2023 World Baseball Classic qualification#Pool A

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| dates = September 16 – October 5, 2022{{cite web |title=World Baseball Classic 2023 venues, pools announced |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/world-baseball-classic-2023-dates-pools-revealed |website=MLB.com |access-date=7 July 2022}}

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The qualifying round of the 2023 World Baseball Classic, officially callled The World Baseball Classic 2022 Qualifiers was held from 16 September 2022 to 5 October 2022. Teams which participated at the 2017 World Baseball Classic automatically qualified for the 2023 tournament. The qualifying round consisted of two tournaments to be participated by six teams each. The qualifiers were planned to be hosted in Tucson, Arizona in the United States but after the delay, the qualifier hosts were changed to the cities of Regensburg, Germany at Armin-Wolf-Arena and Panamá City, Panama at Estadio Rod Carew.{{Cite web |title=Panama: Green light for the upgrade of Estadio Nacional |url=http://stadiumdb.com/news/2022/06/panama_green_light_for_the_upgrade_of_estadio_nacional |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=stadiumdb.com |language=en}} Winners and runners-up of each of the two tournaments qualified for the 2023 World Baseball Classic.{{cite news |title=Qualifiers set for expanded 2021 World Baseball Classic |url=https://www.afp.com/en/news/824/qualifiers-set-expanded-2021-world-baseball-classic-doc-1oh6yy1 |access-date=January 29, 2020 |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=January 28, 2020}}

The first qualifying tournament was originally scheduled to be held from March 13–18, 2020 and the second from March 20–25, 2020, before the qualifiers' postponement was announced on March 12, 2020, by Major League Baseball due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite news |title=World Baseball Classic qualifier games postponed |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/world-baseball-classic-qualifier-games-postponed |last=Harrigan|first=Thomas|access-date=March 12, 2020 |work=MLB.com |date=March 12, 2020}}{{ cite web |url=https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-major-league-baseball-to-delay-2020-opening-day-by-at-least-two-we | title=Major League Baseball to delay 2020 Opening Day by at least two weeks | work=MLB.com Press Release | date=March 12, 2020 | access-date=May 19, 2020 }} In resolving the 2021–22 Major League Baseball lockout,{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}} Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association agreed that the World Baseball Classic would return in 2023 and that qualifiers would begin in September 2022.{{cite web |title=World Baseball Classic returning in 2023 |date=March 16, 2022 |url=https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/2318303 |publisher=The Athletic |access-date=22 March 2022}}

Qualified teams

[[File:2023 World Baseball Classic qualification.svg|thumb|center|upright=4.0|Qualification status:

{{legend|#fc0|Participated in the qualifier but failed to qualify}}]]

Note: Numbers in parentheses indicate positions in the WBSC World Rankings {{asof|2021|12|31|lc=y|df=US}}.{{cite web |title=WBSC Rankings - Men's baseball on 28/06/21 |url=https://rankings.wbsc.org/list/baseball/men/world/ |publisher=World Baseball Softball Confederation |access-date=2 July 2021}}

