2013 World Baseball Classic

  • 3.2.1 Group 1
  • 3.2.2 Group 2
  • 3.3.1 Semi-finals
  • 3.3.2 final

Participants and tournament mode

The total field of participants was expanded from 16 to 28 nations. Based on their ranking on the World Baseball Classic 2009 are directly qualified for the final 12 countries. These are Australia, China, the Dominican Republic, Italy, Japan, Cuba, Mexico, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, South Korea, United States and Venezuela.

The 4 countries Canada, Panama, South Africa and Taiwan, which already at the World Baseball Classic 2009 play the game there but won no game, and another 12 nations contest for the first time a qualification, the World Baseball Classic Qualifier. From Europe are Germany, France, Great Britain, Spain and the Czech Republic. Other non-European participants in the Qualifiers are Brazil, Israel, Colombia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, the Philippines and Thailand. The four winners of the qualifiers complete the 16 countries comprehensive lineup for the final round of the WBC in March 2013.

For the 2013 World Baseball Classic game mode following was agreed:

  • In Round 1 play 16 teams in four groups (A to D) in a round- robin system, ie FFA, no series, just a game.
  • In round 2, the two first of each group play in two groups (AB, CD) in the double-elimination mode
  • The best two teams from both groups play against each other the semi-finals (first versus second ) and the finale of

Venues

The World Baseball Classic 2013 will be played in eight stadiums:

Results

Round 1

The first round takes place between the 2nd and 10th March 2013. The four groups were composed as follows:

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Round 2

The second phase will take place between the 8th and March 16th, 2013 in a double elimination mode.

Group 1

Group 2

Final round

The final round will be played at AT & T Park in San Francisco from 17 to 19 March 2013.

Semifinal

Final

Final result

Explanation TQB = Team 's Quality Balance in direct comparison ( TQB = ( Runs Scored / innings played) - ( Runs earned / innings played) )

Chinese Taipei 2009 World Baseball Classic Confederation of European Baseball Fukuoka Taichung Phoenix (Arizona) Chase Field Scottsdale, Arizona Miami Marlins Park 2006 World Baseball Classic
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