Japan national under-18 baseball team

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Japan Baseball U-18
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Information
CountryFlag of Japan.svg Japan
Federation Baseball Federation of Japan
Confederation Baseball Federation of Asia
WBSC ranking
Current 1 Steady2.svg (5 August 2025) [1]
Best resultGold medal world centered.svg 1st (1 time, in 2023 )
Medal record
U-18 World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Taiwan

The Japan national under-18 baseball team is the national under-18 team representing Japan in international baseball competitions. The organization is currently ranked 1st in the world by the World Baseball Softball Confederation. [2] They compete in the bi-annual U-18 Baseball World Cup. They have finished 2nd in the tournament four times. [3]

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Competitive record

U-18 Baseball World Cup record
YearRoundPositionWLRSRA
1982Final2nd
19995th
2004Final2nd
2012Round 26th543825
2013Final2nd727019
2015Final2nd81815
2017Super Round3rd635224
2019Super Round5th535523
2021Super Round3rd634338
2023Final1st72
2025Final2nd81
Total

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 5 August 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  2. ↑ "Rankings". WBSC. Archived from the original on 28 October 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "U-18 Baseball World Cup". www.wbsc.org. WBSC. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
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