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
scope="col" width="170" \|Team !scope="col" width="170" \|World ranking !scope="col" width=200\|Method of qualification !scope="col"\|Classic appearance !scope="col"\|Previous best position
scope="row"\|{{bb\|AUS}} \|10th \| rowspan="16" \|2017 World Baseball Classic \|5th \|data-sort-value="10"\|Round 1
scope="row"\|{{bb\|CAN}} \|12th \|5th \|data-sort-value="11"\|Round 1
scope="row"\|{{bb\|CHN}} \|21st \|5th \|data-sort-value="12"\|Round 1
scope="row"\|{{bb\|TPE}} \|2nd \|5th \|data-sort-value="7"\|Round 2 (2013)
scope="row"\|{{bb\|COL}} \|11th \|2nd \|data-sort-value="13"\|Round 1
scope="row"\|{{bb\|CUB}} \|9th \|5th \|data-sort-value="2.2"\|Runners-up (2006)
scope="row"\|{{bb\|DOM}} \|7th \|5th \|data-sort-value="1.2"\|Champions (2013)
scope="row"\|{{bb\|ITA}} \|17th \|5th \|data-sort-value="9"\|Round 2 (2013)
scope="row"\|{{bb\|ISR}} \|20th \|2nd \|data-sort-value="8"\|Round 2 (2017)
scope="row"\|{{bb\|JPN}} \|1st \|5th \|data-sort-value="1.1"\|Champions (2006, 2009)
scope="row"\|{{bb\|MEX}} \|4th \|5th \|data-sort-value="6"\|Round 2 (2006, 2009)
scope="row"\|{{bb\|NED}} \|8th \|5th \|data-sort-value="4"\|Fourth place (2013, 2017)
scope="row"\|{{bb\|PUR}} \|16th \|5th \|data-sort-value="2.1"\|Runners-up (2013, 2017)
scope="row"\|{{bb\|KOR}} \|3rd \|5th \|data-sort-value="2.3"\|Runners-up (2009)
scope="row"\|{{bb\|USA}} \|5th \|5th \|data-sort-value="1.2"\|Champions (2017)
scope="row"\|{{bb\|VEN}} \|6th \|5th \|data-sort-value="3"\|Third place (2009)
scope="row"\|{{bb\|GBR}} \|23rd \|Qualifier 1 Winners \|1st \|
scope="row"\|{{bb\|CZE}} \|14th \|Qualifier 1 Runners-up \|1st \|
scope="row"\|{{bb\|PAN}} \|13th \|Qualifier 2 Winners \|3rd \|data-sort-value="10"\|Round 1
scope="row"\|{{bb\|NIC}} \|15th \|Qualifier 2 Runners-up \|1st

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scope="col" width="170" |Team

!scope="col" width="170" |World ranking

!scope="col" width=200|Method of qualification

!scope="col"|Classic appearance

!scope="col"|Previous best position

scope="row"|{{bb|AUS}}

|10th

| rowspan="16" |2017 World Baseball Classic

|5th

|data-sort-value="10"|Round 1

scope="row"|{{bb|CAN}}

|12th

|5th

|data-sort-value="11"|Round 1

scope="row"|{{bb|CHN}}

|21st

|5th

|data-sort-value="12"|Round 1

scope="row"|{{bb|TPE}}

|2nd

|5th

|data-sort-value="7"|Round 2 (2013)

scope="row"|{{bb|COL}}

|11th

|2nd

|data-sort-value="13"|Round 1

scope="row"|{{bb|CUB}}

|9th

|5th

|data-sort-value="2.2"|Runners-up (2006)

scope="row"|{{bb|DOM}}

|7th

|5th

|data-sort-value="1.2"|Champions (2013)

scope="row"|{{bb|ITA}}

|17th

|5th

|data-sort-value="9"|Round 2 (2013)

scope="row"|{{bb|ISR}}

|20th

|2nd

|data-sort-value="8"|Round 2 (2017)

scope="row"|{{bb|JPN}}

|1st

|5th

|data-sort-value="1.1"|Champions (2006, 2009)

scope="row"|{{bb|MEX}}

|4th

|5th

|data-sort-value="6"|Round 2 (2006, 2009)

scope="row"|{{bb|NED}}

|8th

|5th

|data-sort-value="4"|Fourth place (2013, 2017)

scope="row"|{{bb|PUR}}

|16th

|5th

|data-sort-value="2.1"|Runners-up (2013, 2017)

scope="row"|{{bb|KOR}}

|3rd

|5th

|data-sort-value="2.3"|Runners-up (2009)

scope="row"|{{bb|USA}}

|5th

|data-sort-value="1.2"|Champions (2017)

scope="row"|{{bb|VEN}}

|6th

|5th

|data-sort-value="3"|Third place (2009)

