Canadians cheer on their country at the 2009 WBC in Toronto on March 9, 2009.

Pool C of the first round of the 2009 World Baseball Classic was held at Rogers Centre, Toronto, Canada from March 7 to 11, 2009.

Pool C 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 2.

Bracket

PreliminariesQualifiersSeeding
 Canada5
 United States6
W1 United States15
W2 Venezuela6
 Italy0
 Venezuela7
W3 United States3
W5 Venezuela5
Lower round 1Lower final
W4 Italy1
L1 Canada2L3 Venezuela10
L2 Italy6

Results

United States 6, Canada 5

March 7 14:00 at Rogers Centre
Team123456789RHE
 Canada101001101571
 United States01030200X690
WP: LaTroy Hawkins (1−0)   LP: Mike Johnson (0−1)   Sv: J.J. Putz (1)
Home runs:
CAN: Joey Votto (1), Russell Martin (1)
USA: Kevin Youkilis (1), Brian McCann (1), Adam Dunn (1)
Attendance: 42,314 (85.4%)
Umpires: HP − Marvin Hudson, 1B − Minoru Nakamura, 2B − Dan Iassogna, 3B − Masami Yoshikawa
Boxscore

Venezuela 7, Italy 0

March 7 20:00 at Rogers Centre
Team123456789RHE
 Italy000000000081
 Venezuela00004021X7111
WP: Félix Hernández (1−0)   LP: Jason Grilli (0−1)
Home runs:
ITA: None
VEN: Carlos Guillén (1), Melvin Mora (1)
Attendance: 13,272 (26.8%)
Umpires: HP − Jerry Meals, 1B − Masami Yoshikawa, 2B − Dan Iassogna, 3B − Carlos Rey
Boxscore

United States 15, Venezuela 6

March 8 20:00 at Rogers Centre
Team123456789RHE
 United States00020813115160
 Venezuela0012020016130
WP: Matt Lindstrom (1−0)   LP: Víctor Zambrano (0−1)
Home runs:
USA: Kevin Youkilis (2), Adam Dunn (2), Ryan Braun (1)
VEN: Carlos Guillén (2)
Attendance: 13,094 (26.4%)
Umpires: HP − Dan Iassogna, 1B − Carlos Rey, 2B − Marvin Hudson, 3B − Minoru Nakamura
Boxscore

Italy 6, Canada 2

March 9 18:30 at Rogers Centre
Team123456789RHE
 Italy1111002006100
 Canada000200000271
WP: Dan Serafini (1−0)   LP: Vince Perkins (0−1)   Sv: Jason Grilli (1)
Attendance: 12,411 (25.1%)
Umpires: HP − Marvin Hudson, 1B − Minoru Nakamura, 2B − Jerry Meals, 3B − Masami Yoshikawa
Boxscore

Venezuela 10, Italy 1

March 10 17:00 at Rogers Centre
Team123456789RHE
 Italy000000100161
 Venezuela00045010X10140
WP: Enrique González (1−0)   LP: Tiago Da Silva (0−1)
Home runs:
ITA: None
VEN: Bobby Abreu (1), Miguel Cabrera (1), José López (1), Ramón Hernández (1)
Attendance: 10,450 (21.1%)
Umpires: HP − Jerry Meals, 1B − Masami Yoshikawa, 2B − Marvin Hudson, 3B − Carlos Rey
Boxscore

Venezuela 5, United States 3

March 11 18:30 at Rogers Centre
Team123456789RHE
 Venezuela0010121005121
 United States000100020370
WP: Jan Granado (1−0)   LP: Jeremy Guthrie (0−1)   Sv: Francisco Rodriguez (1)
Home runs:
VEN: Gregor Blanco (1)
USA: Chris Iannetta (1)
Attendance: 12,358 (24.9%)
Umpires: HP − Dan Iassogna, 1B − Carlos Rey, 2B − Jerry Meals, 3B − Minoru Nakamura
Boxscore
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