2026 World Baseball Classic Pool C

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.^[1]^[2] 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.^[3] Japan, the defending champions, won the pool undefeated and advanced to the quarterfinals.^[4] 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.^[5] Czechia was relegated after failing to win a game and must re-qualify for the next edition of the tournament.^[6]

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Draw position	Team	Pot	Confederation	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	WBSC Rankings^[7]
B1	Japan	1	WBSC Asia	Hosts + 2023 participants	March 8, 2023	6th	2023	Champions (2006, 2009, 2023)	1
B2	Australia	3	WBSC Oceania	2023 participants	March 8, 2023	6th	2023	Quarterfinals (2023)	11
B3	South Korea	2	WBSC Asia	2023 participants	March 8, 2023	6th	2023	Runners-up (2009)	4
B4	Czechia	4	WBSC Europe	2023 participants	March 8, 2023	2nd	2023	Pool stage (2023)	15
B5	Chinese Taipei	5	WBSC Asia	Qualifiers Pool A runners-up	February 25, 2025	6th	2023	Quarterfinals (2013)	2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Japan (H)	4	4	0	34	9	1.000	—	Advance to knockout stage
2	South Korea	4	2	2	28	19	.500^[a]	2	Advance to knockout stage
3	Australia	4	2	2	13	12	.500^[b]	2
4	Chinese Taipei	4	2	2	19	20	.500^[b]	2
5	Czechia	4	0	4	5	39	.000	4	Requalification required for next WBC

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
Mar 5, 2026	12:00 JST	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Australia		Tokyo Dome	2:15	40,523	Boxscore
Mar 5, 2026	19:00 JST	Czechia	4–11	South Korea		Tokyo Dome	2:39	19,920	Boxscore
Mar 6, 2026	12:00 JST	Australia	5–1	Czechia		Tokyo Dome	2:17	21,514	Boxscore
Mar 6, 2026	19:00 JST	Japan	13–0	Chinese Taipei	7	Tokyo Dome	2:36	42,314	Boxscore
Mar 7, 2026	12:00 JST	Chinese Taipei	14–0	Czechia	7	Tokyo Dome	2:20	40,522	Boxscore
Mar 7, 2026	19:00 JST	South Korea	6–8	Japan		Tokyo Dome	3:04	42,318	Boxscore
Mar 8, 2026	12:00 JST	Chinese Taipei	5–4	South Korea	10	Tokyo Dome	2:58	40,584	Boxscore
Mar 8, 2026	19:00 JST	Australia	3–4	Japan		Tokyo Dome	2:33	42,331	Boxscore
Mar 9, 2026	19:00 JST	South Korea	7–2	Australia		Tokyo Dome	3:01	32,908	Boxscore
Mar 10, 2026	19:00 JST	Czechia	0–9	Japan		Tokyo Dome	2:36	42,340	Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Australia	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	3	7	1
WP: Jack O'Loughlin (1−0) LP: Chen Po-yu (0−1) Sv: Jon Kennedy (1) Home runs: TPE: None AUS: Robbie Perkins (1), Travis Bazzana (1) Attendance: 40,523 Umpires: HP – Omar Peralta, 1B – Manny Gonzalez, 2B – Chad Fairchild, 3B – Charlie Ramos Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Czechia	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	4	9	1
South Korea	4	1	1	0	2	0	2	1	X	11	10	0
WP: So Hyeong-jun (1−0) LP: Daniel Padyšák (0−1) Home runs: CZE: Terrin Vavra (1) KOR: Moon Bo-gyeong (1), Shay Whitcomb 2 (2), Jahmai Jones (1) Attendance: 19,920 Umpires: HP – David Rackley, 1B – Edward Pinales, 2B – Ryan Additon, 3B – Edwin Louisa Boxscore

