2021 U-12 Baseball World Cup

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2021 U-12 Baseball World Cup
Tournament details
Country Taiwan
Dates28 July–7 August
Teams11
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of the United States.svg  United States (4th title)
Runner-upFlag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
Third placeFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Fourth placeFlag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played42
MVP Colin Anderson (USA)
  2019
2023  

The 2021 U-12 Baseball World Cup was an under 12 international baseball tournament being held from 28 July 2022 to 7 August 2022 in Tainan, Taiwan. It was the sixth edition of the tournament. The tournament was supposed to be held in 2021 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1]

Contents

Format

First round: The 11 participating teams were drawn into one group of 6 and one group of 5 for round robin. The top 3 teams from each pool advance to the Super Round while the bottom 3 (or 2) teams play in the Consolation Round.

Consolation Round: The bottom 3 (or 2) teams from each pool play each of the other bottom 3 (or 2) 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

Eleven 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 Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg
Chinese Taipei 1 (2)
Flag of Japan.svg
Japan (1)
Flag of Mexico.svg
Mexico (4)
Flag of South Korea.svg
South Korea (3)
Flag of Venezuela.svg
Venezuela (6)
Flag of the United States.svg
United States (5)
Flag of Panama.svg
Panama (13)
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg
Dominican Republic (7)
Flag of Italy.svg
Italy (17)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Czech Republic (14)
Flag of South Africa.svg
South Africa (26)

^1 Chinese Taipei is the official WBSC designation for the team representing the state officially referred to as the Republic of China, more commonly known as Taiwan. (See also political status of Taiwan for details.)

First round

Group A

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA RD
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 41.80039534
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 41.800421428
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 41.800491534
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 23.4002.0411328
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 14.2003.01545−30
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 05.0004.0094−94

Group B

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA RD
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 401.000631152
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 31.7501.027189
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 22.5002.0261412
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 13.2503.02429–5
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 04.0004.0270–68

Second round

Super Round

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA RD
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 501.000442321
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 32.6002.035341
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 32.6002.0362214
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 23.4003.02044–24
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 14.2004.01722–5
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 14.2004.01623–7

Consolation Round

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA RD
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 401.00052052
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 31.7501.041734
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 22.5002.01925–6
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 13.2503.02139–18
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 04.0004.0062–62

Medal Rounds

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

Bronze-medal game

Sunday, 7 August
14:00
Dominican Republic  Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg5–9 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei ASPAC Youth Stadium

Gold-medal game

Sunday, 7 August
19:45
Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela.svg2–10 Flag of the United States.svg  United States ASPAC Youth Stadium

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References

  1. "VI WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup rescheduled for summer 2022 in Tainan, TPE". VI U-12 Baseball World Cup 2022. World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  2. "WBSC Baseball & Softball World Ranking".