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Sdpm100 · 04-06-2009, 07:40 AM

The 2013 Baseball World Cup will be held over three stages.
The first round sees the 24 nations involved playing in four groups based around the world, each composed of six teams. Each nation's roster consists of 28 players - 16 position players and 12 pitchers.

They will play each other once in a round robin with the top two teams in each pool qualifying for the second round.

The groups were drawn with eight teams being seeded based on league level - Canada, Cuba, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States, and Venezuela.

Pool A sees Canada and Puerto Rico as the seeded teams drawn alongside Bangladesh, Nicaragua, Panama, and Philippines. The home team will be Canada with games played in Montréal and Toronto.

Pool B's seeded teams were Cuba and Japan with the rest being made up of Commonwealth nations - Australia, India, New Zealand, and Pakistan. These games will be played in Cuba in Havana and Santiago de Cuba.

Pool C saw both Korea and the United States drawn to face Chinese Taipei, Costa Rica, Italy, and the Netherlands. Korea is the host with games to be held in Busan, Incheon, and Seoul.

Finally, Pool D has the remaining seeded teams, Mexico and Venezuela, in the pool with China, Dominican Republic, South Africa, and Spain. Mexico will host with games held in the new stadium in Guadalajara along with Mexico City and Monterrey.

At the end of the five games the top two in each pool will advance to the finals tournament in Japan. Here the winners and runners-up in each group will be split up with one pool based in Sapporo and the other based in Nishinomiya near Osaka. Here the games will be played in the double elimination format with the winners advancing to a best-of-three series in Tokyo. The two losers will play a similar best-of-three series for the bronze medal.

04-06-2009, 07:40 AM	#2
Sdpm100 Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2005 Location: Cheltenham, England Posts: 7,644	The 2013 Baseball World Cup will be held over three stages. The first round sees the 24 nations involved playing in four groups based around the world, each composed of six teams. Each nation's roster consists of 28 players - 16 position players and 12 pitchers. They will play each other once in a round robin with the top two teams in each pool qualifying for the second round. The groups were drawn with eight teams being seeded based on league level - Canada, Cuba, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States, and Venezuela. Pool A sees Canada and Puerto Rico as the seeded teams drawn alongside Bangladesh, Nicaragua, Panama, and Philippines. The home team will be Canada with games played in Montréal and Toronto. Pool B's seeded teams were Cuba and Japan with the rest being made up of Commonwealth nations - Australia, India, New Zealand, and Pakistan. These games will be played in Cuba in Havana and Santiago de Cuba. Pool C saw both Korea and the United States drawn to face Chinese Taipei, Costa Rica, Italy, and the Netherlands. Korea is the host with games to be held in Busan, Incheon, and Seoul. Finally, Pool D has the remaining seeded teams, Mexico and Venezuela, in the pool with China, Dominican Republic, South Africa, and Spain. Mexico will host with games held in the new stadium in Guadalajara along with Mexico City and Monterrey. At the end of the five games the top two in each pool will advance to the finals tournament in Japan. Here the winners and runners-up in each group will be split up with one pool based in Sapporo and the other based in Nishinomiya near Osaka. Here the games will be played in the double elimination format with the winners advancing to a best-of-three series in Tokyo. The two losers will play a similar best-of-three series for the bronze medal.