scope="row"|{{bb|GBR}}

|23rd

|Qualifier 1 Winners

|1st

scope="row"|{{bb|CZE}}

|14th

|Qualifier 1 Runners-up

|1st

scope="row"|{{bb|PAN}}

|13th

|Qualifier 2 Winners

|3rd

|data-sort-value="10"|Round 1

scope="row"|{{bb|NIC}}

|15th

|Qualifier 2 Runners-up

|1st

Players

Venues

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! width="25%" |Pool A

|rowspan=5|{{Location map+|Germany|width=200|float=center|caption=|places=

{{Location map~|Germany|lat_deg=49.025833|lon_deg=12.139444|position=left|label=Regensburg}}}}

|rowspan=5|{{Location map+|Panama|width=400|float=center|caption=|places=

{{Location map~|Panama|lat_deg=9.041311|lon_deg=-79.5453|position=right|label=Panama City}}}}

! width="25%" |Pool B

{{flagicon|GER}} Regensburg, Germany

|{{flagicon|PAN}} Panama City, Panama

Armin-Wolf-Arena

|Rod Carew Stadium

Capacity: 3,200

|Capacity: 27,000

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|200x200px

Pools composition

Note: Numbers in parentheses indicate positions in the WBSC World Rankings {{asof|2022|July|lc=y|df=US}}.

class="wikitable" width=480
width=50%\|Pool A !width=50%\|Pool B
{{bb\|GER}} (18) (hosts) \|{{bb\|PAN}} (13) (hosts)
{{bb\|CZE}} (14) \|{{bb\|NCA}} (15)
{{bb\|ESP}} (19) \|{{bb\|BRA}} (25)
{{bb\|FRA}} (22) \|{{bb\|ARG}} (27)
{{bb\|GBR}} (23) \|{{bb\|PAK}} (31)
{{bb\|RSA}} (26) \|{{bb\|NZL}} (46)

class="wikitable" width=480

width=50%|Pool A

!width=50%|Pool B

{{bb|GER}} (18) (hosts)

|{{bb|PAN}} (13) (hosts)

{{bb|CZE}} (14)

|{{bb|NCA}} (15)

{{bb|ESP}} (19)

|{{bb|BRA}} (25)

{{bb|FRA}} (22)

|{{bb|ARG}} (27)

{{bb|GBR}} (23)

|{{bb|PAK}} (31)

{{bb|RSA}} (26)

|{{bb|NZL}} (46)

The format was double-elimination. Each pool contained six teams, two of which are given a bye to the second round. The highest ranked teams in the WBSC World Rankings (the Czech Republic and Germany in Pool A, and Panama and Nicaragua in Pool B) received the byes.

Four of the teams had previously participated in the main WBC tournament: Panama and South Africa in 2006 and 2009 (which were by invitation), and Brazil and Spain in 2013. All four had participated in all qualifying tournaments.

Argentina played in WBC qualifiers for the first time, replacing the Philippines, which appeared in previous qualifying tournaments held in 2012 and 2016.{{cite web|title=Histórico: Argentina jugará el World Baseball Classic|url=https://beisbolargentino.com.ar/historico-argentina-jugara-el-world-baseball-classic/|website=Beisbol Argentino|first= Diego|last=Beccacece|date=August 18, 2022|access-date=October 4, 2022|language=es}} The other 11 teams had all previously participated in WBC qualifying. Two have previously won their qualifying group and qualified for the main tournament (Brazil, Spain), six have previously finished as high as second in their qualifying group (Germany, Great Britain, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, South Africa), Two have previously finished as high as third in their qualifying group (Czech Republic, France), and one has previously finished last in its qualifying group (Pakistan).

