2009 World Baseball Classic Pool 1

Pool 1 of the Second Round of the 2009 World Baseball Classic was held at Petco Park, San Diego, California, United States from March 15 to 19, 2009.

Like the first round, Pool 1 was a modified double-elimination tournament. The final two teams played against each other for seeding and both advanced to the semifinals.

Bracket

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PreliminariesQualifiersSeeding
AR  Japan6
BW  Cuba0
W1  Japan1
W2  South Korea4
BR  Mexico2
AW  South Korea8
W4  South Korea2
W5  Japan6
Lower round 1Lower final
W3  Cuba0
L1  Cuba7L4  Japan5
L2  Mexico4

Results

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Japan 6, Cuba 0

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March 15 13:00 at Petco Park
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
  Japan 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 6 12 2
  Cuba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
WP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (2–0)   LP: Aroldis Chapman (0–1)
Attendance: 20,179 (47.3%)
Umpires: HP − Hunter Wendelstedt, 1B − Carlos Rey, 2B − Bill Miller, 3B − Willie Rodriguez
Boxscore

South Korea 8, Mexico 2

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March 15 20:00 at Petco Park
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
  Mexico 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 1
  South Korea 0 2 0 1 1 0 4 0 X 8 12 1
WP: Hyun-wook Jong (1–0)   LP: Oliver Perez (0–1)
Home runs:
MEX: None
KOR: Bum-ho Lee (1), Tae-kyun Kim (1), Young-min Ko (1)
Attendance: 22,337 (52.3%)
Umpires: HP − Joe West, 1B − Willie Rodriguez, 2B − Bill Miller, 3B − Paul Hyham
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Cuba 7, Mexico 4

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March 16 20:00 at Petco Park
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
  Cuba 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 7 11 0
  Mexico 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 7 0
WP: Norge Luis Vera (2–0)   LP: Jorge Campillo (1–1)   Sv: Pedro Luis Lazo (1)
Home runs:
CUB: None
MEX: Jorge Cantú (1), Cristhian Presichi (1)
Attendance: 9,329 (21.9%)
Umpires: HP − Bill Miller, 1B − Paul Hyham, 2B − Hunter Wendelstedt, 3B − Carlos Rey
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South Korea 4, Japan 1

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March 17 20:00 at Petco Park
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
  Japan 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 1
  South Korea 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 4 4 0
WP: Jung-keun Bong (2–0)   LP: Yu Darvish (1–1)   Sv: Chang-yong Lim (2)
Attendance: 15,332 (35.9%)
Umpires: HP − Hunter Wendelstedt, 1B − Carlos Rey, 2B − Joe West, 3B − Willie Rodriguez
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Japan 5, Cuba 0

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March 18 20:00 at Petco Park
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
  Japan 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 5 8 0
  Cuba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
WP: Hisashi Iwakuma (1–1)   LP: Yunesky Maya (0–1)   Sv: Toshiya Sugiuchi (1)
Attendance: 9,774 (22.9%)
Umpires: HP − Joe West, 1B − Willie Rodriguez, 2B − Hunter Wendelstedt, 3B − Paul Hyham
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Japan 6, South Korea 2

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March 19 18:00 at Petco Park
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
  Japan 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 15 3
  South Korea 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 3
WP: Hideaki Wakui (1–0)   LP: Seung-hwan Oh (0–1)
Home runs:
JPN: Seiichi Uchikawa (1)
KOR: Bum-ho Lee (2)
Attendance: 14,832 (34.7%)
Umpires: HP − Bill Miller, 1B − Paul Hyham, 2B − Joe West, 3B − Carlos Rey
Boxscore
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