.The Planet Baseball Classic is set to come back for a 6th version in 2026. The tournament, which includes global teams made up of some of the globe's best baseball ability, are going to start with 4 Swimming pool Groups completing from March 5-11. Asia will certainly complete once more as the ruling WBC champions after defeating the USA, 3-2, in the championship game in 2023 with the help Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani.The initially 16 crews set to complete in the 2026 WBC are: Puerto Rico, Cuba, Canada, Panama (Swimming Pool A) United States, Mexico, Italy, Great Britain (Swimming Pool B) Asia, Australia, Korea, Czechia (Swimming Pool C) Venezuela, Dominican Commonwealth, Netherlands, Israel (Pool D). Four even more certifying staffs will be actually added ahead of the competition to fill out the final twenty, and also the preliminary round of play will take place according to the observing routine: 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 Maid Playground in Houston, TexasPool D at LoanDepot Park in Miami, FloridaMiami is going to also throw the semifinals and champion game.Japan is the only nation to have actually gained the WBC greater than once, taking home the championship equipment in 2009 and also 2006 besides 2023. Various other past winners consist of the USA (2017) and also the Dominican Commonwealth (2013 ). [Want terrific tales delivered right to your inbox? Produce or even visit to your FOX Athletics account, adhere to leagues, crews as well as players to obtain a personalized e-newsletter daily.] Observe Follow your preferences to individualize your FOX Athletics encounter World Baseball Classic Receive much more coming from Planet Baseball Standard Observe your favorites to acquire details about video games, information and also more.