2023 World Baseball Classic Pool B
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Japan |
| City | Tokyo |
| Venue | Tokyo Dome |
| Dates | March 9–13 |
| Teams | 5 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Awards | |
| MVP | |
The 2023 World Baseball Classic Pool B was the second of four pools of the 2023 World Baseball Classic that took place from March 9–13 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.[1] The top two teams automatically qualified for the top eight knockout stage, beginning with the quarterfinal in Tokyo and the remaining of the bracket in Miami.[2]
The teams in Pool B consisted of Australia, China, newcomer Czech Republic, hosts Japan, and South Korea.[3] Japan won the pool and advanced to the quarterfinals, along with Australia as runners-up.[4] China was relegated to the 2026 World Baseball Classic qualification round through their win percentage.[5]
Shohei Ohtani of Japan was named the most valuable player of Pool B.[6]
Teams
[edit | edit source]| Draw position |
Team | Pot | Confederation | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
Finals appearance |
Last appearance |
Previous best performance |
WBSC Rankings[7] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1 | 1 | WBSC Asia | Hosts + 2017 participants | March 6, 2017 | 5th | 2017 | Champions (2006, 2009) | 1 | |
| B2 | 2 | WBSC Asia | 2017 participants | March 6, 2017 | 5th | 2017 | Runners-up (2009) | 4 | |
| B3 | 3 | WBSC Oceania | 2017 participants | March 6, 2017 | 5th | 2017 | Pool stage (2006, 2009, 2013, 2017) | 10 | |
| B4 | 4 | WBSC Asia | 2017 participants | March 6, 2017 | 5th | 2017 | Pool stage (2006, 2009, 2013, 2017) | 30 | |
| B5 | 5 | WBSC Europe | Qualifiers Pool A runners-up | September 21, 2022 | 1st | — | — | 15 |
Standings
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | PCT | GB | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 8 | 1.000 | — | Advance to quarterfinals Qualification for 2026 World Baseball Classic | |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 19 | .750 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 26 | .500 | 2 | Qualification for 2026 World Baseball Classic | |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 30 | .250 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 50 | .000 | 4 |
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Summary
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| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 2023 | 12:00 JST | Australia |
8–7 | Tokyo Dome | 3:46 | 15,540 | Boxscore | ||
| Mar 9, 2023 | 19:00 JST | China |
1–8 | Tokyo Dome | 3:41 | 41,616 | Boxscore | ||
| Mar 10, 2023 | 12:00 JST | Czech Republic |
8–5 | Tokyo Dome | 3:54 | 15,625 | Boxscore | ||
| Mar 10, 2023 | 19:00 JST | South Korea |
4–13 | Tokyo Dome | 4:04 | 41,629 | Boxscore | ||
| Mar 11, 2023 | 12:00 JST | China |
2–12 | 7 | Tokyo Dome | 2:52 | 15,708 | Boxscore | |
| Mar 11, 2023 | 19:00 JST | Czech Republic |
2–10 | Tokyo Dome | 3:26 | 41,637 | Boxscore | ||
| Mar 12, 2023 | 12:00 JST | Czech Republic |
3–7 | Tokyo Dome | 2:55 | 16,129 | Boxscore | ||
| Mar 12, 2023 | 19:00 JST | Japan |
7–1 | Tokyo Dome | 3:18 | 41,664 | Boxscore | ||
| Mar 13, 2023 | 12:00 JST | Australia |
8–3 | Tokyo Dome | 3:04 | 16,641 | Boxscore | ||
| Mar 13, 2023 | 19:00 JST | South Korea |
22–2 | 5 | Tokyo Dome | 2:37 | 14,442 | Boxscore |
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Matches
[edit | edit source]Australia vs South Korea
[edit | edit source]| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Jon Kennedy (1–0) LP: Kim Won-jung (0–1) Sv: Josh Guyer (1) Home runs: AUS: Tim Kennelly (1), Robbie Glendinning (1), Robbie Perkins (1) KOR: Yang Eui-ji (1) Attendance: 15,540 Umpires: HP – Ramon De Jesus, 1B – Fabrizio Fabrizi, 2B – Adam Hamari, 3B – Chan-Jung Chang Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
China vs Japan
[edit | edit source]| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | X | 8 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Shohei Ohtani (1–0) LP: Wang Xiang (0–1) Home runs: CHN: Liang Pei (1) JPN: Shugo Maki (1) Attendance: 41,616 Umpires: HP - Stu Scheurwater, 1B - Cuti Suarez, 2B - Ben May, 3B - Delfin Colon Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech Republic vs China
[edit | edit source]| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Marek Minarik (1–0) LP: Hai-Cheng Gong (0–1) Home runs: CZE: Matej Mensik (1), Martin Muzik (1) CHN: None Attendance: 15,625 Umpires: HP - Chan-Jung Chang, 1B - Pat Hoberg, 2B - Ben May, 3B - Fabrizio Fabrizi Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Korea vs Japan
