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2026 World Baseball Classic qualification#Pool B

{{Infobox international baseball tournament

| tourney_name =World Baseball Classic 2025 Qualifiers

| image =|thumb|Official logo of the 2025 WBCQ

| size = 300px

| country = {{TWN}}

| country2 = {{USA}}

| dates = February 21 – March 6, 2025{{cite web |title=World Baseball Classic Qualifiers announced|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/2025-world-baseball-classic-qualifiers-announced |website=MLB.com |access-date=16 November 2024}}

| num_teams = 8

| confederations = 4

| medal_type = world baseball classic

| games =

| attendance =

| mvp =

| updated =

| prevseason= 2023

| nextseason =

|other_titles={{ubl||2025年第6屆世界棒球經典賽 資格賽

}}}}

The qualifying round of the 2026 World Baseball Classic, officially called the World Baseball Classic 2025 Qualifiers, was held from February 21 to March 6, 2025. The top four teams in each pool of the 2023 World Baseball Classic automatically qualified for the 2026 tournament. The qualifiers consisted of two tournaments with four teams each, and is held in Taipei, Taiwan, and Tucson, United States of America. Two teams of each tournament qualified for the 2026 World Baseball Classic.

Qualified teams

{{small|Note: World ranking indicates positions in the latest WBSC World Rankings (December 31, 2024) at the time of the announcement of the qualifiers.{{cite web |title=WBSC/KONAMI World Rankings|url=https://www.wbsc.org/en/rankings |website=WBSC.org |access-date=16 November 2024}}}}

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
scope="col" width="170" |Team

!scope="col" width="170" |World ranking

!scope="col" width=200|Method of qualification

!scope="col"|Classic appearance

!scope="col"|Previous best position

scope="row"|{{bb|AUS}}

|12th

| rowspan="16" |2023 World Baseball Classic pool stage top four

|6th

|data-sort-value="5"|Quarterfinals (2023)

scope="row"|{{bb|CAN}}

|22nd

|6th

|data-sort-value="6"|Pool stage

scope="row"|{{bb|CUB}}

|10th

|6th

|data-sort-value="2"|Runners-up (2006)

scope="row"|{{bb|CZE}}

|15th

|2nd

|data-sort-value="6"|Pool stage

scope="row"|{{bb|DOM}}

|11th

|6th

|data-sort-value="1"|Champions (2013)

scope="row"|{{bb|GBR}}

|18th

|2nd

|data-sort-value="6"|Pool stage

scope="row"|{{bb|ISR}}

|19th

|3rd

|data-sort-value="5"|Quarterfinals (2017)

scope="row"|{{bb|ITA}}

|14th

|6th

|data-sort-value="5"|Quarterfinals (2013, 2023)

scope="row"|{{bb|JPN}}

|1st

|6th

|data-sort-value="1"|Champions (2006, 2009, 2023)

scope="row"|{{bb|MEX}}

|4th

|6th

|data-sort-value="3"|Third place (2023)

scope="row"|{{bb|NED}}

|7th

|6th

|data-sort-value="4"|Fourth place (2013, 2017)

scope="row"|{{bb|PAN}}

|8th

|4th

|data-sort-value="6"|Pool stage

scope="row"|{{bb|PUR}}

|9th

|6th

|data-sort-value="2"|Runners-up (2013, 2017)

scope="row"|{{bb|KOR}}

|6th

|6th

|data-sort-value="2"|Runners-up (2009)

scope="row"|{{bb|USA}}

|5th

|6th

|data-sort-value="1"|Champions (2017)

scope="row"|{{bb|VEN}}

|3rd

|6th

|data-sort-value="4"|Fourth place (2009)

scope="row"|{{bb|NCA}}

|16th

|Pool A winner

|2nd

|data-sort-value="6"|Pool stage

scope="row"|{{bb|TPE}}

|2nd

|Pool A second-place playoff winner

|6th

|data-sort-value="5"|Quarterfinals (2013)

scope="row"|{{bb|COL}}

|13th

|Pool B winner

|3rd

|data-sort-value="6"|Pool stage

scope="row"|{{bb|BRA}}

|23rd

|Pool B second-place playoff winner

|2nd

|data-sort-value="6"|Pool stage

Players

{{Main article|2026 World Baseball Classic qualification rosters}}

Venues

class="wikitable" width="400" style="text-align:center"

! width="25%" |Qualifier 1

|rowspan=5|{{Location map+|Taiwan|width=200|float=center|caption=|places=

{{Location map~|Taiwan|lat_deg=25.042306|lon_deg=121.560083|position=left|label=Taipei}}}}

|rowspan=5|{{Location map+|United States|width=400|float=center|caption=|places=

{{Location map~|United States|lat_deg=32.253460|lon_deg=-110.911789|position=right|label=Tucson}}}}

! width="25%" |Qualifier 2

{{flagicon|Taiwan}} Taipei, Taiwan

|{{flagicon|USA}} Tucson, U.S.

