Pool A of the 2026 World Baseball Classic (branded as the World Baseball Classic 2026 San Juan Discover Puerto Rico for sponsorship reasons) took place from March 6 to 11, 2026, at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The first of four pools, the top two teams automatically qualified for the top-eight knockout stage, beginning with quarterfinals in Houston and Miami, United States.
The group consisted of Puerto Rico (co-host), Cuba, Canada, Panama, and Colombia. Canada clinched a spot in the quarterfinals in the final game of the pool by defeating Cuba, and secured the top seed by previously defeating the runner-up Puerto Rico. This marked the first instance of Canada advancing past the first round of the WBC, as well as the first time Cuba failed to advance. Panama was relegated on tiebreakers by losing to Colombia by a single run and must re-qualify for the next edition of the tournament.
Teams Drawposition Team Pot Confederation Method ofqualification Date ofqualification Finalsappearance Lastappearance Previous bestperformance WBSCRankings B1 1 WBSC Americas Hosts + 2023 participants 6th 2023 Runners-up (2013, 2017) 7 B2 3 WBSC Americas 2023 participants 6th 2023 Runners-up (2006) 10 B3 4 WBSC Americas 2023 participants 6th 2023 Pool stage (2006, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2023) 20 B4 2 WBSC Americas 2023 participants 4th 2023 Pool stage (2006, 2009, 2023) 8 B5 5 WBSC Americas Qualifiers Pool B winner 3rd 2023 Pool stage (2017, 2023) 13
Standings
Summary
Games Cuba vs. Panama
Puerto Rico vs. Colombia
Colombia vs. Canada
Panama vs. Puerto Rico
Colombia vs. Cuba
Panama vs. Canada
Colombia vs. Panama
Cuba vs. Puerto Rico
Canada vs. Puerto Rico
Canada vs. Cuba
Statistics Source:
Batting Team 135 21 33 8 1 2 18 .244 .350 .363 .713 119 13 20 5 1 4 15 .168 .277 .328 .605 123 15 26 5 0 1 16 .211 .306 .276 .582 136 11 29 5 0 1 9 .213 .291 .272 .563 121 10 23 3 0 0 22 .190 .327 .215 .542
Pitching Team 1.22 37 19 7 5 0 40 17 0.973 3.19 36.2 28 14 13 3 32 11 1.064 1.50 36 27 10 6 0 39 13 1.111 4.50 34 28 23 17 4 29 16 1.294 2.83 35 29 16 11 1 36 23 1.486
References
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