[edit | edit source]| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | X | 13 | 13 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Yu Darvish (1–0) LP: Kwang-hyun Kim (0–1) Home runs: KOR: Yang Eui-ji (2), Park Kun-woo (1) JPN: Kensuke Kondo (1) Attendance: 41,629 Umpires: HP: Laz Díaz, 1B: Stu Scheurwater, 2B: Delfin Colon, 3B: Cuti Suárez Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
China vs Australia
[edit | edit source]| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | X | 12 | 12 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Kyle Glogoski (1–0) LP: Xin Qi (0–1) Home runs: CHN: None AUS: Robbie Glendinning (2) Attendance: 15,708 Umpires: HP – Adam Hamari, 1B – Chan-Jung Chang, 2B – Pat Hoberg, 3B – Delfin Colon Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 7 innings. No outs when last run scored. Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech Republic vs Japan
[edit | edit source]| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 10 | 11 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Rōki Sasaki (1–0) LP: Ondřej Satoria (0–1) Sv: Hiroya Miyagi (1) Home runs: CZE: None JPN: Shugo Maki (2) Attendance: 41,637 Umpires: HP: Ben May, 1B: Ramon De Jesus, 2B: Cuti Suárez, 3B: Fabrizio Fabrizi Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech Republic vs South Korea
[edit | edit source]| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x | 7 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Se Woong Park (1–0) LP: Lukas Ercoli (0–1) Sv: Yongchan Lee (1) Home runs: CZE: None KOR: Ha-seong Kim 2 (2) Attendance: 16,129 Umpires: HP – Delfin Colon, 1B – Laz Diaz, 2B – Fabrizio Fabrizzi, 3B – Ben May Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japan vs Australia
[edit | edit source]| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Yoshinobu Yamamoto (1–0) LP: Will Sherriff (0–1) Home runs: JPN: Shohei Ohtani (1) AUS: Alex Hall (1) Attendance: 41,664 Umpires: HP – Pat Hoberg, 1B – Cuti Suárez, 2B – Adam Hamari, 3B – Chan-Jung Chang Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australia vs Czech Republic
[edit | edit source]| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Daniel McGrath (1–0) LP: Marek Minařík (1–1) Home runs: AUS: Alex Hall (2) CZE: None Attendance: 16,641 Umpires: HP – Ramon De Jesus, 1B – Delfin Colon, 2B: Laz Díaz, 3B – Fabrizio Fabrizi Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Korea vs China
[edit | edit source]This was China's worst defeat in the World Baseball Classic, with South Korea having scored 22 runs, the highest number of runs in any of the World Baseball Classic competition. China were also the first team to lose all four games.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | x | x | x | x | 22 | 20 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | x | x | x | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Hyeong Jun So (1–0) LP: Alan Carter (0–1) Home runs: KOR: Park Kun-woo (2), Ha-seong Kim (3) CHN: None Attendance: 14,442 Umpires: HP – Stu Scheurwater, 1B – Adam Hamari, 2B – Chan-Jung Chang, 3B – Cuti Suarez Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Statistics
[edit | edit source]Source: [8]
Leading hitters
[edit | edit source]Power
[edit | edit source]| SLG | Team | 1B | 2B | 3B | HR | AB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .542 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 131 | |
| .515 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 132 | |
| .480 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 127 | |
| .293 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 133 | |
| .236 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 106 |
Efficiency
[edit | edit source]| OBP | Team | H | BB | HBP | AB | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .486 | 43 | 41 | 4 | 132 | 4 | |
| .425 | 44 | 18 | 3 | 131 | 1 | |
| .376 | 35 | 17 | 4 | 127 | 1 | |
| .287 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 133 | 2 | |
| .258 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 106 | 1 |
Leading pitchers
[edit | edit source]| WHIP | Team | BB | H | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.61 | 4 | 18 | 36 | 54 | |
| 1.42 | 11 | 33 | 31 | 41 | |
| 1.44 | 19 | 30 | 34 | 34 | |
| 1.74 | 23 | 36 | 34 | 22 | |
| 3.32 | 42 | 51 | 28 | 21 |
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