.The Globe Baseball Standard is set to give back for a 6th edition in 2026. The tournament, which includes worldwide teams made up of several of the world's best baseball talent, will certainly begin with 4 Swimming pool Groups contending coming from March 5-11. Japan will compete once again as the ruling WBC champs after defeating the united state, 3-2, in the championship game in 2023 along with the help Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani.The to begin with 16 staffs readied to contend in the 2026 WBC are actually: Puerto Rico, Cuba, Canada, Panama (Pool A) U.S.A., Mexico, Italy, Great Britain (Pool B) Japan, Australia, Korea, Czechia (Pool C) Venezuela, Dominican Commonwealth, Netherlands, Israel (Swimming Pool D). Four additional certifying teams will be actually included in advance of the event to round out the ultimate twenty, and the first round of play will definitely take place according to the complying with timetable: MARCH 5-10Pool C at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, JapanMARCH 6-11Pool A at Hiram Bithorn Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto RicoPool B at Minute Cleaning Lady Playground in Houston, TexasPool D at LoanDepot Playground in Miami, FloridaMiami will certainly likewise host the semifinals as well as championship game.Japan is the only nation to have gained the WBC greater than the moment, take away the champion hardware in 2009 as well as 2006 besides 2023. Other previous winners consist of the U.S. (2017) and the Dominican Commonwealth (2013 ). [Want wonderful accounts supplied right to your inbox? Make or even log in to your FOX Athletics account, adhere to leagues, staffs and also players to receive an individualized email list daily.] Adhere to Follow your faves to personalize your FOX Athletics encounter World Baseball Classic Obtain extra coming from World Baseball Classic Observe your favorites to receive details about video games, news and also additional.