The 2026 World Baseball Classic champion will be decided on Tuesday night in Miami, with the United States and Venezuela facing off in the winner-take-all championship game. Team USA lost in the 2023 title game against Japan after winning its only championship in 2017.

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Venezuela won the World Baseball Classic for the first time, rebounding from a blown eighth-inning lead to beat the United States 3-2 Tuesday night on Eugenio Suárez’s tiebreaking double in the ninth.

The championship of the World Baseball Classic is set as the United States faces Venezuela in a star-studded final on Tuesday.

Team USA and Venezuela are set to meet Tuesday night in the final of the World Baseball Classic, a fitting showdown between two of the top teams on the field from nations that have a long and tense history off it.

In the end, the espresso machine just couldn't generate enough juice. Italy's surprise run at the WBC came to an end as Venezuela took care of business against the Italians in front of a raucous crowd in Miami.

Venezuela is set to take on Team USA in the World Baseball Classic Championship game. NBC News' Greg Rosenstein wraps up the tournament and gives fans a look at what they can expect to see on the field for the finale.

The Dominican Republic had won two of three meetings against Team USA in WBC history. Now the Americans will wait for their opponent in Tuesday's championship game with Venezuela