2026 Baseball Champions League Americas
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Mexico |
| City | Mexico City |
| Venue | Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú |
| Dates | 24–29 March |
| Teams | 5 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Kane County Cougars (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Diablos Rojos del México |
| Third place | Dantos de Managua |
| Fourth place | Cocodrilos de Matanzas |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 11 |
| Attendance | 19,134 (1,739 per game) |
| Best BA | Brandon Leytón (.700) |
| Most HRs | Bryan Gonzalez (3) |
| Most SBs | 10 tied (1) |
| Best ERA | 17 tied (0.00) |
| Awards | |
| MVP | Josh Allen |
The 2026 Baseball Champions League Americas was the third edition of the Baseball Champions League Americas, an international competition for baseball clubs organized by the WBSC Americas, part of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). For a second year in a row, the tournament was be held at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú in Mexico City, Mexico, from 24 to 29 March 2026 and feature a field of five teams, playing in a single round-robin format; the top two finishers subsequently squared off in the championship.[1][2] An undetermined sixth team from Venezuela's summer league was initially announced to be participating but was quietly dropped before the tournament.[2] For the first time, the tournament included a non-champion invitee team and a team from outside North and Central America, with the invitation of the CTBC Brothers from Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League; however, due to a scheduling conflict, the team's manager confirmed they would be sending their farm team rather than their main squad.[3]
Venue
| Mexico City | |
|---|---|
| Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú | |
| Capacity: 20,062 | |
Participating teams
| Team | Manager | Means of qualification |
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| Cocodrilos de Matanzas | Armando Ferrer | 2025 Cuban National Series champions |
| Kane County Cougars | George Tsamis | 2025 American Association of Professional Baseball champions |
| Diablos Rojos del México | Lorenzo Bundy | 2025 Mexican League champions |
| Dantos de Managua | Ronald Garth | 2025 Germán Pomares Championship champions |
| CTBC Brothers (farm) | Peng Cheng-min | Invitee from Chinese Professional Baseball League |
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Games
Round robin
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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| 1 | Kane County Cougars | 4 | 4 | 0 | 48 | 24 | +24 | 1.000 | — | Advance to Championship Game |
| 2 | Diablos Rojos del México (H) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 65 | 37 | +28 | .750 | 1 | |
| 3 | Dantos de Managua | 4 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 30 | +16 | .500 | 2 | |
| 4 | Cocodrilos de Matanzas | 4 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 69 | −41 | .250 | 3 | |
| 5 | CTBC Brothers (farm) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 54 | −27 | .000 | 4 |
Championship Game
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Diablos Rojos del México | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Kane County Cougars | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 12 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Art Warren LP: Justin Courtney Home runs: Away: 1 Home: 2 Attendance: 4243 Umpires: Keith McConkey, Edwin Cotto, Julio Molina, Carlos Leon, Janet Moreno, David de Jesus Solis Notes: Elapsed time: 3:00 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
References
- ^ "WBSC opens new Baseball Champions League era". World Baseball Softball Confederation. January 27, 2026.
- ^ a b Skodnick, Leif (January 27, 2026). "2026 Baseball Champions League Americas To Include CPBL's CTBC Brothers, Team From Venezuela's Summer League". World Baseball Network.
- ^ @GOCPBL (January 28, 2026). "CTBC Brothers' general manager confirmed that the team will send its farm team to Mexico to compete in the 2026 Baseball Champions League Americas" (Tweet) – via X (formerly Twitter).