2026 World Baseball Classic Pool C

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

Batting

Pitching

References

External links

Related Articles

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Australia	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	9	1
Czechia	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0
WP: Josh Hendrickson (1−0) LP: Tomáš Ondra (0−1) Home runs: AUS: Curtis Mead (1), Alex Hall (1) CZE: None Attendance: 21,514 Umpires: HP – Ryan Additon, 1B – Ruben Ramos, 2B – Todd Tichenor, 3B – Edward Pinales Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Japan	0	10	3	0	0	0	0	13	13	1
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
WP: Yoshinobu Yamamoto (1−0) LP: Cheng Hao-jun (0−1) Home runs: JPN: Shohei Ohtani (1) TPE: None Attendance: 42,314 Umpires: HP – Jordan Baker, 1B – David Rackley, 2B – Omar Peralta, 3B – Edwin Louisa Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Chinese Taipei	2	4	0	2	1	5	0	14	11	0
Czechia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
WP: Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang (1–0) LP: Jan Novák (0–1) Home runs: TPE: Stuart Fairchild (1) CZE: None Attendance: 40,522 Umpires: HP – Ruben Ramos, 1B – Omar Peralta, 2B – Chad Fairchild, 3B – Manny Gonzalez Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
South Korea	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	6	9	0
Japan	2	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	X	8	7	0
WP: Atsuki Taneichi (1–0) LP: Park Yeong-hyun (0–1) Sv: Taisei Ota (1) Home runs: KOR: Hyeseong Kim (1) JPN: Shohei Ohtani (2), Seiya Suzuki 2 (2), Masataka Yoshida (1) Attendance: 42,318 Umpires: HP – Todd Tichenor, 1B – Jordan Baker, 2B – Edward Pinales, 3B – Edwin Louisa Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Chinese Taipei	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	5	7	0
South Korea	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	4	4	0
WP: Yi Chang (1–0) LP: Woo-suk Go (0–1) Sv: Jyun-Yue Tseng (1) Home runs: TPE: Yu Chang (1), Tsung-Che Cheng (1), Stuart Fairchild (2) KOR: Kim Do-yeong (1) Attendance: 40,584 Umpires: HP – Manny Gonzalez, 1B – David Rackley, 2B – Ruben Ramos, 3B – Omar Peralta Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Australia	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	8	0
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	X	4	5	1
WP: Chihiro Sumida (1–0) LP: Jon Kennedy (0–1) Sv: Taisei Ota (2) Home runs: AUS: Alex Hall (2), Rixon Wingrove (1) JPN: Masataka Yoshida (2) Attendance: 42,331 Umpires: HP – Chad Fairchild, 1B – Edwin Louisa, 2B – Ryan Additon, 3B – Edward Pinales Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
South Korea	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	7	10	0
Australia	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	5	1
WP: Son Ju-young (1–0) LP: Lachlan Wells (0–1) Home runs: KOR: Moon Bo-gyeong (2) AUS: Robbie Glendinning (1) Attendance: 32,908 Umpires: HP – David Rackley, 1B – Todd Tichenor, 2B – Edwin Louisa, 3B – Edward Pinales Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Czechia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	X	9	12	0
WP: Yumeto Kanemaru (1–0) LP: Michal Kovala (0–1) Home runs: CZE: None JPN: Ukyo Shuto (1), Munetaka Murakami (1) Attendance: 42,340 Umpires: HP – Ryan Additon, 1B – Jordan Baker, 2B – Omar Peralta, 3B – Ruben Ramos Boxscore

Team	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
Japan	123	34	37	6	0	8	38	4	3	29	31	.301	.442	.545	.987	82
South Korea	136	28	33	9	0	7	27	4	2	16	47	.243	.333	.463	.796	66
Australia	126	13	29	3	1	7	12	2	1	12	30	.230	.307	.437	.744	55
Chinese Taipei	118	19	22	2	0	4	18	10	0	17	31	.186	.307	.305	.612	36
Czechia	114	5	19	3	0	1	5	2	0	8	41	.167	.230	.219	.449	25

Team	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	WHIP
Japan	2.12	34	20	9	8	3	8	49	0.824
South Korea	4.50	36	28	19	18	9	16	35	1.222
Australia	2.83	35	22	12	11	2	21	24	1.229
Chinese Taipei	5.63	32	28	20	20	4	16	26	1.375
Czechia	10.69	32	42	39	38	9	21	23	1.969

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