{"id":201568,"date":"2026-02-25T12:37:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T12:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/2026-world-baseball-classic-schedule-and-pools-when-does-team-usa-play-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T12:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T12:37:12","slug":"2026-world-baseball-classic-schedule-and-pools-when-does-team-usa-play-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/2026-world-baseball-classic-schedule-and-pools-when-does-team-usa-play-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 World Baseball Classic schedule and pools: When does Team USA play? &#8211; USA Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The sixth edition of the <a href=\/story\/sports\/mlb\/wbc\/2026\/02\/05\/world-baseball-classic-rosters-power-rankings\/88538861007\/ target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>World Baseball Classic<\/a> takes place in March, with 20 countries vying to claim bragging rights in the sport&#8217;s premier international tournament.<br \/>The 20 countries were broken into four pools in different locations, with each team playing the other four in the group. Pool A will be played in San Juan, Puerto Rico; Pool B in Houston; Pool C in Tokyo and Pool D in Miami.<br \/>The top two teams from each group will advance to the quarterfinals, which will be held in Miami and Houston. The semifinals (March 15-16) and championship game (March 17) will also be played in Miami at LoanDepot Park, home of the Marlins. The tournament&#8217;s first games will be played in Tokyo on Thursday, March 5, with Team USA beginning its campaign on Saturday, March 6 against Brazil in Houston. Defending champion Japan&#8217;s first game is Friday, March 6 against Chinese Taipei.<br \/>Here&#8217;s a look at the 2026 World Baseball Classic pools and schedule<br \/><strong><span style=text-decoration:underline>Pool A schedule<\/span><\/strong><br \/><strong><span style=text-decoration:underline>Pool B schedule<\/span><\/strong><br \/><strong><span style=text-decoration:underline>Pool C schedule<\/span><\/strong><br \/><strong><span style=text-decoration:underline>Pool D schedule<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisgFBVV95cUxQMUxPRkhnYnhtem5DLW0xRG9rQ3pBazJtRzJOMl9yWko0N3ZsTnJzNkFOS2k0SlpCXzh2ZXdkdTdMSXY1U2ZuYnVHQUdpSG8wVV9zb2FMa1hRWm1iU2pXbGhYcG1YQlpGNWdTLXpYNjY3UEVtckp1MEt4TnVvS2RMNDgxa1I3cTl4dURqbVlibk4yT0hlNVV1aU15ekpKR1ZOaVM0VjBjRXZXVlpWZlRYUjBR?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sixth edition of the World Baseball Classic takes place in March, with 20 countries vying to claim bragging rights in the sport&#8217;s premier international tournament.The 20 countries were broken into four pools in different locations, with each team playing the other four in the group. Pool A will be played in San Juan, Puerto [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":201569,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-201568","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}