All times are Eastern
(Subject to change)

ROUND 1
POOL A: at Tokyo
Game 1, Thu, March 5: Japan 4, China 0
Game 2, Fri, March 6: South Korea 9, Taiwan 0
Game 3, Sat., March 7: China 4, Taiwan 1
Game 4, Sat., March 7: Japan 14, South Korea 2
Game 5, Sun. March 8: South Korea 14, China 2
Game 6, Mon. March 9: South Korea 1, Japan 0

POOL B: at Mexico City
Game 1, Sun., March 8: Cuba 8, South Africa 1
Game 2, Sun., March 8: Australia 17, Mexico 7
Game 3, Mon., March 9: Mexico 14, South Africa 3
Game 4, Tue., March 10: Cuba 5, Australia 4
Game 5, Wed. March 11: Mexico 16 Australia 1
Game 6, Thu. March 12: Cuba 16, Mexico 4

POOL C: at Toronto
Game 1, Sat., March 7: United States 6, Canada 5
Game 2, Sat., March 7: Venezuela 7, Italy 0
Game 3, Sun., March 8: United States 15, Venezuela 6
Game 4, Mon., March 9: Italy 6, Canada 2
Game 5, Tue., March 10: Venezuela 10, Italy 1
Game 6, Wed. March 11: Venezuela 5, United States 3

POOL D: at San Juan, Puerto Rico
Game 1, Sat., March 7: Netherlands 3, Dominican Republic 2
Game 2, Sat., March 7: Puerto Rico 7, Panama 0
Game 3, Sun., March 8: Dominican Republic 9, Panama 0
Game 4, Mon., March 9: Puerto Rico 3, Netherlands 1
Game 5, Tue., March 10: Netherlands 2, Dominican Republic 1, 11 innings
Game 6, Wed., March 11: Puerto Rico 5, Netherlands 0

ROUND 2

POOL 1: at San Diego
Game 1, Sun., March 15: South Korea 8, Mexico 2
Game 2, Sun., March 15: Japan 6, Cuba 0
Game 3, Mon., March 16: Cuba 7, Mexico 4
Game 4, Tue., March 17: South Korea 4, Japan 1
Game 5, Wed., March 18: Japan 5, Cuba 0
Game 6, Thu., March 19: Japan 6, South Korea 2

POOL 2: at Miami
Game 1, Sat., March 14: Venezuela 2, Netherlands 0
Game 2, Sat., March 14: Puerto Rico 11, United States 1, 7 innings
Game 3, Sun., March 15: United States 9, Netherlands 3
Game 4, Mon., March 16: Venezuela 2, Puerto Rico 0
Game 5, Tue., March 17: United States 6, Puerto Rico 5
Game 6, Wed., March 18: Venezuela 10, United States 6

FINALS
At Los Angeles
Semifinal 1, Sat., March 21: South Korea 10, Venezuela 2
Semifinal 2, Sun., March 22: Japan 9, United States 4
Final, Mon., March 23: Japan 3, South Korea 2

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