World University Baseball Championship

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World University Baseball Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Baseball current event.svg2018
Sport Baseball
Founded2002
No. of teams8 (in 2018)
ContinentInternational
Most recent
champion		Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (2018)
Most titlesFlag of the United States.svg  United States (3 titles)

The World University Baseball Championship is an under-23 international college baseball competition sponsored by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) and was first held in 2002 in Italy. Until 2013, it was sanctioned by the then-International Baseball Federation (IBAF) and was one of several tournaments considered by the IBAF to be a minor world championship, and as such the results of the tournaments affected the IBAF World Rankings. [1] For its men's world rankings, the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) -- successor to the IBAF—now uses the results of WBSC's biennial 23U Baseball World Cup (instead of the World University Championship).

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History

The fifth World University Baseball Championship was held from July 29 to August 8, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan and was organized by the All Japan University Baseball Federation. [2]

Results

YearFinal HostMedalists
GoldSilverBronze
2002
Details 		Flag of Italy.svg
Messina 		Flag of Cuba.svg
Cuba 		Flag of the United States.svg
United States 		Flag of Japan.svg
Japan
2004
Details 		Flag of the Republic of China.svg
Tainan City 		Flag of the United States.svg
United States 		Flag of Japan.svg
Japan 		Flag of South Korea.svg
South Korea
2006
Details 		Flag of Cuba.svg
Havana 		Flag of the United States.svg
United States 		Flag of Chinese Taipei for Universiade.svg
Chinese Taipei 		Flag of Cuba.svg
Cuba
2008
Details 		Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Brno 		Flag of the United States.svg
United States 		Flag of Japan.svg
Japan 		Flag of Chinese Taipei for Universiade.svg
Chinese Taipei
2010
Details 		Flag of Japan.svg
Tokyo 		Flag of Cuba.svg
Cuba 		Flag of the United States.svg
United States 		Flag of Japan.svg
Japan
2012
Flag of the Republic of China.svg
Taoyuan 		FISU cancelled the tournament due to an insufficient number of teams participating. [3]
2018
Details 		Flag of the Republic of China.svg
Chiayi 		Flag of Japan.svg
Japan 		Flag of Chinese Taipei for Universiade.svg
Chinese Taipei 		Flag of South Korea.svg
South Korea

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3205
2Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 2013
3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1225
4Flag of Chinese Taipei for Universiade.svg  Chinese Taipei  (TPE)0213
5Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 0022
Totals (5 entries)66618

See also

References

  1. ↑ "IBAF World Ranking Notes" (PDF). IBAF. 13 January 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 9, 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
  2. ↑ "International university sports federation - summer winter universiades". www.fisu.net. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  3. ↑ "Cancellation 2012 World University Baseball Championship" . Retrieved 2016-08-16.
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