First of three WBSC Americas U-15 Baseball World Cup Qualifiers opens on August 30

World No. 6 Venezuela will host from August 30 to September 4 the first of three WBSC Americas Qualifying tournaments for the WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup 2026.

The South American qualifier will see Venezuela compete with No. 13 Colombia, No. 21 Brazil, No. 44 Peru and No. 67 Ecuador.

No. 11 Dominican Republic will host the Caribbean qualifier from September 6 to 11. and face No. 7 Puerto Rico, No. 12 Cuba and Aruba.

No. 5 Mexico will host the Central and North American Qualifier from September 13 to 18 and face No. 3 USA, No. 9 Panama, No. 16 Nicaragua and No. 46 Costa Rica.

WBSC Americas will have five spots in the WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup 2026. The winners of the three groups will advance to the World Cup together with two second-place finishers.