2021 World Baseball Classic


The 2021 World Baseball Classic is an international professional baseball tournament. The 2021 WBC is scheduled to be the fifth iteration of the WBC. The tournament has been expanded to accommodate 20 national teams from 16 teams of the 2017 edition.

Qualification

In January 2020, the WBC announced the 16 national teams which participated at the 2017 World Baseball Classic will automatically qualify for the tournament.
A qualifying tournament was scheduled for March 2020 in Tucson, Arizona, United States to determine the last four teams. Twelve teams were split into two pools, and the top two teams in each pool will qualify. On March 12, 2020, Major League Baseball announced that the qualifying tournaments were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
TeamMethod of qualificationClassic appearancePrevious best position
2017 World Baseball Classic5thRound 1
2017 World Baseball Classic5thRound 1
2017 World Baseball Classic5thRound 1
2017 World Baseball Classic5thRound 2
2017 World Baseball Classic2ndRound 1
2017 World Baseball Classic5thRunners-up
2017 World Baseball Classic5thChampions
2017 World Baseball Classic5thRound 2
2017 World Baseball Classic2ndRound 2
2017 World Baseball Classic5thChampions
2017 World Baseball Classic5thRound 2
2017 World Baseball Classic5thFourth place
2017 World Baseball Classic5thRunners-up
2017 World Baseball Classic5thRunners-up
2017 World Baseball Classic5thChampions
2017 World Baseball Classic5thThird place
TBDQualifier 1 Winners
TBDQualifier 1 Runners-up
TBDQualifier 2 Winners
TBDQualifier 2 Runners-up

Venues

Four stadiums were planned to be used during the main tournament.
Pool APool B & QuarterfinalsPool CPool D, Quarterfinals & Championship
Taichung, Taiwan Tokyo, Japan Phoenix, United States Miami, United States
Taichung Intercontinental Baseball StadiumTokyo DomeChase FieldMarlins Park
Capacity: 20,000Capacity: 45,600Capacity: 48,686Capacity: 36,742