The World Baseball Classic is an international baseball tournament that first began in 2006 as an event sanctioned by the World Baseball Softball Confederation, and it’s the only international baseball championship of national teams that features the participation of professional players. The latest installment of the World Baseball Classic will be held from March 4-17, 2026 in four cities across the globe; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Tokyo, Japan; Miami, FL; and Houston, TX, and will feature players from several leagues, including Major League Baseball and Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball. (You can see a complete list of MLB players participating here.)
Games will be split between FOX, FS1, FS2, and FOX Deportes, and all of them will stream on FOX One. Select games will also be available on Tubi and FOX Deportes, too. Here’s everything you need to know about how to watch the 2026 World Baseball Classic including a complete schedule of games and where to watch them all.
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Where to watch the 2026 World Baseball Classic
Dates: March 4-17, 2026
Channels: FOX, FS1, FS2, and FOX Deportes
Streaming: FOX One, DirecTV, Fubo, Tubi & more
What channels will air the 2026 World Baseball Classic?
Almost all of this year’s World Baseball Classic games will air on either FOX, FS1, or FS2, and 41 of the 47 games in the tournament will also be broadcast in Spanish on FOX Deportes. A select few games will be available on the Fox Sports App and/or Tubi. The Championship Game in Miami on Tuesday, March 17 will air on Fox.
Where to watch the World Baseball Classic without cable
Every single World Baseball Classic game will stream on FOX One. You can also catch games that are broadcast on Fox, FS1 and FS2 on platforms like DirecTV and Fubo. And several games will stream (for free!) exclusively on Tubi.
FOX One is a new streaming service from FOX that launched in 2025. With a subscription to FOX One, you can tune in to all your favorite FOX channels like FOX News, FOX Sports, FOX Weather, FS1, FS2, FOX Business, FOX Deportes, Big Ten Network (B1G), and local FOX stations all in one place, and this year, they’ll be streaming every single game of the 2026 World Baseball Classic.
FOX One offers live programming, as well as shows and movies on demand. The base price for FOX One will cost $19.99 a month, or you can save with an annual subscription for $199.99.
Fox-owned free streamer Tubi will exclusively stream six of the games in the pool stage of the World Baseball Classic.
Tubi has a range of ad-supported on-demand content available totally free, and they also have Tubi original programming including loads of original movies and TV shows.
World Baseball Classic Pools
Pool A: Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Panama and Puerto Rico
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Pool B: Brazil, Great Britain, Italy, Mexico and United States
Pool C: Australia, Chinese Taipei, Czechia, Japan and Korea
Pool D: Dominican Republic, Israel, Netherlands, Nicaragua and Venezuela
World Baseball Classic Schedule
March 4
Chinese Taipei vs. Australia, 10 p.m. ET, Tokyo (FS1, Fox Deportes)
March 5
Czechia vs. Korea, 5 a.m. ET, Tokyo (FS1, Fox Deportes)
Australia vs. Czechia, 10 p.m. ET, Tokyo (FS1, Fox Deportes)
March 6
Japan vs. Chinese Taipei, 5 a.m. ET, Tokyo (FS1, Fox Deportes)
Cuba vs. Panama, 11 a.m. ET, San Juan (FS2, Fox Deportes)
Netherlands vs. Venezuela, Noon ET, Miami (Tubi)
Mexico vs. Great Britain, 1 p.m. ET, Houston (FS1, Fox Deportes)
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Puerto Rico vs. Colombia, 6 p.m. ET, San Juan (FS1, Fox Deportes)
Nicaragua vs. Dominican Republic, 7 p.m. ET, Miami (FS2)
United States vs. Brazil, 8 p.m. ET, Houston (FOX, Fox Deportes)
Chinese Taipei vs. Czechia, 10 p.m. ET, Tokyo (FS2)
March 7
Korea vs. Japan, 5 a.m. ET, Tokyo (FS1, Fox Deportes)
Colombia vs. Canada, 11 a.m. ET, San Juan (FS2, Fox Deportes)
Nicaragua vs. Netherlands, 12 ET, Miami (Tubi)
Brazil vs. Italy, 1 p.m. ET, Houston (Fox Sports App)
Panama vs. Puerto Rico, 6 p.m. ET, San Juan (FS1, Fox Deportes)
Israel vs. Venezuela, 7 p.m. ET, Miami (FS2)
Great Britain vs. United States, 8 p.m. ET, Houston (FOX)
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Chinese Taipei vs. Korea, 10 p.m. ET, Tokyo (FS2)
March 8
Australia vs. Japan, 6 a.m. ET, Tokyo (FS1, Fox Deportes)
Colombia vs. Cuba, 12 p.m. ET, San Juan (FS2)
Netherlands vs. Dominican Republic, 12 p.m. ET, Miami (FOX, Fox Deportes)
Great Britain vs. Italy, 1 p.m. ET, Houston (Tubi)
Nicaragua vs. Israel, 7 p.m. ET, Miami (Tubi)
Panama vs. Canada, 7 p.m. ET, San Juan (FS2)
Brazil vs. Mexico, 8 p.m. ET, Houston (FS1, Fox Deportes)
March 9
Korea vs. Australia, 6 a.m. ET, Tokyo (FS1, Fox Deportes)
Dominican Republic vs. Israel, 12 p.m. ET, Miami (FS1, Fox Deportes)
Colombia vs. Panama, 12 p.m. ET, San Juan (FS2)
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Brazil vs. Great Britain, 1 p.m. ET, Houston (Tubi)
Cuba vs. Puerto Rico, 7 p.m. ET, San Juan (FS1)
Venezuela vs. Nicaragua, 7 p.m. ET, Miami (FS2)
Mexico vs. United States, 8 p.m. ET, Houston (FOX, Fox Deportes)
March 10
Czechia vs. Japan, 6 a.m. ET, Tokyo (FS1, Fox Deportes)
Israel vs. Netherlands, 12 p.m. ET, Miami (Fox Sports App/Fos Deportes)
Canada vs. Puerto Rico, 7 p.m. ET, San Juan (Tubi)
Italy vs. United States, 9 p.m. ET, Houston (FS1, Fox Deportes)
March 11
Canada vs. Cuba, 3 p.m. ET, San Juan (FS2, Fox Deportes)
Italy vs. Mexico, 7 pm. ET, Houston (Tubi)
Dominican Republic vs. Venezuela, 8 p.m. ET, Miami (FS1, Fox Deportes)
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March 13
Quarterfinals
TBD vs. TBD, 6:30 p.m. ET, Miami (FS2, Fox Deportes)
TBD vs. TBD, 8 p.m. ET, Houston (FOX, Fox Deportes)
March 14
Quarterfinals
TBD vs. TBD, 3 p.m. ET, Houston (FS1, Fox Deportes)
TBD vs. TBD, 9 p.m. ET, Miami (FOX, Fox Deportes)
March 15
Semifinals
TBD vs. TBD, 8 p.m. ET, Miami (FS1, Fox Deportes)
March 16
Semifinals
TBD vs. TBD, 8 p.m. ET, Miami (FS1, Fox Deportes)
March 17
Finals
TBD vs. TBD, 8 p.m. ET, Miami (FOX, Fox Deportes)