First-round pools for the 2026 World Baseball Classic will be split between Houston, San Juan, Tokyo and Miami, while the finals will return to loanDepot Park.
The World Baseball Classic is returning in March 2026, featuring some new host sites and some familiar ones.
All four host cities for the tournament were revealed Thursday. Pool A will take place in San Juan, Puerto Rico, while Pool B will be in Houston, Pool C will be in Tokyo and Pool D will be in Miami. Following the first-round pools, the semifinals will be held in Houston and Miami. As was the case in 2023, the finals will be at loanDepot Park, home of theTokyo, like Miami, was also a host site in 2023. San Juan, meanwhile, hasn't hosted World Baseball Classic competition since 2013.“We are excited and honored to be hosting World Baseball Classic matchups for the first time,” Astros owner and chairman Jim Crane said in.
All countries that finished top-four in their respective pools in 2023 have automatically qualified for the 2026 iteration of the World Baseball Classic. That leaves four spots open in the field, which will be claimed during the 2025 Qualifiers.Japan beat Team USA in the finals of the 2023 World Baseball Classic, winning their third gold medal since the event began in 2006. The United States and Dominican Republic are the only other countries to claim gold.
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