Lesther Galván, Ronald Medrano, Víctor Díaz, Yeudi García and Ian Peres, from the Tenerife Marlins Puerto Cruz baseball club, have been summoned by the Spanish team to seek their classification in the World Baseball Classic, which takes place between 16 and 21 September in Germany.
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In addition to the players, the Porto club will be represented in this championship by Néstor Pérez, who holds the position of bench coach, and Candelario Díaz, who will act as coach.
Along with the Spanish team, Germany, France, Great Britain, the Czech Republic and South Africa also participate in this qualifying event.
The Spanish baseball team led by coach Nelson Prada will have to face the South African team in the first round, and then face the Czech Republic.
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If he lost, Spain would have a second chance to seek qualification, facing the loser of the tie between France and Great Britain.
Of the German venue in this qualifying phase where Spain participates, only two teams would achieve the final pass to the World Baseball Classic, which will then join the two winners of the other qualifying venue that will be played in Panama.
The final phase of this championship will take place from March 8 to 21, 2023. Spain in 2013 reached the final phase of this world tournament, after having passed the qualifying round in Florida, defeating the teams of Israel, France and South Africa. .
