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2023 World Baseball Classic Pool B
Tokyo Dome on March 11, 2023
Tournament details
CountryJapan
CityTokyo
Venue(s)Tokyo Dome
DatesMarch 9–13
Teams5
Final positions
Champions Japan
Runner-up Australia
Tournament statistics
MVPJapan 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. 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.

The teams in Pool B consisted of Australia, China, newcomer Czech Republic, hosts Japan, and South Korea. Japan won the pool and advanced to the quarterfinals, along with Australia as runners-up. China was relegated to the 2026 World Baseball Classic qualification round through their win percentage.

Shohei Ohtani of Japan was named the most valuable player of Pool B.

Teams

Draw
position 		Team Pot Confederation Method of
qualification 		Date of
qualification 		Finals
appearance 		Last
appearance 		Previous best
performance 		WBSC
Rankings
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
Source: MLB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

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

Matches

Australia vs South Korea

March 9, 2023 12:00 PM JST at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Australia 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 8 10 0
 South Korea 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 7 7 0
WP: Jon Kennedy (1–0)   LP: Kim Won-jung (0–1)   Sv: Josh Guyer (1)
Home runs:
AUS: Tim Kennelly (1), Robbie Glendinning (1), Robbie Perkins (1)
KOR: Yang Eui-ji (1)
Attendance: 15,540
Umpires: HP – Ramon De Jesus, 1B – Fabrizio Fabrizi, 2B – Adam Hamari, 3B – Chan-Jung Chang
Boxscore

China vs Japan

March 9, 2023 19:00 PM JST at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 China 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 2
 Japan 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 X 8 9 0
WP: Shohei Ohtani (1–0)   LP: Wang Xiang (0–1)
Home runs:
CHN: Liang Pei (1)
JPN: Shugo Maki (1)
Attendance: 41,616
Umpires: HP - Stu Scheurwater, 1B - Cuti Suarez, 2B - Ben May, 3B - Delfin Colon
Boxscore

Czech Republic vs China

March 10, 2023 12:00 PM JST at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Czech Republic 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 8 10 1
 China 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 5 6 1
WP: Marek Minarik (1–0)   LP: Hai-Cheng Gong (0–1)
Home runs:
CZE: Matej Mensik (1), Martin Muzik (1)
CHN: None
Attendance: 15,625
Umpires: HP - Chan-Jung Chang, 1B - Pat Hoberg, 2B - Ben May, 3B - Fabrizio Fabrizi
Boxscore

South Korea vs Japan

March 10, 2023 19:00 PM JST at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 South Korea 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 6 1
 Japan 0 0 4 0 2 5 2 0 X 13 13 1
WP: Yu Darvish (1–0)   LP: Kwang-hyun Kim (0–1)
Home runs:
KOR: Yang Eui-ji (2), Park Kun-woo (1)
JPN: Kensuke Kondo (1)
Attendance: 41,629
Umpires: HP: Laz Díaz, 1B: Stu Scheurwater, 2B: Delfin Colon, 3B: Cuti Suárez
Boxscore

China vs Australia

March 11, 2023 12:00 PM JST at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 China 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 X X 2 5 1
 Australia 3 0 2 5 0 1 1 X X 12 12 1
WP: Kyle Glogoski (1–0)   LP: Xin Qi (0–1)
Home runs:
CHN: None
AUS: Robbie Glendinning (2)
Attendance: 15,708
Umpires: HP – Adam Hamari, 1B – Chan-Jung Chang, 2B – Pat Hoberg, 3B – Delfin Colon
Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 7 innings.
No outs when last run scored.
Boxscore

Czech Republic vs Japan

March 11, 2023 19:00 PM JST at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Czech Republic 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 1
 Japan 0 0 3 4 1 0 0 2 X 10 11 1
WP: Rōki Sasaki (1–0)   LP: Ondřej Satoria (0–1)   Sv: Hiroya Miyagi (1)
Home runs:
CZE: None
JPN: Shugo Maki (2)
Attendance: 41,637
Umpires: HP: Ben May, 1B: Ramon De Jesus, 2B: Cuti Suárez, 3B: Fabrizio Fabrizi
Boxscore

