On March 21 , 2020 , the first qualifying rounds if the World Baseball Softball Confederation was postponed .
The qualifying round of the World Baseball Softball Confederation-sanctioned 2021 World Baseball Classic , scheduled in Tucson , Arizona , United States in March 2020 was postponed on March 12 , 2020. On February 26 , 2020 , Nippon Professional Baseball announced that spring training would continue without fans in attendance .
Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on sports