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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.^[1]^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[4]^[5] Panama was relegated on tiebreakers by losing to Colombia by a single run and must re-qualify for the next edition of the tournament.^[6]

Teams

Draw position	Team	Pot	Confederation	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	WBSC Rankings^[7]
B1	Puerto Rico	1	WBSC Americas	Hosts + 2023 participants	March 8, 2023	6th	2023	Runners-up (2013, 2017)	7
B2	Cuba	3	WBSC Americas	2023 participants	March 8, 2023	6th	2023	Runners-up (2006)	10
B3	Canada	4	WBSC Americas	2023 participants	March 8, 2023	6th	2023	Pool stage (2006, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2023)	20
B4	Panama	2	WBSC Americas	2023 participants	March 8, 2023	4th	2023	Pool stage (2006, 2009, 2023)	8
B5	Colombia	5	WBSC Americas	Qualifiers Pool B winner	March 4, 2025	3rd	2023	Pool stage (2017, 2023)	13

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Canada	4	3	1	21	10	.750^[a]	—	Advance to knockout stage
2	Puerto Rico (H)	4	3	1	15	7	.750^[a]	—	Advance to knockout stage
3	Cuba	4	2	2	13	16	.500	1
4	Colombia	4	1	3	10	23	.250^[b]	2
5	Panama	4	1	3	11	14	.250^[b]	2	Requalification required for next WBC

Source: MLB
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1 2 Canada defeated Puerto Rico, 3–2
1 2 Colombia defeated Panama, 4–3

Summary

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
Mar 6, 2026	12:00 AST	Cuba	3–1	Panama		Hiram Bithorn Stadium	2:38	10,015	Boxscore
Mar 6, 2026	19:00 AST	Puerto Rico	5–0	Colombia		Hiram Bithorn Stadium	2:55	18,793	Boxscore
Mar 7, 2026	12:00 AST	Colombia	2–8	Canada		Hiram Bithorn Stadium	3:08	10,293	Boxscore
Mar 7, 2026	19:00 AST	Panama	3–4	Puerto Rico	10	Hiram Bithorn Stadium	3:26 (+0:24 delay)	18,925	Boxscore
Mar 8, 2026	12:00 AST	Colombia	4–7	Cuba		Hiram Bithorn Stadium	2:47	10,957	Boxscore
Mar 8, 2026	19:00 AST	Panama	4–3	Canada		Hiram Bithorn Stadium	3:08 (+1:25 delay)	15,649	Boxscore
Mar 9, 2026	12:00 AST	Colombia	4–3	Panama		Hiram Bithorn Stadium	3:15	9,790	Boxscore
Mar 9, 2026	19:00 AST	Cuba	1–4	Puerto Rico		Hiram Bithorn Stadium	2:53 (+1:13 delay)	19,189	Boxscore
Mar 10, 2026	19:00 AST	Canada	3–2	Puerto Rico		Hiram Bithorn Stadium	2:54 (+1:09 delay)	18,997	Boxscore
Mar 11, 2026	15:00 AST	Canada	7–2	Cuba		Hiram Bithorn Stadium	3:09	10,610	Boxscore

Games

Cuba vs. Panama

March 6, 2026 12:00 PM AST at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cuba	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	1
Panama	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	0
WP: Liván Moinelo (1–0) LP: Logan Allen (0–1) Sv: Raidel Martínez (1) Home runs: CUB: Yoelquis Guibert (1), Yoán Moncada (1) PAN: None Attendance: 10,015 Umpires: HP – Tomoya Ishiyama, 1B – Tripp Gibson, 2B – Nestor Ceja, 3B – Chang Chan-jung Boxscore

Puerto Rico vs. Colombia

March 6, 2026 7:00 PM AST at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Puerto Rico	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	5	5	0
Colombia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
WP: Seth Lugo (1–0) LP: Adrián Almeida (0–1) Attendance: 18,793 Umpires: HP – Alex MacKay, 1B – Mario Villavicencio, 2B – Junior Valentine, 3B – Domingo Paulino Boxscore

Colombia vs. Canada

March 7, 2026 12:00 PM AST at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Colombia	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	2
Canada	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	4	X	8	8	1
WP: Michael Soroka (1–0) LP: Austin Bergner (0–1) Home runs: COL: None CAN: Owen Caissie (1) Attendance: 10,293 Umpires: HP – Junior Valentine, 1B – Tomoya Ishiyama, 2B – Vic Carapazza, 3B – Mario Villavicencio Boxscore

Panama vs. Puerto Rico

March 7, 2026 7:00 PM AST at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Panama	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	0
Puerto Rico	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	4	10	1
WP: Jose Espada (1–0) LP: Severino González (0–1) Home runs: PAN: None PUR: Darell Hernaiz (1) Attendance: 18,925 Umpires: HP – Laz Diaz, 1B – Alex MacKay, 2B – Domingo Paulino, 3B – Chang Chan-jung Boxscore

Colombia vs. Cuba

March 8, 2026 12:00 PM AST at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Colombia	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	4	7	1
Cuba	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	X	7	8	1
WP: Denny Larrondo (1–0) LP: Luis Patiño (0–1) Sv: Raidel Martínez (2) Home runs: COL: None CUB: Ariel Martínez (1), Erisbel Arruebarrena (1) Attendance: 10,957 Umpires: HP – Tripp Gibson, 1B – Laz Diaz, 2B – Chang Chan-jung, 3B – Mario Villavicencio Boxscore

