The World Baseball Classic returns for its sixth edition in March, featuring a 20-team field spread across four pools. In all, 47 games will be played over 13 days at four sites: the Tokyo Dome, Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico, loanDepot Park in Miami and Daikin Park in Houston.<\/p>\n
Team Japan, the only nation to win multiple WBC crowns (2006, 2009, 2023), is aiming for its fourth title, while the Dominican Republic (2013) and U.S. (2017) are the only other winners of the event. Japan\u2019s roster features 2025 NL MVP Shohei Ohtani and 2025 World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto, both of the Dodgers, in addition to Angels lefty starter Yusei Kikuchi and Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki.<\/p>\n
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The U.S. roster is led by captain Aaron Judge and features both 2025 Cy Young winners in Tarik Skubal and Paul Skenes. Team USA boasts a combined 65 MLB All-Star Game appearances and four former MVPs in Judge, Bryce Harper, Paul Goldschmidt and Clayton Kershaw.<\/p>\n
Most games will be broadcast in the U.S. on the Fox family of networks (Fox, FS1, FS2) and streamed on the Fox Sports app and Tubi.<\/p>\n
2026 World Baseball Classic poolsPool A | Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan, Puerto Rico<\/p>\n
Canada
Colombia
Cuba
Panama
Puerto Rico<\/p>\n
Pool B | Daikin Park, Houston<\/p>\n
Brazil
Great Britain
Italy
Mexico
U.S.<\/p>\n
Pool C | Tokyo Dome, Tokyo<\/p>\n
Australia
Chinese Taipei
Czechia
Japan
South Korea<\/p>\n
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Pool D | loanDepot Park, Miami<\/p>\n
Dominican Republic
Israel
Netherlands
Nicaragua
Venezuela<\/p>\n
2026 World Baseball Classic schedule<\/p>\n
All times Eastern<\/p>\n
Pool play<\/p>\n
Wednesday, March 4
10 p.m.: Australia vs. Chinese Taipei (FS1)<\/p>\n
Thursday, March 5
5 a.m.: South Korea vs. Czechia (FS1)\u00a0
10 p.m.: Czechia vs. Australia (FS1)<\/p>\n
Friday, March 6
5 a.m.: Chinese Taipei vs. Japan (FS1)\u00a0
11 a.m.: Panama vs. Cuba (FS2)\u00a0\u00a0
Noon: Venezuela vs. Netherlands (Tubi)
1 p.m.: Great Britain vs. Mexico (FS1)
6 p.m.: Colombia vs. Puerto Rico (FS1)\u00a0\u00a0
7 p.m.: Dominican Republic vs. Nicaragua (FS2)
8 p.m.: Brazil vs. U.S. (Fox)
10 p.m.: Czechia vs. Chinese Taipei (FS2)<\/p>\n
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Saturday, March 7
5 a.m.: Japan vs. South Korea (FS1)\u00a0
11 a.m.: Canada vs. Colombia (FS2)\u00a0\u00a0
Noon: Netherlands vs. Nicaragua (Tubi)
1 p.m.: Italy vs. Brazil (Fox app only)
6 p.m.: Puerto Rico vs. Panama (FS1)\u00a0\u00a0
7 p.m.: Venezuela vs. Israel (FS1)
8 p.m.: U.S. vs. Great Britain (Fox)
10 p.m.: South Korea vs. Chinese Taipei (FS2)<\/p>\n
Sunday, March 8
6 a.m.: Japan vs. Australia (FS1)\u00a0
Noon: Cuba vs. Colombia (FS2)\u00a0\u00a0
Noon: Dominican Republic vs. Netherlands (Fox)
1 p.m.: Italy vs. Great Britain (Tubi)
7 p.m.: Israel vs. Nicaragua (Tubi)
7 p.m.: Canada vs. Panama (FS2)\u00a0\u00a0
8 p.m.: Mexico vs. Brazil (FS1)<\/p>\n
Monday, March 9
6 a.m.: Australia vs. South Korea (FS1)\u00a0
Noon: Israel vs. Dominican Republic (FS1)\u00a0
Noon: Panama vs. Colombia (FS2)\u00a0\u00a0
1 p.m.: Great Britain vs. Brazil (Tubi)
7 p.m.: Puerto Rico vs. Cuba (FS1)\u00a0\u00a0
7 p.m.: Nicaragua vs. Venezuela (FS2)
8 p.m.: U.S. vs. Mexico (Fox)<\/p>\n
Tuesday, March 10
6 a.m.: Japan vs. Czechia (FS1)\u00a0
7 p.m.: Netherlands vs. Israel (Fox app only)
7 p.m.: Puerto Rico vs. Canada (Tubi)\u00a0\u00a0
9 p.m.: U.S. vs. Italy (FS1)<\/p>\n
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Wednesday, March 11
3 p.m.: Cuba vs. Canada (FS1)\u00a0\u00a0
7 p.m.: Mexico vs. Italy (Tubi)
8 p.m.: Venezuela vs. Dominican Republic (FS1)<\/p>\n
Thursday, March 12
No games<\/p>\n
Quarterfinals<\/p>\n
Friday, March 13
6:30 p.m.: TBD vs. TBD (FS1) \u2013 loanDepot Park
8 p.m.: TBD vs. TBD (Fox) \u2013 Daikin Park<\/p>\n
Saturday, March 14
3 p.m.: TBD vs. TBD (FS1) \u2013 Daikin Park
9 p.m.: TBD vs. TBD (Fox) \u2013 loanDepot Park<\/p>\n
Semifinals<\/p>\n
Sunday, March 15
8 p.m.: TBD vs. TBD (FS1) \u2013 loanDepot Park<\/p>\n
Monday, March 16
8 p.m.: TBD vs. TBD (FS1) \u2013 loanDepot Park<\/p>\n
Championship<\/p>\n
Tuesday, March 17
8 p.m.: TBD vs. TBD (FS1) \u2013 loanDepot Park<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The World Baseball Classic returns for its sixth edition in March, featuring a 20-team field spread across four…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584237,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2395],"tags":[106,5,1207,42502,39,1888,7349,5885,1816,778,58,4171,4,877,2528,105,468,382,76362,313,809],"class_list":["post-584236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami-marlins","tag-aaron-judge","tag-baseball","tag-bryce-harper","tag-chinese-taipei","tag-dodgers","tag-dominican-republic","tag-fs1","tag-loandepot-park","tag-marlins","tag-miami","tag-miami-marlins","tag-miamimarlins","tag-mlb","tag-paul-skenes","tag-puerto-rico","tag-seiya-suzuki","tag-shohei-ohtani","tag-tarik-skubal","tag-tubi","tag-yoshinobu-yamamoto","tag-yusei-kikuchi"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116106874643070870","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}