Korea 1, 
Japan 0
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| KOR (3-1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| JPN (2-1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Final
| W: | J. Bong (1-0) |
| L: | H. Iwakuma (0-1) |
| SV: | C. Lim (1) |
| Korea | ||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| Jo Lee CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| K Jeong 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 |
| Y Ko 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| H Kim LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .385 |
| a-T Lee PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| J Lee RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .375 |
| T Kim 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .417 |
| D Lee DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .375 |
| J Choi PR-DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Y Lee RF-LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
| B Lee 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .200 |
| Ky Park C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .100 |
| Ki Park SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .167 |
| Totals | 26 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 12 | |
| a-walked for H Kim in the 9th | ||||||||
| BATTING 2B: T Kim (1, T Mahara) RBI: T Kim (6) GIDP: Y Lee Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Y Ko 1 Team LOB: 5 | ||||||||
| BASERUNNING Picked Off: T Kim (2nd base by K Johjima) | ||||||||
| Korea | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| J Bong (W, 1-0) | 5.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 69-46 | 0.00 |
| H Jong (H, 1) | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21-18 | 0.00 |
| H Ryu (H, 1) | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12-6 | 0.00 |
| C Lim (S, 1) | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11-8 | 0.00 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 113-78 | |
| PITCHING Balk: J Bong Batters faced: J Bong 19; H Jong 7; H Ryu 2; C Lim 5 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Bong 9-5; H Jong 0-2; H Ryu 0-0; C Lim 3-1 | |||||||||
| Japan | ||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| I Suzuki RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 |
| H Nakajima SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| N Aoki LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 |
| S Murata 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .250 |
| A Inaba DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .125 |
| S Uchikawa 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| a-M Ogasawara PH-1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .091 |
| K Fukudome CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| K Johjima C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
| A Iwamura 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Totals | 32 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | |
| a-struck out swinging for S Uchikawa in the 7th | ||||||||
| BATTING S: H Nakajima Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: A Inaba 1, N Aoki 1 Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 3 (H Nakajima-S Uchikawa, H Nakajima-K Johjima-S Murata, M Ogasawara-H Nakajima). Outfield Assist: N Aoki (K Jeong at 3rd base). | ||||||||
| Japan | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| H Iwakuma (L, 0-1) | 5.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 69-41 | 1.69 |
| T Sugiuchi | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14-8 | 0.00 |
| T Mahara | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7-4 | 0.00 |
| Y Darvish | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 21-12 | 0.00 |
| T Yamaguchi | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5-1 | 0.00 |
| K Fujikawa | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12-6 | 0.00 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 128-72 | |
| PITCHING Batters faced: H Iwakuma 18; T Sugiuchi 3; T Mahara 3; Y Darvish 5; T Yamaguchi 1; K Fujikawa 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: H Iwakuma 6-2; T Sugiuchi 1-0; T Mahara 1-1; Y Darvish 0-0; T Yamaguchi 0-0; K Fujikawa 2-1 | |||||||||
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| KOR | JPN | |||
| 4th | T Kim singled to left, Jo Lee scored, K Jeong to second, K Jeong tagged out at third attempting to advance on play. | 1 | 0 |
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| Game Information |
| Game Time: 3:02 |
| Weather: indoors |
| Umpires: Home Plate - Dana Demuth, First Base - Paul Hyham, Second Base - Ed Hickox, Third Base - Jorge Perez |
WBC Scores
Monday, March 9th
| Korea | 1 | Final |
| Japan | 0 |
| Italy | 6 | Final |
| Canada | 2 |
| Netherlands | 1 | Final |
| Puerto Rico | 3 |
| Mexico | 14 | Final |
| South Africa | 3 |