| 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 |
The2023 World Baseball Classic Pool B was the second of four pools of the2023 World Baseball Classic that took place from March 9–13 at theTokyo Dome inTokyo,Japan.[1] The top two teams automatically qualified for the top eightknockout stage, beginning with the quarterfinal in Tokyo and the remaining of the bracket inMiami.[2]
The teams in Pool B consisted ofAustralia,China, newcomerCzech Republic, hostsJapan, andSouth Korea.[3]Japan won the pool and advanced to the quarterfinals, along withAustralia as runners-up.[4]China was relegated to the2026 World Baseball Classic qualification round through their win percentage.[5]
Shohei Ohtani of Japan was named themost 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 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | PCT | GB | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan(H) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 8 | 1.000 | — | Advance toquarterfinals Qualification for2026 World Baseball Classic |
| 2 | Australia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 19 | .750 | 1 | |
| 3 | South Korea | 4 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 26 | .500 | 2 | Qualification for2026 World Baseball Classic |
| 4 | Czech Republic | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 30 | .250 | 3 | |
| 5 | China | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 50 | .000 | 4 |
| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 2023 | 12:00JST | 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 |
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source:[8]
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
