The 2026 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was an international professional baseball competition, composed of 20 competing nations, held from March 5 to March 17, 2026. It was the sixth iteration of the World Baseball Classic. The first-round hosts cities were San Juan, Tokyo, Houston, and Miami. The second-round hosts were Houston and Miami, and the final game was played in Miami. Twenty teams competed in the 2026 World Baseball Classic (WBC).
Each team was required to field a roster of 30 players, at least 14 of whom must be pitchers, and each team must carry two catchers.
====== Manager: Yadier Molina
Coaches: Sandy Alomar Jr., Alex Cintrón, Joey Cora, Juan González, Edgar MartÃÂnez, Juan Nieves, Edgar Pérez and José Rosado
Designated Pitcher Pool: Jonathan Bermúdez, José BerrÃÂos and Alexis DÃÂaz
====== Manager: 11 Germán Mesa
Coaches: 19 Jesús Bosmenier (pitching), 51 Cecilio Drake (first base), 39 Noelvis González (bench), 37 Humberto Guevara, 99 Pedro Luis Lazo (pitching), 50 Omar Linares (hitting), 49 Rafael Muñoz (third base)
Designated Pitcher Pool: Yunieski GarcÃÂa, Yusniel Padron-Artiles, Dario Sarduy, Francis Texido and Yoennis Yera
====== Brock Dykxhoorn replaced Carter Loewen, who was unable to play in the tournament because he was unable to obtain insurance.
Manager: Ernie Whitt
Coaches: Stubby Clapp, Denis Boucher, Greg Hamilton, Russell Martin, Justin Morneau and Paul Quantrill
====== Iván Herrera was named to the roster, but was ruled out for the tournament due to ongoing recovery from right elbow surgery; he was replaced on the roster by Luis Castillo.
Manager: José Mayorga
Coaches: Luis Caballero, Einar DÃÂaz, Lino DÃÂaz, Raul DomÃÂnguez, Carlos Lee, Gilberto Méndez, Julio Mosquera, Julio Rangel and Cristian Pérez
Designated Pitcher Pool: Enrique Burgos, Steven Fuentes, Alberto Guerrero, Kevin Miranda and Abdiel Saldaña
====== Carlos Arroyo replaced Nabil Crismatt, who missed the tournament due to elbow surgery.
Manager: José Mosquera
Coaches: Jaime Del Valle, Dayan DÃÂaz, Jair Fernández, Erick Julio, Ronald RamÃÂrez and Jhonatan Solano
Designated Pitcher Pool: Sean Linan and Julio Vivas
====== Corbin Carroll missed the tournament due to an injury and was replaced by Roman Anthony. Tarik Skubal withdrew after one outing. Clayton Kershaw was replaced by Jeff Hoffman prior to the semifinals.
Manager: Mark DeRosa
Coaches: Sean Casey, Dino Ebel, Fredi González, Matt Holliday, George Lombard, Brian McCann, Andy Pettitte, David Ross, and Michael Young
Designated Pitcher Pool: Tim Hill, Jeff Hoffman, Tyler Rogers, Joe Ryan, Matt Strahm and Will Vest
====== Manny Barreda replaced Taj Bradley, who decided to stay in spring training with the Minnesota Twins. Roel RamÃÂrez replaced Jose Urquidy, who was unable to obtain insurance.
Manager: Benji Gil
Coaches: Vinny Castilla, Jacob Cruz, Manny Del Campo, Elmer Dessens, Bobby Magallanes, Tony Perezchica, Horacio RamÃÂrez and Gil Velázquez
Designated Pitcher Pool: Valente Bellozo, Omar Cruz, Nestor German, Victor Lizarraga, Irvin Machuca and Alan Rangel
====== J.J. D'Orazio replaced captain Alberto Mineo, who missed the tournament after suffering an injury during training camp. Kyle Teel was injured in the game against the United States on March 10; he was replaced by bullpen catcher Andres Annunziata for the remainder of the group stage, and later by Mickey Gasper for quarterfinals and beyond. Brayan Rocchio replaced Miles Mastrobuoni, who suffered a calf injury during pool play, for the semifinal round.
