Overview
- Eight national teams reached the knockout stage: Canada, United States, Italy, Puerto Rico, Japan, South Korea, Dominican Republic and Venezuela.
- Today's games are Italy vs. Puerto Rico at 3:00 p.m. ET in Houston's Daikin Park and Japan vs. Venezuela at 9:00 p.m. ET at Miami's loanDepot Park.
- U.S. broadcasts are carried across FOX networks (FOX, FS1, FS2) with FOX Deportes, the Fox Sports app and select Tubi streams, while Latin America has ESPN/Disney+ and regional partners.
- Local carriers include WAPA Deportes for Puerto Rico and Venevisión (and IVC in pay TV) for Venezuela, Sportsnet/TVA Sports in Canada, and Netflix Japan for viewers in Japan, with Beisbol Play available in parts of Latin America.
- The quarterfinals are single-elimination, sending winners to the Miami semifinals; group play standouts included undefeated Japan and the Dominican Republic (4-0) and a surprise run by Italy, with Canada making its first quarterfinal.