Taipei Dome

|Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium

Capacity: 40,000

|Capacity: 11,000

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|200x200px

Pools composition

{{small|Note: Numbers in parentheses indicate positions in the latest WBSC World Rankings (December 31, 2024) at the time of the announcement of the qualifiers.{{cite web |title=WBSC/KONAMI World Rankings|url=https://www.wbsc.org/en/rankings |website=WBSC.org |access-date=16 November 2024}}}}

class="wikitable" width=480
width=50%|Pool A

!width=50%|Pool B

{{bb|TPE}} (2) (hosts)

|{{bb|COL}} (13)

{{bb|NCA}} (16)

|{{bb|GER}} (17)

{{bb|ESP}} (24)

|{{bb|CHN}} (20)

{{bb|RSA}} (31)

|{{bb|BRA}} (23)

The format consisted of two rounds. The first round is a round-robin, with the teams playing each other once. After the six games from each group, the first-placed team qualified for the final tournament, while the second and third-placed teams play in a seventh game where the winner also qualified.

Pool A

Pool A took place at the Taipei Dome in Taipei, Taiwan, from February 21–25, 2025.

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WL|for_against_style=runs|ranking_style=perc|show_GB=true|use_goal_diff=false

|matches_text=game(s)

|team_order=NCA, TPE, ESP, RSA

|result1=Q |result2=Q

|update=complete

|win_TPE=2 |loss_TPE=2 |pf_TPE=20|pa_TPE=22|status_TPE=H

|win_NCA=3 |loss_NCA=0 |pf_NCA=10|pa_NCA=2

|win_RSA=0 |loss_RSA=3 |pf_RSA=3 |pa_RSA=20

|win_ESP=2 |loss_ESP=2 |pf_ESP=25|pa_ESP=14

|hth_TPE=Chinese Taipei defeated Spain in the second-place playoff, 6–3.

|hth_ESP=TPE

|name_TPE={{bb|TPE}}

|name_NCA={{bb|NCA}}

|name_RSA={{bb|RSA}}

|name_ESP={{bb|ESP}}

|res_col_header=Q

|col_Q=green1|text_Q=Final tournament

|source=[https://www.mlb.com/world-baseball-classic/qualifiers MLB]

}}

=Opening round=

{{bb res start}}

{{bb res|February 21, 2025|12:00|{{bb-rt|RSA}}|1–2|{{bb|NCA}}|10|Taipei Dome|2:30|14,925|[https://www.mlb.com/gameday/south-africa-vs-nicaragua/2025/02/20/790394 Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|February 21, 2025|19:00|{{bb-rt|ESP}}|12–5|{{bb|TPE}}||Taipei Dome|3:13|35,325|[https://www.mlb.com/gameday/spain-vs-chinese-taipei/2025/02/21/790395 Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|February 22, 2025|12:00|{{bb-rt|ESP}}|1–2|{{bb|NCA}}|10|Taipei Dome|2:58|15,015|[https://www.mlb.com/gameday/spain-vs-nicaragua/2025/02/21/790393 Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|February 22, 2025|19:00|{{bb-rt|TPE}}|9–1|{{bb|RSA}}||Taipei Dome|3:05|35,868|[https://www.mlb.com/gameday/chinese-taipei-vs-south-africa/2025/02/22/790392 Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|February 23, 2025|12:00|{{bb-rt|RSA}}|1–9|{{bb|ESP}}||Taipei Dome|2:20|15,385|[https://www.mlb.com/gameday/south-africa-vs-spain/2025/02/22/790391 Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|February 23, 2025|19:00|{{bb-rt|NCA}}|6–0|{{bb|TPE}}||Taipei Dome|3:01|35,565|[https://www.mlb.com/gameday/nicaragua-vs-chinese-taipei/2025/02/23/790389 Boxscore]}}

|}

= Second-place playoff =

{{bb res start}}

{{bb res|February 25, 2025|19:00|{{bb-rt|TPE}}|6–3|{{bb|ESP}}||Taipei Dome|2:58|35,768|[https://www.mlb.com/gameday/chinese-taipei-vs-spain/2025/02/25/790390 Boxscore]}}

|}

Pool B

File:Community ties at the 2025 World Baseball Classic Qualifier (250304-F-DX569-1027).jpg before the game between Germany and Colombia]]

Pool B took place at the Kino Sports Complex's Veterans Memorial Stadium in Tucson, Arizona, United States, on March 2–6, 2025.

