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, Puerto Rico (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 and Group B 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
(A) 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
(A) 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
(A) 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