2023 Youth Baseball5 World Cup

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2023 Youth Baseball5 World Cup
Tournament details
Host countryTurkey
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates10–15 October 2023
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba (1st title)
Runners-up Flag of France.svg France
Third place Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
Fourth place Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
Tournament statistics
Games played50
Most valuable player Flag of Cuba.svg Haila Gonzalez
Flag of Cuba.svg Jadier Ulloa

The 2023 Youth Baseball5 World Cup (2023 YB5WC) is a mixed-gender Baseball5 tournament held in 2023 from 10 October to 15 October. [1] 12 countries participated, with Cuba beating France in the final. [2] [3]

Contents

Format

The 12 teams were divided into two groups. After the 30-game Opening Round concluded on 12 October, the top three finishers from each group advanced to the Super Round. The top two teams from the Super Round competed in the final on 15 October. [4]

There was also a Placement Round to determine which of the teams that didn't advance to the Super Round finished in 7th to 12th place. [5]

Teams

Group A: China, Cuba, Malaysia, Tunisia, Turkey and Zambia

Group B: Australia, France, Ghana, Korea, Mexico and Chinese Taipei

Results

Cuba won the tournament, having gone unbeaten the entire time and only losing one game in a best-of-three against Mexico. [6]

Finals round

Third place play-off

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg3rd leg
Mexico Flag of Mexico.svg 2–1 Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 2–3 (F/6)7–14–2

Final

15 October 2023 15:00 at Yenimahalle Spor Kompleksi Fair, 22 °C (72 °F), 57% humidity
Team12345 R H E
Flag of France.svg France 03000391
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 5010X6120
Umpires: Alessia Cicconi (HP), Tony Jones (1F), Thalia Villavicencio (2F), Batuhan Akkaya (3F)
Boxscore
15 October 2023 15:30 at Yenimahalle Spor Kompleksi Fair, 22 °C (72 °F), 57% humidity
Team123456 R H E
Flag of France.svg France 000100150
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba (6)000101270
Umpires: Alessia Cicconi (HP), Tony Jones (1F), Thalia Villavicencio (2F), Batuhan Akkaya (3F)
Boxscore

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