It’s two years late because of a pandemic, but the World Baseball Classic is coming back this month after a five-year hiatus.
The WBC announced that the first qualifying rounds for the 2023 tournament will start at Armin-Wolf-Arena in Regensburg, Germany from September 16 to September 21. Then a second qualifier will take place at the Rod Carew National Stadium in Panama City, Panama from September 30 to October 5. Twelve national teams, split evenly between the two sites, will be vying for four tickets to the 2023 World Baseball Classic.
In Regensburg, host nation Germany will face off in a double-elimination tournament against the Czech Republic, France, Great Britain, South Africa and Spain.