2023 World Baseball Classic Pool B
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Japan |
| City | Tokyo |
| Venue | Tokyo Dome |
| Dates | March 9–13 |
| Teams | 5 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Japan |
| Runners-up |  Australia |
| Awards | |
| MVP | Shohei Ohtani |
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]
| Draw position |
Team | Pot | Confederation | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
Finals appearance |
Last appearance |
Previous best performance |
WBSC Rankings[7] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1 | Japan |
1 | WBSC Asia | Hosts + 2017 participants | March 6, 2017 | 5th | 2017 | Champions (2006, 2009) | 1 |
| B2 |  South Korea |
2 | WBSC Asia | 2017 participants | March 6, 2017 | 5th | 2017 | Runners-up (2009) | 4 |
| B3 | Australia |
3 | WBSC Oceania | 2017 participants | March 6, 2017 | 5th | 2017 | Pool stage (2006, 2009, 2013, 2017) | 10 |
| B4 |  China |
4 | WBSC Asia | 2017 participants | March 6, 2017 | 5th | 2017 | Pool stage (2006, 2009, 2013, 2017) | 30 |
| B5 |  Czech Republic |
5 | WBSC Europe | Qualifiers Pool A runners-up | September 21, 2022 | 1st | — | — | 15 |
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | PCT | GB | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan (H) |
4 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 8 | 1.000 | — | Advance to quarterfinals Qualification for 2026 World Baseball Classic |
| 2 | Australia |
4 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 19 | .750 | 1 | |
| 3 | South Korea |
4 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 26 | .500 | 2 | Qualification for 2026 World Baseball Classic |
| 4 | Czech Republic |
4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 30 | .250 | 3 | |
| 5 | China |
4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 50 | .000 | 4 |
Summary
| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 2023 | 12:00 JST | Australia |
8–7 | South Korea |
Tokyo Dome | 3:46 | 15,540 | Boxscore | |
| Mar 9, 2023 | 19:00 JST | China |
1–8 | Japan |
Tokyo Dome | 3:41 | 41,616 | Boxscore | |
| Mar 10, 2023 | 12:00 JST | Czech Republic |
8–5 | China |
Tokyo Dome | 3:54 | 15,625 | Boxscore | |
| Mar 10, 2023 | 19:00 JST | South Korea |
4–13 | Japan |
Tokyo Dome | 4:04 | 41,629 | Boxscore | |
| Mar 11, 2023 | 12:00 JST | China |
2–12 | Australia |
7 | Tokyo Dome | 2:52 | 15,708 | Boxscore |
| Mar 11, 2023 | 19:00 JST | Czech Republic |
2–10 | Japan |
Tokyo Dome | 3:26 | 41,637 | Boxscore | |
| Mar 12, 2023 | 12:00 JST | Czech Republic |
3–7 | South Korea |
Tokyo Dome | 2:55 | 16,129 | Boxscore | |
| Mar 12, 2023 | 19:00 JST | Japan |
7–1 | Australia |
Tokyo Dome | 3:18 | 41,664 | Boxscore | |
| Mar 13, 2023 | 12:00 JST | Australia |
8–3 | Czech Republic |
Tokyo Dome | 3:04 | 16,641 | Boxscore | |
| Mar 13, 2023 | 19:00 JST | South Korea |
22–2 | China |
5 | Tokyo Dome | 2:37 | 14,442 | Boxscore |
