'Change the bracket during the tournament?' Fair Vanished WBC

An unbelievable event occurred during the tournament where the bracket changed. That's what happened at the World Baseball Classic (WBC), also called the 'Baseball World Cup'.

On the 16th (Korean time), when the quarterfinals were confirmed, the Major League Secretariat, which hosts the WBC, released the quarterfinals.

According to the quarterfinal matchup announced by the secretariat, 어쩔티비 the differences from the originally announced matchup were noticeable.

According to the existing bracket, Cuba (1st place in Group A) and Australia (2nd place in Group B) will play 1 quarterfinal match, Japan (1st place in Group B) and Italy (2nd place in Group A) will play 2 matches, and the United States will play The scheduled matches were three games between Puerto Rico (2nd here in Group D) and Mexico (1st in Group C), and four games between the United States (2nd in Group C) and Venezuela (1st in Group D).

Cuba, who won the first match, faced the winner of the third match (Puerto Rico-Mexico), and Japan, the winner of the second match, played the semifinal against the winner of the fourth match (USA-Venezuela).

However, the Major League Secretariat changed the order of the 3rd and 4th games. In other words, the US-Venezuela winner would face Cuba, not Japan.

In international competitions where professional players participate, it is not often seen to change brackets during the competition. Many officials expressed their doubts about this unprecedented event, and eventually Major League Chief Operating and Strategy Officer Chris Marinak gave an explanation ahead of the match between Japan and Italy held at Tokyo Dome in Japan on the 16th.

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