Schedule confirmed for ePremier12 Super Round, Finals
The HUGAN WBSC ePremier12 2024, the biggest international competition in the history of WBSC eBASEBALL™: POWER PROS, concludes on 21 and 23 November with the Super Round, Third Place Game and Championship Game, to be held in Tokyo, Japan.
The Super Round will begin on Thursday, 21 November with Mexico Champion Ben Zen, Chinese Taipei Finals Third Place finisher Dashu, defending world champion SHORA and First Global Qualifier champion NEGRAY, the four qualifiers between Group A and Group B in late October and early November, competing in a round-robin at the KONAMI Creative Center in Tokyo.
Action in the round-robin phase begins at 15:00 local time as NEGRAY takes on SHORA. The rest of the schedule, is as follows (home player listed first):
The top two players by record in the round robin will move on to the Championship Game, while the bottom two players by record will compete in the Third Place Game, which will both take place on Saturday, 23 November.
Events on 23 November will take place around the evening game of the Super Round in the WBSC Premier12 2024 presented by RAXUS at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. It starts at 16:30 local time with the Opening Ceremony on the field of the Tokyo Dome, featuring the four players in the ePremier12, WBSC President Riccardo Fraccari, and special guest, international baseball legend Ichiro Suzuki.
Following the opening ceremony, the Third Place Match will be played beginning at 17:00 local time. That match will be broadcast exclusively online on the WBSC YouTube channel, WBSC Facebook page, and the WBSC eSport Twitch channel (English commentary), as well as the NTV Sports YouTube channel (Japanese commentary).
The first pitch of the Championship Game is set for 18:05 local time (JST), and will be also shown on the giant 125-meter wrap around LED screen inside the Tokyo Dome. Following the game, at 18:35 local time, the Award Ceremony will take place on the field featuring WBSC President Riccardo Fraccari and Ichiro Suzuki.
The evening game of the Premier12 Super Round will then begin at 19:00 local time.
Players will be playing for a share of a US$20,000 prize pool, with the champion taking home US$10,000.
HUGAN WBSC ePremier12 2024 Prize Money
1st $10,000
2nd $5,000
3rd $3,500
4th $1,500
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