The 2023 World Baseball Classic is onto the knockout stage as Team USA became the last team in the quarterfinal field on Wednesday night. The Americans beat Colombia to finish second in Pool C, and a date with Venezuela in the quarterfinals awaits on Saturday night. Puerto Rico was also a winner on Wednesday night, but the team's ousting of the Dominican Republic came with a cost, as closer Edwin Díaz hurt his knee during the on-field celebration. Mexico faces Puerto Rico on Friday night.
Japan and Cuba are already into the semifinals, both winning quarterfinal games in Tokyo to eliminate Australia and Italy, respectively. With the field in the knockout stage, it's a single-elimination bracket style tournament with the championship game set for Tuesday, March 21 in Miami.
Check out the bracket, scores and more from the 2023 World Baseball Classic below.
2023 World Baseball Classic bracket
Major League Baseball/World Baseball Classic2023 World Baseball Classic scores
Thursday, March 16
Wednesday, March 15
Cuba 4, Australia 3 (quarterfinals)Venezuela 5, Israel 1Mexico 10, Canada 3Puerto Rico 5, Dominican Republic 2United States 3, Colombia 2Tuesday, 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 2 (F/5)Dominican 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 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 schedule
All games on Fox, FS1 and FS2 can be streamed on fuboTV (try for free).
(All times Eastern)
Friday, March 17
Puerto Rico vs. Mexico (quarterfinals), 7 p.m., FS1Saturday, March 18
United States vs. Venezuela (quarterfinals), 7 p.m., FoxSunday, March 19
Cuba vs. TBD (semifinals), 7 p.m., FS1Monday, March 20
Japan vs. TBD (semifinals), 7 p.m., FS1Tuesday, March 21
TBD vs. TBD (championship game), 7 p.m., FS1World Baseball Classic pool play 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
Mexico (advances to quarterfinals)
3
1
United States (advances to quarterfinals)
3
1
Canada
2
2
Colombia
1
3
Great Britain
1
3
Pool D
Venezuela (advances to quarterfinals)
4
0
Puerto Rico (advances to quarterfinals)
3
1
Dominican Republic
2
2
Israel
1
3
Nicaragua
0
4
