Mexico's top baseball team is first to claim a spot in the WBSC Premier12 2019 Super Round, after a six-run win over USA
GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- 04 November 2019 -- The Mexican National Baseball Team qualified for the Tokyo Super Round of the 2019 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Premier12®, after having clinched first place in Group A Sunday night at Estadio de Charros in Guadalajara, Mexico.
In front of the home crowd, current world No. 6 Mexico defeated No. 2 USA, 8-2, and hold any tiebreaker advantage after victories over the US and No. 12 Dominican Republic heading into the final day (Day 3) of the Group A round robin.
The Dominican Republic (1-1) and the US (1-1) will meet on Monday in a knockout match, with the winner advancing to the Tokyo Super Round and the loser eliminated from the global competition.
Taichung Group B set to open on Tuesday
Group B of the 2019 Premier12 is set to open on Tuesday at Taoyuan International Baseball Stadium and Taichung Intercontinental Stadium in Taiwan, as no. 1 ranked Japan match up with no. 9 ranked Venezuela.
Host and world No. 4 Chinese Taipei will begin their Premier12 campaign at Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium against world no. 11 Puerto Rico.
Seoul Group C to open on Wednesday
Group C at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, Korea, will open on Wednesday, 6 November, and feature a battle between host Korea -- the defending Olympic and Premier12 champions -- and No. 5 Cuba, No. 7 Australia and No. 10 Canada.
Road to Tokyo
The top team in the WBSC Premier12 from the Americas and the top team in the Super Round from Asia/Oceania will qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Host nation Japan and Europe/Africa Qualifier winner Israel have already secured places in the six-nation Olympic baseball event at the Tokyo 2020 Games.
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About the World Baseball Softball Confederation
Headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland -- the Olympic Capital -- the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) is the world governing body for baseball and softball. WBSC has 206 National Federation and Associate Members in 135 countries and territories across Asia, Africa, Americas, Europe and Oceania, which represent a united baseball/softball sports movement that encompasses over 65 million athletes and attracts approximately 150 million fans to stadiums worldwide annually.
The WBSC governs all international competitions involving official National Teams. The WBSC oversees the Softball World Cups, Softball World Championships (Men, Women, U-19 Men, and U-19 Women), Premier12, World Baseball Classic, and Baseball World Cups (U-12, U-15, U-18, U-23 and Women's), as well as baseball and softball events at the Olympic Games.
For more information, visit www.wbsc.org, which is available six languages: English, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish and Traditional Chinese.
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