The game-by-game calendar for Cuba’s 65th Serie Nacional now exists, two days before the first pitch. It has 352 games in 80 subseries, starts on Sunday 4 October 2026 and finishes the qualifying stage on Sunday 29 November. This page sets out all of it in English: opening day, every subseries in both zones, and a one-line run for each of the 16 teams.
It is a draft. Las Tunas’s provincial paper describes it as a proyecto de calendario that was to be made official at the league’s technical congress, and we have not yet seen a report that it was. We have checked it against every provincial source that has printed part of it, and the two places where those sources disagree are set out at the foot of the page rather than smoothed over.
Opening day: Sunday 4 October
The official inauguration is at the Estadio Victoria de Girón, where Matanzas open the defence of their 64th Serie Nacional title against Cienfuegos. All eight openers begin four-game subseries that run to Wednesday 7 October.
| Visitor | Home team | Group | Pairing confirmed by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isla de la Juventud | Artemisa | A | beisbolencuba only |
| Pinar del Río | Industriales | A | beisbolencuba; JIT (15 September) |
| Villa Clara | Mayabeque | B | beisbolencuba only |
| Cienfuegos | Matanzas | B | beisbolencuba; Tiempo21; Visión Tunera |
| Camagüey | Sancti Spíritus | C | beisbolencuba; Escambray |
| Ciego de Ávila | Las Tunas | C | beisbolencuba; Tiempo21; Visión Tunera |
| Granma | Holguín | D | beisbolencuba; Radio Angulo (ACN) |
| Guantánamo | Santiago de Cuba | D | beisbolencuba only |
Five of the eight pairings are confirmed by a second, independent source. The other three — Isla de la Juventud at Artemisa, Villa Clara at Mayabeque and Guantánamo at Santiago de Cuba — rest on the published calendar alone for now. They are consistent with the four groups announced in August, which is as far as we can take them today.
How the calendar is built
The structure is the one the federation announced on 18 August, and the calendar follows it exactly. Our guide to the SN65 format has the groups and the playoff system in full; the short version is that 16 teams sit in four groups of four, two groups to a zone, and no team plays anyone from the other zone before the final.
- Group stage, 4 October – 1 November: six four-game subseries, home and away against each of the three other teams in the group. 24 games.
- Zone stage, 3–29 November: four five-game subseries, one against each team in the other group of the same zone. 20 games.
We ran the draft through the arithmetic before publishing it. Every team plays 44 games, 22 at home and 22 away. Every group pairing meets twice with the home side reversed, and every zone-stage pairing meets once. Each team is at home for three of its six group subseries and two of its four zone subseries. Nothing in the calendar breaks the format.
There are no games on 8, 13, 18, 23 and 28 October, on 2 November between the two stages, or on 6, 9, 13, 16, 20, 23 and 27 November. In the zone stage each five-game subseries carries a rest day after its third game.
Group stage: 4 October – 1 November
Occidental zone (Groups A and B)
| Dates | Subseries (visitor at home team) |
|---|---|
| 4–7 October | Isla de la Juventud at Artemisa Pinar del Río at Industriales Villa Clara at Mayabeque Cienfuegos at Matanzas |
| 9–12 October | Isla de la Juventud at Pinar del Río Artemisa at Industriales Mayabeque at Matanzas Villa Clara at Cienfuegos |
| 14–17 October | Pinar del Río at Artemisa Industriales at Isla de la Juventud Cienfuegos at Mayabeque Matanzas at Villa Clara |
| 19–22 October | Industriales at Pinar del Río Artemisa at Isla de la Juventud Matanzas at Cienfuegos Mayabeque at Villa Clara |
| 24–27 October | Artemisa at Pinar del Río Isla de la Juventud at Industriales Villa Clara at Matanzas Mayabeque at Cienfuegos |
| 29 October – 1 November | Industriales at Artemisa Pinar del Río at Isla de la Juventud Matanzas at Mayabeque Cienfuegos at Villa Clara |
Oriental zone (Groups C and D)
| Dates | Subseries (visitor at home team) |
|---|---|
| 4–7 October | Camagüey at Sancti Spíritus Ciego de Ávila at Las Tunas Granma at Holguín Guantánamo at Santiago de Cuba |