Qualifying round

=Pool A=

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| RD1=Opening Round | RD2=Semifinals | RD3=Qualifier

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| RD1-seed2=– | RD1-team2={{bb|ESP}} | RD1-score2=5

| RD1-seed3=– | RD1-team3={{bb|GBR}} | RD1-score3=14

| RD1-seed4=– | RD1-team4={{bb|FRA}} | RD1-score4=4

| RD2-seed1=– | RD2-team1={{bb|CZE}} | RD2-score1=7

| RD2-seed2=W1 | RD2-team2={{bb|ESP}} | RD2-score2=21

| RD2-seed3=– | RD2-team3={{bb|GER}} | RD2-score3=1

| RD2-seed4=W2 | RD2-team4={{bb|GBR}} | RD2-score4=8

| RD3-seed1=W3 | RD3-team1={{bb|ESP}} | RD3-score1=9

| RD3-seed2=W4 | RD3-team2={{bb|GBR}} | RD3-score2=10

| RD1-seed5=L2 | RD1-team5={{bb|FRA}} | RD1-score5=1

| RD1-seed6=L3 | RD1-team6={{bb|CZE}} | RD1-score6=7

| RD1-seed7=L1 | RD1-team7={{bb|RSA}} | RD1-score7=5

| RD1-seed8=L4 | RD1-team8={{bb|GER}} | RD1-score8=11

| RD2-seed5=W5 | RD2-team5={{bb|CZE}} | RD2-score5=8

| RD2-seed6=W6 | RD2-team6={{bb|GER}} | RD2-score6=4

| RD3-seed3=L8 | RD3-team3={{bb|ESP}} | RD3-score3=1

| RD3-seed4=W7 | RD3-team4={{bb|CZE}} | RD3-score4=3

}}

{{bb res|Sept. 16, 2022|13:00|{{bb-rt|RSA}}|4–5|{{bb|ESP}}||Armin-Wolf-Arena|3:10|883|[https://www.mlb.com/gameday/south-africa-vs-spain/2022/09/16/718891 Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Sept. 16, 2022|19:00|{{bb-rt|GBR}}|14–4|{{bb|FRA}}|8|Armin-Wolf-Arena|3:49|897|[https://www.mlb.com/gameday/great-britain-vs-france/2022/09/16/718890 Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Sept. 17, 2022|13:00|{{bb-rt|ESP}}|21–7|{{bb|CZE}}|7|Armin-Wolf-Arena|3:05|1,725|[https://www.mlb.com/gameday/spain-vs-czech-republic/2022/09/17/718888 Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Sept. 17, 2022|19:00|{{bb-rt|GBR}}|8–1|{{bb|GER}}||Armin-Wolf-Arena|3:28|2,216|[https://www.mlb.com/gameday/great-britain-vs-germany/2022/09/17/718886 Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Sept. 18, 2022|13:00|{{bb-rt|FRA}}|1–7|{{bb|CZE}}||Armin-Wolf-Arena|3:14|911|[https://www.mlb.com/gameday/france-vs-czech-republic/2022/09/18/718889 Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Sept. 19, 2022|12:00|{{bb-rt|RSA}}|5–11|{{bb|GER}}||Armin-Wolf-Arena|3:11|920|[https://www.mlb.com/gameday/south-africa-vs-germany/2022/09/19/718887 Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Sept. 20, 2022|13:00|{{bb-rt|GER}}|4–8|{{bb|CZE}}*||Armin-Wolf-Arena|3:00|1,102|[https://www.mlb.com/gameday/germany-vs-czech-republic/2022/09/20/718885 Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Sept. 20, 2022|19:00|{{bb-rt|ESP}}|9–10|{{bb|GBR}}*|10|Armin-Wolf-Arena|4:15|1,186|[https://www.mlb.com/gameday/spain-vs-great-britain/2022/09/20/718883 Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Sept. 21, 2022|19:00|{{bb-rt|CZE}}|3–1|{{bb|ESP}}||Armin-Wolf-Arena|2:52|1,229|[https://www.mlb.com/gameday/czech-republic-vs-spain/2022/09/21/718884 Boxscore]}}

*Home team designation determined by coin toss.

