World Baseball Classic schedule 2026: Dates, times, channels, live streams, scores for every WBC game

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The World Baseball Classic is back, with some of the best players on the planet representing their country instead of their MLB team with national pride on the line.

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The most recent WBC in 2023 lived up to the name, with Japan edging Team USA in an electric championship game in Miami to secure the trophy for the third time in five editions of the Classic.

Led once again by Shohei Ohtani, Japan has to be the favorite entering the 2026 tournament. After finishing either first or third in every WBC to date, the Japanese know what it takes to succeed in this format.

Team USA will be formidable, though, with Aaron Judge, Kyle Schwarber and Paul Skenes leading a talented group for manager Mark DeRosa and trying to add a trophy after winning in 2017. The only other nation to take the WBC crown was the Dominican Republic in 2013, and the D.R. is stacked again this year behind the likes of Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Juan Soto, Julio Rodriguez, Manny Machado and more.

Will one of the favorites emerge on top or will a team like Venezuela, Mexico or Korea break through? Here's everything you need to know to watch all the games.

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World Baseball Classic schedule, scores 2026

Wednesday, March 4

Game

Time (ET)

TV/Stream

Australia 3, Chinese Taipei 0

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Thursday, March 5

Game

Time (ET)

TV/Stream

Korea 11, Czechia 4

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Australia 5, Czechia 1

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Friday, March 6

Game

Time (ET)

TV/Stream

Japan 13, Chinese Taipei 0 (7 inn.)

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Cuba 3, Panama 1

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Venezuela 6, Netherlands 2

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Mexico 8, Great Britain 2

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Puerto Rico 5, Colombia 0

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Dominican Republic 12, Nicaragua 3

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USA 15, Brazil 5

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Chinese Taipei 14, Czechia 0 (7 inn.)

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Saturday, March 7

Game

Time (ET)

TV/Stream

Japan 8, Korea 6

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Canada 8, Colombia 2

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Netherlands 4, Nicaragua 3

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Italy 8, Brazil 0

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Puerto Rico 4, Panama 3 (10 inn.)

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Venezuela 11, Israel 3

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USA 9, Great Britain 1

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Chinese Taipei 5, Korea 4 (10 inn.)

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Sunday, March 8

Game

Time (ET)

TV/Stream

Japan 4, Australia 3

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Cuba 7, Colombia 4

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Dominican Republic 12, Netherlands 1 (7 inn.)

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Italy 7, Great Britain 4

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Israel 5, Nicaragua  0

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Panama 4, Canada 3

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Mexico 16, Brazil 0 (6 inn.)

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Monday, March 9

Game

Time (ET)

TV/Stream

Korea 7, Australia 2

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Dominican Republic 10, Israel 1

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Colombia 4, Panama 3

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Great Britain 8, Brazil 1

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Puerto Rico 4, Cuba 1

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Venezuela 4, Nicaragua 0

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USA 5, Mexico 3

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Tuesday, March 10

Game

Time (ET)

TV/Stream

Japan 9, Czechia 0

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Israel 6, Netherlands 2

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Canada 3, Puerto Rico 2

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Italy 8, USA 6

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Wednesday, March 11

Game

Time (ET)

TV/Stream

Canada 7, Cuba 2

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Italy 9, Mexico 1

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Venezuela vs. Dominican Republic

8 p.m.

Tubi

Friday, March 13 - Quarterfinals

Game

Time (ET)

TV/Stream

Pool D1 vs. Korea

6:30 p.m.

FS2, Fubo

USA vs. Canada

8 p.m.

Fox, Fubo

If the USA is in the quarterfinals, it will play on Friday

Saturday, March 14 - Quarterfinals

Game

Time (ET)

TV/Stream

Italy vs. Puerto Rico

3 p.m.

FS1, Fubo

Japan vs. Pool D2

9 p.m.

Fox, Fubo

Sunday, March 15 - Semifinals

Semifinals and championship will be played in Miami

Game

Time (ET)

TV/Stream

Friday quarterfinal winners

8 p.m.

FS1, Fubo

Monday, March 16 - Semifinals

Game

Time (ET)

TV/Stream

Saturday quarterfinal winners

8 p.m.

FS1, Fubo

Tuesday, March 17 - Championship

Game

Time (ET)

TV/Stream

Semifinal winners

8 p.m.

Fox, Fubo

Where to watch World Baseball Classic 2026

• TV channels: Fox, FS1, FS2

• Live stream: Fubo, Tubi, Fox app, Fox One

The 2026 World Baseball Classic will be broadcast by the Fox networks, including the main channel, FS1 and FS2. All of those games can be streamed live via Fubo, and some additional games will stream on Tubi and the Fox app. Fox One will also stream every game.

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World Baseball Classic radio coverage 2026

• Radio station:SiriusXM

Fans can listen to every 2026 World Baseball Classic game live on SiriusXM.

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World Baseball Classic pools 2026

The preliminary round at the 2026 WBC will be played in four pools of five teams each:

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Pool A teams

Games at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan

• Puerto Rico

• Cuba

• Canada

• Panama

• Colombia

Pool B teams

Games at Daikin Park in Houston

• USA

• Mexico

• Italy

• Great Britain

• Brazil

Pool C teams

Games at Tokyo Dome

• Japan

• Australia

• Korea

• Czechia

• Chinese Taipei

Pool D teams

Games at loanDepot Park in Miami

• Venezuela

• Dominican Republic

• Netherlands

• Israel

• Nicaragua

World Baseball Classic winners list

Here are the winners and runners-up for the first five editions of the WBC.

Year

Champion

Runner-up

2023

Japan

United States

2017

United States

Puerto Rico

2013

Dominican Republic

Puerto Rico

2009

Japan

South Korea

2006

Japan

Cuba

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