OTTAWA-World Baseball Classic, Inc. (WBCI) announced today the North American venues and pools for the 2017 World Baseball Classic that has Canada in Pool C in Miami along with defending champion Dominican Republic, Colombia and the United States.
The venue for Pool C games in Miami is Marlins Park, home of the Miami Marlins, with competition set to take place from March 9-12, 2017.
The first-round and second-round format will be round-robin pool play, with each team playing the others in their pool once. The top two teams in each of the four first-round pools will advance to the second round.
WBCI also announced that San Diego (Petco Park) will host one of two second round pools from March 14-18, while Los Angeles (Dodger Stadium) will host the championship round from March 20-22.
Canada went 1-2 during pool play at the last World Baseball Classic in 2013 with a win over Mexico in between losses to Italy and the United States who both advanced to the second round.
Canada holds a 3-5 record all-time over three World Baseball Classic events with wins over South Africa (’06), the United States (’06) and Mexico (’13), while suffering losses to Mexico (’06), the United States (’09 & ’13) and Italy (’09 & ’13). Canada has yet to advance to the second round in each of the first three World Baseball Classic events.
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