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2026

Season Description
The 2026 World Baseball Classic is an international professional baseball tournament between 20 national baseball teams, planned to be the sixth iteration of the World Baseball Classic (WBC), and to be played from March 5 to 17, 2026. Its pool-play rounds will be played in Miami, Florida; Houston, Texas; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Tokyo, Japan. The quarterfinals will be split between Miami and Houston, the semi-finals and the final will be played in Miami.

The top two teams from the Americas (alongside Olympic hosts United States) will qualify for the 2028 Olympic baseball tournament, to be held in Los Angeles. Japan is the defending champion, having defeated the United States in the 2023 WBC championship game.

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13 Feb 26	Pre	TSG Hawks TSG Hawks	2 - 3	Chinese Taipei Baseball Chinese Taipe
14 Feb 26	Pre	TSG Hawks TSG Hawks	2 - 6	Chinese Taipei Baseball Chinese Taipe
20 Feb 26	Pre	Samsung Lions Samsung Lions	4 - 3	South Korea Baseball South Korea B
20 Feb 26	Pre	Nicaragua Baseball Nicaragua Bas	2 - 2	Cuba Baseball Cuba Baseball
21 Feb 26	Pre	All-Ashikaga All-Ashikaga	2 - 4	Australia Baseball Australia Bas
22 Feb 26	Pre	All-Fuchu All-Fuchu	0 - 5	Australia Baseball Australia Bas
22 Feb 26	Pre	Chiba Lotte Marines Chiba Lotte M	3 - 4	Czech Republic Baseball Czech Republi
22 Feb 26	Pre	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Fukuoka SoftB	3 - 13	Japan Baseball Japan Basebal
22 Feb 26	Pre	Nicaragua Baseball Nicaragua Bas	1 - 3	Cuba Baseball Cuba Baseball
23 Feb 26	Pre	Chiba Lotte Marines Chiba Lotte M	1 - 1	Czech Republic Baseball Czech Republi
23 Feb 26	Pre	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Fukuoka SoftB	4 - 0	Japan Baseball Japan Basebal
24 Feb 26	Pre	Tokyo Metropolitan Police Tokyo Metropo	1 - 9	Australia Baseball Australia Bas
24 Feb 26	Pre	Hiroshima Toyo Carp Hiroshima Toy	18 - 2	Czech Republic Baseball Czech Republi
25 Feb 26	Pre	GOLDS GYM JAPAN GOLDS GYM JAP	P - P	Australia Baseball Australia Bas
26 Feb 26	Pre	Nicaragua Baseball Nicaragua Bas	6 - 1	Cuba Baseball Cuba Baseball
26 Feb 26	Pre	3GoodGroup HOZEN noLimite 3GoodGroup HO	P - P	Australia Baseball Australia Bas
26 Feb 26	Pre	Chiba Lotte Marines Chiba Lotte M	18 - 4	Czech Republic Baseball Czech Republi
26 Feb 26	Pre	Samsung Lions Samsung Lions	6 - 16	South Korea Baseball South Korea B
26 Feb 26	Pre	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Fukuoka SoftB	4 - 0	Chinese Taipei Baseball Chinese Taipe
27 Feb 26	Pre	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fight Hokkaido Nipp	6 - 1	Chinese Taipei Baseball Chinese Taipe
27 Feb 26	Pre	Chunichi Dragons Chunichi Drag	3 - 5	Japan Baseball Japan Basebal
28 Feb 26	Pre	Nicaragua Baseball Nicaragua Bas	0 - 6	Cuba Baseball Cuba Baseball
28 Feb 26	Pre	Yokohama DeNA BayStars Yokohama DeNA	2 - 0	Australia Baseball Australia Bas
28 Feb 26	Pre	Chunichi Dragons Chunichi Drag	3 - 7	Japan Baseball Japan Basebal
02 Mar 26	Pre	Orix Buffaloes Orix Buffaloe	P - P	Chinese Taipei Baseball Chinese Taipe
02 Mar 26	Pre	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Fukuoka SoftB	P - P	Australia Baseball Australia Bas
