The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball, the culmination in a season-long battle to find the best team from across the United States and Canada.
The World Series has been contested since 1903 and features the champion teams from the American League and the National League.
MLB World Series dates
The 2025 World Series will take place at the end of October, with an official date to be confirmed.
MLB World Series venue/locations
The World Series is played at the home venues of the contesting teams, with a seven-game series split 4-3 between the two.
The 2024 World Series was played across the Los Angeles Dodgers' Dodger Stadium and the New York Yankees' Yankee Stadium.
MLB World Series format
The MLB World Series is played over seven games, with the first team to reach four wins being crowned champions.
The American League and National League champions play a seven-game series on a 2-3-2 alternating venue format - as the team with home-field advantage hosts game one, two, six and seven.
MLB World Series history
The MLB World Series was first played in 1903 when, after two years of discord between the long-established National League and the upstart American League, they eventually settled their differences.
Thus, a postseason series to crown an interleague champion was devised and labelled the 'World's Championship Series'.
The World Series format has changed over the intervening years, but since 1985 the current best-of-seven series has been used.
The World Series MVP Award was given for the first time in 1955, with Brooklyn's Johnny Podres taking the honour, while a year later the New York Yankees Don Larsen spun the only perfect game in World Series history.
Fast forward to 1992 and the World Series was played outside of the United States for the first time, with the Toronto Blue Jays defeating the Atlanta Braves in six games.
In 2001, the World Series stretched into November for the first time owing to the expanded playoffs and this has now become more commonplace.
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