| 9–12 October | Camagüey at Ciego de Ávila Sancti Spíritus at Las Tunas Santiago de Cuba at Holguín Guantánamo at Granma |
| 14–17 October | Ciego de Ávila at Sancti Spíritus Las Tunas at Camagüey Granma at Santiago de Cuba Holguín at Guantánamo |
| 19–22 October | Las Tunas at Ciego de Ávila Sancti Spíritus at Camagüey Holguín at Granma Santiago de Cuba at Guantánamo |
| 24–27 October | Sancti Spíritus at Ciego de Ávila Camagüey at Las Tunas Guantánamo at Holguín Santiago de Cuba at Granma |
| 29 October – 1 November | Las Tunas at Sancti Spíritus Ciego de Ávila at Camagüey Holguín at Santiago de Cuba Granma at Guantánamo |
Zone stage: 3–29 November
Occidental zone (Group A v Group B)
| Dates | Subseries (visitor at home team) |
|---|---|
| 3–8 November (no game 6 Nov) | Mayabeque at Pinar del Río Villa Clara at Industriales Artemisa at Matanzas Isla de la Juventud at Cienfuegos |
| 10–15 November (no game 13 Nov) | Mayabeque at Artemisa Villa Clara at Isla de la Juventud Pinar del Río at Matanzas Industriales at Cienfuegos |
| 17–22 November (no game 20 Nov) | Cienfuegos at Pinar del Río Matanzas at Isla de la Juventud Industriales at Mayabeque Artemisa at Villa Clara |
| 24–29 November (no game 27 Nov) | Cienfuegos at Artemisa Matanzas at Industriales Isla de la Juventud at Mayabeque Pinar del Río at Villa Clara |
Oriental zone (Group C v Group D)
| Dates | Subseries (visitor at home team) |
|---|---|
| 3–8 November (no game 6 Nov) | Granma at Sancti Spíritus Holguín at Ciego de Ávila Santiago de Cuba at Camagüey Guantánamo at Las Tunas* |
| 10–15 November (no game 13 Nov) | Sancti Spíritus at Holguín Ciego de Ávila at Granma Las Tunas at Santiago de Cuba Camagüey at Guantánamo |
| 17–22 November (no game 20 Nov) | Las Tunas at Holguín Camagüey at Granma Sancti Spíritus at Santiago de Cuba Ciego de Ávila at Guantánamo |
| 24–29 November (no game 27 Nov) | Guantánamo at Sancti Spíritus Santiago de Cuba at Ciego de Ávila Holguín at Camagüey Granma at Las Tunas |
Every team’s season at a glance
| Team | 4 Oct | 9 Oct | 14 Oct | 19 Oct | 24 Oct | 29 Oct | 3 Nov | 10 Nov | 17 Nov | 24 Nov |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinar del Río (A) | at Industriales | v Isla | at Artemisa | v Industriales | v Artemisa | at Isla | v Mayabeque | at Matanzas | v Cienfuegos | at Villa Clara |
| Artemisa (A) | v Isla | at Industriales | v Pinar | at Isla | at Pinar | v Industriales | at Matanzas | v Mayabeque | at Villa Clara | v Cienfuegos |
| Isla de la Juventud (A) | at Artemisa | at Pinar | v Industriales | v Artemisa | at Industriales | v Pinar | at Cienfuegos | v Villa Clara | v Matanzas | at Mayabeque |
| Industriales (A) | v Pinar | v Artemisa | at Isla | at Pinar | v Isla | at Artemisa | v Villa Clara | at Cienfuegos | at Mayabeque | v Matanzas |
| Mayabeque (B) | v Villa Clara | at Matanzas | v Cienfuegos | at Villa Clara | at Cienfuegos | v Matanzas | at Pinar | at Artemisa | v Industriales | v Isla |
| Matanzas (B) | v Cienfuegos | v Mayabeque | at Villa Clara | at Cienfuegos | v Villa Clara | at Mayabeque | v Artemisa | v Pinar | at Isla | at Industriales |
| Cienfuegos (B) | at Matanzas | v Villa Clara | at Mayabeque | v Matanzas | v Mayabeque | at Villa Clara | v Isla | v Industriales | at Pinar | at Artemisa |
| Villa Clara (B) | at Mayabeque | at Cienfuegos | v Matanzas | v Mayabeque | at Matanzas | v Cienfuegos | at Industriales | at Isla | v Artemisa | v Pinar |
| Sancti Spíritus (C) | v Camagüey | at Las Tunas | v Ciego | at Camagüey | at Ciego | v Las Tunas | v Granma | at Holguín | at Santiago | v Guantánamo |
| Ciego de Ávila (C) | at Las Tunas | v Camagüey | at Sancti Spíritus | v Las Tunas | v Sancti Spíritus | at Camagüey | v Holguín | at Granma | at Guantánamo | v Santiago |
| Camagüey (C) | at Sancti Spíritus | at Ciego | v Las Tunas | v Sancti Spíritus | at Las Tunas | v Ciego | v Santiago | at Guantánamo | at Granma | v Holguín |
| Las Tunas (C) | v Ciego | v Sancti Spíritus | at Camagüey | at Ciego | v Camagüey | at Sancti Spíritus | v Guantánamo* | at Santiago | at Holguín | v Granma |
| Holguín (D) | v Granma | v Santiago | at Guantánamo | at Granma | v Guantánamo | at Santiago | at Ciego | v Sancti Spíritus | v Las Tunas | at Camagüey |
