World Baseball Classic: when and where will the debut of the Mexican team

The Mexican team will once again participate in the World Baseball Classic (REUTERS/Jorge Silva)

After six years of waiting, the World Baseball Classic It will be played again with an innovative format. The mexican ninth confirmed its participation in the 2023 edition and will do so in one of the most complex groups of the contest. However, before showing up, he will have the opportunity to play a couple of preparation matches to fix the last details.

In accordance with the conditions decreed by Major League Baseball (MLB) and the International Baseball Softball Federation (WBSC), each of the participating teams will hold friendly matches against teams from the local leagues of the countries where they have their preparation camp. In this sense, the teams will play against teams from the United States, Japan and Chinese Taipei.

The participation of the Mexican baseball team will start the Wednesday March 8 when they face the Cleveland Guardians in Goodyear, Arizona, the next day they must travel to the city of Scottsdale, in the same state, to deal with the Colorado Rockies on the last date before his official debut in international competition.

– México vs. Cleveland GuardiansGoodyear, Arizona, Wednesday, March 8, 2023 (2:05 p.m. Central Mexico time).

– Mexico vs. Colorado RockiesScottsdale, Arizona, Thursday, March 9, 2023 (2:10 p.m. Central Mexico time).

Alejandro Kirk will not be able to participate with the Mexican team (Twitter/@MexicoBeis)
Alejandro Kirk will not be able to participate with the Mexican team (Twitter/@MexicoBeis)

After completing its preparation against the major league teams, the Mexican team will have to wait two days to appear before the eyes of the world. The first rival to beat will be the national team of Colombiawhile the representative team of the USA It will be the second on the calendar.

After resting one day, the Aztec players will return to action against the national team of Britain and they will close their participation in the group stage by facing the canadian team. After that they will await the results to determine their participation in the direct elimination round towards the final.

– Colombia vs. México, Saturday March 11, 2023, Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona (1:30 p.m. Central Mexico time).

– Mexico vs. USA, Sunday March 12, 2023, Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona (8:00 p.m. Central Mexico time).

– Great Britain vs. Mexico, Tuesday, March 14, 2023, Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona (8:00 p.m. Central Mexico time).

– Mexico vs. Canada, Wednesday March 15, 2023, Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona (1:00 p.m. Central Mexico time).

The Mexican team will wear three uniforms in the competition (Twitter/@MexicoBeis)
The Mexican team will wear three uniforms in the competition (Twitter/@MexicoBeis)

After complying with the Round-Robin format in the group stage, the two top-ranked teams from each sector will have the opportunity to advance to the quarterfinal round. In this regard, Mexico could join the fight for the second position in the sector, since the wide favorite to win the top is the United States, the third best team in the world according to the WBSC.

In case of participating in the round of the best eight, Benjamín Gil’s ninth team must win two more games to appear in the most anticipated match of the contest. It is worth mentioning that in this stage the Mexican teams will already face the best teams from sector A and B that will carry out their round of groups in the Asian continent.

– Quarterfinals 3, 2nd place in group C vs. 1st place in group D, LoanDepot Park, Friday, March 17, 2023 (8:00 p.m. Central Mexico time).

– Quarterfinals 4, 2nd place in group D vs. 1st place in Group C, LoanDepot Park, Saturday, March 18, 2023 (8:00 p.m. Central Mexico time).

-Semifinal 1, Winner of the quarterfinal 1 vs. Winner of quarterfinal 3, LoanDepot Park, Sunday, March 19, 2023 (8:00 p.m. Central Mexico time).

-Semifinal 2, Winner of the quarterfinal 2 vs. Winner of the quarterfinal 2, LoanDepot Park, Monday, March 20, 2023 (8:00 p.m. Central Mexico time).

-Grand finale, Winner of the semifinal 2 vs. Winner of semifinal 2, LoanDepot Park, Tuesday, March 21, 2023 (8:00 p.m. Central Mexico time).

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