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Tournament details | |
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Country | Taiwan |
Dates | August 31 - September 10 |
Teams | 12 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Japan (1st title) |
Runner-up | Chinese Taipei |
Third place | South Korea |
Fourth place | United States |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 50 |
The 2023 U-18 Baseball World Cup or the XXXI U-18 Baseball World Cup was an international baseball tournament held by the World Baseball Softball Confederation for players 18-year-old and younger. The 2023 edition was held in Taipei and Taichung, Taiwan from August 31 to September 10, 2023. [1]
First round: The twelve participating nations were drawn into two groups of 6, in which single round robin will occur. The top 3 nations from each group advances to the Super Round, while the bottom 3 nations from each group advance to the consolation round.
Consolation round: The 6 nations in this round play one game against the teams they have not played yet. (example: The 4th placed team from Group A will play the bottom three teams from Group B)
Super round: The format in the super round is similar to that of the consolation round. Each team plays the top three teams from the opposing group. (example: The 1st placed team from Group B will play the top three teams from Group A) The standings for this round will include the 2 games played against the 2 other second-round qualifiers from the team's first-round group, and the 3 games played in the second round, for a total of 5 games. 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.
Finals: The Finals consist of the Bronze Medal Game, contested by the 3rd and 4th-place finishers, and the gold-medal game, contested by the 1st and 2nd-place finishers.
The following 12 teams qualified for the tournament.
Pool A | Pool B |
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Australia | Spain |
Czech Republic | Japan |
South Korea | Netherlands |
Mexico | Panama |
Puerto Rico | United States |
Chinese Taipei 1 | Venezuela |
1 Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan, due to complicated relations with People's Republic of China, is recognized by the name Chinese Taipei by most of the international organizations in sports competitions. For more information, please see Cross-Strait relations.
Qualified for the Super Round | |
Qualified for the Placement Round |
Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA |
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Chinese Taipei | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | — | 33 | 5 |
South Korea | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.0 | 28 | 9 |
Puerto Rico | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.0 | 16 | 26 |
Mexico | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.0 | 8 | 12 |
Czech Republic | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.0 | 10 | 30 |
Australia | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.0 | 6 | 19 |
Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United States | 4 | 1 | .800 | — | 22 | 12 |
Japan | 4 | 1 | .800 | — | 31 | 4 |
Netherlands | 4 | 1 | .800 | — | 19 | 7 |
Panama | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.0 | 23 | 22 |
Venezuela | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.0 | 13 | 36 |
Spain | 0 | 5 | .000 | 4.0 | 4 | 31 |
Qualified for the Final | |
Qualified for the Third-place game |
Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA |
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Chinese Taipei | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | - | 36 | 5 |
Japan | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.0 | 23 | 10 |
United States | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.0 | 13 | 13 |
South Korea | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.0 | 14 | 20 |
Puerto Rico | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.0 | 10 | 39 |
Netherlands | 1 | 4 | .00 | 4.0 | 5 | 14 |
Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
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Sep 7, 2023 | 11:30 | Puerto Rico | 3-2 | Netherlands | Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium | 2:23 | 160 | Boxscore | |
Sep 7, 2023 | 14:30 | South Korea | 1-7 | Japan | Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium | 1:46 | 514 | Boxscore | |
Sep 7, 2023 | 18:30 | Chinese Taipei | 3-0 | United States | Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium | 2:08 | 647 | Boxscore | |
Sep 8, 2023 | 10:30 | Puerto Rico | 0-10 | Japan | F/5 | Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium | 1:39 | 186 | Boxscore |
Sep 8, 2023 | 14:30 | South Korea | 1-5 | United States | Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium | 1:51 | 287 | Boxscore | |
Sep 8, 2023 | 18:30 | Netherlands | 0-6 | Chinese Taipei | Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium | 1:57 | 390 | Boxscore | |
Sep 9, 2023 | 10:00 | Puerto Rico | 4–3 | United States | Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium | 2:20 | 230 | Boxscore | |
Sep 9, 2023 | 14:30 | Netherlands | 1-3 | South Korea | Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium | 2:15 | 317 | Boxscore | |
Sep 9, 2023 | 18:00 | Japan | 2-5 | Chinese Taipei | Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium | 1:55 | 7014 | Boxscore |
Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA |
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Panama | 4 | 1 | .800 | - | 24 | 15 |
Mexico | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.0 | 22 | 17 |
Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.0 | 18 | 10 |
Australia | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.0 | 17 | 10 |
Venezuela | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.0 | 16 | 31 |
Spain | 0 | 5 | .000 | 3.0 | 7 | 21 |
Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
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Sep 7, 2023 | 09:30 | Spain | 0-4 | Czech Republic | Taichung Stadium | 1:56 | 50 | Boxscore | |
Sep 7, 2023 | 12:30 | Venezuela | 5-2 | Mexico | Taichung Stadium | 2:17 | 30 | Boxscore | |
Sep 7, 2023 | 15:30 | Panama | 2-1 | Australia | F/8 | Taichung Stadium | 2:07 | 75 | Boxscore |
Sep 8, 2023 | 12:00 | Spain | 5-6 | Mexico | Taichung Stadium | 1:54 | 100 | Boxscore | |
Sep 8, 2023 | 15:00 | Czech Republic | 1–4 | Panama | Taichung Stadium | 1:45 | 50 | Boxscore | |
Sep 9, 2023 | 09:00 | Mexico | 8-2 | Panama | Taichung Stadium | 2:00 | Boxscore | ||
Sep 9, 2023 | 11:30 | Spain | 0-2 | Australia | Taichung Stadium | 1:42 | 75 | Boxscore | |
Sep 10, 2023 | 09:00 | Venezuela | 1-8 | Australia | Taichung Stadium | 1:53 | 53 | Boxscore | |
Sep 10, 2023 | 11:00 | Czech Republic | 7-0 | Venezuela | Taichung Stadium | 2:21 | 30 | Boxscore |
Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
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Sep 10, 2023 | 14:00 | South Korea | 4-0 | United States | Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium | 2:03 | 460 | Boxscore |
Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
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Sep 10, 2023 | 18:00 | Japan | 2–1 | Chinese Taipei | Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium | 2:17 | 9,502 | Boxscore |
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Rk | Team | W | L | ||
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1 | Japan | 7 | 2 | ||
Lost in Final | |||||
2 | Chinese Taipei | 8 | 1 | ||
Failed to qualify for the Final | |||||
3 | South Korea | 6 | 3 | ||
Lost in 3rd Place Game | |||||
4 | United States | 5 | 4 | ||
Failed to qualify for the finals | |||||
5 | Puerto Rico | 5 | 3 | ||
6 | Netherlands | 4 | 4 | ||
Failed to qualify for the super round | |||||
7 | Panama | 4 | 4 | ||
8 | Mexico | 3 | 5 | ||
9 | Czech Republic | 3 | 5 | ||
10 | Australia | 3 | 5 | ||
11 | Venezuela | 2 | 6 | ||
12 | Spain | 0 | 8 |
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