2026 World Baseball Classic Ticket Info, Game Times Announced

The 2026 World Baseball Classic game schedule was announced for venues in Tokyo, Puerto Rico, Houston and Miami while also announcing details for ticket sales at each site.

Houston’s Minute Maid Park and Miami’s loanDepot Park will be the U.S. host sites for the 2026 World Baseball Classic along with the Tokyo Dome in Japan and Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Tokyo and Miami were hosts in the 2023 tournament which culminated with Japan beating the United States 3-2. It will be the first time that Hiram Birthorn Stadium hosts games since 2013 and the first time for Houston to have games in the event.

The first-round pools will be split across the four locations, while the semifinals will be split between Houston and Miami, with the final again at loanDepot Park.

Miami has been a WBC host site every year since 2009. Tokyo returns as the only location to be a host at every World Baseball Classic. For Puerto Rico, this will be the fourth time hosting the WBC, but the first time in over a decade.

A host site every year since 2009, Miami not only was the 2023 title game host but it is where Japan rallied past Mexico to win in the semifinal round. Once a part-time home to the Montreal Expos, Hiram Bithorn Stadium’s WBC history includes Shairon Martis’ no-hitter against Panama in 2006 ­­—the only no-hitter in WBC history.

During Japan’s run to its third WBC title in 2023, Tokyo Dome broke records for the most fans of any round in the history of the tournament with 361,976, while also setting the highest average attendance (36,198) of any first or second round pool in tournament history. The first ever World Baseball Classic games were played at Tokyo Dome when South Korea defeated Chinese Taipei, 2-0, and Japan defeated China, 18-2, on March 3, 2006.

Ticket Information

Pool A: San Juan, Puerto Rico, Hiram Bithorn Stadium
July 15: Full ticket strips on-sale to general public
September 15: Country-specific game strip packs on-sale to groups and general public
December: Single-game tickets on-sale to general public

Pool B: Houston, Daikin Park
July 8: Full ticket strips on-sale to Astros season ticket holders
January 15: Single-game tickets on-sale to general public

Pool C: Tokyo, Tokyo Dome
October 1: Japan-specific ticket strips (4 Japan Games) on-sale to Tokyo Giants season ticket holders and general public
January 15: Single-game tickets on-sale to general public

Pool D: Miami, loanDepot park
July 8: Full ticket strips on-sale to Marlins Members
September 15: First round and Country-specific strips on-sale to Marlins Members.
January 15: Single-game tickets on-sale to general public

World Baseball Classic Schedule

All times local to host city
March 5
Noon JST: Chinese Taipei vs. Australia, Tokyo Dome
7 p.m. JST: Czechia vs. South Korea, Tokyo Dome
March 6
Noon JST: Australia vs. Czechia, Tokyo Dome
Noon CST: Mexico vs. Great Britain, Daikin Park, Houston
Noon EST: The Netherlands vs. Venezuela, loanDepot Park, Miami
Noon AST: Cuba vs. Panama, Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan
7 p.m. JST: Japan vs. Chinese Taipei, Tokyo Dome
7 p.m. CST: United States vs. Brazil, Daikin Park
7 p.m. EST: Nicaragua vs. Dominican Republic, loanDepot Park
7 p.m. AST: Puerto Rico vs. Colombia, Hiram Bithorn Stadium
March 7
Noon JST: Chinese Taipei vs. Czechia, Tokyo Dome
Noon CST: Mexico vs. Great Britain, Daikin Park
Noon EST: Nicaragua vs. The Netherlands, loanDepot Park
Noon AST: Colombia vs. Canada, Hiram Bithorn Stadium
7 p.m. JST: South Korea vs. Japan , Tokyo Dome
7 p.m. CST: Great Britain vs. United States, Daikin Park
7 p.m. EST: Israel vs. Venezuela, loanDepot Park
7 p.m. AST: Panama vs. Puerto Rico, Hiram Bithorn Stadium
March 8
Noon JST: Chinese Taipei vs. South Korea, Tokyo Dome
Noon CST: Great Britain vs. Italy, Daikin Park
Noon EST: The Netherlands vs. Dominican Republic, loanDepot Park
Noon AST: Colombia vs. Cuba, Hiram Bithorn Stadium
7 p.m. JST: Australia vs. Japan, Tokyo Dome
7 p.m. CST: Brazil vs. Mexico, Daikin Park
7 p.m. EST: Nicaragua vs. Israel, loanDepot Park
7 p.m. AST: Panama vs. Canada, Hiram Bithorn Stadium
March 9 
Noon JST: South Korea vs. Australia, Tokyo Dome
Noon CST: Brazil vs. Great Britain, Daikin Park
Noon EST: Dominican Republic vs. Israel , loanDepot Park
Noon AST: Colombia vs. Panama, Hiram Bithorn Stadium
7 p.m. JST: Czechia vs. Japan, Tokyo Dome
7 p.m. CST: Mexico vs. United States, Daikin Park
7 p.m. EST: Venezuela vs. Nicaragua,  loanDepot Park
7 p.m. AST: Cuba vs. Puerto Rico, Hiram Bithorn Stadium
March 10
7 p.m. AST: Canada vs. Puerto Rico, Hiram Bithorn Stadium
7 p.m. EST: Israel vs. Nicaragua, loanDepot Park
8 p.m. CST: Italy vs. United States, Daikin Park
March 11  
3 p.m. AST: Canada vs. Cuba, Hiram Bithorn Stadium
6 p.m. CST: Italy vs. Mexico, Daikin Park
8 p.m. EST: Dominican Republic vs. Nicaragua, loanDepot Park
Quarterfinals
March 13: 6:30 p.m. EST, loanDepot Park
March 13: 8 p.m. EST, Daikin Park
March 14: 3 p.m. EST, Daikin Park
March 14: 9 p.m. EST, loanDepot Park
Semifinals
March 15: 8 p.m. EST, loanDepot Park
March 16: 8 p.m. EST, loanDepot Park
Championship Game
March 17: 8 p.m. EST, loanDepot Park