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WL|for_against_style=runs|ranking_style=perc|show_GB=true|use_goal_diff=false

|matches_text=game(s)

|team_order=COL, BRA, GER, CHN

|result1=Q |result2=Q

|update=complete

|win_COL=3 |loss_COL=0 |pf_COL=23|pa_COL=1

|win_BRA=3 |loss_BRA=1 |pf_BRA=27|pa_BRA=18

|win_CHN=0 |loss_CHN=3 |pf_CHN=5 |pa_CHN=32

|win_GER=1 |loss_GER=3 |pf_GER=23|pa_GER=27

|hth_BRA=Brazil defeated Germany in the second-place playoff, 6–4.

|hth_GER=BRA

|name_COL={{bb|COL}}

|name_BRA={{bb|BRA}}

|name_CHN={{bb|CHN}}

|name_GER={{bb|GER}}

|res_col_header=Q

|col_Q=green1|text_Q=Final tournament

|source=[https://www.mlb.com/world-baseball-classic/qualifiers MLB]

}}

=Opening round=

{{bb res start}}

{{bb res|March 2, 2025|11:00|{{bb-rt|CHN}}|2–12|{{bb|GER}}|7|Veterans Memorial Stadium|2:28|1,549|[https://www.mlb.com/gameday/china-vs-germany/2025/03/02/790388 Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|March 2, 2025|18:00|{{bb-rt|BRA}}|0–5|{{bb|COL}}| |Veterans Memorial Stadium|2:23|2,332|[https://www.mlb.com/gameday/brazil-vs-colombia/2025/03/02/790387 Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|March 3, 2025|11:00|{{bb-rt|BRA}}|9–7|{{bb|GER}}||Veterans Memorial Stadium|3:05|2,193|[https://www.mlb.com/gameday/brazil-vs-germany/2025/03/03/790386 Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|March 3, 2025|18:00|{{bb-rt|COL}}|8–1|{{bb|CHN}}||Veterans Memorial Stadium|2:39|1,259|[https://www.mlb.com/gameday/colombia-vs-china/2025/03/03/790384 Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|March 4, 2025|11:00|{{bb-rt|CHN}}|2–12|{{bb|BRA}}|7|Veterans Memorial Stadium|2:30|3,566|[https://www.mlb.com/gameday/china-vs-brazil/2025/03/04/790385 Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|March 4, 2025|18:00|{{bb-rt|GER}}|0–10|{{bb|COL}}|7|Veterans Memorial Stadium|2:07|2,137|[https://www.mlb.com/gameday/germany-vs-colombia/2025/03/04/790383 Boxscore]}}

|}

=Second-place playoff=

{{bb res start}}

{{bb res|March 6, 2025|18:00|{{bb-rt|GER}}|4–6|{{bb|BRA}}||Veterans Memorial Stadium|2:23|2,247|[https://www.mlb.com/gameday/germany-vs-brazil/2025/03/06/790382 Boxscore]}}

|}

Statistical leaders

{{cite web |url=https://www.mlb.com/world-baseball-classic/stats/ |title=Stat leaders |publisher=Major League Baseball|accessdate=March 19, 2025}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders

!colspan="4"|Batting leaders

scope="col"|Statistic

!scope="col"|Name

!scope="col"|Total/Avg

scope="row"|Batting average*

| {{bbicon|COL}} Dilson Herrera || align=center | .583

scope="row"|Hits

| {{bbicon|TPE}} Po-Hsuan Wang || align=center | 8

scope="row"|Runs

| {{bbicon|BRA}} Dante Bichette Jr. || align=center | 5

scope="row" |Runs batted in

|{{bbicon|ESP}} Rusber Estrada
{{bbicon|COL}} Jesús Marriaga || align="center" | 7

scope="row"|On-base percentage*

| {{bbicon|TPE}} Po-Hsuan Wang || align=center | .632

scope="row"|Slugging percentage*

| {{bbicon|COL}} Jesús Marriaga || align=center | 1.000

scope="row"|OPS*

| {{bbicon|COL}} Jesús Marriaga || align=center | 1.538

* Minimum 2.7 plate appearances per team game

class="wikitable plainrowheaders

!colspan="4"|Pitching leaders

scope="col"|Statistic

!scope="col"|Name

!scope="col"|Total/Avg

scope="row"|ERA*

|{{bbicon|COL}} Adrián Almedia
{{bbicon|ESP}} Yeudy García
{{bbicon|NCA}} Jesús Garrido
{{bbicon|ESP}} Pablo Guillén
{{bbicon|CHN}} Dancaireng Hua
{{bbicon|NCA}} Dilmer Mejía
{{bbicon|COL}} Julio Teherán
{{bbicon|RSA}} Dylan Unsworth || align="center" | 0.00

