.The Globe Baseball Standard is readied to send back for a sixth version in 2026. The competition, which features international groups composed of a number of the planet's finest baseball ability, will certainly begin with four Pool Groups completing coming from March 5-11. Asia will certainly contend once again as the ruling WBC champs after beating the U.S., 3-2, in the national championship in 2023 with the support Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani.The to begin with 16 crews readied to complete in the 2026 WBC are actually: Puerto Rico, Cuba, Canada, Panama (Swimming Pool A) USA, Mexico, Italy, Great Britain (Pool B) Asia, Australia, Korea, Czechia (Swimming Pool C) Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Netherlands, Israel (Pool D). 4 additional training staffs will be actually included ahead of the event to round out the last 20, and the initial sphere of play will take place depending on to the adhering to schedule: MARCH 5-10Pool C at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, JapanMARCH 6-11Pool A at Hiram Bithorn Arena in San Juan, Puerto RicoPool B at Moment House Cleaning Park in Houston, TexasPool D at LoanDepot Playground in Miami, FloridaMiami will certainly also hold the semifinals as well as championship game.Japan is actually the only nation to have won the WBC more than as soon as, take away the champion components in 2009 as well as 2006 aside from 2023. Other past champions include the U.S. (2017) and the Dominican Commonwealth (2013 ). [Want wonderful accounts delivered straight to your inbox? Generate or log in to your FOX Athletics profile, follow games, groups as well as gamers to get a personalized newsletter daily.] Adhere to Observe your preferences to individualize your FOX Athletics experience Planet Baseball Standard Get a lot more coming from Globe Baseball Standard Observe your favorites to receive info about video games, updates and also even more.