Manager: Francisco Cervelli
Coaches: Allard Baird, Sal Fasano, Alex Maestri, Frank Menechino, Lipso Nava, Jorge Posada, Dave Righetti and Ron Wotus
Designated Pitcher Pool: Matteo Bocchi, Jonah Dipoto, Joe Jacques, Camden Minacci, and Mattia Sireus
====== Manager: Brad Marcelino
Coaches: Conor Brooks, Liam Carroll, Albert Cartwright, Barry Enright, Zach Graefser, Dillon Lawson, TS Reed, Jeff Salazar, Tanner Swanson and Matt Talarico
Designated Pitcher Pool: Wes Burton, Jharel Cotton, Jacob Esch, Justin Friedman, Andre Scrubb and Alex Webb
=== === Manager: Daniel Yuichi Matsumoto
Coaches: Thiago Caldeira, Yan Gomes, Marcos âÂÂSossaâ Guimarães, Felipe Natel, Kléber Ojima, Pedro Ivo Okuda, Paulo Orlando, André Rienzo and Reinaldo Sato,
Designated Pitcher Pool: Joao Gabriel Marostica, Vitor Takahashi, Heitor Tokar, and Marcelo Young
====== Manager: Hirokazu Ibata
Designated Pitcher Pool: Shoma Fujihira, Tatsuya Imai, Yumeto Kanemaru, Shinnosuke Ogasawara, Kazuki Sugiyama and Chihiro Sumida
====== Manager: Dave Nilsson
Coaches: Chris Adamson, Jim Bennett, Michael Collins, Andrew Graham, Graeme Lloyd and Shayne Watson
Designated Pitcher Pool: Cameron Gibbens, Kailen Hamson, Liam Hendriks, Lewis Thorpe and Kai-Noa Wynyard
====== Manager: 6 Ryu Ji-hyun
Coaches: Bench 21 Kang In-kwon, Hitting 89 Lee Jin-young, Pitching 77 Kim Kwang-sam, First base 85 Lee Dong-wook, Third base 72 Kim Jae-gul, Bullpen 88 Ryu Taek-hyun, Quality control 92 Choi Won-ho, Training 75 Kim Yong-il
Designated Pitcher Pool: Bae Chan-seung, Kim Taek-yeon, Moon Dong-ju and You Young-chan
====== Manager: Pavel Chadim
====== Cheng Jui Sung replaced Jonathon Long, who missed the tournament after suffering an elbow injury during spring training.
Manager: Hao-jiu Tseng
====== Pablo López was replaced by Jhonathan DÃÂaz due to an injury. Oddainer Mosqueda, who will also miss the tournament due to an injury, and José Alvarado, because he was unable to obtain insurance, were replaced by Christian Suárez and Luinder Avila. Anthony Molina replaced Germán Márquez, who chose to stay in Spring Training with the San Diego Padres. Yoendrys Gómez withdrew and was substituted by José ÃÂlvarez.
Manager: Omar López
Coaches: Miguel Cabrera, Robinson Chirinos, Jorge Córdova, Carlos Méndez, Gerardo Parra, Johan Santana
Designated Pitcher Pool: Jesús Luzardo, and Eduardo Salazar
====== Juan MejÃÂa replaced Edwin Uceta, who missed the tournament due to a shoulder injury. Junior Lake replaced Johan Rojas who missed the tournament due to testing positive for a banned substance in the days leading up to the tournament.
Manager: Albert Pujols
Coaches: Fleming Báez, Julio Borbón, José Canó, Wellington Cepeda, Carlos Febles, Joel Peralta, Plácido Polanco, René Rojas, Fernando TatÃÂs
Designated Pitcher Pool: Luis Castillo, Yerry De Los Santos, Yaramil Hiraldo, Joel Peguero and Yohan RamÃÂrez
=== === Jakey Josepha replaced Jurickson Profar, who tested positive for a performance-enhancing substance prior to the competition.
Manager: Andruw Jones
Coaches: Sharnol Adriana, Michael Duursma, Bart Hanegraaff, Evert-Jan 't Hoen, Jair Jurrjens, Sem Kuijper, Randolph Oduber, Dashenko Ricardo, Hainley Statia, Nick Stuifbergen, Ben Thijssen
Designated Pitcher Pool: Brandon Herbold, Ryan Huntington, Koen Postelmans, Connor Prins, Scott Prins and Michael Vilchez
====== Manager: Brad Ausmus
Coaches: Jason Bell, Nate Fish, Blake Gailen, Brad Goldberg, Mark Loretta, Jason Marquis, Jerry Narron, Tyger Pederson, Kevin Youkilis
====== Manager: Dusty Baker
Coaches: Jorge Avellán, Rodolfo Bone, Dan Firova, Sandor Guido, Jacque Jones, Gary Pettis, Len Picota, Randall Simon, José Torrez, AnÃÂbal Vega
Designated Pitcher Pool: Leo Crawford, Stanling Orozco, Rodney Theophile and Pedro Torres