Panama vs. Canada

March 8, 2026 7:00 PM AST at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Panama	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	4	11	1
Canada	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	9	3
WP: Miguel Cienfuegos (1–0) LP: James Paxton (0–1) Sv: Darío Agrazal (1) Attendance: 15,649 Umpires: HP – Nestor Ceja, 1B – Vic Carapazza, 2B – Domingo Paulino, 3B – Tomoya Ishiyama Boxscore

Colombia vs. Panama

March 9, 2026 12:00 PM AST at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Colombia	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	4	1
Panama	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	7	0
WP: Austin Bergner (1–1) LP: Jorge García (0–1) Sv: Pedro García (1) Home runs: COL: None PAN: José Caballero (1) Attendance: 9,790 Umpires: HP – Chang Chan-jung, 1B – Nestor Ceja, 2B – Alex MacKay, 3B – Mario Villavicencio Boxscore

Cuba vs. Puerto Rico

March 9, 2026 7:00 PM AST at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cuba	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	1
Puerto Rico	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	4	6	1
WP: Elmer Rodríguez (1–0) LP: Julio Robaina (0–1) Sv: Edwin Díaz (1) Attendance: 19,189 Umpires: HP – Vic Carapazza, 1B – Domingo Paulino, 2B – Tripp Gibson, 3B – Tomoya Ishiyama Boxscore

Canada vs. Puerto Rico

March 10, 2026 7:00 PM AST at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Canada	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0
Puerto Rico	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0
WP: Jordan Balazovic (1–0) LP: José De León (0–1) Sv: Brock Dykxhoorn (1) Attendance: 18,997 Umpires: HP – Alex MacKay, 1B – Laz Diaz, 2B – Mario Villavicencio, 3B – Domingo Paulino Boxscore

Canada vs. Cuba

March 11, 2026 3:00 PM AST at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Canada	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	1	1	7	11	2
Cuba	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	5	3
WP: Cal Quantrill (1–0) LP: Livan Moinelo (1–1) Home runs: CAN: Abraham Toro (1) CUB: None Attendance: 10,610 Umpires: HP – Tripp Gibson, 1B – Chan-Jung Chang, 2B – Tomoya Ishiyama, 3B – Nestor Ceja Boxscore

Statistics

Source: ^[8]

Batting

Team	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OBP
Canada	135	21	33	8	1	2	18	.244	.350	.363	.713
Cuba	119	13	20	5	1	4	15	.168	.277	.328	.605
Puerto Rico	123	15	26	5	0	1	16	.211	.306	.276	.582
Panama	136	11	29	5	0	1	9	.213	.291	.272	.563
Colombia	121	10	23	3	0	0	22	.190	.327	.215	.542

Pitching

Team	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	K	BB	WHIP
Puerto Rico	1.22	37	19	7	5	0	40	17	0.973
Panama	3.19	36.2	28	14	13	3	32	11	1.064
Canada	1.50	36	27	10	6	0	39	13	1.111
Colombia	4.50	34	28	23	17	4	29	16	1.294
Cuba	2.83	35	29	16	11	1	36	23	1.486

References

↑ "Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan | World Baseball Classic". MLB.com.
↑ Clair, Michael (May 23, 2024). "Tokyo, San Juan, Houston and Miami announced as World Baseball Classic 2026 hosts". MLB.com. Retrieved January 4, 2026.
↑ Clair, Michael (April 9, 2025). "World Baseball Classic 2026 pools finalized". MLB.com. Retrieved January 4, 2026.
↑ "WBC Daily: Canada Hands Cuba a Historic Loss; Italy and USA Advance, Mexico Out". FoxSports.com. March 12, 2026. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
↑ Lacques, Gabe (March 9, 2026). "Puerto Rico vs Cuba WBC highlights: Puerto Rico prevails, advances to quarterfinals". USA Today. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
↑ Monagan, Matt (March 9, 2026). "Colombia breaks through at last vs. Panama to end Classic on high note". MLB.com. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
↑ "WBSC World Rankings". wbsc.org. December 31, 2025. Retrieved January 1, 2026.
↑ "2026 World Baseball Classic Team Stats". MLB.com. Retrieved March 11, 2026.

External links

Official website

[table_hth_CAN0.72780212747296-8] 1 2 Canada defeated Puerto Rico, 3–2

[table_hth_COL0.72780212747296-9] 1 2 Colombia defeated Panama, 4–3

[1] "Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan | World Baseball Classic". MLB.com.

[2] Clair, Michael (May 23, 2024). "Tokyo, San Juan, Houston and Miami announced as World Baseball Classic 2026 hosts". MLB.com. Retrieved January 4, 2026.

[3] Clair, Michael (April 9, 2025). "World Baseball Classic 2026 pools finalized". MLB.com. Retrieved January 4, 2026.

[4] "WBC Daily: Canada Hands Cuba a Historic Loss; Italy and USA Advance, Mexico Out". FoxSports.com. March 12, 2026. Retrieved March 12, 2026.

[5] Lacques, Gabe (March 9, 2026). "Puerto Rico vs Cuba WBC highlights: Puerto Rico prevails, advances to quarterfinals". USA Today. Retrieved March 12, 2026.

[6] Monagan, Matt (March 9, 2026). "Colombia breaks through at last vs. Panama to end Classic on high note". MLB.com. Retrieved March 12, 2026.

[7] "WBSC World Rankings". wbsc.org. December 31, 2025. Retrieved January 1, 2026.

[10] "2026 World Baseball Classic Team Stats". MLB.com. Retrieved March 11, 2026.

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Tournament	First round Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Knockout stage Final
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