Baseball5 at the 2026 Summer Youth Olympics will be held from 30 October to 3 November. The event will take place at Complexe Tour de L'Œuf in Dakar, Senegal. This will be the first time that any form of Baseball will feature at the Youth Olympics.
Qualification The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) announced the participating nations on 26 May 2026.
Competition format First the 8 teams will be split up into two groups of four. The winners of the group stage directly qualify for the semi finals.The second and third best teams from the group stage move on to the quarter finals first, where the second of Group A will face off the third placed team from Group B and vice versa, competing for the remaining two spots in the semi final.
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