2023 World Baseball Classic qualification

The qualifying round of the 2023 World Baseball Classic 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.[2] Winners and runners-up of each of the two tournaments qualified for the 2023 World Baseball Classic.[3]

2023 World Baseball Classic qualification
Tournament details
CityPanama City and Regensburg
DatesSeptember 16 – October 5, 2022[1]
Teams12

The first qualifying tournament was originally scheduled to be held from March 13–18, 2020 and the second from March 20–25, 2020,[3] before the qualifiers' postponement was announced on March 12, 2020, by Major League Baseball due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5] In resolving the 2021–22 Major League Baseball lockout, 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.[6]

Qualified teams
Qualification status:
  Qualified for the 2023 World Baseball Classic
  Participated in the qualifier but failed to qualify

Note: Numbers in parentheses indicate positions in the WBSC World Rankings as of December 31, 2021.[7]

Team World ranking Method of qualification Classic appearance Previous best position
 Australia 10th 2017 World Baseball Classic 5th Round 1
 Canada 12th 5th Round 1
 China 21st 5th Round 1
 Chinese Taipei 2nd 5th Round 2 (2013)
 Colombia 11th 2nd Round 1
 Cuba 9th 5th Runners-up (2006)
 Dominican Republic 7th 5th Champions (2013)
 Italy 17th 5th Round 2 (2013)
 Israel 20th 2nd Round 2 (2017)
 Japan 1st 5th Champions (2006, 2009)
 Mexico 4th 5th Round 2 (2006, 2009)
 Netherlands 8th 5th Fourth place (2013, 2017)
 Puerto Rico 16th 5th Runners-up (2013, 2017)
 South Korea 3rd 5th Runners-up (2009)
 United States 5th 5th Champions (2017)
 Venezuela 6th 5th Third place (2009)
 Great Britain 23rd Qualifier 1 Winners 1st
 Czech Republic 14th Qualifier 1 Runners-up 1st
 Panama 13th Qualifier 2 Winners 3rd Round 1
 Nicaragua 15th Qualifier 2 Runners-up 1st

Players
See also: 2023 World Baseball Classic qualification rosters

Venues
Pool A Pool B
Germany Regensburg, Germany Panama Panama City, Panama
Armin-Wolf-Arena Rod Carew Stadium
Capacity: 3,200 Capacity: 27,000

Pools composition

Note: Numbers in parentheses indicate positions in the WBSC World Rankings as of July 2022.[7]

Pool A Pool B
 Germany (18) (hosts)  Panama (13) (hosts)
 Czech Republic (14)  Nicaragua (15)
 Spain (19)  Brazil (25)
 France (22)  Argentina (27)
 Great Britain (23)  Pakistan (31)
 South Africa (26)  New Zealand (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.[8] 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
Opening RoundSemifinalsQualifier
– Czech Republic7
– South Africa4W1 Spain21
– Spain5W3 Spain9
W4 Great Britain10
– Germany1
– Great Britain14W2 Great Britain8
– France4
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower final
L2 France1
L8 Spain1
L3 Czech Republic7
W5 Czech Republic8W7 Czech Republic3
W6 Germany4
L1 South Africa5
L4 Germany11
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
Sept. 16, 2022 13:00 South Africa  4–5  Spain   Armin-Wolf-Arena 3:10 883 Boxscore
Sept. 16, 2022 19:00 Great Britain  14–4  France 8 Armin-Wolf-Arena 3:49 897 Boxscore
Sept. 17, 2022 13:00 Spain  21–7  Czech Republic 7 Armin-Wolf-Arena 3:05 1,725 Boxscore
Sept. 17, 2022 19:00 Great Britain  8–1  Germany   Armin-Wolf-Arena 3:28 2,216 Boxscore
Sept. 18, 2022 13:00 France  1–7  Czech Republic   Armin-Wolf-Arena 3:14 911 Boxscore
Sept. 19, 2022 12:00 South Africa  5–11  Germany   Armin-Wolf-Arena 3:11 920 Boxscore
Sept. 20, 2022 13:00 Germany  4–8  Czech Republic*   Armin-Wolf-Arena 3:00 1,102 Boxscore
Sept. 20, 2022 19:00 Spain  9–10  Great Britain* 10 Armin-Wolf-Arena 4:15 1,186 Boxscore
Sept. 21, 2022 19:00 Czech Republic  3–1  Spain   Armin-Wolf-Arena 2:52 1,229 Boxscore

*Home team designation determined by coin toss.

Pool B
Opening RoundSemifinalsQualifier
– Nicaragua1
– New Zealand7W1 Brazil4
– Brazil12W3 Brazil0
W4 Panama4
– Panama11
– Pakistan4W2 Argentina0
– Argentina7
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower final
L2 Pakistan0
L8 Brazil1
L3 Nicaragua12
W5 Nicaragua6W7 Nicaragua3
W6 Argentina5
L1 New Zealand1
L4 Argentina4
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
Sept. 30, 2022 12:00 New Zealand  7–12  Brazil   Estadio Nacional de Panamá 3:17 105 Boxscore
Sept. 30, 2022 19:00 Pakistan  4–7  Argentina   Estadio Nacional de Panamá 3:33 466 Boxscore
Oct. 1, 2022 12:00 Brazil  4–1  Nicaragua   Estadio Nacional de Panamá 3:48 695 Boxscore
Oct. 1, 2022 20:00 Argentina  0–11  Panama 7 Estadio Nacional de Panamá 2:24 5,314 Boxscore
Oct. 2, 2022 12:00 Pakistan  0–12  Nicaragua 7 Estadio Nacional de Panamá 2:32 495 Boxscore
Oct. 2, 2022 19:00 New Zealand  1–4  Argentina   Estadio Nacional de Panamá 2:43 193 Boxscore
Oct. 4, 2022 10:00 Argentina  5–6  Nicaragua*   Estadio Nacional de Panamá 3:20 185 Boxscore
Oct. 4, 2022 20:00 Brazil  0–4  Panama*   Estadio Nacional de Panamá 3:09 6,789 Boxscore
Oct. 5, 2022 19:00 Nicaragua  3–1  Brazil   Estadio Nacional de Panamá 3:21 769 Boxscore

*Home team designation determined by coin toss.

References
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  2. "Panama: Green light for the upgrade of Estadio Nacional". stadiumdb.com. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
  3. "Qualifiers set for expanded 2021 World Baseball Classic". Agence France-Presse. January 28, 2020. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  4. Harrigan, Thomas (March 12, 2020). "World Baseball Classic qualifier games postponed". MLB.com. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  5. "Major League Baseball to delay 2020 Opening Day by at least two weeks". MLB.com Press Release. March 12, 2020. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
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  7. "WBSC Rankings - Men's baseball on 28/06/21". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
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