World Baseball Classic 2023 groups, schedules finalized

World Baseball Classic 2023 groups, schedules finalized
23/11/2022
The WBSC will award the winners with the title of Baseball World Champions. Group play opens on 8 March. The World Championship game is scheduled for 21 March.

The World Baseball Classic will open the 2023 international baseball season on 8 March, and the final is scheduled for 21 March.

The WBSC will award the winners with the title of Baseball World Champion.

Major League Baseball (MLB) announced the finalized four groups, assigning the teams coming from the two qualifiers, Panama City and Regensburg, Germany.

World No. 26 Great Britain will play in Group C in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, and face No. 4 Mexico, No. 5 USA, No. 11 Colombia and No. 12 Canada.

No. 14 Czech Republic will travel to Tokyo, Japan, for Group B and face No. 1 Japan, No. 3 Korea, No. 10 Australia and No. 21 China.

No. 13 Panama will play in Group A in Taichung, Taiwan, and face No. 2 Chinese Taipei, No. 8 Netherlands, No. 9 Cuba and No. 17 Italy.

No. 15 Nicaragua will compete in Group D in Miami, Florida, USA, and face No. 6 Venezuela, No. 7 Dominican Republic, No. 15 Puerto Rico and No. 20 Israel.

Tickets are already on sale through WBC official website.

Major League Baseball announced that Fox Sports earned exclusive broadcasting rights in the United States.

Fox Sports will cover all 47 games across FOX, FS1, FS2, FOX Deportes, Tubi, and the FOX Sports app in the US.