2026 World Baseball Classic qualification

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2026 World Baseball Classic qualifiers
Tournament details
CountriesTaiwan
United States
DatesFebruary 21 – March 6, 2025[1]
Teams8 (from 4 confederations)
← 2023

The qualifying round of the 2026 World Baseball Classic will be held from February 21 to March 6, 2025. The top four teams in each pool of the 2023 World Baseball Classic automatically qualified for the 2026 tournament. The qualifiers will consist of two tournaments with four teams each, and will be held in Taipei, Taiwan, and Tucson, Arizona, United States. The winners and runners-up of each tournament will qualify for the 2026 World Baseball Classic.[1]

Qualified teams

Note: World ranking indicates positions in the latest WBSC World Rankings (September 18, 2024) at the time of the announcement of the qualifiers.[2]

Team World ranking Method of qualification Classic appearance Previous best position
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 15th 2023 World Baseball Classic pool stage top four 6th Quarterfinals (2023)
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 22nd 6th Pool stage
File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 9th 6th Runners-up (2006)
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 14th 2nd Pool stage
File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic 12th 6th Champions (2013)
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 18th 2nd Pool stage
File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel 19th 3rd Quarterfinals (2017)
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 13th 6th Quarterfinals (2013, 2023)
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1st 6th Champions (2006, 2009, 2023)
File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 2nd 6th Third place (2023)
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 7th 6th Fourth place (2013, 2017)
File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama 10th 4th Pool stage
File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico 8th 6th Runners-up (2013, 2017)
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 6th 6th Runners-up (2009)
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 5th 6th Champions (2017)
File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 4th 6th Fourth place (2009)

Venues

Qualifier 1
Qualifier 2
Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan United States Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Taipei Dome Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium
Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 11,500
File:Interior of Taipei Dome 20231118 01.jpg File:Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium Seating.jpg

Pools composition

Note: Numbers in parentheses indicate positions in the latest WBSC World Rankings (September 18, 2024) at the time of the announcement of the qualifiers.[2]

Pool A Pool B
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei (3) (hosts) File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia (11)
File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua (16) File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (17)
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain (23) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (20)
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa (30) File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil (24)

The format will consist of two rounds. The first round will be a round-robin, with the teams playing each other once. After the six games from each group, the first-placed team will qualify for the final tournament, while the second and third-placed teams will play in a seventh game for the last spot from each qualifier.[1]

Taipei

The pool will take place in Taipei, Taiwan, on February 21–25, 2025.

Opening round

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA PCT GB Qualification
1 File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei (H) 0 0 0 0 0 — — Final tournament
2 File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua 0 0 0 0 0 — — Game 7
3 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 — —
4 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 0 0 0 0 0 — —
First game(s) will be played: February 21, 2025. Source: MLB
(H) Hosts
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
February 21 12:00 South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg – File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua   Taipei Dome     Boxscore
February 21 19:00 Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg – File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei   Taipei Dome     Boxscore
February 22 12:00 Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg – File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua   Taipei Dome     Boxscore
February 22 19:00 Chinese Taipei File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg – File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa   Taipei Dome     Boxscore
February 23 12:00 South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg – File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain   Taipei Dome     Boxscore
February 23 19:00 Nicaragua File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg – File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei   Taipei Dome     Boxscore

Game 7

Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
February 25 19:00 Opening round 3rd place – Opening round 2nd place   Taipei Dome      

Tucson

The pool will take place in Tucson, Arizona, United States, on March 2–6, 2025.

Opening round

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA PCT GB Qualification
1 File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 0 0 0 0 0 — — Final tournament
2 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 — — Game 7
3 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 0 0 0 0 0 — —
4 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 0 0 0 0 0 — —
First game(s) will be played: March 2, 2025. Source: MLB
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
March 2 11:00 China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg – File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany   Veterans Memorial Stadium     Boxscore
March 2 18:00 Brazil File:Flag of Brazil.svg – File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia   Veterans Memorial Stadium     Boxscore
March 3 11:00 Brazil File:Flag of Brazil.svg – File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany   Veterans Memorial Stadium     Boxscore
March 3 18:00 Colombia File:Flag of Colombia.svg – File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China   Veterans Memorial Stadium     Boxscore
March 4 11:00 China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg – File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil   Veterans Memorial Stadium     Boxscore
March 4 18:00 Germany File:Flag of Germany.svg – File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia   Veterans Memorial Stadium     Boxscore

Game 7

Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
March 6 18:00 Opening round 3rd place – Opening round 2nd place   Veterans Memorial Stadium      

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "World Baseball Classic Qualifiers announced". MLB.com. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "WBSC/KONAMI World Rankings". WBSC.org. Retrieved 16 November 2024.

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