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Team Australia to face Korea in Premier12 opener

Baseball Victoria
15 April 2019

Team Australia will face defending champions - and Group C hosts - Korea in their Premier12 debut at Gocheok Sky Dome on November 6.

The full Group C schedule, including world No. 7 Australia's tournament opener against Korea, was revealed at a press conference in Seoul on Monday afternoon.

Canada and Cuba will clash in the Group C opener on November 6 ahead of Team Australia facing Korea at 7pm (local time).

Australia will square off with Cuba at 12pm on November 7 before wrapping up the group stage against Canada at midday on November 8.

Group A features USA, Mexico, Netherlands and Dominican Republic.

Group B features world No. 1 Japan, Chinese Taipei, Venezuela and Puerto Rico.

Group A will open the tournament on November 2 in Guadalajara, Mexico.

The top two teams from each group will advance to Japan to compete in the Super Round from November 11-16.

The Premier12 final and bronze medal game will be played at the Tokyo Dome on November 17.

The top ranked team from Asia or Oceania (excluding host Japan) will qualify for Tokyo 2020.

Held every four years, the Premier12 features baseball's 12 best nations from the WBSC World Rankings. 

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