The winner of the tournament at Estadio de Béisbol Hermanos Serdán in Puebla, set to take place from June 22 to 26, will secure the last available place in the baseball tournament at the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. 

Venezuela, The Netherlands and Dominican Republic - ranked eighth, ninth and 10th in the world, respectively - will contest the event after Australia, Chinese Taipei and China all withdrew due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dominican Republic and Venezuela will play the opening match of the qualifier, before the South American outfit entertain The Netherlands on the second day.

The Netherlands versus Dominican Republic on June 24 will conclude the round-robin phase.

The top finisher will advance directly to the final, while the teams in second and third meet in a one-game playoff for a place in the final.

Dominican Republic and Venezuela finished second and third, respectively, at the recent Americas Olympic Qualifier to earn the place in the final qualifier.

The Netherlands finished were second at the September 2019 European and Africa Olympic baseball qualifier to earn their spot.

The winner in Mexico will be the sixth and final participant in the upcoming Olympic baseball tournament, joining number one Japan, number two United States, number three South Korea, number five Mexico and number 18 Israel.

Tokyo 2020 will be the first Olympics to feature baseball since Beijing 2008.

"The Tokyo 2020 baseball picture is five games from being completed after a hard-fought and challenging road that saw international baseball shut down for more than a year and a half," said WBSC President Riccardo Fraccari.

"The team that wins in Puebla will complete the six-team field for the historic return of Olympic baseball, which promises to be one of the most spectacular and followed sporting events of the Tokyo 2020 Games."