Round 1 Game Date Match-Up Time (Local) Time (ET) TV 1 Thu., March 5 China vs. Japan 6:30 p.m. 4:30 a.m. ESPN2 2 Fri., March 6 Chinese Taipei vs. Korea 6:30 p.m. 4:30 a.m. ESPN2 3 Sat., March 7 Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser 12:30 p.m. 10:30 p.m. (Fri.) ESPN2 4 Sat., March 7 Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner 7:00 p.m. 5:00 a.m. ESPN2 5 Sun., March 8 Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Loser 6:30 p.m. 5:30 a.m. ESPN2 6 Mon., March 9 Game 4 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner 6:30 p.m. 5:30 a.m. ESPN2   Game Date Match-Up Time (Local) Time (ET) TV 1 Sun., March 8 Cuba vs. South Africa 12:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. MLB 2 Sun., March 8 Australia vs. Mexico 7:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. MLB 3 Mon., March 9 Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser 8:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m. MLB 4 Tue., March 10 Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner 8:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m. MLB 5 Wed., March 11 Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Loser 8:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m. MLB 6 Thu., March 12 Game 4 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner 7:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. MLB   Game Date Match-Up Time (Local) Time (ET) TV 1 Sat., March 7 Canada vs. United States 2:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. ESPN 2 Sat., March 7 Italy vs. Venezuela 8:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. MLB 3 Sun., March 8 Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner 8:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. ESPN2 4 Mon., March 9 Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. MLB 5 Tue., March 10 Game 4 Winner vs. Game 3 Loser 5:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. ESPN2 6 Wed., March 11 Game 3 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. MLB   Game Date Match-Up Time (Local) Time (ET) TV 1 Sat., March 7 Dominican Republic vs. Netherlands 12:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. ESPN2 2 Sat., March 7 Panama vs. Puerto Rico 6:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. ESPN 3 Sun., March 8 Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser 4:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. ESPN 4 Mon., March 9 Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. MLB 5 Tue., March 10 Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Loser 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. MLB 6 Wed., March 11 Game 4 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner 5:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. ESPN2   Round 2 Game Date Match-Up Time (Local) Time (ET) TV 1 Sun., March 15 Pool A Winner vs. Pool B Runner-Up 1:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. ESPN2 2 Sun., March 15 Pool B Winner vs. Pool A Runner-Up 8:00 p.m. 11:00 p.m. ESPN2 3 Mon., March 16 Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser 8:00 p.m. 11:00 p.m. ESPN2 4 Tue., March 17 Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner 8:00 p.m. 11:00 p.m. MLB 5 Wed., March 18 Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Loser 8:00 p.m. 11:00 p.m. ESPN2 6 Thu., March 19 Game 4 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner 6:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. ESPN   Game Date Match-Up Time (Local) Time (ET) TV 1 Sat., March 14 Pool C Winner vs. Pool D Runner-Up 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. MLB 2 Sat., March 14 Pool D Winner vs. Pool C Runner-Up 8:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. MLB 3 Sun., March 15 Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. ESPN2 4 Mon., March 16 Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner 8:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. ESPN 5 Tue., March 17 Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Loser 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. MLB 6 Wed., March 18 Game 4 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. MLB   Semifinals & Finals Game Date Match-Up Time (Local) Time (ET) TV 1 Sat., March 21 Pool 1 Runner-Up vs. Pool 2 Winner 6:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. ESPN 2 Sun., March 22 Pool 2 Runner-Up vs. Pool 1 Winner 5:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. ESPN 3 Mon., March 23 SF1 Winner vs. SF2 Winner 6:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. ESPN