| Granma (D) | at Holguín | v Guantánamo | at Santiago | v Holguín | v Santiago | at Guantánamo | at Sancti Spíritus | v Ciego | v Camagüey | at Las Tunas |
| Santiago de Cuba (D) | v Guantánamo | at Holguín | v Granma | at Guantánamo | at Granma | v Holguín | at Camagüey | v Las Tunas | v Sancti Spíritus | at Ciego |
| Guantánamo (D) | at Santiago | at Granma | v Holguín | v Santiago | at Holguín | v Granma | at Las Tunas* | v Camagüey | v Ciego | at Sancti Spíritus |
What the calendar tells you
The derbies come early, twice. Pinar del Río and Industriales open at Industriales’ ground on 4 October and meet again in Pinar del Río from 19 October. Las Tunas and Ciego de Ávila, and Santiago de Cuba and Guantánamo, follow exactly the same rhythm. Three of the rivalries that will decide their groups are settled, eight games apiece, before the end of October.
The group stage decides more than the zone stage. Twenty-four of each team’s 44 games come against three opponents, inside four weeks. A side that loses two group subseries will spend November trying to make up ground in five-game sets against teams it has not seen yet.
Last season’s finalists close the calendar on the road and at home. Las Tunas, swept 4–0 by Matanzas in the 64th Serie Nacional final, finish at Holguín (17–22 November) and then at home to Granma (24–29 November). Matanzas, in the west, close their qualifying stage at Industriales. Both of last season’s finalists play their final subseries inside their own zone’s top-four race, which is the only race there is in this format.
The qualifying stage is shorter than the announcement suggested. When the format was announced in August, the regular season was reported as running to 22 December. The calendar as drafted finishes the 44 games on 29 November — both beisbolencuba and Holguín’s published schedule end there — which would leave December for the zone playoffs. We are treating 29 November as the end of the qualifying stage and have added a note to our format guide until the federation says otherwise.
Where the sources disagree
Las Tunas v Guantánamo, 3–8 November. The published calendar has Guantánamo travelling to Las Tunas. Las Tunas’s two provincial outlets, Tiempo21 and Visión Tunera, both say the Leñadores open the zone stage in Guantánamo. We have printed the calendar’s version, marked it, and will correct it the moment a third source settles it.
Las Tunas v Holguín, 17–22 November. The same two Las Tunas outlets say this subseries is played at the Estadio Julio Antonio Mella, starting on the 18th. Holguín’s own published schedule, carried by Radio Angulo from the Cuban News Agency, says Holguín are at home and starts it on the 17th, and the calendar agrees with Holguín. Two sources against one: we have printed Holguín at home from 17 November.
Holguín’s ten subseries, as Radio Angulo printed them on 30 September, match the calendar on every date and every venue. Las Tunas’s first four, as Tiempo21 printed them on 28 September, match too. The disagreements are confined to Las Tunas’s November.
What we left out. Start times: the calendar gives one for opening day, and no second source has confirmed it yet. Stadiums other than those named in a source. And any claim that the calendar is final, because nobody has yet reported that the technical congress adopted it unchanged.
Sources
The full calendar is beisbolencuba’s qualifying-stage schedule for the 65th Serie Nacional, read on 2 October 2026. Cross-checks: Radio Angulo (Holguín, with the Cuban News Agency), 30 September; Tiempo21 (Las Tunas), 28 September, and Visión Tunera (Las Tunas); Escambray (Sancti Spíritus), 2 October; and JIT, 15 September, for Pinar del Río at Industriales on opening day. Group composition and format from the federation’s 18 August announcement, as reported by Periódico Girón, Escambray, CiberCuba and Venceremos.
More on Serie Nacional 65
- The SN65 format, groups and playoff system
- La 65 Serie Nacional: formato, grupos y fechas (en español)
- Serie Nacional 65 rosters, province by province
- Pinar del Río’s roster and its two players in Japan
- All 16 Serie Nacional teams, stadiums and titles
- Last season’s schedule: the 64th Serie Nacional
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