Men's Baseball WBSC World Baseball Classic 2026

[Topicmaster1010 4,421]

Scores from March 3rd:

 

 9-7

 8-1

 

Standings:

1.  Colombia: 2-0

2.  Brazil: 1-1

3.  Germany: 1-1

4.  China: 0-2

[JoshMartini007 2,559]

I guess China is mostly out of baseball

[Topicmaster1010 4,421]

  On 3/4/2025 at 2:38 PM, JoshMartini007 said:

I guess China is mostly out of baseball

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They got lucky that the 2023 tournament expanded to 20 teams and they auto qualified. They were already at least a tier below every other team in 2017. It's about time some other team took their place.

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Scores from March 4th:

 

 2-12

 0-10

 

Both games ended after 7 innings due to mercy rule.

 

Colombia officially qualified. They dominated the qualification outscoring their opponents 23-1

 

 China was clearly outclassed in this qualifier being outscored 5-32 and being mercy ruled twice.

 

 Brazil and  Germany will play a match on Thursday to determine the final qualifier to the 2026 WBC.

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 Brazil qualified. Their first time in the WBC since 2013.

 

The field of 20 is officially set:

 

•  Australia
•  Brazil
•  Canada
•  Colombia
•  Cuba
•  Czech Republic
•  Dominican Republic
•  Great Britain
•  Israel
•  Italy
•  Japan
•  Korea
•  Mexico
•  Netherlands
•  Nicaragua
•  Panama
•  Puerto Rico
•  Taiwan
•  United States
•  Venezuela