{"id":524157,"date":"2026-03-07T06:57:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T06:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/524157\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T06:57:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T06:57:13","slug":"world-baseball-classic-friday-schedule-results-usa-japan-and-dominican-republic-headline-eight-game-slate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/524157\/","title":{"rendered":"World Baseball Classic Friday schedule, results: USA, Japan and Dominican Republic headline eight-game slate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most games will be broadcast in the U.S. on the Fox family of networks (Fox, FS1, FS2) and streamed on the Fox Sports app and Tubi.<\/p>\n

2026 World Baseball Classic poolsPool A<\/a> | Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan, Puerto Rico<\/p>\n

Canada
Colombia
Cuba
Panama
Puerto Rico<\/p>\n

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Pool B<\/a> | Daikin Park, Houston<\/p>\n

Brazil
Great Britain
Italy
Mexico
U.S.<\/p>\n

Pool C<\/a> | Tokyo Dome, Tokyo<\/p>\n

Australia
Chinese Taipei
Czechia
Japan
South Korea<\/p>\n

Pool D<\/a> | loanDepot Park, Miami<\/p>\n

Dominican Republic
Israel
Netherlands
Nicaragua
Venezuela<\/p>\n

2026 World Baseball Classic schedule<\/p>\n

All times Eastern<\/p>\n

Pool play<\/p>\n

Friday, March 6
5 a.m.: Japan 13, Chinese Taipei 0<\/a>
11 a.m.: Cuba 3, Panama 1<\/a>
Noon: Venezuela 6, Netherlands 2<\/a>
1 p.m.: Mexico 8, Great Britain 2<\/a>
6 p.m.: Puerto Rico 5, Colombia 0<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0
7 p.m.: Dominican Republic 12, Nicaragua 3<\/a>
8 p.m.: U.S. 15, Brazil 5<\/a>
10 p.m.: Chinese Taipei 14, Czechia 0<\/a><\/p>\n

Saturday, March 7
5 a.m.: Japan vs. South Korea (FS1)\u00a0
11 a.m.: Canada vs. Colombia (FS2)\u00a0\u00a0
Noon: Netherlands vs. Nicaragua (Tubi)
1 p.m.: Italy vs. Brazil (Fox app only)
6 p.m.: Puerto Rico vs. Panama (FS1)\u00a0\u00a0
7 p.m.: Venezuela vs. Israel (FS1)
8 p.m.: U.S. vs. Great Britain (Fox)
10 p.m.: South Korea vs. Chinese Taipei (FS2)<\/p>\n

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Sunday, March 8
6 a.m.: Japan vs. Australia (FS1)\u00a0
Noon: Cuba vs. Colombia (FS2)\u00a0\u00a0
Noon: Dominican Republic vs. Netherlands (Fox)
1 p.m.: Italy vs. Great Britain (Tubi)
7 p.m.: Israel vs. Nicaragua (Tubi)
7 p.m.: Canada vs. Panama (FS2)\u00a0\u00a0
8 p.m.: Mexico vs. Brazil (FS1)<\/p>\n

Monday, March 9
6 a.m.: Australia vs. South Korea (FS1)\u00a0
Noon: Israel vs. Dominican Republic (FS1)\u00a0
Noon: Panama vs. Colombia (FS2)\u00a0\u00a0
1 p.m.: Great Britain vs. Brazil (Tubi)
7 p.m.: Puerto Rico vs. Cuba (FS1)\u00a0\u00a0
7 p.m.: Nicaragua vs. Venezuela (FS2)
8 p.m.: U.S. vs. Mexico (Fox)<\/p>\n

Tuesday, March 10
6 a.m.: Japan vs. Czechia (FS1)\u00a0
7 p.m.: Netherlands vs. Israel (Fox app only)
7 p.m.: Puerto Rico vs. Canada (Tubi)\u00a0\u00a0
9 p.m.: U.S. vs. Italy (FS1)<\/p>\n

Wednesday, March 11
3 p.m.: Cuba vs. Canada (FS1)\u00a0\u00a0
7 p.m.: Mexico vs. Italy (Tubi)
8 p.m.: Venezuela vs. Dominican Republic (FS1)<\/p>\n

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Thursday, March 12
No games<\/p>\n

Quarterfinals<\/p>\n

Friday, March 13
6:30 p.m.: TBD vs. TBD (FS1) \u2013 loanDepot Park
8 p.m.: TBD vs. TBD (Fox) \u2013 Daikin Park<\/p>\n

Saturday, March 14
3 p.m.: TBD vs. TBD (FS1) \u2013 Daikin Park
9 p.m.: TBD vs. TBD (Fox) \u2013 loanDepot Park<\/p>\n

Semifinals<\/p>\n

Sunday, March 15
8 p.m.: TBD vs. TBD (FS1) \u2013 loanDepot Park<\/p>\n

Monday, March 16
8 p.m.: TBD vs. TBD (FS1) \u2013 loanDepot Park<\/p>\n

Championship<\/p>\n

Tuesday, March 17
8 p.m.: TBD vs. TBD (FS1) \u2013 loanDepot Park<\/p>\n

Results<\/p>\n

Thursday, March 5<\/p>\n

5 a.m.: South Korea 11, Czechia 4<\/a>\u00a0
10 p.m.: Australia 5, Czechia 1<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Most games will be broadcast in the U.S. on the Fox family of networks (Fox, FS1, FS2) and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":524158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,80670,30968,261004,261005,136469,591,41634,5813,85,36505],"class_list":{"0":"post-524157","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-chinese-taipei","11":"tag-dominican-republic","12":"tag-fs1","13":"tag-fs2","14":"tag-loandepot-park","15":"tag-mlb","16":"tag-puerto-rico","17":"tag-south-korea","18":"tag-sports","19":"tag-tubi"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/524158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}