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Pool D of the 2026 World Baseball Classic (branded as the World Baseball Classic 2026 Miami Capital One for sponsorship reasons) took place from March 6 to 11, 2026, at LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida.^[1]^[2] The fourth of four pools, the top two teams automatically qualified for the top-eight knockout stage, beginning with quarterfinals in Miami and Houston, Texas.

The group consisted of Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, the Netherlands, Israel, and Nicaragua.^[3] In the final game of the pool, both Venezuela and the Dominican Republic had clinched quarterfinal berths, and competed to determine who would face defending champion Japan.^[4] The Dominicans secured the win, continuing an undefeated streak after failing to advance in 2023.^[5] Nicaragua was relegated after failing to win a game for the second consecutive tournament 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	Venezuela	1	WBSC Americas	2023 participants	March 8, 2023	6th	2023	Fourth place (2009)	5
B2	Dominican Republic	3	WBSC Americas	2023 participants	March 8, 2023	6th	2023	Champions (2013)	12
B3	Netherlands	2	WBSC Europe	2023 participants	March 8, 2023	6th	2023	Fourth place (2013, 2017)	9
B4	Israel	4	WBSC Europe	2023 participants	March 8, 2023	3rd	2023	Quarterfinals (2017)	21
B5	Nicaragua	5	WBSC Americas	Qualifiers Pool A winner	February 23, 2025	2nd	2023	Pool stage (2023)	16

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Dominican Republic	4	4	0	41	10	1.000	—	Advance to knockout stage
2	Venezuela	4	3	1	26	12	.750	1	Advance to knockout stage
3	Israel	4	2	2	15	23	.500	2
4	Netherlands	4	1	3	9	27	.250	3
5	Nicaragua	4	0	4	6	25	.000	4	Requalification required for next WBC

Source: MLB

Summary

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
Mar 6, 2026	12:00 EST	Netherlands	2–6	Venezuela		LoanDepot Park	2:54	19,542	Boxscore
Mar 6, 2026	19:00 EST	Nicaragua	3–12	Dominican Republic		LoanDepot Park	3:20	35,127	Boxscore
Mar 7, 2026	12:00 EST	Nicaragua	3–4	Netherlands		LoanDepot Park	2:45	16,897	Boxscore
Mar 7, 2026	19:00 EST	Israel	3–11	Venezuela		LoanDepot Park	2:37	22,573	Boxscore
Mar 8, 2026	12:00 EDT	Netherlands	1–12	Dominican Republic	7	LoanDepot Park	2:23	32,324	Boxscore
Mar 8, 2026	19:00 EDT	Nicaragua	0–5	Israel		LoanDepot Park	2:45	17,972	Boxscore
Mar 9, 2026	12:00 EDT	Dominican Republic	10–1	Israel		LoanDepot Park	2:47	28,728	Boxscore
Mar 9, 2026	19:00 EDT	Venezuela	4–0	Nicaragua		LoanDepot Park	2:27	27,844	Boxscore
Mar 10, 2026	19:00 EDT	Israel	6–2	Netherlands		LoanDepot Park	2:57	13,565	Boxscore
Mar 11, 2026	20:00 EDT	Dominican Republic	7–5	Venezuela		LoanDepot Park	3:03	36,230	Boxscore

Games

Netherlands vs. Venezuela

March 6, 2026 12:00 PM EST at LoanDepot Park in Miami, United States
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Netherlands	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	1
Venezuela	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	X	6	11	1
WP: Ranger Suárez (1−0) LP: Antwone Kelly (0−1) Home runs: NED: None VEN: Javier Sanoja (1) Attendance: 19,542 Umpires: HP − Shane Livensparger, 1B − Michael Ulloa, 2B − Gabe Morales, 3B − Trent Thomas Boxscore

Nicaragua vs. Dominican Republic

March 6, 2026 7:00 PM EST at LoanDepot Park in Miami, United States
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nicaragua	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	1
Dominican Republic	2	0	1	0	0	2	1	6	X	12	14	1
WP: Seranthony Domínguez (1−0) LP: Stiven Cruz (0−1) Home runs: NCA: None DOM: Junior Caminero (1), Oneil Cruz (1), Julio Rodríguez (1) Attendance: 35,127 Umpires: HP − Paul Clemons, 1B − Lance Barksdale, 2B − Serge Makouchetchev, 3B − Marek Vicar Boxscore

Nicaragua vs. Netherlands

March 7, 2026 12:00 PM EST at LoanDepot Park in Miami, United States
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nicaragua	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	9	0
Netherlands	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	10	1
WP: Lars Huijer (1−0) LP: Ángel Obando (0−1) Home runs: NCA: Jeter Downs (1) NED: Ozzie Albies (1) Attendance: 16,897 Umpires: HP − Trent Thomas, 1B − Quinn Wolcott, 2B − Shane Livensparger, 3B − Alejandro Pecero Boxscore

Israel vs. Venezuela

March 7, 2026 7:00 PM EST at LoanDepot Park in Miami, United States
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Israel	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	7	2
Venezuela	4	0	0	0	1	5	0	1	x	11	14	0
WP: Enmanuel De Jesus (1−0) LP: Ben Simon (0−1) Home runs: ISR: Harrison Bader (1), RJ Schreck (1) VEN: Luis Arraez 2 (2), Eugenio Suárez (1) Attendance: 22,573 Umpires: HP − Gabe Morales, 1B − Marek Vicar, 2B − Paul Clemons, 3B − Michael Ulloa Boxscore

