World Baseball Classic standings: Updated results, scores from the 2023 WBC tournament

Kevin Skiver

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With only the championship left to play, the World Baseball Classic has been rife with drama.

Whether it's been Cuba overcoming an 0-2 hole to win Pool A, Mexico and Team USA advancing out of Pool C on the final day of pool play, or Japan steamrolling its way through the tournament, every team in the semifinals had a fascinating path through the WBC.

So far, the only perfect team is Samurai Japan, which looks truly unstoppable to this point. Team USA, however, showed that all it takes is one game to beat a team previously thought to look unbeatable, having beaten Venezuela in the quarterfinals after Venezuela rolled through Pool D with a 4-0 record, including wins over the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.

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In the semifinals, Team USA looked the most dominant it has since its third game against Canada, winning 14-2 to advance to the championship. Regarding the aforementioned drama, Japan defeated Mexico on a walk-off home run from Munetaka Murakami after trailing for the majority of the game.

Nothing has come easy to this point. And that is unlikely to change in the final game of the tournament. Here's how we got to this point.

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2023 World Baseball Classic baseball standings

Teams played four round-robin games games in their respective pools. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the quarterfinals.

Pool A: Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium, Taichung, Chinese Taipei

Pos. Team GP W L GB
1 Cuba* 4 2 2 -
2 Italy* 4 2 2 -
3 Panama 4 2 2 -
4 Netherlands 4 2 2 -
5 Chinese Taipei 4 2 2 -

* - Advances to quarterfinals

Pool B: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo

Pos. Team GP W L GB
1 Japan* 4 4 0 -
2 Australia* 4 3 1 1
3 Korea 4 2 2 2
4 Czech Republic 4 1 3 3
5 China 4 0 4 4

* - Advances to quarterfinals

Pool C: Chase Field, Phoenix

Pos. Team GP W L GB
1 Mexico* 4 3 1 -
2 USA* 4 3 1 -
3 Canada 4 2 2 1
4 Great Britain 4 1 3 3
5 Colombia 4 1 3 3

* - Advances to quarterfinals

 Pool D: LoanDepot Park, Miami

Pos. Team GP W L GB
1 Venezuela* 4 4 0 0
4 Puerto Rico* 4 3 1 1
2 Dominican Republic 4 2 2 2
3 Israel 4 1 3 3
5 Nicaragua 4 0 4 4

* - Advances to quarterfinals

2023 World Baseball Classic baseball schedule

Pool play in the 2023 World Baseball Classic took place March 7-15 (U.S. Eastern time zone). Games will be telecast on the Fox Sports family of networks. Games can also be streamed via fuboTV, which offers a free trial.

(All times Eastern in U.S.)

Pool A (Chinese Taipei)

Date Time Matchup TV
March 7 11 p.m. Netherlands 4, Cuba 2 FS1
March 8 6 a.m. Panama 12, Chinese Taipei 5 FS2
March 8 11 p.m.  Netherlands 3, Panama 1 FS2
March 9 6 a.m. Italy 6, Cuba 3 (10 innings) Tubi
March 9 11:30 p.m. Cuba 13, Panama 4 FS1
March 10 6 a.m. Chinese Taipei 11, Italy 7 Tubi
March 10 11 p.m. Panama 2, Italy 0 FS1
March 11 6 a.m. Chinese Taipei 9, Netherlands 5 FS2
March 11 11 p.m. Cuba 7, Chinese Taipei 1 FS2
March 12 7 a.m. Italy 7, Netherlands 1 FS2

Pool B (Tokyo)

Date Time Matchup TV
March 8 10 p.m. Australia 8, Korea 7 FS1
March 9 5 a.m. Japan 8, China 1 FS2
March 9 10 p.m. Czech Republic 8, China 5 Tubi
March 10 5 a.m. Japan 13, Korea 4 FS2
March 10 10 p.m. Australia 12, China 2 (7 innings) FS2
March 11 5 a.m. Japan 10, Czech Republic 2 FS1
March 11 10 p.m. Korea 7, Czech Republic 3 FS1
March 12 6 a.m. Japan 7, Australia 1 FS1
March 12 11 p.m. Australia 8, Czech Republic 3 FS2
March 13 6 a.m. Korea 22, China 2 (5 innings) FS2

Pool C (Phoenix)

Date Time Matchup TV
March 11 2:30 p.m. Colombia 5, Mexico 4 (10 innings) Fox
March 11 10 p.m. USA 6, Great Britain 2 Fox
March 12 3 p.m. Canada 18, Great Britain 8 (7 innings) FS1
March 12 10 p.m. Mexico 11, USA 5 FS1
March 13 3 p.m. Great Britain 7, Colombia 5 FS2
March 13 10 p.m. USA 12, Canada 1 (7 innings) FS1
March 14 3 p.m. Canada 5, Colombia 0 FS2
March 14 10 p.m. Mexico 2, Great Britain 1 FS1
March 15 3 p.m. Mexico 10, Canada 3 FS2
March 15 10 p.m. USA 3, Colombia 2 FS1

Pool D (Miami)

Date Time Matchup TV
March 11 Noon Puerto Rico 9, Nicaragua 1 FS2
March 11 7 p.m. Venezuela 5, Dominican Republic 1 FS1
March 12 Noon Israel 3, Nicaragua 1 FS2
March 12 7 p.m. Venezuela 9, Puerto Rico 6 FS1
March 13 Noon Dominican Republic 6, Nicaragua 1 FS2
March 13 7 p.m. Puerto Rico 10, Israel 0 FS1
March 14 Noon Venezuela 4, Nicaragua 1 FS2
March 14 7 p.m. Dominican Republic 10, Israel 0 FS2
March 15 Noon Venezuela 5, Israel 1 FS2
March 15 7 p.m. Puerto Rico 5, Dominican Republic 2 FS2

Quarterfinals

Date Time Venue Matchup TV
March 15 6 a.m. Tokyo  Cuba 4, Australia 3 FS2
March 16 6 a.m. Tokyo  Japan 9, Italy 3 FS2
March 17 7 p.m. Miami Mexico 5, Puerto Rico 4 FS1
March 18 7 p.m. Miami USA 9, Venezuela 7 Fox

Semifinals

Date Time Venue Matchup TV
March 19 7 p.m. Miami USA 14, Cuba 2 FS1
March 20 7 p.m. Miami Japan 6, Mexico 5 FS1

Championship

Date Time Venue Matchup TV
March 21 7 p.m. Miami Japan 3, USA 2 FS1

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Kevin Skiver has been a content producer at Sporting News since 2021. He previously worked at CBS Sports as a trending topics writer, and now writes various pieces on MLB, the NFL, the NBA, and college sports. He enjoys hiking and eating, not necessarily in that order.