2026 World Baseball Classic
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The 2026 World Baseball Classic is slated to be the sixth World Baseball Classic. It is scheduled to be held in March 2026. It will feature 20 teams and games will take place in Houston, TX, Tokyo, San Juan, PR and Miami, FL.
The tournament will be preceded, as in recent editions, by a Qualifiers to be played in February and March, 2025. Those two pools will determine the final four participants in the tournament, with the top sixteen spots awarded based on results in the 2023 World Baseball Classic.
Further Reading[edit]
- Michael Clair: "World Baseball Classic 2026 pools, dates announced", mlb.com, August 21, 2024. [1]
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