Netherlands vs. Dominican Republic

March 8, 2026 12:00 PM EDT at LoanDepot Park in Miami, United States
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Netherlands	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1
Dominican Republic	2	0	2	0	6	0	2	12	8	0
WP: Luis Severino (1−0) LP: Arij Fransen (0−1) Home runs: NED: Didi Gregorius (1) DOM: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (1), Junior Caminero (2), Austin Wells (1), Juan Soto (1) Attendance: 32,324 Umpires: HP − Lance Barksdale, 1B − Serge Makouchetchev, 2B − Paul Clemons, 3B − Marek Vicar Boxscore

Nicaragua vs. Israel

March 8, 2026 7:00 PM EDT at LoanDepot Park in Miami, United States
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nicaragua	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Israel	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	X	5	8	0
WP: Dean Kremer (1−0) LP: Carlos Rodríguez (0−1) Attendance: 17,972 Umpires: HP − Alejandro Pecero, 1B − Quinn Wolcott, 2B − Shane Livensparger, 3B − Trent Thomas Boxscore

Dominican Republic vs. Israel

March 9, 2026 12:00 PM EDT at LoanDepot Park in Miami, United States
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Dominican Republic	0	5	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	10	7	0
Israel	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
WP: Brayan Bello (1−0) LP: Ryan Prager (0−1) Home runs: DOM: Fernando Tatís Jr. (1), Oneil Cruz (2) ISR: Spencer Horwitz (1) Attendance: 28,728 Umpires: HP − Quinn Wolcott, 1B − Gabe Morales, 2B − Michael Ulloa, 3B − Serge Makouchetchev Boxscore

Venezuela vs. Nicaragua

March 9, 2026 7:00 PM EDT at LoanDepot Park in Miami, United States
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Venezuela	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	5	0
Nicaragua	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3
WP: Yoendrys Gómez (1−0) LP: Danilo Bermudez (0−1) Home runs: VEN: Ronald Acuña Jr. (1) NCA: None Attendance: 27,844 Umpires: HP − Paul Clemons, 1B − Alejandro Pecero, 2B − Lance Barksdale, 3B − Trent Thomas Boxscore

Israel vs. Netherlands

March 10, 2026 7:00 PM EDT at LoanDepot Park in Miami, United States
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Israel	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	6	8	0
Netherlands	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1
WP: Josh Mallitz (1−0) LP: Kevin Kelly (0−1) Attendance: 13,565 Umpires: HP − Shane Livensparger, 1B − Quinn Wolcott, 2B − Marek Vicar, 3B − Michael Ulloa Boxscore

Dominican Republic vs. Venezuela

March 11, 2026 8:00 PM EDT at LoanDepot Park in Miami, United States
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Dominican Republic	2	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	11	1
Venezuela	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	7	0
WP: Sandy Alcantara (1−0) LP: Eduardo Rodríguez (0−1) Sv: Elvis Alvarado (1) Home runs: DOM: Juan Soto (2), Ketel Marte (1), Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (2), Fernando Tatis Jr. (2) VEN: None Attendance: 36,230 Umpires: HP − Gabe Morales, 1B − Lance Barksdale, 2B − Serge Makouchetchev, 3B − Alejandro Pecero Boxscore

Statistics

Source: ^[8]

Batting

Team	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OBP
Dominican Republic	128	41	40	5	1	13	33	.313	.458	.672	1.130
Venezuela	133	26	37	7	0	5	19	.278	.365	.444	.809
Israel	127	15	25	4	1	3	9	.197	.261	.315	.576
Netherlands	119	9	22	2	0	2	16	.185	.303	.252	.555
Nicaragua	131	6	27	3	0	1	10	.206	.293	.252	.545

Pitching

Team	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	K	BB	WHIP
Dominican Republic	2.38	34	23	10	9	2	37	12	1.029
Venezuela	2.75	36	29	12	11	6	36	9	1.056
Israel	5.91	35	26	23	23	5	27	26	1.486
Nicaragua	6.15	33.2	37	25	23	5	21	18	1.634
Netherlands	6.06	32.2	36	27	22	6	23	22	1.776

References

↑ "loanDepot park in Miami | 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.
↑ "Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Puerto Rico into WBC quarters". ESPN. March 9, 2026. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
↑ Mintz, Jake (March 11, 2026). "World Baseball Classic: Dominican Republic emerges victorious vs. Venezuela in Pool D finale that was a Latin American baseball celebration more than anything else". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
↑ Skodnick, Leif (March 9, 2026). "2026 World Baseball Classic: Venezuela Beats Nicaragua 4-0 In Dusty Baker's Final Game as Manager". World Baseball Network. 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

[1] "loanDepot park in Miami | 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] "Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Puerto Rico into WBC quarters". ESPN. March 9, 2026. Retrieved March 12, 2026.

[5] Mintz, Jake (March 11, 2026). "World Baseball Classic: Dominican Republic emerges victorious vs. Venezuela in Pool D finale that was a Latin American baseball celebration more than anything else". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved March 12, 2026.

[6] Skodnick, Leif (March 9, 2026). "2026 World Baseball Classic: Venezuela Beats Nicaragua 4-0 In Dusty Baker's Final Game as Manager". World Baseball Network. Retrieved March 12, 2026.

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

[8] "2026 World Baseball Classic Team Stats". MLB.com. Retrieved March 11, 2026.

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