2027 WBSC Premier12
international baseball tournament
The 2027 WBSC Premier12 will be the fourth edition of the WBSC Premier12, a baseball championship featuring the 16 top national teams in the world, organized by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). This tournament will be the first to include 16 teams, expanded from 12 in previous three editions.
Chinese Taipei is the defending champion. They won their first Premier12 championship, defeating final round hosts and defending champions Japan, 4–0, in the 2024 championship game. The United States took third place after a 6–1 win over Venezuela. WBSC president Riccardo Fraccari congratulated the champions and confirmed that the qualifiers for the 2027 tournament would begin in 2026.
Teams
Qualification
The 12 highest-ranked national teams qualified to participate in the group stage, based on the WBSC World Rankings, as of 31 December 2025. The teams ranked 13–18 and two wild cards will play the qualifiers to determine the other four participants in the group stage. The WBSC originally wanted to expand the 2023 edition but, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, delayed expansion until 2027.
The teams that qualified for the opening round and the qualifiers were officially announced by WBSC in January 2026.
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