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Men's Baseball WBSC World Baseball Classic 2026


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Men's Baseball WBSC World Baseball Classic 2026

 

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Qualification for the 2026 World Baseball Classic has been announced. There'll be 2 qualification Pools and 4 teams in each with the top 2 teams in each pool advancing to the 2026 WBC. :AUS:CZE:CAN:CUB:DOM:GBR:ISR:ITA:JPN:MEX:NED:KOR:PAN:PUR:USA:VEN

 

As a fan of international baseball, words cannot describe how disappointed I am. We are coming off arguably the greatest international baseball tournament in history in 2023 and we are cutting the number of teams in the qualification round from 12 to 8 teams :facepalm:. How do you expect to grow baseball like that? Teams like :ARG Argentina and :PAK Pakistan have been on the rise but now they won't have the chance to qualify.

 

 

Taipei Qualification Pool (Feb. 21-25, 2025)

:NCA Nicaragua

:RSA South Africa

:ESP Spain

:TWN Taiwan

 

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Tucson Qualification Pool (Mar. 2-6, 2025)

:BRA Brazil

:CHN China

:COL Colombia

:GER Germany

 

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  • 3 months later...

Qualification gets underway in just under six hours!

 

First up, we have Taiwan, Nicaragua, Spain and South Africa battling it out for two qualification places in Taipei. Qualification is round robin format.

 

2026 World Baseball Classic Schedule

 

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March 5
Local EST CEST JST Away Team Home Team Pool - Location
12:00 22:00 4:00 12:00 :TWN Taiwan :AUS Australia C - Tokyo Dome, Tokyo
19:00 5:00 11:00 19:00 :CZE Czech Republic :KOR South Korea C - Tokyo Dome, Tokyo
March 6
Local EST CEST JST Away Team Home Team Pool - Location
12:00 22:00 4:00 12:00 :AUS Australia :CZE Czech Republic C - Tokyo Dome, Tokyo
19:00 5:00 11:00 19:00 :JPN Japan :TWN Taiwan C - Tokyo Dome, Tokyo
12:00 11:00 17:00 1:00 :CUB Cuba :PAN Panama A - Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan
12:00 12:00 18:00 2:00 :NED Netherlands :VEN Venezuela D - loanDepot Park, Miami
12:00 13:00 19:00 3:00 :MEX Mexico :GBR Great Britain B - Daikin Park, Houston
19:00 18:00 0:00 8:00 :PUR Puerto Rico :COL Colombia A - Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan
19:00 19:00 1:00 9:00 :NCA Nicaragua :DOM Dominican Republic D - loanDepot Park, Miami
19:00 20:00 2:00 10:00 :USA United States :BRA Brazil B - Daikin Park, Houston
March 7
Local EST CEST JST Away Team Home Team Pool - Location
12:00 22:00 4:00 12:00 :TWN Taiwan :CZE Czech Republic C - Tokyo Dome, Tokyo
19:00 5:00 11:00 19:00 :KOR South Korea :JPN Japan C - Tokyo Dome, Tokyo
12:00 11:00 17:00 1:00 :COL Colombia :CAN Canada A - Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan
12:00 12:00 18:00 2:00 :NCA Nicaragua :NED Netherlands D - loanDepot Park, Miami
12:00 13:00 19:00 3:00 :BRA Brazil :ITA Italy B - Daikin Park, Houston
19:00 18:00 0:00 8:00 :PAN Panama :PUR Puerto Rico A - Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan
19:00 19:00 1:00 9:00 :ISR Israel :VEN Venezuela D - loanDepot Park, Miami
19:00 20:00 2:00 10:00 :GBR Great Britain :USA United States B - Daikin Park, Houston
March 8
Local EST CEST JST Away Team Home Team Pool - Location
12:00 22:00 5:00 12:00 :TWN Taiwan :KOR South Korea C - Tokyo Dome, Tokyo
19:00 6:00 12:00 19:00 :AUS Australia :JPN Japan C - Tokyo Dome, Tokyo
12:00 12:00 18:00 1:00 :COL Colombia :CUB Cuba A - Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan
12:00 12:00 18:00 1:00 :NED Netherlands :DOM Dominican Republic D - loanDepot Park, Miami
12:00 13:00 19:00 2:00 :GBR Great Britain :ITA Italy B - Daikin Park, Houston
19:00 19:00 1:00 8:00 :NCA Nicaragua :ISR Israel D - loanDepot Park, Miami
19:00 19:00 1:00 8:00 :PAN Panama :CAN Canada A - Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan
19:00 20:00 2:00 9:00 :BRA Brazil :MEX Mexico B - Daikin Park, Houston
March 9
Local EST CEST JST Away Team Home Team Pool - Location
19:00 6:00 12:00 19:00 :KOR South Korea :AUS Australia C - Tokyo Dome, Tokyo
12:00 12:00 18:00 1:00 :DOM Dominican Republic :ISR Israel D - loanDepot Park, Miami
12:00 12:00 18:00 1:00 :COL Colombia :PAN Panama A - Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan
12:00 13:00 19:00 2:00 :BRA Brazil :GBR Great Britain B - Daikin Park, Houston
19:00 19:00 1:00 8:00 :CUB Cuba :PUR Puerto Rico A - Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan
19:00 19:00 1:00 8:00 :VEN Venezuela :NCA Nicaragua D - loanDepot Park, Miami
19:00 20:00 2:00 9:00 :MEX Mexico :USA United States B - Daikin Park, Houston
March 10
Local EST CEST JST Away Team Home Team Pool - Location
19:00 6:00 12:00 19:00 :CZE Czech Republic :JPN Japan C - Tokyo Dome, Tokyo
19:00 19:00 1:00 8:00 :ISR Israel :NED Netherlands D - loanDepot Park, Miami
19:00 19:00 1:00 8:00 :CAN Canada :PUR Puerto Rico A - Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan
20:00 21:00 3:00 10:00 :ITA Italy :USA United States B - Daikin Park, Houston
March 11
Local EST CEST JST Away Team Home Team Pool - Location
15:00 15:00 21:00 4:00 :CAN Canada :CUB Cuba A - Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan
18:00 19:00 1:00 8:00 :ITA Italy :MEX Mexico B - Daikin Park, Houston
20:00 20:00 2:00 9:00 :DOM Dominican Republic :VEN Venezuela D - loanDepot Park, Miami
March 13
Local EST CEST JST Away Team Home Team Pool - Location
18:30 18:30 0:30 7:30 :WHT C2 :WHT D1 QF1 - loanDepot Park, Miami
19:00 20:00 2:00 9:00 :WHT A2 :WHT B1 QF2 - Daikin Park, Houston
March 14
Local EST CEST JST Away Team Home Team Pool - Location
14:00 15:00 21:00 4:00 :WHT B2 :WHT A1 QF3 - Daikin Park, Houston
21:00 21:00 3:00 10:00 :WHT D2 :WHT C1 QF4 - loanDepot Park, Miami
March 15
Local EST CEST JST Away Team Home Team Pool - Location
20:00 20:00 2:00 9:00 :WHT QW :WHT QW SF1 - loanDepot Park, Miami
March 16
Local EST CEST JST Away Team Home Team Pool - Location
20:00 20:00 2:00 9:00 :WHT QW :WHT QW SF2 - loanDepot Park, Miami
March 17
Local EST CEST JST Away Team Home Team Pool - Location
20:00 20:00 2:00 9:00 :WHT S1W :WHT S2W Final - loanDepot Park, Miami

