WBC Edition

2023 World Baseball Classic

Japan went undefeated and beat the United States in Miami for its third WBC championship.

Status
Completed
Dates
March 8-21, 2023
🥇 Champion
Japan
🥈 Runner-up
United States

Participants

Chinese TaipeiNetherlandsCubaItalyPanama
JapanKoreaAustraliaChinaCzechia
United StatesMexicoColombiaCanadaGreat Britain
Puerto RicoVenezuelaDominican RepublicIsraelNicaragua

Pool Play

Pool A

Taichung, Taiwan

March 8-12, 2023
TPE (2-2)NED (2-2)CUB (2-2)ITA (2-2)PAN (2-2)
DateResultVenue
Mar 8CUB2-4NEDTaichung Stadium
Mar 8PAN12-5TPETaichung Stadium
Mar 9PAN1-3NEDTaichung Stadium
Mar 9ITA6-3CUBF/10Taichung Stadium
Mar 10CUB13-4PANTaichung Stadium
Mar 10ITA7-11TPETaichung Stadium
Mar 11PAN2-0ITATaichung Stadium
Mar 11NED5-9TPETaichung Stadium
Mar 12TPE1-7CUBTaichung Stadium
Mar 12NED1-7ITATaichung Stadium

Pool B

Tokyo, Japan

March 9-13, 2023
JPN (4-0)KOR (2-2)AUS (3-1)CHN (0-4)CZE (1-3)
DateResultVenue
Mar 9CHN1-8JPNTokyo Dome
Mar 10KOR7-8AUSTokyo Dome
Mar 10CZE8-5CHNTokyo Dome
Mar 10KOR4-13JPNTokyo Dome
Mar 11CHN2-12AUSF/7Tokyo Dome
Mar 11CZE2-10JPNTokyo Dome
Mar 12CZE3-7KORTokyo Dome
Mar 12JPN7-1AUSTokyo Dome
Mar 13AUS8-3CZETokyo Dome
Mar 13KOR22-2CHNF/5Tokyo Dome

Pool C

Phoenix, United States

March 11-15, 2023
USA (3-1)MEX (3-1)COL (1-3)CAN (2-2)GBR (1-3)
DateResultVenue
Mar 11COL5-4MEXF/10Chase Field
Mar 11GBR2-6USAChase Field
Mar 12GBR8-18CANF/7Chase Field
Mar 12MEX11-5USAChase Field
Mar 13COL5-7GBRChase Field
Mar 13CAN1-12USAF/7Chase Field
Mar 14CAN5-0COLChase Field
Mar 14GBR1-2MEXChase Field
Mar 15MEX10-3CANChase Field
Mar 15USA3-2COLChase Field

Pool D

Miami, United States

March 11-15, 2023
PUR (3-1)VEN (4-0)DOM (2-2)ISR (1-3)NCA (0-4)
DateResultVenue
Mar 11NCA1-9PURLoanDepot Park
Mar 11DOM1-5VENLoanDepot Park
Mar 12NCA1-3ISRLoanDepot Park
Mar 12VEN9-6PURLoanDepot Park
Mar 13DOM6-1NCALoanDepot Park
Mar 13ISR0-10PURF/8LoanDepot Park
Mar 14NCA1-4VENLoanDepot Park
Mar 14ISR0-10DOMF/7LoanDepot Park
Mar 15VEN5-1ISRLoanDepot Park
Mar 15PUR5-2DOMLoanDepot Park

Knockout Stage

Quarterfinals

Tokyo and Miami

DateResultVenue
Mar 15AUS3-4CUBTokyo Dome
Mar 16ITA3-9JPNTokyo Dome
Mar 17PUR4-5MEXLoanDepot Park
Mar 18USA9-7VENLoanDepot Park

Semifinals

Miami

DateResultVenue
Mar 19CUB2-14USALoanDepot Park
Mar 20MEX5-6JPNLoanDepot Park

Final

Miami

DateResultVenue
Mar 21USA2-3JPNLoanDepot Park

Awards

MVPShohei Ohtani

CSalvador Perez
1BYu Chang
2BJavier Baez
3BYoan Moncada
SSTrea Turner
OFRandy Arozarena
OFMike Trout
OFMasataka Yoshida
DHShohei Ohtani
PShohei Ohtani
PMiguel Romero
PPatrick Sandoval

Sources