After the exciting qualifiers for the World Baseball Classic that took place in Germany, where the Czech Republic gave the big surprise by eliminating Spain and qualifying for the group stage along with Great Britain, now comes the second part of this round to be held in Panama.
For this tie that will start this Friday, 30 in September, Panama, Nicaragua, Brazil, Argentina, Pakistan , New Zealand will fight to keep the last two places remaining in the tournament that will take place in March 2023. One classified will go to Group C and the other will join Group D.
The round will be opened by New Zealand and Brazil at 1: 00 pm ET (12: 00 pm Panama time), while Pakistan and Argentina will face each other in the second game of the day, at 8: 00 pm ET (7: 00 pm Panama time).
Complete calendar:
Friday 30 September
Game 1: New Zeeland vs. Brazil, 1 pm
Game 2: Pakistan vs. Argentina, 8 pm
Saturday October 1st
Game 3: Winner of Game 1 vs. Nicaragua, 1 pm
Game 4: Winner of Game 2 vs. Panama, 8 pm
Sunday October 2
Game 5: Loser of Game 2 vs. Loser of Game 3, 1 pm
Game 6: Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 4, 8 pm
Tuesday, October 4
Game 7: Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 6, 1 pm
Game 8: Winner of Game 3 vs. Game 4 Winner, 8 pm
Wednesday, October 5
Game 9: Winner of Game 7 vs. Game 8 Loser, 8 pm
All games are on New York time.
How to watch the games:
You can follow every second of the Qualifiers for free no matter where you are through WorlBaseballClassic.com. In addition, you will be able to watch the games on MLB.TV, LasMayores.com, on the World Baseball Classic YouTube channel and on the World Baseball Classic Facebook page.
Groups of the World Baseball Classic 2023:
In the absence of the last two classified that will come out of these qualifiers, the World Classic groups are made up as follows.
Group A: Chinese Taipei, Netherlands, Cuba, Italy and Great Britain
Group B: Japan, Korea, Australia, China and Czech Republic.
Group C: United States, Colombia, Mexico, Canada and the first classified of the qualifiers in Panama.
Group D: Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Israel and the second classified of the qualifiers in Panama.
Also read:
– José Urquidy will negotiate with the Houston Astros to be in the World Classic with Mexico
– Eduardo Pérez resigns as general manager of Puerto Rico for the World Baseball Classic 2023
– Puerto Rico will announce Yadier Molina as its manager for the World Baseball Classic