DJLJR26 t1_jbi4ew4 wrote on March 9, 2023 at 5:04 AM

Reply to comment by Juzaba in 'The sickest tournament ever': Why this WBC could make history by [deleted]

They dont have a bye. They have to go through the same pool play as everyone else. The games hosted in asia start a few days earlier to give those teams that advance extra time to travel for the knockout stage in the us.

Juzaba t1_jbi504x wrote on March 9, 2023 at 5:10 AM

I thought there was a play-in round to get the last slot of each Pool. Maybe I misunderstood that bit of the structure.

DJLJR26 t1_jbkbgbm wrote on March 9, 2023 at 5:38 PM

Ahh, i see. There is but those qualifiers already occurred and arent part of the formal tournament.