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The World Baseball Classic is right around the corner and News Sports has just announced the broadcast schedule.
There are five teams in each group and each team will play four matches over six days during pool play. The tournament starts on March 4 and ends on March 17.
The News Sports family of networks (News, FS1, FS2, News Deportes), the News Sports app and Tubi will combine to broadcast all 47 games of the World Baseball Classic.
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Opening ceremonies for the 2023 World Baseball Classic championship game between Team USA and Team Japan at LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida, on March 21, 2023. (Daniel Shirey/WBCI/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
Eight of the 20 teams will advance to the quarterfinals, which are single-elimination. The semi-finals begin one day after the quarter-finals finish and the final will be played on Tuesday, March 17.
Puerto Rico, Cuba, Canada, Panama and Colombia are in Group A. They will play their group matches at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The United States, Mexico, Italy, Great Britain and Brazil are in Group B. They will play their group matches at Daikin Park in Houston, Texas. Japan, Australia, Korea, Czech Republic and Chinese Taipei are in Group C. They will play their group matches at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.
Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Netherlands, Israel and Nicaragua are in Group D. They will play their group matches at Loan Depot Park in Miami, Florida.
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Designated hitter Shohei Ohtani of Japan celebrates hitting a three-run home run in the fifth inning during a World Baseball Classic exhibition game against the Hanshin Tigers at the Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, Japan, on March 6, 2023. (Kenta Harada/Getty Images)
Here is the tournament schedule:
Wednesday March 4
Chinese Taipei and Australia – 10 PM ET – FS1/NewsD
Thursday March 5
Czechia and Korea – 5 a.m. ET – FS1/NewsD
Australia and Czechia – 10 pm ET – FS1/NewsD
Friday March 6
Japan and Chinese Taipei – 5 a.m. ET – FS1/NewsD
Cuba and Panama – 11 a.m. ET – FS2/NewsD
Netherlands and Venezuela – 12 pm ET – Tubi
Mexico and Great Britain – 1 PM ET – FS1/NewsD
Puerto Rico and Colombia – 6 PM ET – FS1/NewsD
Nicaragua and Dominican Republic – 7 PM ET – FS2
USA and Brazil – 8 PM ET – News/NewsD
Chinese Taipei and Czechia – 10 pm ET – FS2
Saturday March 7
Korea and Japan – 5 a.m. ET – FS1/NewsD
Colombia and Canada – 11 am ET – FS2/NewsD
Nicaragua and Netherlands – 12 pm ET – Tubi
Brazil and Italy – 1 pm ET – Application
Panama and Puerto Rico – 6 PM ET – FS1/NewsD
Israel and Venezuela – 7 pm ET – FS2
Britain and USA – 8 pm ET – News
Chinese Taipei and Korea – 10 pm ET – FS2
Sunday March 8
Australia and Japan – 6 a.m. ET – FS1/NewsD
Colombia and Cuba – 12 pm ET – FS2
Netherlands and Dominican Republic – 12 pm ET – News/NewsD
Great Britain and Italy – 1 pm ET – Tubi
Panama and Canada – 7 pm ET – FS2
Nicaragua and Israel – 7 pm ET – Tubi
Brazil and Mexico – 8 PM ET – FS1/NewsD
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Trea Turner of Team USA hits a grand slam in the top of the eighth inning during the 2023 World Baseball Classic quarterfinal game against Team Venezuela at LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida, on March 18, 2023. (Gene Wang/Getty Images)
Monday March 9
Korea and Australia – 6 a.m. ET – FS1/NewsD
Colombia and Panama – 12 pm ET – FS2
Dominican Republic and Israel – 12 PM ET – FS1/NewsD
Brazil and Great Britain – 1 pm ET – Tubi
Cuba and Puerto Rico – 7 pm ET – FS1
Venezuela and Nicaragua – 7 pm ET – FS2
Mexico and the United States – 8 PM ET – News/NewsD
Tuesday March 10
Czechia and Japan – 6 a.m. ET – FS1/NewsD
Canada and Puerto Rico – 7 pm ET – Tubi
Israel and Netherlands – 7 pm ET – App/NewsD
Italy and USA – 9 pm ET – FS1/NewsD
Wednesday March 11
Canada and Cuba – 3 PM ET – FS2/NewsD
Italy and Mexico – 7 pm ET – Tubi
Dominican Republic and Venezuela – 8 PM ET – FS1/NewsD
Friday, March 13 – Quarterfinals
Tokyo runner-up and Miami winner – 6:30 pm ET – FS2/NewsD
San Juan runner-up and Houston winner – 8 PM ET – News/NewsD
Saturday, March 14 – Quarterfinals
Houston runner-up and San Juan winner – 3 PM ET – FS1/NewsD
Miami runner-up and Tokyo winner – 9 pm ET – News/NewsD
Sunday, March 15 – Semifinals
Semifinal #1 – 8 PM ET – FS1/NewsD
Monday, March 16 – Semifinals
Semifinal #2 – 8 PM ET – FS1/NewsD
Tuesday March 17 – Championship
Championship game – 8 pm ET – News/NewsD
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Ryan Canfield is a digital production assistant for News Digital.