{"id":204433,"date":"2026-03-17T15:52:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T15:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/when-is-the-wbc-final-schedule-how-to-watch-usa-vs-italy-or-venezuela-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T15:52:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T15:52:03","slug":"when-is-the-wbc-final-schedule-how-to-watch-usa-vs-italy-or-venezuela-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/when-is-the-wbc-final-schedule-how-to-watch-usa-vs-italy-or-venezuela-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"When is the WBC final? Schedule, how to watch USA vs Italy or Venezuela &#8211; USA Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The World Baseball Classic is nearly finished, and despite an underperforming offense, the United States will be playing in the championship game. After defeating the Dominican Republic 2-1 in the semis, the U.S. will face the winner of tonight&#8217;s Italy vs. Venezuela game for the 2026 title.<br \/>Italy has yet to lose a game this tournament, and even defeated the United States 8-6 in pool play. The U.S. would obviously love a second opportunity to take them down, but Venezuela boasts no slouches either. Not only is their roster brimming with MLB talent, but they defeated previously undefeated Japan in the quarterfinals, proving themselves a serious contender for a WBC title.<br \/>Regardless of who the United States will face in the title game, fans are sure to be intrigued by the matchup. This year&#8217;s World Baseball Classic has <a href=https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/maurybrown\/2026\/03\/10\/team-usa-is-powering-massive-viewership-for-world-baseball-classic\/ target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>drawn more viewers<\/a> than any in years past. So, a U.S. win would certainly be icing on the cake.<br \/>Here&#8217;s when and where the championship game will happen and how you can watch it at home.<br \/>The championship game will take place Tuesday, March 17 at 8 p.m. ET from loanDepot Park in Miami, Florida.<br \/>The WBC championship game can be watched on FOX or streamed with services like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fubo.tv\/stream\/tv\/?irad=343747&#038;irmp=1205322&#038;subId1=USAT&#038;subId2=MLB&#038;subId3=2024\" target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-v-afl data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>Fubo<\/a>, Hulu + Live TV, or YouTube TV.<br \/><strong>Friday, March 6<\/strong><br \/><strong>Saturday, March 7<\/strong><br \/><strong>Monday, March 9<\/strong><br \/><strong>Tuesday, March 10<\/strong><br \/><strong>Friday, March 13<\/strong><br \/><strong>Sunday, March 14<\/strong><br \/><em>Our team of savvy editors independently handpicks all recommendations. If you purchase through our links, the USA TODAY Network may earn a commission. Prices were accurate at the time of publication but may change.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitgFBVV95cUxQM18weVhyeGFMX3RxNnFld1dRLUxpNDRWVEtXZkE5c2ZNM18tTzIweExBRUNEb3dYQ0JMUlNqMldlMlhzWk5nVEhWUWVQYkZVQmVFY0xYUUlkUnROWnVsaW9YdUQwM2xOaGFjeW9pdnBFeWR6dXFtQmFUbk5jb3ItS1oyQmhabjhPRlZPZkRlanFiUGdaOWtTaVpWdl9hd3lNOTJlSlhlQ19EeXBwb2Y2QmprNDNKQQ?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Baseball Classic is nearly finished, and despite an underperforming offense, the United States will be playing in the championship game. After defeating the Dominican Republic 2-1 in the semis, the U.S. will face the winner of tonight&#8217;s Italy vs. Venezuela game for the 2026 title.Italy has yet to lose a game this tournament, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":204434,"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-204433","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\/204433","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=204433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}