-6 USA | |||
| Czech Republic 3-7 Korea | |||
| Chinese Taipei 1-7 Cuba | |||
| March 12 | Japan 7-1 Australia | ||
| Netherlands 1-7 Italy | |||
| Nicaragua 1 - 3 Israel | |||
| Great Britain 8 - 18 Canada | |||
| Venezuela 9 - 6 Puerto Rico | |||
| Mexico 11 - 5 USA | |||
| Australia 8 - 3 Czech Republic | |||
| March 13 | Korea 22 - 2 China | ||
| Dominican Republic 6 - 1 Nicaragua | |||
| Colombia 5 - 7 Great Britain | |||
| Israel 0 - 10 Puerto Rico | |||
| Canada 1 - 12 USA | |||
| March 14 | Nicaragua 1 - 4 Venezuela | ||
| Canada 5 - 0 Colombia | |||
| Israel 0 - 10 Dominican Republic | |||
| Great Britain 1 - 2 Mexico | |||
| March 15 | Australia 3 - 4 Cuba | ||
| Venezuela 5 - 1 Israel | |||
| Mexico 10 - 3 Canada | |||
| Puerto Rico 5 - 2 Dominican Republic | |||
| USA 3 - 2 Colombia | |||
| March 16 | Italy vs Japan | 6 a.m. ET | FS2 |
| March 17 | Puerto Rico vs Mexico | 7 p.m. ET | FS1 |
| March 18 | USA vs Venezuela | 7 p.m. ET | FOX |
| March 19 | Cuba @ Quarterfinal 3 Winner | 7 p.m. ET | FS1 |
| March 20 | Quarterfinal 2 Winner @ Quarterfinal 4 Winner | 7 p.m. ET | FS1 |
| March 21 | Semi Final 1 Winner @ Semi Final 2 Winner | 7 p.m. ET | FS1 |