Pool B of the First Round of the 2009 World Baseball Classic was held at Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico from March 8 to 12, 2009.

Pool B was a modified double-elimination tournament. The winners for the first games matched up in the second game, while the losers faced each other in an elimination game. The winners of the elimination game then played the losers of the non-elimination game in another elimination game. The remaining two teams then played each other to determine seeding for the Pool 1.

Bracket

PreliminariesQualifiersSeeding
 South Africa1
 Cuba8
W1 Cuba5
W2 Australia4
 Australia17
 Mexico7
W4 Cuba16
W5 Mexico4
Lower round 1Lower final
W3 Mexico16
L1 South Africa3L4 Australia1
L2 Mexico14

Results

Cuba 8, South Africa 1

March 8 12:00 at Foro Sol
Team123456789RHE
 South Africa000000001140
 Cuba12202100X8130
WP: Norge Luis Vera (1−0)   LP: Barry Armitage (0−1)
Home runs:
RSA: None
CUB: Frederich Cepeda 2 (2), Alfredo Despaigne (1), Héctor Olivera (1),
Yulieski Gourriel (1), Yoenis Céspedes (1)
Attendance: 11,270 (43.3%)
Umpires: HP − Ted Barrett, 1B − Seok-hwan Oh, 2B − Lance Barksdale, 3B − Edgar Estivison
Boxscore

Australia 17, Mexico 7

March 8 19:00 at Foro Sol
Team123456789RHE
 Australia31003343X17222
 Mexico51100000X7121
WP: Damian Moss (1−0)   LP: Ricardo Rincón (0−1)
Home runs:
AUS: Luke Hughes (1), Chris Snelling 2 (2), Ben Risinger (1)
MEX: Jorge Vázquez (1), Alfredo Amézaga (1)
Attendance: 20,821 (80.1%)
Umpires: HP − Greg Gibson, 1B − Seong-hoon Moon, 2B − Lance Barksdale, 3B − Seok-hwan Oh
Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 8 innings.
Boxscore

Mexico 14, South Africa 3

March 9 20:00 at Foro Sol
Team123456789RHE
 Mexico10200034414162
 South Africa101000100372
WP: Elmer Dessens (1−0)   LP: Justin Erasmus (0−1)
Home runs:
MEX: Adrián González 2 (2), Oscar Robles (1), Jorge Cantú (1)
RSA: None
Attendance: 10,311 (39.7%)
Umpires: HP − Lance Barksdale, 1B − Seok-hwan Oh, 2B − Greg Gibson, 3B − Seong-hoon Moon
Boxscore

Cuba 5, Australia 4

March 10 20:00 at Foro Sol
Team123456789RHE
 Cuba001001120591
 Australia000103000461
WP: Ismel Jimenez (1−0)   LP: Rich Thompson (0−1)
Home runs:
CUB: Yoenis Céspedes (2), Yosbany Peraza (1)
AUS: None
Attendance: 13,396 (51.5%)
Umpires: HP − Ted Barrett, 1B − Edgar Estivison, 2B − Greg Gibson, 3B − Seong-hoon Moon
Boxscore

Mexico 16, Australia 1

March 11 20:00 at Foro Sol
Team123456789RHE
 Mexico004714XXX16130
 Australia000100XXX160
WP: Jorge Campillo (1−0)   LP: David Welch (0−1)
Home runs:
MEX: Scott Hairston (1), Karim Garcia 2 (2)
AUS: Brett Roneberg (1)
Attendance: 16,718 (64.3%)
Umpires: HP − Greg Gibson, 1B − Seok-hwan Oh, 2B − Ted Barrett, 3B − Edgar Estivison
Notes: Completed early due to 15–run mercy rule after 6 innings.
Boxscore

Cuba 16, Mexico 4

March 12 19:00 at Foro Sol
Team123456789RHE
 Mexico0021100XX450
 Cuba1015009XX16171
WP: Yulieski González (1−0)   LP: Dennys Reyes (0−1)
Home runs:
MEX: Freddy Sandoval (2), Oscar Robles (1), Karim Garcia (3)
CUB: Yulieski Gourriel (2), Ariel Pestano (1), Frederich Cepeda (3)
Attendance: 20,149 (77.5%)
Umpires: HP − Lance Barksdale, 1B − Edgar Estivison, 2B − Ted Barrett, 3B − Seong-hoon Moon
Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 7 innings.
One out when last run scored.
Boxscore
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