2026 World Baseball Classic Pool A

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. 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. 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. Panama was relegated on tiebreakers by losing to Colombia by a single run and must re-qualify for the next edition of the tournament.

Teams

Draw position	Team	Pot	Confederation	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	WBSC Rankings
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	—	Advance to knockout stage
2	Puerto Rico (H)	4	3	1	15	7	.750	—	Advance to knockout stage
3	Cuba	4	2	2	13	16	.500	1
4	Colombia	4	1	3	10	23	.250	2
5	Panama	4	1	3	11	14	.250	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:

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_CAN0.85550722519658-8] 1 2 Canada defeated Puerto Rico, 3–2

[table_hth_COL0.85550722519658-9] 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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