U-23 Baseball World Cup

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U-23 Baseball World Cup
Most recent season or competition:
2024 U-23 Baseball World Cup
U23 Baseball World Cup.png
Formerly21U Baseball World Cup (2014)
Sport Baseball
Founded2014
No. of teams12
ContinentInternational
Most recent
champion(s)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (3rd title)
Most titlesFlag of Japan.svg  Japan (3 titles)
Official website 2024 U-23 Baseball World Cup

The U-23 Baseball World Cup is a biennial, professional-level, National Team, baseball world championship of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), replacing Baseball World Cup.

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The inaugural tournament was held in November 2014, in Taichung, Taiwan, as the 21U Baseball World Cup, with each team made of 21-year-old and younger players but allowed for six players to be 23-year-old and younger. [1] Starting with the 2016 edition—in Monterrey, Mexico—the tournament has been expanded to permit nations to select players up to 23 years old for their entire rosters. [2] Players must also possess valid passports of the nations they are representing, in line with Olympic standards. The U-23 Baseball World Cup is the third-most-important international baseball tournament in terms of distribution of world ranking points, following the Premier12 and the World Baseball Classic.

The rosters of national teams that participated in the tournament included professional players from clubs affiliated to the Australian Baseball League, Chinese Professional Baseball League, Korea Baseball Organization, Major League Baseball, Mexican Baseball League, Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League, and Nippon Professional Baseball.

Results

21U Baseball World Cup
YearPeriodFinal HostMedalists
GoldSilverBronze
2014 [3]
Details
November 7 – 16 Flag of the Republic of China.svg
Taichung
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
U-23 Baseball World Cup
2016 [4] [5]
Details
October 28 – November 6 Flag of Mexico.svg
Monterrey
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
2018 [6]
Details
October 19 – 28 Flag of Colombia.svg
Barranquilla
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
2020 [7]
Details [R 1]
September 23 – October 2, 2021 Flag of Mexico.svg
Ciudad Obregon
Hermosillo
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
2022 [8]
Details
October 14 – October 23 Flag of the Republic of China.svg
Taipei, Taichung, Yunlin [9]
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
2024 [10]
Details
September 6 – 15 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
Shaoxing [11]
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua
Notes
  1. Originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, postponed to September 2021.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3205
2Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1102
3Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 1012
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 1012
5Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 0123
6Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 0101
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 0101
8Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 0011
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 0011
Totals (9 entries)66618

Participating nations

Host country

Nation 2014 2016 2018 2021 2022 2024 Years
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 101
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 6Silver medal icon.svg9695
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 121
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 41
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Gold medal icon.svg756Bronze medal icon.svg86
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 7Bronze medal icon.svg5104
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 4102
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 51012124
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 692
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 111
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 11112
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 71
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Silver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg5
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 115Gold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg45
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 91010875
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 101
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 467Bronze medal icon.svg4
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 452
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 89Silver medal icon.svg3
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 111112124
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Bronze medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg48Silver medal icon.svg66
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 88Bronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg756
Nations111212121212

See also

References

  1. "Chinese Taipei defeat new world No. 1 Japan to capture 21U Baseball World Cup crown". WBSC. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
  2. "WBSC announces dates, venues for new U-23 Baseball World Cup 2016 Monterrey, MEX". WBSC. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
  3. 2014 U-21 Baseball World Cup
  4. "WBSC unveils nations, Logo for inaugural U-23 Baseball World Cup 2016 in Monterrey, Mexico". WBSC. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
  5. 2016 U-23 Baseball World Cup>
  6. 2018 II U-23 Baseball World Cup
  7. 2021 III U-23 Baseball World Cup
  8. "World Baseball Softball Confederation". Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
  9. "Taipei, Taichung and Douliu: Getting to know the IV WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup host cities". U-23 Baseball World Cup. World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  10. "World Baseball Softball Confederation". Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
  11. "China to host V WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup in 2024". WBSC. World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Retrieved April 7, 2023.