The World Baseball Classic is back for 2026, with 20 teams vying for glory around the globe.
The tournament opens Thursday night, Eastern time, with the opening games in Pool C. Australia and Chinese Taipei lead things off from Tokyo, with Korea and Czechia to follow a few hours later on Friday morning in the U.S.
Australia was one of the feel-good stories of the 2023 WBC, beating Korea in its opener and making it out of pool play for the first time in the fifth edition of the tournament. Manager Dave Nilsson's Aussies lost a close one to Cuba in the quarterfinals, and they return several key players from that team plus MLB-caliber newcomers Curtis Mead and Travis Bazzana.
Chinese Taipei was in the most balanced WBC pool ever last time out, going 2-2 to finish in a five-way tie. Unfortunately, they ended up in last place on the tiebreaker and had to survive a qualifying tournament last year just to make the 2026 field.
The second game of the day at Tokyo will feature Korea trying to bounce back from missing out on the knockout stage last time and perennial underdog Czechia looking for a massive upset.
Here's everything you need to know to watch WBC games today.
The 2026 World Baseball Classic will be broadcast by the Fox networks, including the main channel, FS1 and FS2. All of those games can be streamed live via Fubo, and some additional games will stream on Tubi and the Fox app. Fox One will also stream every game.
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