Pool C of the 2026 World Baseball Classic (branded as the World Baseball Classic 2026 Tokyo dip for sponsorship reasons) took place from March 5 to 10, 2026, at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. The third 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 Japan (co-host), Australia, South Korea, Czechia, and Chinese Taipei. Japan, the defending champions, won the pool undefeated and advanced to the quarterfinals. South Korea clinched the second place spot after defeating Australia 7–2, scoring just enough to win the run differential tiebreaker; they advanced into the second round of the WBC for the first time since 2009. Czechia was relegated after failing to win a game 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 Asia Hosts + 2023 participants 6th 2023 Champions (2006, 2009, 2023) 1 B2 3 WBSC Oceania 2023 participants 6th 2023 Quarterfinals (2023) 11 B3 2 WBSC Asia 2023 participants 6th 2023 Runners-up (2009) 4 B4 4 WBSC Europe 2023 participants 2nd 2023 Pool stage (2023) 15 B5 5 WBSC Asia Qualifiers Pool A runners-up 6th 2023 Quarterfinals (2013) 2
Standings
Summary
Games Chinese Taipei vs. Australia
Czechia vs. South Korea
Australia vs. Czechia
Japan vs. Chinese Taipei
Chinese Taipei vs. Czechia
South Korea vs. Japan
Chinese Taipei vs. South Korea
Australia vs. Japan
South Korea vs. Australia
Czechia vs. Japan
Statistics Source:
Batting Team 123 34 37 6 0 8 3843 29 31 .301 .442 .545 .98782 136 28 33 9 0 7 2742 16 47 .243 .333 .463 .79666 126 13 29 3 1 7 1221 12 30 .230 .307 .437 .74455 118 19 22 2 0 4 18100 17 31 .186 .307 .305 .61236 114 5 19 3 0 1 520 8 41 .167 .230 .219 .44925
Pitching Team 2.12 34 20 9 8 3 8 49 0.824 4.50 36 28 19 18 9 16 35 1.222 2.83 35 22 12 11 2 21 24 1.229 5.63 32 28 20 20 4 16 26 1.375 10.69 32 42 39 38 9 21 23 1.969
References
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