Just over a year since Japan became champion of the World Baseball Classic in 2023, Major League Baseball He is already working on the next edition that will take place in March 2026.
The American Baseball Organization revealed this Thursday the confirmed venues for this upcoming edition of the World Baseball Classic. The venues that will host the maximum baseball competition at the national team level will, like the last edition, have four venues.
Miami and Tokyo remain as venues
In 2023 Taiwan, Japan and the United States were the countries in charge of hosting the baseball tournament. Taiwan and Japan had one city each, while the US had Miami and Phoenix as headquarters.
By 2026 both Tokyo and Miami will be retained as event seats and two new cities will replace Taichung (Taiwan) and Phoenix.
The World Baseball Classic in 2026 will be the sixth edition of the tournament.Credit: AP
And by 2026 the MLB has once again chosen four venues and one of them will be in Latin America. Well, San Juan, Puerto Rico was announced as one of those chosen for the world tournament.
The Puerto Rican capital will host first round matches of the 2026 World Classic. While Tokyo, Miami and Houston will be the other three venues that accompany Puerto Rico as hosts.
For the quarterfinals and the final series, the United States was chosen as the only country to host these stages of the tournament.
Houston Texas with the Minute Paid Park and Miami with the Loan Depot Park They will be the venues that will receive the finalist teams of the tournament. As in 2023, the grand final will take place in Miami.
For now, 16 of the 20 participating teams have already qualified by invitation, while Germany, Argentina, Brazil, China, Taiwan, Colombia, Spain, France, Nicaragua, New Zealand, Pakistan and South Africa; They will play the qualifying rounds and the four remaining spots in the tournament will be disputed.
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2024-05-23 20:19:42
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