Pool play for the sixth World Baseball Classic takes place in Miami, Houston, Tokyo and San Juan, Puerto Rico. This year’s field features 20 teams divided into four pools. The top two teams advance to the quarterfinals.
The first tiebreaker if needed is head-to-head record between tied teams, followed by fewest runs allowed divided by outs recorded by tied teams, fewest earned runs allowed divided by outs recorded by tied teams and then highest batting average in games between tied teams. If teams are tied through all those scenarios, pool place advancement will be decided by drawing of lots.
Here are the updated pool play standings:
Pool A — San Juan
| Team | W-L |
|---|---|
|
Canada |
0-0 |
|
Colombia |
0-0 |
|
Cuba |
0-0 |
|
Panama |
0-0 |
|
Puerto Rico |
0-0 |
Pool B — Houston
| Team | W-L |
|---|---|
|
Brazil |
0-0 |
|
Great Britain |
0-0 |
|
Italy |
0-0 |
|
Mexico |
0-0 |
|
United States |
0-0 |
Pool C — Tokyo
| Team | W-L |
|---|---|
|
Australia |
1-0 |
|
Chinese Taipei |
0-1 |
|
Czechia |
0-0 |
|
Japan |
0-0 |
|
Korea |
0-0 |
Pool D — Miami
| Team | W-L |
|---|---|
|
Dominican Republic |
0-0 |
|
Israel |
0-0 |
|
Netherlands |
0-0 |
|
Nicaragua |
0-0 |
|
Venezuela |
0-0 |
Schedule/game results
For all pool play. All times ET.
Wednesday, March 4
Australia 3, Chinese Taipei 0
Thursday, March 5
Czechia at Korea, 5 a.m., FS1
Australia at Czechia, 10 p.m., FS1
Friday, March 6
Japan at Chinese Taipei, 5 a.m., FS1
Cuba at Panama, 11 a.m., FS2
Netherlands at Venezuela, noon, Tubi
Mexico at Great Britain, 1 p.m., FS1
Puerto Rico at Colombia, 6 p.m., FS1
Nicaragua at Dominican Republic, 7 p.m., FS2
United States at Brazil, 8 p.m., Fox
Chinese Taipei at Czechia, 10 p.m., FS2
Saturday, March 7
Korea at Japan, 5 a.m., FS1
Colombia at Canada, 11 a.m., FS1
Nicaragua at Netherlands, noon, Tubi
Brazil at Italy, 1 p.m., Fox Sports App
Panama at Puerto Rico, 6 p.m., FS1
Israel at Venezuela, , 7 p.m., FS2
Great Britain at United States, 8 p.m., Fox
Chinese Taipei at Korea, 10 p.m., FS2
Sunday, March 8
Australia at Japan, 6 a.m., FS1
Colombia at Cuba, noon, FS2
Netherlands at Dominican Republic, noon, Fox
Great Britain at Italy, 1 p.m., Tubi
Nicaragua at Israel. 7 p.m., Tubi
Panama at Canada, 7 p.m., FS2
Brazil at Mexico, 8 p.m., FS1
Monday, March 9
Korea at Australia, 6 a.m., FS1
Dominican Republic at Israel, noon, FS1
Colombia at Panama, noon, FS2
Brazil at Great Britain, 1 p.m., Tubi
Cuba at Puerto Rico, 7 p.m., FS1
Venezuela at Nicaragua. 7 p.m., FS2
Mexico at United States, 8 p.m. Fox
Tuesday, March 10
Czechia at Japan, 6 a.m., FS1
Canada at Puerto Rico, 7 p.m., Tubi
Israel at Netherlands, 7 p.m., Fox Sports App
Italy at United States. 9 p.m., FS1
Wednesday, March 11
Canada at Cuba, 3 p.m., FS2
Italy at Mexico, 7 p.m., Tubi
Dominican Republic, 8 p.m., FS1