[J SPORTS] Opening on Saturday, November 9th! All games of the 3rd WBSC Premier 12, an international baseball tournament held once every four years, will be broadcast/distributed on J SPORTS! Live
broadcast/LIVE distribution of 28 games including 25 games in the opening round!
J SPORTS Press release: October 9, 2024 Opening on Saturday, November 9th! All games of the 3rd WBSC Premier 12, an international baseball tournament held once every four years, will be broadcast/distributed on J SPORTS! Live broadcast/LIVE distribution of 28 games including 25 games in the opening round!
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(C)World Baseball Softball Confederation Sports television station J Sports Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Koto-ku, Tokyo; President: Ichiro Hase; hereinafter referred to as “J SPORTS” *1) will broadcast all games of the “3rd WBSC Premier 12.” All matches will also be streamed on the video streaming service “J SPORTS On Demand” *2, which can be viewed on PC, smartphone, and tablet. The 3rd WBSC Premier 12, an international baseball tournament for national baseball teams held once every four years, will begin on Saturday, November 9, 2024. The top 12 countries in the WBSC/KONAMI World Baseball Rankings will be divided into Groups A and B, and the opening round will be held in Japan, Mexico, and Taiwan. The top two countries in each group will advance to the Super Round, which will be held at Tokyo Dome from November 21st (Thursday) to November 23rd (Saturday). ) will compete for the championship in the final match at Tokyo Dome. Japan placed 3rd in the first tournament, and in the previous second tournament, pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (Los Angeles Dodgers), pitcher Shota Imanaga, and Seiya Suzuki (both Chicago Cubs) participated and won the championship. . In this tournament, they will play in the opening round against 1st champion South Korea, Chinese Taipei, Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Australia in Group B, aiming to win the tournament for the second time in a row. On J SPORTS, 25 opening round games will be played between the opening round of Group A, which includes silver medalist USA, Mexico, Venezuela, the Netherlands, Panama, and Puerto Rico, and Group B, excluding the match against Japan, in the “2023 WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC (TM)”. Of the six Super Round games, three day games will be broadcast live on J SPORTS On Demand LIVE. In addition, the 5 games against Japan in the opening round, 3 games in the super round (night game), the 3rd place match and the final will be recorded and broadcast on J SPORTS on demand in December. Please enjoy the high-level battles between the world’s top baseball players on J SPORTS. ■Tournament schedule Saturday, November 9, 2024 – Sunday, November 24, 2024 *Opening round: November 9th (Saturday) to November 18th (Monday) *Super Round: November 21st (Thursday) – November 23rd (Saturday) *3rd place deciding match, final: November 24th (Sunday) ■Venue Japan, Mexico, Taiwan
■Participating countries Group A (Mexico, United States, Venezuela, Netherlands, Panama, Puerto Rico) Group B (Japan, South Korea, Chinese Taipei, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Australia) *1 J SPORTS is a sports TV station that can be viewed on cable TV nationwide such as J:COM, and BS broadcasting (SKY PerfecTV!). *2 J SPORTS On Demand is a paid service. For details, please search for “J SPORTS On Demand.” “3rd WBSC Premier 12” November 2024 broadcast/distribution information
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