.The Planet Baseball Standard is set to return for a sixth version in 2026. The competition, which features worldwide staffs composed of several of the planet's finest baseball ability, will certainly begin along with four Swimming pool Teams contending from March 5-11. Japan will certainly compete once again as the reigning WBC champs after defeating the U.S., 3-2, in the championship game in 2023 along with the support Los Angeles Dodgers celebrity Shohei Ohtani.The to begin with 16 teams readied to complete in the 2026 WBC are: Puerto Rico, Cuba, Canada, Panama (Swimming Pool A) U.S.A., Mexico, Italy, Great Britain (Swimming Pool B) Asia, Australia, Korea, Czechia (Swimming Pool C) Venezuela, Dominican State, Netherlands, Israel (Swimming Pool D). 4 even more training groups are going to be added in advance of the tournament to round out the ultimate twenty, and also the initial around of play will certainly happen 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 Min House Cleaning Playground in Houston, TexasPool D at LoanDepot Playground in Miami, FloridaMiami is going to additionally organize the semifinals and also championship game.Japan is the only nation to have won the WBC greater than the moment, take away the championship components in 2009 as well as 2006 in addition to 2023. Various other past champions include the U.S. (2017) as well as the Dominican Commonwealth (2013 ). [Want excellent accounts provided right to your inbox? Produce or even visit to your FOX Athletics account, comply with leagues, crews and players to acquire a customized bulletin daily.] Adhere to Follow your faves to individualize your FOX Athletics experience World Baseball Classic Acquire much more coming from World Baseball Standard Observe your faves to get relevant information regarding activities, updates as well as more.