2009 Tournament (By Venue)

The world's premier international baseball tournament consists of 16 World Baseball Classic games.

Round 1
Game	Date	Match-Up	Time (Local)	Time (ET)	TV
1	Thu., March 5	China vs. Japan	6:30 p.m.	4:30 a.m.	ESPN2
2	Fri., March 6	Chinese Taipei vs. Korea	6:30 p.m.	4:30 a.m.	ESPN2
3	Sat., March 7	Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser	12:30 p.m.	10:30 p.m. (Fri.)	ESPN2
4	Sat., March 7	Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner	7:00 p.m.	5:00 a.m.	ESPN2
5	Sun., March 8	Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Loser	6:30 p.m.	5:30 a.m.	ESPN2
6	Mon., March 9	Game 4 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner	6:30 p.m.	5:30 a.m.	ESPN2

Game	Date	Match-Up	Time (Local)	Time (ET)	TV
1	Sun., March 8	Cuba vs. South Africa	12:00 p.m.	2:00 p.m.	MLB
2	Sun., March 8	Australia vs. Mexico	7:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	MLB
3	Mon., March 9	Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser	8:00 p.m.	10:00 p.m.	MLB
4	Tue., March 10	Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner	8:00 p.m.	10:00 p.m.	MLB
5	Wed., March 11	Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Loser	8:00 p.m.	10:00 p.m.	MLB
6	Thu., March 12	Game 4 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner	7:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	MLB

Game	Date	Match-Up	Time (Local)	Time (ET)	TV
1	Sat., March 7	Canada vs. United States	2:00 p.m.	2:00 p.m.	ESPN
2	Sat., March 7	Italy vs. Venezuela	8:00 p.m.	8:00 p.m.	MLB
3	Sun., March 8	Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner	8:00 p.m.	8:00 p.m.	ESPN2
4	Mon., March 9	Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser	6:30 p.m.	6:30 p.m.	MLB
5	Tue., March 10	Game 4 Winner vs. Game 3 Loser	5:00 p.m.	5:00 p.m.	ESPN2
6	Wed., March 11	Game 3 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner	6:30 p.m.	6:30 p.m.	MLB

Game	Date	Match-Up	Time (Local)	Time (ET)	TV
1	Sat., March 7	Dominican Republic vs. Netherlands	12:00 p.m.	11:00 a.m.	ESPN2
2	Sat., March 7	Panama vs. Puerto Rico	6:00 p.m.	5:00 p.m.	ESPN
3	Sun., March 8	Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser	4:30 p.m.	4:30 p.m.	ESPN
4	Mon., March 9	Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner	6:30 p.m.	6:30 p.m.	MLB
5	Tue., March 10	Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Loser	6:30 p.m.	6:30 p.m.	MLB
6	Wed., March 11	Game 4 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner	5:00 p.m.	5:00 p.m.	ESPN2

Round 2
Game	Date	Match-Up	Time (Local)	Time (ET)	TV
1	Sun., March 15	Pool A Winner vs. Pool B Runner-Up	1:00 p.m.	4:00 p.m.	ESPN2
2	Sun., March 15	Pool B Winner vs. Pool A Runner-Up	8:00 p.m.	11:00 p.m.	ESPN2
3	Mon., March 16	Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser	8:00 p.m.	11:00 p.m.	ESPN2
4	Tue., March 17	Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner	8:00 p.m.	11:00 p.m.	MLB
5	Wed., March 18	Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Loser	8:00 p.m.	11:00 p.m.	ESPN2
6	Thu., March 19	Game 4 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	ESPN

Game	Date	Match-Up	Time (Local)	Time (ET)	TV
1	Sat., March 14	Pool C Winner vs. Pool D Runner-Up	1:00 p.m.	1:00 p.m.	MLB
2	Sat., March 14	Pool D Winner vs. Pool C Runner-Up	8:00 p.m.	8:00 p.m.	MLB
3	Sun., March 15	Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser	7:30 p.m.	7:30 p.m.	ESPN2
4	Mon., March 16	Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner	8:00 p.m.	8:00 p.m.	ESPN
5	Tue., March 17	Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Loser	7:00 p.m.	7:00 p.m.	MLB
6	Wed., March 18	Game 4 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner	7:00 p.m.	7:00 p.m.	MLB

Semifinals & Finals
Game	Date	Match-Up	Time (Local)	Time (ET)	TV
1	Sat., March 21	Pool 1 Runner-Up vs. Pool 2 Winner	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	ESPN
2	Sun., March 22	Pool 2 Runner-Up vs. Pool 1 Winner	5:00 p.m.	8:00 p.m.	ESPN
3	Mon., March 23	SF1 Winner vs. SF2 Winner	6:30 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	ESPN