The World Baseball Classic (WBC) is scheduled for takeoff this Saturday as the Olympics of Baseball will take place at the end of this week. Don't be left out and be informed on when your favorite players and countries take the field in the first round of competition. Check out the schedule of the Round Robin's take the stage. 

The action takes off on Saturday Mar. 2 and it will begin at a different time depending on where in the world you live. d

First Round (Round Robin) Date & Time
Saturday- Mar. 2 
Pool B: Australia vs. Chinese Taipei- 12:30 p.m. Local Time, (Mar. 1) 11:30 p.m. ET

Pool A: Japan vs. Brazil- 7 p.m. Local Time, 5 a.m. ET 

Pool B: Korea vs. Netherlands- 7:30 p.m. Local Time, 6:30 a.m. ET 

These are the first three games of the tournament. The action picks up later in the week as the countries hosting in the Western Hemisphere will become active. 

Sunday- Mar. 3 
Pool A: Cuba vs. Brazil-  12:30 p.m. Local Time, (Mar. 2) 10:30 p.m. ET

Pool A: China vs. Japan- 7 p.m. ET Local Time, 5 a.m. ET

Pool B: Netherlands vs. Chinese Tapeo- 2:30 p.m. Local Time, 1:30 a.m. 

Monday- Mar. 4
Pool A: China vs. Cuba- 4:30 p.m. Local Time, 2:30 a.m. ET

Pool B: Korea vs. Australia- 6:30 p.m. Local Time, 5:30 a.m. ET 

Tuesday- Mar. 5 
Pool B- Australia vs. Netherlands- 12:30 p.m. Local Time, 11:30 p.m. ET

Pool A- Brazil vs. China- 5 p.m. Local Time, 3 a.m. ET 

Pool A- Chinese Taipei vs. Korea- 7:30 p.m. Local Time, 6:30 a.m. ET 

Wednesday- Mar 6 
Pool A: Japan vs. Cuba- 7 p.m. Local Time, 5 a.m. ET

Thursday- Mar 7
Pool D: Italy vs. Mexico- 1 p.m. Local Time, 3 p.m. ET

Pool C: Venezuela vs. Dominican Republic- 7:30 p.m Local Time, 6:30 p.m. ET

Friday- Mar. 8 
Pool D: Canada vs. Italy 12:30 p.m. Local Time, 2:30 p.m. ET 

Pool C: Spain vs. Puerto Rico- 6:30 p.m. Local Time, 5:30 p.m. ET

Pool D: Mexico vs. United States- 7 p.m. Local Time, 9 p.m. ET

Saturday, Mar. 9 
Pool C: Dominican Republic vs. Spain- 12 p.m. Local Time, 11 a.m. ET
Puerto Rico vs. Venezuela-  6:30 p.m. Local Time, 5:30 p.m. ET

Pool D: Canada vs. Mexico- 12:30 p.m. Local Time, 2:30 p.m. ET
U.S. vs. Italy- 7 p.m. Local Time, 9 p.m. ET

Sunday, Mar. 10 
Pool C Spain vs. Venezuela- 12:30 p.m. Local Time,  12:30 p.m. ET
Dominican Republic vs. Puerto RIco- 7:30 p.m. Local Time, 7:30 p.m. ET

Pool  D: U.S. vs. Canada 1 p.m. Local Time, 4 p.m. ET 

Pool A games will be played in Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome in Fukuoka, Japan. Pool B games will be played in Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium in Taichung, Taiwan. Pool C will playing in Hiram Bithron Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Pool D games will have its first two games in Salt River Fields at Talking Stick in Phoenix, Arizona. The second set of games will be played in Chase FIeld also located in Phoenix, Arizona.

We will bring you live coverage and live streams of the games to the best of our ability.