02 Mar 26	Pre	Hanshin Tigers Hanshin Tiger	3 - 3	South Korea Baseball South Korea B
02 Mar 26	Pre	Yomiuri Giants Yomiuri Giant	P - P	Czech Republic Baseball Czech Republi
02 Mar 26	Pre	Orix Buffaloes Orix Buffaloe	4 - 3	Japan Baseball Japan Basebal
03 Mar 26	Pre	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Fukuoka SoftB	1 - 5	Chinese Taipei Baseball Chinese Taipe
03 Mar 26	Pre	Yomiuri Giants Yomiuri Giant	1 - 5	Australia Baseball Australia Bas
03 Mar 26	Pre	Orix Buffaloes Orix Buffaloe	5 - 8	South Korea Baseball South Korea B
03 Mar 26	Pre	Orix Buffaloes Orix Buffaloe	8 - 3	Czech Republic Baseball Czech Republi
03 Mar 26	Pre	Hanshin Tigers Hanshin Tiger	4 - 5	Japan Baseball Japan Basebal
03 Mar 26	Pre	Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh Pi	7 - 1	Colombia Baseball Colombia Base
03 Mar 26	Pre	Baltimore Orioles Baltimore Ori	5 - 8	Netherlands Baseball Netherlands B
03 Mar 26	Pre	New York Yankees New York Yank	11 - 1	Panama Baseball Panama Baseba
03 Mar 26	Pre	Toronto Blue Jays Toronto Blue	10 - 7	Canada Baseball Canada Baseba
03 Mar 26	Pre	Miami Marlins Miami Marlins	0 - 1	Israel Baseball Israel Baseba
03 Mar 26	Pre	New York Mets New York Mets	6 - 3	Nicaragua Baseball Nicaragua Bas
03 Mar 26	Pre	Athletics Athletics	14 - 4	Brazil Baseball Brazil Baseba
03 Mar 26	Pre	Kansas City Royals Kansas City R	4 - 0	Cuba Baseball Cuba Baseball
03 Mar 26	Pre	Chicago Cubs Chicago Cubs	4 - 9	Italy Baseball Italy Basebal
03 Mar 26	Pre	San Francisco Giants San Francisco	1 - 15	USA Baseball USA Baseball
03 Mar 26	Pre	Milwaukee Brewers Milwaukee Bre	3 - 7	Great Britain Baseball Great Britain
03 Mar 26	Pre	Arizona Diamondbacks Arizona Diamo	3 - 6	Mexico Baseball Mexico Baseba
03 Mar 26	Pre	Dominican Republic Baseba Dominican Rep	12 - 4	Detroit Tigers Detroit Tiger
03 Mar 26	Pre	Boston Red Sox Boston Red So	3 - 5	Puerto Rico Baseball Puerto Rico B
03 Mar 26	Pre	Houston Astros Houston Astro	3 - 1	Venezuela Baseball Venezuela Bas
04 Mar 26	Pre	Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia	3 - 5	Canada Baseball Canada Baseba
04 Mar 26	Pre	Atlanta Braves Atlanta Brave	9 - 1	Colombia Baseball Colombia Base
04 Mar 26	Pre	Tampa Bay Rays Tampa Bay Ray	8 - 11	Netherlands Baseball Netherlands B
04 Mar 26	Pre	St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis Car	1 - 2	Nicaragua Baseball Nicaragua Bas
04 Mar 26	Pre	Detroit Tigers Detroit Tiger	2 - 1	Panama Baseball Panama Baseba
04 Mar 26	Pre	Minnesota Twins Minnesota Twi	6 - 3	Puerto Rico Baseball Puerto Rico B
04 Mar 26	Pre	New York Mets New York Mets	5 - 2	Israel Baseball Israel Baseba
04 Mar 26	Pre	Dominican Republic Baseba Dominican Rep	4 - 4	Detroit Tigers Detroit Tiger
04 Mar 26	Pre	Texas Rangers Texas Rangers	13 - 2	Brazil Baseball Brazil Baseba
04 Mar 26	Pre	Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati Re	19 - 2	Cuba Baseball Cuba Baseball
04 Mar 26	Pre	Los Angeles Dodgers Los Angeles D	7 - 5	Mexico Baseball Mexico Baseba
04 Mar 26	Pre	San Diego Padres San Diego Pad	2 - 2	Great Britain Baseball Great Britain
04 Mar 26	Pre	Los Angeles Angels Los Angeles A	4 - 3	Italy Baseball Italy Basebal
04 Mar 26	Pre	Colorado Rockies Colorado Rock	4 - 14	USA Baseball USA Baseball
04 Mar 26	Pre	Washington Nationals Washington Na	2 - 1	Venezuela Baseball Venezuela Bas

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