The 2026 WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup is the 7th edition of the U-15 Baseball World Cup, contested by the under-15 national teams of the member associations of WBSC. It took place in Mérida and Cancún, Mexico from 25 September to 4 October 2026.
Host selection On July 12, 2024, WBSC announced that Italy had been awarded the hosting rights for the 2025 U-15 Women's Softball World Cup. However, the Italian Baseball Softball Federation subsequently relinquished the hosting rights, and Mexico replaced Italy as the host nation.
Format The tournament will be conducted according to the following format.
First round: The twelve participating nations were drawn into two groups of 6, in which single round robin will occur. The top 3 nations from each group advances to the Super Round, while the bottom 3 nations from each group advance to the consolation round.
Placement round: The 6 nations in this round play one game against the teams they have not played yet. (example: The 4th placed team from Group A will play the bottom three teams from Group B)
Super round: The format in the super round is similar to that of the consolation round. Each team plays the top three teams from the opposing group. (example: The 1st placed team from Group B will play the top three teams from Group A) The standings for this round will include the 2 games played against the 2 other second-round qualifiers from the team's first-round group, and the 3 games played in the second round, for a total of 5 games. The 3rd and 4th-place finishers advance to the bronze-medal game, and the 1st and 2nd-place finishers advance to the gold-medal game.
Finals: The Finals consist of the Bronze Medal Game, contested by the 3rd and 4th-place finishers, and the gold-medal game, contested by the 1st and 2nd-place finishers.
Qualification Event Dates Location(s) Berth(s) Qualified Host nation 1 2025 U-15 European Championship 15–19 July 2025 Trieste 2 2025 U-15 Asian Championship 17–23 August 2025 Tainan 2 2025 U-15 Pan American Championship South America 30 August – 4 September 2025 Barquisimeto 5 Caribbean 6–11 September 2025 San Antonio de Guerra Central and North America 13–18 September 2025 Juárez 2025 U-15 Oceania Championship 28 November – 1 December 2025 Hagatna/Dededo 1 2025 U-15 African Championship 5–8 December 2025 Nairobi 1
Teams The following 12 teams qualified for the tournament.
Group AGroup B
Officials, Scorers, Technical Commissions 13 umpires, 6 scorers 4 technical commissions and 5 videos were selected by the WBSC tournament.
+ Umpires Confederation Umpires WBSC Americas Diego Carlos Salas (Argentina) Geneviève Gaboury (Canada) Jorge Niebla (Cuba) Sandley Rolland Eugenio Martina (Curaçao) Edward Pinares (Dominican Republic) Alan Izaguirre (Mexico) Edgar Huerta (Mexico) Jair Fernandez (Mexico) Mayer Carrilo Gilberto (Mexico) Rene Gonzalez (Panama) Alex Ferra (Puerto Rico) WBSC Europe Cesar Quintana (Austria) Cuauhtemoc Suarez (Spain) + Scorers Confederation Scorers WBSC Americas Mátias Ochoa (Argentina) Javier Porras (Mexico) Karina Mota (Mexico) Luis Matsuo (Mexico) Marcela Rodriguez (Mexico) Rodrigo Almaraz (Mexico) + Technical Commissions Confederation Technical Commissions WBSC Americas Elpidio Serrano (Costa Rica) Angel Cruz (Mexico) Carlos Carpio (Mexico) Peter Caliendo (United States) + Umpire Videos Confederation Umpire Videos WBSC Asia Toshi Kato (Japan) WBSC Americas Rafael Ramirez Cabrera (Mexico) Manuel Jesus Carillo Naal (Mexico) Salavdor Viera Higuera (Mexico) Jairo Mendoza (Nicaragua)
Opening round Group A
Group B
Super round
Placement round
Final round
Third-place game
Final
Final standings RkTeamWL81Lost in final63Failed to qualify for the final72Lost in 3rd place game463Failed to qualify for the final round553635Failed to qualify for the super round753835935102611261208
References
External links Official Website