The 2023 World Baseball Classic is onto the knockout stage, with Team USA and Puerto Rico joining the quarterfinal field. The United States took down Colombia to punch its quarterfinal ticket, while Puerto Rico ousted the favored Dominican Republic (but lost closer Edwin Díaz in the process to a post-game injury). The United States will play Venezuela on Saturday, Mexico faces Puerto Rico on Friday and Japan hosts Italy on Thursday in the quarterfinals.
The round kicked off Wednesday on the other side of the bracket with Cuba edging Australia, 4-3. The Cubans are headed to the semifinals in Miami, as the tournament is now a single-elimination bracket culminating with the final on Tuesday, March 21.
This version of the WBC was originally supposed to be played in 2021 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Action got started on Wednesday, March 8 (technically first pitch of the 2023 WBC opener in Taiwan took place at 11 p.m. ET on March 7), and there will be a total of 47 games.
Below, fans can find the full 2023 World Baseball Classic schedule.
2023 World Baseball Classic schedule
All games on Fox, FS1 and FS2 can be streamed on fuboTV (try for free).
(All times Eastern)
Wednesday, March 15
Cuba 4, Australia 3 (quarterfinals)Venezuela 5, Israel 1Mexico 10, Canada 3Puerto Rico 5, Dominican Republic 2United States 3, Colombia 2Thursday, March 16
Japan vs. Italy (quarterfinals), 6 a.m., FS2Friday, March 17
Puerto Rico vs. Mexico (quarterfinals), 7 p.m., FS1Saturday, March 18
United States vs. Venezuela (quarterfinals), 7 p.m., FoxSunday, March 19
TBD vs. TBD (semifinals), 7 p.m., FS1Monday, March 20
TBD vs. TBD (semifinals), 7 p.m., FS1Tuesday, March 21
TBD vs. TBD (championship game), 7 p.m., FS12023 World Baseball Classic scores
Tuesday, March 14
Venezuela 4, Nicaragua 1Canada 5, Colombia 0Dominican Republic 10, Israel 0 (F/7)Mexico 2, Great Britain 1Monday, March 13
Korea 22, China 2Dominican Republic 6, Nicaragua 1Great Britain 7, Colombia 5Puerto Rico 10, Israel 0 (F/8)United States 12, Canada 1 (F/7)Sunday, March 12
Japan 7, Australia 1Italy 7, Netherlands 1Israel 3, Nicaragua 1Canada 18, Great Britain 8Venezuela 9, Puerto Rico 6Mexico 11, United States 5Australia 8, Czech Republic 3Saturday, March 11
Japan 10, Czech Republic, 2Chinese Taipei 9, Netherlands 5Puerto Rico 9, Nicaragua 1Colombia 5, Mexico 4Venezuela 5, Dominican Republic 1United States 6, Great Britain 2Korea 7, Czech Republic 3Cuba 7, Chinese Taipei 1
Friday, March 10
Japan 13, Korea, 4Chinese Taipei 11, Italy 7Australia 12, China, 2 (F/7)Panama 2, Italy 0Thursday, March 9
Japan 8, China 1Italy 6, Cuba 3 (F/10)Czech Republic 8, China 5 Cuba 13, Panama 4Wednesday, March 8
Panama 12, Chinese Taipei 5Australia 8, Korea 7Netherlands 3, Panama 1Tuesday, March 7
2023 World Baseball Classic teams
Pool A (Group play in Taichung, Taiwan)
Chinese TaipeiCubaItalyNetherlandsPanamaPool B (Group play in Tokyo, Japan)
AustraliaChinaJapanKoreaCzech RepublicPool C (Group play in Phoenix, Arizona)
CanadaColombiaGreat BritainMexicoUnited StatesPool D (Group play in Miami, Florida)
Dominican RepublicIsraelNicaraguaPuerto RicoVenezuela
