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.
Event List
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| | 13 Feb |
Pre   | TSG HawksTSG Hawks | 2 - 3 | Chinese Taipei BaseballChinese Taipe |
| 14 Feb |
Pre   | TSG HawksTSG Hawks | 2 - 6 | Chinese Taipei BaseballChinese Taipe |
| 26 Feb |
Pre   | Fukuoka SoftBank HawksFukuoka SoftB | 4 - 0 | Chinese Taipei BaseballChinese Taipe |
| 27 Feb |
Pre   | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham FightHokkaido Nipp | 6 - 1 | Chinese Taipei BaseballChinese Taipe |
| 02 Mar |
Pre   | Orix BuffaloesOrix Buffaloe | P - P | Chinese Taipei BaseballChinese Taipe |
| 03 Mar |
Pre   | Fukuoka SoftBank HawksFukuoka SoftB | 1 - 5 | Chinese Taipei BaseballChinese Taipe |
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| | 05 Mar |
r01    | Australia BaseballAustralia Bas | 3 - | Chinese Taipei BaseballChinese Taipe |
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| | 06 Mar |
r04    | Chinese Taipei BaseballChinese Taipe | - 13 | Japan BaseballJapan Basebal |
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Next Event
| | 07 Mar |
r05    | Czech Republic BaseballCzech Republi | - 14 | Chinese Taipei BaseballChinese Taipe |
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| | 08 Mar |
r07   | South Korea BaseballSouth Korea B | - | Chinese Taipei BaseballChinese Taipe |
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