scope="row"|Innings pitched

| {{bbicon|ESP}} Yeudy García || align=center | 7.0

rowspan="2" scope="row" |Strikeouts

| {{bbicon|ESP}} Ramón Rosso || align=center | 9

* Minimum 0.8 innings pitched per team game

Broadcast

On February 3, alongside the first pool roster reveals, it was announced that the 2025 WBC qualifiers would be shown on the WBC YouTube channel, WBC Facebook page, MLB.tv and WBC website (WorldBaseballClassic.com).{{Cite web |title=Everything to know about World Baseball Classic Qualifiers starting Feb. 21 |url=https://www.mlb.com/world-baseball-classic/news/world-baseball-classic-2025-chinese-taipei-qualifiers-preview |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=MLB.com |language=en}} MLB Network will also broadcast select games for all its covered areas.{{Cite web |title=MLB Network TV Schedule |url=https://www.mlb.com/network/tv-schedule |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250224003913/https://www.mlb.com/network/tv-schedule |archive-date=2025-02-24 |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}

Like the 2022 qualifiers, qualifers and already qualified teams also have broadcast partners locally, as follows:

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

!scope="col"| Territory

!scope="col"| Rights holder(s)

!scope="col"| Ref.

scope="row" | Brazil

|{{flatlist|* ESPN Brasil{{efn|Brazil games only}}

|{{Cite web |title=Where to Watch the 2025 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers |url=https://www.mlb.com/world-baseball-classic/where-to-watch |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250223195722/https://www.mlb.com/world-baseball-classic/where-to-watch |archive-date=2025-02-23 |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}

scope="row" | China

|{{flatlist|* {{ill|BesTV|lt=BesTV|zh|百視通}}

|

scope="row" | Colombia

|{{flatlist|*Win Sports{{efn|Colombia games only|name=WBCColombia}}

|

scope="row" | Germany

|Sportdigital

|{{Cite web |last=Scheel |first=Marco |title=Sportdigital1+ {{!}} TV-Programm |url=https://start.sportdigital.de/tvprogramm/sd1p |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250303133932/https://start.sportdigital.de/tvprogramm/sd1p |archive-date=2025-03-03 |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=Sportdigital1+ {{!}} TV-Programm |language=de}}

scope="row" | Latin America (excluding Brazil)

|{{flatlist|* One Baseball Network

|

scope="row" | Panama

|COS Panamá

|

scope="row" | South Korea

|SpoTV

|

scope="row" | Sub-Saharan Africa

|ESPN Africa{{efn|South Africa games only}}

|

scope="row" | Taiwan

|{{flatlist|* EBC{{efn|Cable broadcast only; not applied to EBC News YouTube livestream}}

|{{Cite web |date=2025-02-03 |title=經典賽資格賽懶人包》臺北大巨蛋主場迎戰3外隊力拚晉級 賽程、轉播、名單、票價一次帶你看 |url=https://tw.sports.yahoo.com/news/%E7%B6%93%E5%85%B8%E8%B3%BD%E8%B3%87%E6%A0%BC%E8%B3%BD%E6%87%B6%E4%BA%BA%E5%8C%85-%E8%87%BA%E5%8C%97%E5%A4%A7%E5%B7%A8%E8%9B%8B%E4%B8%BB%E5%A0%B4%E8%BF%8E%E6%88%B03%E5%A4%96%E9%9A%8A%E5%8A%9B%E6%8B%9A%E6%99%89%E7%B4%9A-%E8%B3%BD%E7%A8%8B-%E8%BD%89%E6%92%AD-%E5%90%8D%E5%96%AE-075658790.html |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Yahoo Sports Taiwan |language=zh-Hant-TW}}{{Cite web |date=2025-01-25 |title=2025經典賽資格賽賽程、參賽隊伍、票價、轉播資訊總整理 - 棒球 |url=https://www.sportsv.net/articles/117101 |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=運動視界 Sports Vision |language=zh-Hant-TW}}

scope="row" | United States

|{{flatlist|*MLB Network

|{{Cite web |title=FOX Sports Live Event and Studio Programming Schedule |url=https://www.foxsports.com/presspass/latest-news/weekly-schedule/?date=2025-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250303135328/https://www.foxsports.com/presspass/latest-news/weekly-schedule/?date=2025-03-04 |archive-date=2025-03-03 |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=Fox Sports Press Pass}}

Notes

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References

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External links

  • [https://www.mlb.com/world-baseball-classic/qualifiers Official website]

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