2015 U-12 Baseball World Cup

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2015 U-12 Baseball World Cup
Tournament details
Country Flag of the Republic of China.svg Republic of China
DatesJuly 23 - August 2
Teams12
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of the United States.svg  United States (2nd title)
Runner-upFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Third placeFlag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua
Fourth placeFlag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Tournament statistics
Games played50
Attendance53,022 (1,060 per game)
Best BA Flag of the United States.svg Davis Diaz (.571)
Most HRs Flag of the United States.svg Jack Ryan (3)
Most SBs Flag of Brazil.svg Andrew Sato (11)
Best ERA Flag of Nicaragua.svg Lesther Medrano (0.00)
Most Ks (as pitcher) Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hao-En Chen
Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Ito
Flag of Cuba.svg Ernesto Cabrera (18)
  2013
2017  

The 2015 12U Baseball World Cup was an under-12 international baseball tournament held from July 23 to August 2 in Taipei City, Taiwan. [1]

Contents

Teams

Twelve teams qualified for the tournament. The number in parentheses is their nations ranking in the WBSC World Rankings [2] prior to the start of the tournament.

Pool APool B
Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg
Chinese Taipei 1
Flag of France.svg
France
Flag of Cuba.svg
Cuba
Flag of Japan.svg
Japan
Flag of Russia.svg
Russia
Flag of Mexico.svg
Mexico
Flag of South Korea.svg
South Korea
Flag of Nicaragua.svg
Nicaragua
Flag of Venezuela.svg
Venezuela
Flag of the United States.svg
United States

First round

Group A

Teams W L Pct. GB
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 501.000--
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 41.8001.0
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 32.6002.0
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 23.4003.0
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 14.2004.0
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 05.0005.0

Group B

Teams W L Pct. GB
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 501.000--
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 41.8001.0
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 32.6002.0
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 23.4003.0
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 14.2004.0
Flag of France.svg  France 05.0005.0

2nd Round

Super Round

Teams W L Pct. GB
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 41.800--
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 41.800--
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 32.6001.0
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 23.4002.0
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 14.2003.0
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 14.2004.0

Consolation Round

Teams W L Pct. GB
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 501.000--
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 41.8001.0
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 32.6002.0
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 23.4003.0
Flag of France.svg  France 14.2004.0
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 05.0005.0

Medal Rounds

Both the Gold and Bronze medal game were played at Tainan Municipal Stadium in Tainan.

Bronze-medal game

Sunday, August 2nd
14:00
Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg0–2 Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua Tainan Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 3,100

Gold-medal game

Sunday, August 2nd
18:30
United States  Flag of the United States.svg7–2 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Tainan Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 11,000

Final rankings

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References

  1. 2015 WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup nations, dates announced
  2. "Rankings - WBSC". Archived from the original on 2018-10-28. Retrieved 2019-07-30.