Baseball Classic. 2017: Misses the finals again 2023 The team will compete against Team Israel, Team Puerto Rico, Team Dominican Republic, and Team Nicaragua in the 2023 World Baseball Classic in March 11-15, 2023 in Miami, Florida. Baseball World Cup 2009 IBAF World Cup In 2009, Europe will host the IBAF World Cup. It will mark the first time in history the Baseball World Cup will not be hosted by a certain country, but rather a whole continent. The 2009 Baseball World Cup will take place from 9–27 September. Seven European countries will host and participant in the tournament of 22 teams. The event will be made up of five groups consisting of four teams each, for a total of 20 teams. Italy (Bollate, Bologna, Codogno, Florence, Macerata, Milan, Parma, Piacenza, Reggio Emilia, Rimini, San Marino, Turin, Trieste, Verona and Vicenza) and Netherlands (Rotterdam, Haarlem and Amsterdam) serve as hosts of the sixteen teams of the second round ( 14–20 September), and therefore receive first round byes. The groups are as follows: Group A (hosted by the Czech Republic in Prague): Czech Republic, Australia, Chinese Taipei & Mexico Group B (hosted by Spain in Barcelona): Spain, Cuba, Puerto Rico & South Africa Group C (hosted by Sweden in Stockholm): Sweden, Canada, Korea & Netherlands Antilles Group D (hosted by Russia in Moscow): Russia, France/Great Britain, Japan & Nicaragua Group E (hosted by Germany in Regensburg): Germany, China, U.S.A. & Venezuela Pan American Games U-23 Baseball World Cup Players 2006 World Baseball Classic 2009 World Baseball Classic 2013 World Baseball Classic Uniform See also Players from Venezuela in MLB References External links