The United States Baseball team reached the final yesterday to defeat Cuba, 14-2, on Sunday night in Miami. Tonight Japan will face Mexico for World Baseball Classic 2nd semifinal game at 7 PM ET. Total of 20 national baseball teams are set to face each other this month, in the World Baseball Classic (WBC) 2023. News of the 5th edition of this promising tournament was met with great enthusiasm from baseball fanatics throughout the globe. This year’s hosting rights have been awarded to Japan, Taiwan, and the United States. The event was supposed to be held in 2021 but was pushed a year further into the time after the calamitous Covid-19 pandemic decided to show up.
Japan vs Mexico Match Details
Dates: March 20
Location: Miami, Florida
TV Channel: FOX, FS1, FS2
How to stream: PremiumTV (anywhere)
The 16 teams that took part in the 2017 World Baseball Classic automatically secured a birth at this year’s event. Qualifiers for the remaining 4 positions were held from 16 September 2022 to 5 October 2022 after consultation with the Major League Baseball (MLB) and Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA). The Czech Republic, Great Britain, Nicaragua, and Panama managed to qualify for the main event.
The defending champions, the United States, are again looking to bag the World Baseball Classic trophy. Standing in their way is Japan, a two-time winner of WBC and the number 1 team according to WBSC world rankings. Both these teams are closely followed by the Dominican Republic, which, although occupying the number 9 position in the WBSC ranking list, is a champion of the 2013 WBC tournament.
Check where you can watch Japan vs Mexico WBC Semifinals
All the matches of this auspicious will be available on Fox Sports, FS1 & Fs2 in the United States. Canadian fans can watch the World Baseball Classic games on Sportsnet. Cord cutters baseball fans can watch the entire tournament via PremiumTV OTT. PremiumTV brings a perfect streaming solution for Baseball fans. You can watch tonight Japan vs Mexico Baseball Classic Semifinal match tonight as well as tomorrow’s WBC Championship game where team USA makes the final.
Broadcast Channel of the 2023 World Baseball Classic
• Fox
• FS1
• FS2
In Canada the tournament will be aired on:
- SportsNet
In Japan the tournament will be aired on:
• TV Asahi
• TBS
• J SPORTS
• Amazon Prime Video
Qualified teams for the WBC 2023
From the Americas, the following teams were able to qualify for this year’s event:
• Canada
• Colombia
• Cuba
• Dominican Republic
• Mexico
• Puerto Rico
• United States
• Venezuela
• Panama
• Nicaragua
Teams hailing from Asia include:
• China
• Chinese Taipei
• Japan
• South Korea
Countries from Europe include:
• Israel
• Italy
• Netherlands
• Great Britain
• Czech Republic
Australia will represent the Oceania continent while South Africa will have no representatives.
2023 World Baseball Classic scores
Saturday, March 18
- United States 9, Venezuela 7
Friday, March 17
- Mexico 5, Puerto Rico 4
Thursday, March 16
- Japan 9, Italy 3
Wednesday, March 15
- Cuba 4, Australia 3 (quarterfinals)
- Venezuela 5, Israel 1
- Mexico 10, Canada 3
- Puerto Rico 5, Dominican Republic 2
- United States 3, Colombia 2
Tuesday, March 14
- Venezuela 4, Nicaragua 1
- Canada 5, Colombia 0
- Dominican Republic 10, Israel 0 (F/7)
- Mexico 2, Great Britain 1
Monday, March 13
- Korea 22, China 2
- Dominican Republic 6, Nicaragua 1
- Great Britain 7, Colombia 5
- Puerto Rico 10, Israel 0 (F/8)
- United States 12, Canada 1 (F/7)
Sunday, March 12
- Japan 7, Australia 1
- Italy 7, Netherlands 1
- Israel 3, Nicaragua 1
- Canada 18, Great Britain 8
- Venezuela 9, Puerto Rico 6
- Mexico 11, United States 5
- Australia 8, Czech Republic 3
Saturday, March 11
- Japan 10, Czech Republic, 2
- Chinese Taipei 9, Netherlands 5
- Puerto Rico 9, Nicaragua 1
- Colombia 5, Mexico 4
- Venezuela 5, Dominican Republic 1
- United States 6, Great Britain 2
- Korea 7, Czech Republic 3
- Cuba 7, Chinese Taipei 1
Friday, March 10
- Japan 13, Korea, 4
- Chinese Taipei 11, Italy 7
- Australia 12, China, 2 (F/7)
- Panama 2, Italy 0
Thursday, March 9
- Japan 8, China 1
- Italy 6, Cuba 3 (F/10)
- Czech Republic 8, China 5
- Cuba 13, Panama 4
Wednesday, March 8
- Panama 12, Chinese Taipei 5
- Australia 8, Korea 7
- Netherlands 3, Panama 1
Tuesday, March 7
- Netherlands 4, Cuba 2