Czech Republic vs South Korea

March 12, 2023 12:00 PM JST at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 6 1
 South Korea 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 x 7 11 0
WP: Se Woong Park (1–0)   LP: Lukas Ercoli (0–1)   Sv: Yongchan Lee (1)
Home runs:
CZE: None
KOR: Ha-seong Kim 2 (2)
Attendance: 16,129
Umpires: HP – Delfin Colon, 1B – Laz Diaz, 2B – Fabrizio Fabrizzi, 3B – Ben May
Boxscore

Japan vs Australia

March 12, 2023 19:00 PM JST at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Japan 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 10 0
 Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0
WP: Yoshinobu Yamamoto (1–0)   LP: Will Sherriff (0–1)
Home runs:
JPN: Shohei Ohtani (1)
AUS: Alex Hall (1)
Attendance: 41,664
Umpires: HP – Pat Hoberg, 1B – Cuti Suárez, 2B – Adam Hamari, 3B – Chan-Jung Chang
Boxscore

Australia vs Czech Republic

March 13, 2023 12:00 PM JST at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Australia 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 8 8 0
 Czech Republic 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 8 0
WP: Daniel McGrath (1–0)   LP: Marek Minařík (1–1)
Home runs:
AUS: Alex Hall (2)
CZE: None
Attendance: 16,641
Umpires: HP – Ramon De Jesus, 1B – Delfin Colon, 2B: Laz Díaz, 3B – Fabrizio Fabrizi
Boxscore

South Korea vs China

This was China's worst defeat in the World Baseball Classic, with South Korea having scored 22 runs, the highest number of runs in any of the World Baseball Classic competition. China were also the first team to lose all four games.

March 13, 2023 19:00 PM JST at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 South Korea 2 2 8 6 4 x x x x 22 20 0
 China 2 0 0 0 0 x x x x 2 4 0
WP: Hyeong Jun So (1–0)   LP: Alan Carter (0–1)
Home runs:
KOR: Park Kun-woo (2), Ha-seong Kim (3)
CHN: None
Attendance: 14,442
Umpires: HP – Stu Scheurwater, 1B – Adam Hamari, 2B – Chan-Jung Chang, 3B – Cuti Suarez
Boxscore

Statistics

Source:

Leading hitters

Power

See also: Slugging percentage
SLG Team 1B 2B 3B HR AB
.542  South Korea 31 6 0 7 131
.515  Japan 27 11 1 4 132
.480  Australia 22 6 1 6 127
.293  Czech Republic 21 5 0 2 133
.236  China 13 4 0 1 106

Efficiency

See also: On-base percentage
OBP Team H BB HBP AB SF
.486  Japan 43 41 4 132 4
.425  South Korea 44 18 3 131 1
.376  Australia 35 17 4 127 1
.287  Czech Republic 28 11 4 133 2
.258  China 18 12 1 106 1

Leading pitchers

See also: Walks plus hits per inning pitched
WHIP Team BB H IP K
0.61  Japan 4 18 36 54
1.42  South Korea 11 33 31 41
1.44  Australia 19 30 34 34
1.74  Czech Republic 23 36 34 22
3.32  China 42 51 28 21

References

  1. "Pool B Games Schedule of the 2023 WBC". World Baseball Classic. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  2. "Schedule of the 2023 WBC". World Baseball Classic. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  3. "World Baseball Classic 2023 venues, pools announced". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  4. "Australia books first trip to Classic quarterfinals". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  5. "Korea sets Classic record for runs scored in win over China". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  6. Murphy, Brian (March 14, 2023). "Dominant Ohtani named Classic Pool B MVP". Major League Baseball. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  7. "WBSC Men's Baseball Rankings". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  8. "World Baseball Classic Stats". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
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