The United States will play in Group B while Shohei Ohtnai's Japan squad will be in Group C for the 2026 World Baseball Classic.

Brazil will join the United States, Mexico, Italy and Britain in Group B of the first round of next year's World Baseball Classic at Houston’s Minute Maid Park. Major League Baseball and the players’ association on Wednesday allocated the four qualifiers for the 20-nation tournament,

The sixth version of the international baseball tournament featuring MLB players will include 20 teams. On Wednesday, the WBC finalized pools and the schedule for the event following qualifiers that took place earlier this year in Taiwan and Arizona.