Canada's 10-5 win over USA on Friday confirmed Mexico's place in the final while Japan needs to beat the hosts on the last day of the Super Round on Saturday to book a spot in the final with them.

After earning a Silver Slugger Award at DH, Japan baseball star Shohei Ohtani became the first player in history to be unanimously named MVP more than once.

Murphy (photo c/o MLB) led the Netherlands to an historic win over Cuba in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games baseball competitiom. Two future Dutch National Team managers, Rob Eenhoorn and Hensley Meulens played for him in the Olympics.

Australia topped Venezuela, 4-3, and Japan defeated Canada, 4-1, in the first two games of the day before Mexico claimed an important 8-1 win over USA to open the Super Round at the Fernando Ortiz Stadium. A grand slam from David Diaz (pictured) earnt him the Player of the Day award.

Never before has a European programme climbed to the top of the WBSC World Rankings in either Baseball (Men or Women), Softball (Men of Women) or Baseball5 (Coed).

Alborz won the tournament at Karaj Stadium. The Iran National Olympic Committee's first vice-president Gholamreza Norouzi participated in the closing ceremony.

Mexico (2-0), USA (2-0), Canada (1-1), Japan (1-1), Australia (0-2) and Venezuela (0-2) will open the Super Round on Thursday in Hermosillo.

A two-out, two-run single from Sebastian Hassell (pictured) in the top of the seventh gave Venezuela the crucial 3-2 win over Argentina to secure third place in Group B. They join Mexico (2-0), USA (2-0), Canada (1-1), Japan (1-1) and Australia (0-2) in the battle for the title of World Champions.

The roster includes a mix of professional and amateur players. "This is the best team possible," commented manager Igor Gonzalez.

Players can participate in the Argentine Baseball Cup via WBSC eBASEBALL™: POWER PROS, which you can download at the PlayStation online store or the Nintendo eShop. The week-long event is scheduled from 20 to 26 November.