Baseball at Tokyo Olympics 2020 is sure to grab a lot of eyeballs as host Japan and favorite US will compete with Mexico, Dominican Republic, Israel and South Korea for the coveted gold medal. The baseball event at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 starts with group stages — involving two groups with three teams each. Group A consists of Japan, Mexico and Dominican Republic. Group B has Israel, South Korea and US.
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Each baseball team will play a round-robin schedule in the group and a total of six baseball matches will be played in the group stages. The baseball event's knockout stage will see the teams play in a double-elimination format. The top two ranked teams from the two groups will get a "bye" to one quarterfinal. Meanwhile, the second and third-ranked teams from the groups will play each other with the winners from the two games advancing to the other quarterfinal.
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The losing teams will stay in the loser's bracket. The winner of each quarterfinal game will face-off in the first semifinal match and the winner of the match advancing to the gold medal match. The loser will play the second semifinal against a team advancing from the loser's bracket. The winner of that semifinal will make it to the gold medal game. The losing team will play for the bronze medal.
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NBC Universal is the official broadcasting network in the US for the Tokyo Olympics 2020. The baseball competition can be watched on all local NBC stations on network television. Viewers can also watch live streaming of baseball games at the Tokyo Olympics on nbcolympics.com, NBC Sports and Peacock app.
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Baseball Tokyo Olympics 2020: Group standings and schedule with timings
Group A
Japan
Mexico
Dominican Republic
Group B
Israel
South Korea
United States
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Baseball at Tokyo Olympics 2020 schedule
27 July 2021 - Tuesday
Group A: Dominican Republic vs Japan at 11pm EDT
29 July 2021 - Thursday
Group B: Israel vs South Korea at 6am EDT
Group A: Mexico vs Dominican Republic at 11pm EDT
30 July 2021 - Friday
Group B: United States vs Israel at 6am EDT
Group A: Japan vs Mexico at 11pm EDT
31 July 2021 - Saturday
Group B: South Korea vs United States at 6am EDT
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31 July 2021 - Saturday
Knockout Stage Game 1: A3 vs B3 at 11pm EDT
1 August 2021 - Sunday
Knockout Stage Game 2: A2 vs B2 at 6am EDT
Knockout Stage Game 3: Game 1 winner vs Game 2 winner at 11pm EDT
2 August 2021 - Monday
Knockout Stage Game 4: A1 vs B1 at 6am EDT
3 August 2021 - Tuesday
Knockout Stage Game 5: Game 3 loser vs Game 2 loser at 6am EDT
Knockout Stage Game 6: Game 5 winner vs Game 4 loser at 11pm EDT
4 August 2021 - Wednesday
Semifinal Game 1: Game 3 winner vs Game 4 winner at 6am EDT
5 August 2021 - Thursday
Semifinal Game 2: Game 6 winner vs Game 7 loser at 6am EDT
6 August 2021 - Friday
Bronze Medal: Semifinal 1 loser vs Semifinal 2 loser at 11pm EDT
7 August 2021 - Saturday
Gold Medal: Semifinal 1 winner vs Semifinal 2 winner at 6am EDT