2026 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers
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The 2026 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers will take place in February and March 2025, to determine the final four teams that will take part in the 2026 World Baseball Classic one year later. The qualifiers will feature two pools of four teams, with the top two teams in each pool moving on to the main tournament.
Pool A will take place at the Taipei Dome from February 21-25, 2025. It will feature 
Chinese Taipei, 
Nicaragua 
South Africa and 
Spain. Pool B will take place in Tucson, AZ from March 2-6 and will feature 
Brazil, 
People's Republic of China, 
Colombia and 
Germany. All eight teams except for Germany have participated in the main tournament at least once in the past.
Further Reading[edit]
- Michael Clair: "World Baseball Classic qualifiers announced", mlb.com, November 12, 2024. [1]
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