Schedule and results of the Premier12 Baseball World Cup

2024 will close the year with the stellar tournament of the World Baseball and Softball Confederation (WBSC)he Premier 12an event where the 12 best teams in the ranking of the governing body of baseball in the world compete, and we present the calendar and the results of the Premier 12.

The Premier 12 is organized every four years and this 2024 the WBSC organizes the tournament in two venues, Japan and Mexico, places that will host the First Round matches of the tournament in which a total of 38 games will be held.

The tournament Premier 12 It has the First Round where there are 12 teams divided into Group A, which will play from Saturday, November 9 to Thursday, November 14 in Mexico (Guadalajara and Tepic) and in Group B, which will play from Wednesday, November 13 to Monday, November 18 in Japan. .

AND AFTER THE FIRST ROUND… THE SUPER ROUND

Each team will play five games in the first round and the top two places in the standings of each group (A and B) will advance to the Super Round, which will be played from November 21 to 24 in Japan. In this stage there will be all-against-all duels (three games in total for each team), and the first two places at the end of those three days will face each other in the game for the Premier 12 title.

​PREMIER 12 CALENDAR

GROUP A

Group A will be played in Mexico at two venues: the Pan American Stadium in Guadalajara and the Parque Coloso del Pacífico in Tepic, Nayarit.

November 9

• 1:00 p.m.: Panama vs Netherlands (Pan American Stadium)
• 16:00 hrs: Puerto Rico vs United States (Colossus of the Pacific)
• 20:00 hrs: Venezuela vs Mexico (Pan American Stadium)

November 10

• 1:00 p.m.: Venezuela vs Panama (Pan American Stadium)
• 16:00 hrs: Netherlands vs United States (Colossus of the Pacific)
• 8:00 p.m.: Mexico vs. Puerto Rico (Pan American Stadium)

November 11

• 19:00 hrs: United States vs Venezuela (Colossus of the Pacific)
• 20:00 hrs: Panama vs Mexico (Pan American Stadium)

November 12

• 19:00 hrs: Panama vs United States (Colossus of the Pacific)
• 8:00 p.m.: Netherlands vs. Puerto Rico (Pan American Stadium)

November 13

• 1:00 p.m.: Puerto Rico v Venezuela (Pan American Stadium)
• 8:00 p.m.: Mexico vs. Netherlands (Pan American Stadium)

November 14

• 1:00 p.m.: Netherlands vs Venezuela (Pan American Stadium)
• 19:00 hrs: Puerto Rico vs Panama (Colossus of the Pacific)
• 8:00 p.m.: United States vs. Mexico (Pan American Stadium)

*All hours central Mexico time

GROUP B

Group B will be played in Asia at two venues: Tianmu Stadium in Chinese Taipei and Vantelin Stadium in Japan.

November 13

• 04:30 hrs: Dominican Republic vs Cuba (Tianmu Stadium)
• 04:30 hrs: Corea del Sur vs China Taipei (Taipei Dome)
• 04:00 hrs: Australia vs Japan (Vantelin Dome)

November 14

• 04:00 hrs: Cuba vs South Korea (Tianmu Stadium)
• 04:30 hrs: China Taipei vs R. Dominicana (Taipei Dome)

November 15

• 01:00 hrs: R. Dominicana vs Australia (Estadio Tianmu)
• 04:00 hrs: South Korea vs Japan (Taipei Dome)

November 16

• 22:00 hrs: Australia vs Cuba (Tianmu Stadium)
• 04:00 hrs: Japan vs China Taipei (Taipei Dome)
• 04:30 hrs: Dominican Republic vs South Korea (Tianmu Stadium)

November 17

• 04:00 hrs: Cuba vs Japan (Tianmu Stadium)
• 04:30 hrs: China Taipei vs Australia (Taipei Dome)

November 18

• 10:00 p.m.: Australia vs South Korea (Tianmu Stadium)
• 04:00 hrs: Japan vs Dominican Republic (Tianmu Stadium)
• 04:30 hrs: Cuba vs China Taipei (Taipei Dome)

​SUPER RONDA

Once the activities of the first round are completed in both Mexico and Asia, the two best teams in each group will meet in Japan to have a three-day Round Robin where those classified for the title game will be defined.

November 21

• 12:00 hrs: 1st Group A vs 2nd Group B | Tokyo Dome, Tokyo
• 19:00 hrs: 1st Group B vs 2nd Group A | Tokyo dome

November 22

• 12:00 hrs: 2nd Group B vs 2nd Group A | Tokyo Dome
• 19:00 hrs: 1st Group B vs 1st Group A | Tokyo dome

November 23

• 12:00 hrs: Group A 1st vs Group A 2nd | Tokyo dome
• 19:00 hrs: Group B 1st vs Group B 2nd | Tokyo dome

November 24

• 12:00 hrs: Game for 3rd place: #3 vs #4 (Tokyo Dome)
• 19:00 hrs: Final: #2 vs #1 (Tokyo Dome)

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