The 2023 World Baseball Classic is underway with Team USA trying to defend its title in a competitive field. Team USA suffered its first loss of the competition Sunday night with a lopsided defeat to Mexico. The Americans now face Canada on Monday in a crucial contest. Venezuela, meanwhile, is off to a great start in Pool D, taking down the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, two tournament favorites, in their opening games.
Four teams have punched their tickets to the quarterfinals: Japan, Cuba, Italy and Australia. Quarterfinal action begins Wednesday with Cuba vs. Australia.
The field of 20 teams will be narrowed to eight after pool play, with the top two teams in each pool moving onto the quarterfinals. From there, it's a single-elimination bracket style tournament with the championship game set for Tuesday, March 21 in Miami.
There are a couple of jam-packed days of international baseball ahead, with games starting at different times across the globe. Check out the scores, standings and more from the 2023 World Baseball Classic below.
2023 World Baseball Classic scores
Monday, March 13
Korea 22, China 2 (F/5)Dominican Republic 6, Nicaragua 1Great Britain vs. Colombia, 3 p.m., FS2Puerto Rico vs. Israel, 7 p.m., FS1United States vs. Canada, 10 p.m., FS1Sunday, March 12
Japan 7, Australia 1Italy 7, Netherlands 1Israel 3, Nicaragua 1Canada 18, Great Britain 8 (F/7)Venezuela 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 4 (F/10)Venezuela 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 standings
Pool A
Cuba (advances to quarterfinals)
2
2
Italy (advances to quarterfinals)
2
2
Netherlands
2
2
Panama
2
2
Chinese Taipei
2
2
Pool B
Japan (advances to quarterfinals)
4
0
Australia (advances to quarterfinals)
3
1
Korea
2
2
Czech Republic
1
3
China
0
4
Pool C
Colombia
1
0
Canada
1
0
Mexico
1
1
United States
1
1
Great Britain
0
2
Pool D
Venezuela
2
0
Israel
1
0
Puerto Rico
1
1
Dominican Republic
1
1
Nicaragua
0
3
2023 World Baseball Classic schedule
All games on Fox, FS1 and FS2 can be streamed on fuboTV (try for free).
(All times Eastern)
Tuesday, March 14
Venezuela vs. Nicaragua, 12 p.m., FS2Colombia vs. Canada, 3 p.m., FS2Dominican Republic vs. Israel, 7 p.m., FS2Mexico vs. Great Britain, 10 p.m., FS1Wednesday, March 15
Cuba vs. Australia (quarterfinals), 6 a.m., FS2Israel vs. Venezuela, 12 p.m., FS2Canada vs. Mexico, 3 p.m., FS2Dominican Republic vs. Puerto Rico, 7 p.m., FS2Colombia vs. United States, 10 p.m., FS1Thursday, March 16
Japan vs. Italy (quarterfinals), 6 a.m., FS2Friday, March 17
TBD vs. TBD (quarterfinals), 7 p.m., FS1Saturday, March 18
TBD vs. TBD (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., FS1