 

 

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First day of qualification is in the books.

 

:NCA 2-1 :RSA

 

:ESP 12-5 :TWN

 

South Africa almost completed the upset over Nicaragua and Taiwan had an absolutely embarrassing showing against Spain

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2 hours ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

First day of qualification is in the books.

 

:NCA 2-1 :RSA

 

:ESP 12-5 :TWN

 

South Africa almost completed the upset over Nicaragua and Taiwan had an absolutely embarrassing showing against Spain

You mean the Caribbean Spanish Empire?

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Scores from Day 2:

 

:ESP 1-2 :NCA

 

:TWN 9-1 :RSA

 

Updated Standings:

 

:NCA Nicaragua: 2-0

:ESP Spain: 1-1

:TWN Taiwan: 1-1

:RSA South Africa: 0-2

 

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1 hour ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

Scores from Day 2:

 

:ESP 1-2 :NCA

 

:TWN 9-1 :RSA

 

Updated Standings:

 

:NCA Nicaragua: 2-0

:ESP Spain: 1-1

:TWN Taiwan: 1-1

:RSA South Africa: 0-2

 

Do you think Taiwan can beat Nicaragua?

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3 hours ago, mrv86 said:

Do you think Taiwan can beat Nicaragua?

I would expect a competitive game that could go both ways. 

 

Nicaragua will be riding the momentum from their 2-0 start to qualification and their pitching has been great so far.

 

Taiwan should be the favorite but for some reason, they decided to not select a bunch of players that were on the team that won the Premier 12 tournament and opted for younger players. However, the home crowd will be a huge advantage for them still.

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