2017 U-12 Baseball World Cup

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2017 U-12 Baseball World Cup
Tournament details
CountryTaiwan
DatesJuly 28th - August 6th
Teams12
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of the United States.svg  United States (3rd title)
Runner-upFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Third placeFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Fourth placeFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
Tournament statistics
Games played50
MVP Kai Caranto (USA)
  2015
2019  

The 2017 U-12 Baseball World Cup is an under 12 international baseball tournament held from July 28 to August 6 in Tainan, Taiwan. It is the fourth edition of the tournament.

Contents

Format

First round: The 12 participating teams were drawn into two groups of 6 for round robin. The top 3 teams from each pool advance to the Super Round while the bottom 3 teams play in the consolation round.

Consolation round: The bottom 3 teams from each pool play each of the other bottom 3 teams from the other pool (ex. The 4th place team from Group A plays the 4th, 5th, and 6th place teams from Pool B). The results of the previous round robin carry over for teams originally in the same pool (ex. The 4th place team from Group A beats both the 5th and 6th place teams from Group A in pool play and starts the consolation round with a 2-0 record.). Teams don't advance to play any more games after the consolation round.

Super Round: The top 3 teams from each pool play each of the other top 3 teams from the other pool (ex. The 1st place team from Group A plays the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place teams from Group B). The results of the previous round robin carry over for teams originally in the same pool (ex. If the 1st place team from Group A beats both the 2nd and 3rd place teams from Group A in pool play and starts the Super Round with a 2-0 record. The 3rd and 4th place finishers advance to the Bronze Medal Game, and the 1st and 2nd place finishers advance to the Gold Medal Game.

Medal Round: The Medal Round consists of the Bronze Medal Game, contested by the 3rd and 4th place finishers from the Super Round, and the Gold Medal Game, contested by the 1st and 2nd place finishers.

Teams

Twelve teams qualified for the tournament. The number in parentheses is their nations ranking in the WBSC World Rankings [1] prior to the start of the tournament.

Pool APool B
Flag of Japan.svg
Japan (1)
Flag of the United States.svg
United States (2)
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg
Chinese Taipei 1 (4)
Flag of South Korea.svg
South Korea (3)
Flag of Mexico.svg
Mexico (6)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia (8)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Czech Republic (13)
Flag of Panama.svg
Panama (14)
Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil (18)
Flag of Nicaragua.svg
Nicaragua (15)
Flag of South Africa.svg
South Africa (29)
Flag of Germany.svg
Germany (20)

First round

Group A

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA RD
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 41.800--5611+45
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 41.800--637+56
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 41.800--5726+31
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 23.4002.02153-32
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 14.2003.02027-7
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 05.0004.0199-98

Due to WBSC tie-breaking procedures, Japan was awarded 1st in the group followed by Chinese Taipei and Mexico respectively. All 3 teams advanced to the Super Round.

Group B

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA RD
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 501.000--8012+68
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 32.6002.03331+2
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 32.6002.03823+15
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 32.6002.03320+13
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 14.2004.01751-34
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 05.0005.0764-57

Due to WBSC tie-breaking procedures, South Korea was awarded 2nd in the group followed by Nicaragua and Panama respectively. South Korea and Nicaragua advanced to the Super Round while Panama was eliminated and sent to the consolation round. [2]

2nd Round

Super Round

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA RD
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 41.800--5111+40
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 41.800--5636+20
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 32.6001.03123+8
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 23.4002.03038-8
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 14.2003.01952-32
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 14.2004.01537-22

In the super round, if a team played another team that qualified for the super round, the result from the 1st round carried over to the super round. Therefore, each team played 3 games in the super round and 2 games that carried over from the first round.

Due to WBSC tie-breaking procedures, Chinese Taipei was awarded 1st in the group over the United States who was seeded 2nd, both teams advanced to the gold medal game. Also due to tie-breaking procedures, South Korea was ranked 5th and Nicaragua was ranked 6th, however both teams were still eliminated.

Consolation round

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA RD
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 501.000--6510+55
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 32.6002.03726+11
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 32.6002.03224+8
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 23.4003.02645-19
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 14.2004.02839-11
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 14.2004.01451-37

In the consolation round, if a team played another team that qualified for the consolation round, the result from the 1st round carried over to the consolation round. Therefore, each team played 3 games in the consolation round and 2 games that carried over from the first round.

Due to WBSC tie-breaking procedures, Czech Republic was finished 2nd in the consolation round over Brazil who finished 3rd. Also due to the tie-breaking procedures, South Africa was finished 5th and Germany finished 6th.

Medal Rounds

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

Bronze-medal game

Sunday, August 6th
14:00
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg1–0 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Tainan Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 3000

Gold-medal game

Sunday, August 6th
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: 9500

Final rankings

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References

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  2. "Tournaments | WBSC". Wbsc.org. Retrieved 2017-08-03.