Havana - Carlos Martí will be the manager of the Cuban team for the fourth World Baseball Classic, which will begin next March 6.

Martí was the manager of the team of Granma that just won the local championship here, and he also has experience with the national team, as its director in the Intercontinental Cup of 1999.

For this version of the Classic, Cuba will play the first round as part of group B, along with the selections of Japan, China and Australia, based at the Japanese stadium Tokyo Dome.

The first two of this phase will advance to the second stage along with the leaders of group A, that will gather in South Korea the hosts, Taiwan, Holland and Israel.

Two teams will also move on to the semi-finals scheduled at the Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, United States of America.

Cuba managed to reach the final in the first Classic, but since then it has not been able to reach the semifinals.