Classic Major League Baseball Team Roster
The Major League Baseball League has officially announced the grouping for next year's World Baseball Classic. The Chinese team has been confirmed to be in Group C, which will be held at the Tokyo Dome. Their opponents include Australia, Japan, the Czech Republic and South Korea. This also means that the Chinese team is expected to face the world's number one baseball player, Shohei Ohtani.
The group list for the World Baseball 經典賽 has been released. The Chinese team is in Group C and will face
Japan and South Korea. It is expected to face Shohei Ohtani first. The Major League Baseball has officially announced the group list for next year's World Baseball Classic. The Chinese team has been confirmed to be in Group C to be held at the Tokyo Dome. The opponents in the group include Australia, Japan, the Czech Republic and South Korea. This also means that the Chinese team can hope to face the world's number one baseball player, Shohei Ohtani.
Classic match between Chinese team and
A total of 20 teams will participate in the 2026 Classic, divided into four groups of five teams each. The Chinese team will play its first game on March 5th against Australia, followed by a match against the host Japanese Samurai team on the evening of the 6th, a match against the Czech Republic at noon on the 7th, and the final game against old rivals South Korea on the 8th.
The group list for the Classic was announced last night, and the WBC official website also analyzed the strength of each team. The Chinese team won the World Baseball Championship last year and also defeated the Spanish team in the Classic qualifiers to obtain a ticket. They are currently ranked second in the world.
The Chinese team is expected to face Shohei Ohtani
In the past, the Chinese Taipei team had never faced Shohei Ohtani in international competitions. Next year's classic tournament is expected to usher in the first "dream showdown", and the match between Taiwan and Japan is also highly anticipated because the Chinese Taipei team ended Japan's winning streak and won the championship in December last year.
As for the other groups, Group A is held in Puerto Rico and includes Puerto Rico, Cuba, Canada, Panama, and Colombia; Group B is held in the United States and includes the United States, Mexico, Italy, the United Kingdom, and Brazil; Group D is held in Miami, USA, and includes Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, the Netherlands, Israel, and Nicaragua.