WBC Streaming: Watch the World Baseball Classic on Netflix

Let’s enjoy the 6th Baseball WBC (World Baseball Classic) to the fullest. It’s finally starting.

This time it won’t be broadcast on terrestrial TV, so if you want to get excited, you’ll have to watch it on Netflix (exclusive distribution), but what will happen to this year’s WBC?

What is WBC?

It’s called the World Baseball Classic, and to put it simply, it’s a competition to determine the best baseball player in the world in a competition between countries and regions.
Honestly, what is the strongest place in the world that could even be a manga major? It’s a tournament like that.
In baseball, the Olympics are also famous, but there were only amateur players and no major players, but the WBC has a lot of major players, and in the last tournament, Japan has won often, thanks to the performance of Otani, who is now the best in the world.

Which country won the WBC?

1st Tournament Japan
2nd tournament (2009) Japan: Ichiro had a slump, and I was really moved when he won the world title with a legendary hit in the finals.
3rd Tournament Dominican Republic
4th Tournament United States
5th Tournament Japan: Otani’s performance is famous.

in,This will be the 6th tournament in 2026.

How will WBC2026 be distributed? This time you can’t watch it on terrestrial TV!

WBC 2026 has been exclusively distributed by Netflix, so no matter how hard you try, you won’t be able to watch it on terrestrial TV. It can’t be helped that this means that Netflix has won an exclusive contract in terms of broadcast rights. This is often the case with World Cup soccer, but these days there are subscription service companies that can pay more than terrestrial TV, so it may not be possible.

However, since it has been decided that Nippon Broadcasting Broadcasting Radio will be broadcast live, it seems that there are many elderly people who cannot listen to the radio.

However, if you want to get paid for Netflix, you should sign up for it.

Netflix: Exclusive distribution
Terrestrial TV broadcasting: No broadcasting
UNEXT: No broadcast
Amazon Prime Video: Not broadcast
Abema: No broadcast

Nippon Broadcasting: Radio broadcasting

What is the schedule for the WBC match against Japan?

March 6, 2026 (Golden) 19:00

Chinese Taipei – Japan

March 7, 2026 (Tuesday) 19:00

Japan – South Korea

March 8, 2026 (Sunday) 19:00

Japan – Australia

March 10, 2026 (Fire) 19:00

Japan – Czech Republic

Starting with this match, we will move on to the knockout stage.

What will happen to the members of this WBC?

Including the 11 additional members scheduled to participate that were announced on January 16th, this is what the current situation looks like.
The final members are expected to be announced on Friday, February 6th, Japan time.

Samurai Japan members (as of January 16)

pitcher
Daichi Ishii (Hanshin Tigers)
Taikai Ito (Nippon Ham)
Shohei Ohtani (Dodgers)
Yusei Kikuchi (Angels)
Tomoyuki Kanno (Orioles/FA)
Many (giants)
Taira Kaiba (Seibu)
Atsuki Taneichi (Lotte)
Hiroki Matsui (Padres)
Hiroki Matsumoto (Softbank)

catcher
Seishiro Sakamoto (Hanshin)
Kenya Wakatsuki (Orix)

infielder
Sosuke Genda (Seibu)
Teruaki Sato (Hanshin)
Hidego Maki (DeNA)
Taisei Makihara (Softbank)

outfielder
Kensuke Kondo (Softbank)
Yukyo Shuto (Softbank)
Shota Morishita (Hanshin)

By the time of this announcement,

Dodgers player Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Cubs player Seiya Suzuki
Red Sox player Masanao Yoshida
Munetaka Murakami scheduled to join the White Sox next season
Blue Jays player Kazuma Okamoto

It seems like it hasn’t been released yet, but it looks like there will be more added after this, so I’ll update if there are any additions.
Munetaka Murakami also had a slump in the last tournament, but in the end he hit the ball and was excited!

Naturally, I think he will become a player.

Where can I buy WBC tickets?

This time, it looks like you can buy things like Tokyo Pool with this Lawson ticket!