=Pool B=

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| RD1=Opening Round | RD2=Semifinals | RD3=Qualifier

| RD1-seed1=– | RD1-team1={{bb|NZL}} | RD1-score1=7

| RD1-seed2=– | RD1-team2={{bb|BRA}} | RD1-score2=12

| RD1-seed3=– | RD1-team3={{bb|PAK}} | RD1-score3=4

| RD1-seed4=– | RD1-team4={{bb|ARG}} | RD1-score4=7

| RD2-seed1=– | RD2-team1={{bb|NCA}} | RD2-score1=1

| RD2-seed2=W1 | RD2-team2={{bb|BRA}} | RD2-score2=4

| RD2-seed3=– | RD2-team3={{bb|PAN}} | RD2-score3=11

| RD2-seed4=W2 | RD2-team4={{bb|ARG}} | RD2-score4=0

| RD3-seed1=W3 | RD3-team1={{bb|BRA}} | RD3-score1=0

| RD3-seed2=W4 | RD3-team2={{bb|PAN}} | RD3-score2=4

| RD1-seed5=L2 | RD1-team5={{bb|PAK}} | RD1-score5=0

| RD1-seed6=L3 | RD1-team6={{bb|NCA}} | RD1-score6=12

| RD1-seed7=L1 | RD1-team7={{bb|NZL}} | RD1-score7=1

| RD1-seed8=L4 | RD1-team8={{bb|ARG}} | RD1-score8=4

| RD2-seed5=W5 | RD2-team5={{bb|NCA}} | RD2-score5=6

| RD2-seed6=W6 | RD2-team6={{bb|ARG}} | RD2-score6=5

| RD3-seed3=L8 | RD3-team3={{bb|BRA}} | RD3-score3=1

| RD3-seed4=W7 | RD3-team4={{bb|NCA}} | RD3-score4=3

}}

{{bb res|Sept. 30, 2022|12:00|{{bb-rt|NZL}}|7–12|{{bb|BRA}}||Estadio Nacional de Panamá|3:17|105|[https://www.mlb.com/gameday/new-zealand-vs-brazil/2022/09/30/718880 Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Sept. 30, 2022|19:00|{{bb-rt|PAK}}|4–7|{{bb|ARG}}||Estadio Nacional de Panamá|3:33|466|[https://www.mlb.com/gameday/pakistan-vs-argentina/2022/09/30/718881 Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Oct. 1, 2022|12:00|{{bb-rt|BRA}}|4–1|{{bb|NIC}}||Estadio Nacional de Panamá|3:48|695|[https://www.mlb.com/gameday/brazil-vs-nicaragua/2022/10/01/718882 Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Oct. 1, 2022|20:00|{{bb-rt|ARG}}|0–11|{{bb|PAN}}|7|Estadio Nacional de Panamá|2:24|5,314|[https://www.mlb.com/gameday/argentina-vs-panama/2022/10/01/718877 Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Oct. 2, 2022|12:00|{{bb-rt|PAK}}|0–12|{{bb|NIC}}|7|Estadio Nacional de Panamá|2:32|495|[https://www.mlb.com/gameday/pakistan-vs-nicaragua/2022/10/02/718879 Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Oct. 2, 2022|19:00|{{bb-rt|NZL}}|1–4|{{bb|ARG}}||Estadio Nacional de Panamá|2:43|193|[https://www.mlb.com/gameday/new-zealand-vs-argentina/2022/10/02/718878 Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Oct. 4, 2022|10:00|{{bb-rt|ARG}}|5–6|{{bb|NIC}}*||Estadio Nacional de Panamá|3:20|185|[https://www.mlb.com/gameday/argentina-vs-nicaragua/2022/10/04/718876 Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Oct. 4, 2022|20:00|{{bb-rt|BRA}}|0–4|{{bb|PAN}}*||Estadio Nacional de Panamá|3:09|6,789|[https://www.mlb.com/gameday/brazil-vs-panama/2022/10/04/718875 Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Oct. 5, 2022|19:00|{{bb-rt|NIC}}|3–1|{{bb|BRA}}||Estadio Nacional de Panamá|3:21|769|[https://www.mlb.com/gameday/nicaragua-vs-brazil/2022/10/05/718874 Boxscore]}}

*Home team designation determined by coin toss.

References

External links

[https://www.mlb.com/world-baseball-classic Official website]

World Baseball Classic - Qualification

World Baseball Classic qualification