Fox networks will carry all 47 WBC games in the United States.
The 2026 World Baseball Classic begins on Wednesday, March 4, and will conclude with the championship game on Tuesday, March 17. The tournament will showcase baseball stars from across the globe, including many of the top players from Major League Baseball.
The format features pool play, with Pool A (Hiram Bithorn Stadium; San Juan, Puerto Rico), Pool B (Daikin Park; Houston, Texas), Pool C (Tokyo Dome; Tokyo, Japan), and Pool D (loanDepot Park; Miami, Florida) consisting of five teams each.
All 47 WBC games will be televised, with Fox, FS1, FS2, Tubi, the Fox Sports app, and Fox Deportes carrying broadcasts in the United States.
Fox secured the WBC television rights in the U.S. last October, while Netflix landed the WBC media rights in Japan last August. MLB Network will produce the World TV feed for the WBC and revealed its broadcast teams for pool play on Tuesday.
Chinese Taipei-Australia (10 p.m., FS1)
Czechia vs. Korea (5 a.m., FS1) Australia vs. Czechia (10 p.m., FS1)
Japan vs. Chinese Taipei (5 a.m., FS1) Cuba vs. Panama (11 a.m., FS2) Netherlands vs. Venezuela (12 p.m., TUBI) Mexico vs. Great Britain (1 p.m., FS1) Puerto Rico vs. Colombia (6 p.m., FS1) Nicaragua vs. Dominican Republic (7 p.m., FS2) USA vs. Brazil (8 p.m., Fox) Chinese Taipei vs. Czechia (10 p.m., FS2)
Korea vs. Japan (5 a.m., FS1) Colombia vs. Canada (11 a.m., FS2) Nicaragua vs. Netherlands (12 p.m., TUBI) Brazil vs. Italy (1 p.m., Fox Sports App) Panama vs. Puerto Rico (6 p.m., FS1) Israel vs. Venezuela (7 p.m., FS2) Great Britain vs. USA (8 p.m., Fox) Chinese Taipei vs. Korea (10 p.m., FS2)
Australia vs. Japan (6 a.m., FS1) Netherlands vs. Dominican Republic (12 p.m., Fox) Colombia vs. Cuba (12 p.m., FS2) Great Britain vs. Italy (1 p.m., TUBI) Panama vs. Canada (7 p.m., FS2) Nicaragua vs. Israel (7 p.m., TUBI) Brazil vs. Mexico (8 p.m., FS1)
Korea vs. Australia (6 a.m., FS1) Dominican Republic vs. Israel (12 p.m., FS1) Colombia vs. Panama (12 p.m., FS2) Brazil vs. Great Britain (1 p.m., TUBI) Cuba vs. Puerto Rico (7 p.m., FS1) Venezuela vs. Nicaragua (7 p.m., FS2) Mexico vs. United States (8 p.m., Fox)
Czechia vs. Japan (6 a.m., FS1) Israel vs. Netherlands (7 p.m., Fox Canada vs. Puerto Rico (7 p.m., TUBI) Italy vs. United States (9 p.m., FS1)
Canada vs. Cuba (3 p.m., FS2) Italy vs. Mexico (7 p.m., TUBI) Dominican Republic vs. Venezuela (8 p.m., FS1)
TBD vs. TBD in Miami (6:30 p.m., FS2) TBD vs. TBD in Houston (8 p.m., Fox)
TBD vs. TBD in Houston (3 p.m., FS1) TBD vs. TBD in Miami (9 p.m., Fox)
TBD vs. TBD in Miami (8 p.m., FS1)
TBD vs. TBD in Miami (8 p.m., FS1)
TBD vs. TBD in Miami (8 p.m., Fox)
This will be the sixth iteration of the WBC, with the first tournament taking place in 2006. Japan, led by Shohei Ohtani, is the defending champion (2023) and has won the most WBC titles with three. The USA won the WBC championship once, in 2017.
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