The grouping of the Tokyo Olympic baseball qualifying league has been announced, and Japan will face the Dominican Republic in the first match on the 28th of next month and Mexico in the second match on the 31st.
This was announced by the WBSC = World Baseball Softball Confederation on the 28th.
The qualifying league is divided into two groups according to the world ranking. Group A includes Japan, which is ranked 1st in the world, Mexico, which is ranked 5th, and the Dominican Republic, which is ranked 7th. Group B is Korea, which is ranked 3rd and 4th. The United States, 24th place Israel entered.
And Japan will face the Dominican Republic in the first match of the qualifying league at Fukushima City's prefectural Azuma Stadium from noon on the 28th of next month, and Mexico in the second match at Yokohama Stadium from noon on the 31st. ..
The Dominican Republic has many major league baseball players and has a strong hitting line, and Melky Cabrera, who hit a home run in the final qualifying final this month, boasts a total of 1962 hits in the major leagues.
In addition, Mexico defeated the United States in the adult international tournament "Premier 12" to finish in 3rd place, and Adrian Gonzalez who participated in the all-star game 5 times with 317 home runs and 2050 hits in the major leagues in the warm-up game this month Players are members.
There is no loss in the qualifying league and all teams advance to the final tournament, but the number of games in the final tournament, the match schedule, and the chance of a repechage will be affected by how many teams pass the qualifying league. To do.