The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today announced the 18-game Super Round and the Placement Round schedule of the IV WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup, which runs from 20-22 October in Taipei City and Douliou City.
The Super Round games will take place at the Tianmu Stadium in Taipei City at 10, 14:30 and 19:00 each day while the Placement Round Games will be held in Douliou City at 11:00, 14:00 and 17:00 each day.
The six participants in the Super Round will start with the following win-loss records (based on results over fellow Super Round teams during the Opening Round):
Korea (2-0), Chinese Taipei (2-0); Japan (1-1), Mexico (1-1); Australia (0-2), Colombia (0-2)
The six participants in the Placement Round will start with the following win-loss records (based on results over fellow Placement Round teams during the Opening Round):
Netherlands (2-0), Venezuela (2-0); Germany (1-1), Puerto Rico (1-1); Cuba (0-2), South Africa (0-2)
The Super Round will start on Thursday 20 October at 10:00 with Colombia-Mexico. Australia-Japan will follow at 14:30 and Korea-Chinese Taipei will close the day at 19:00.
The top two finishers of the Super Round will compete in the World Championship final, while the third and fourth-place teams will play for bronze.
The medal games are scheduled for Sunday, 23 October. The bronze medal game will start at 13:00, while the World Championship final will follow at 18:00.