2026 WBC Tournament

After Shohei Ohtani thrillingly struck out Mike Trout to end the last tournament and clinch the championship for Japan, the next tournament is taking shape.

Qualifiers occurred in early 2025, with the winner of the round-robin advancing automatically to the main tournament while the next two highest teams played a one-game playoff, with the winner of that game also moving on.

The main tournament will then take place in 2026 with group play in San Juan (A), Houston (B), Tokyo (C) and Miami (D), followed by quarterfinals in Houston and Miami and a "final four" in Miami.

Qualifying tournaments

Group A was played in Taipei City while Group B was played in Tucson, AZ.

Thursday 2/20

(A) South Africa vs. Nicaragua, 11:00, MLB.com/YouTube - Tyler Maun, Ryan Rowland-Smith

Friday 2/21

(A) Spain vs. Chinese Taipei, 6:00AM, MLBN/MLB.com/YouTube - Tyler Maun, Ryan Rowland-Smith

(A) Spain vs. Nicaragua, 11:00, MLB.com/YouTube - Tyler Maun, Ryan Rowland-Smith

Saturday 2/22

(A) Chinese Taipei vs. South Africa, 6:00AM, MLBN/MLB.com/YouTube - Tyler Maun, Ryan Rowland-Smith

(A) South Africa vs. Spain, 11:00, MLB.com/YouTube - Tyler Maun, Ryan Rowland-Smith

Sunday 2/23

(A) Nicaragua vs. Chinese Taipei, 6:00AM, MLB.com/YouTube - Tyler Maun, Ryan Rowland-Smith

Tuesday 2/25

(A) Chinese Taipei vs. Spain, 6:00AM, FS2/MLBN/MLB.com/YouTube - Tyler Maun, Ryan Rowland-Smith

Winner qualified for full tournament

Sunday 3/2

(B) China vs. Germany, 1:00, MLB.com/YouTube - Gregg Caserta, Steven Brault

(B) Brazil vs. Colombia, 8:00, FS2/MLB.com/YouTube - Gregg Caserta, Steven Brault

Monday 3/3

(B) Brazil vs. Germany, 1:00, FS2/MLBN/MLB.com/YouTube - Gregg Caserta, Steven Brault

(B) Colombia vs. China, 8:00, FS2/MLB.com/YouTube - Gregg Caserta, Steven Brault

Tuesday 3/4

(B) China vs. Brazil, 1:00, MLBN/MLB.com/YouTube - Gregg Caserta, Steven Brault

(B) Germany vs. Colombia, 8:00, MLB.com/YouTube - Gregg Caserta, Steven Brault

Thursday 3/6

(B) Germany vs. Brazil, 8:00, MLB.com/YouTube - Gregg Caserta, Steven Brault

Winner qualified for full tournament