Most recent season or competition: 2023 Youth Baseball5 World Cup | |
Sport | Baseball5 |
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First season | 2023 |
No. of teams | 12 |
Most recent champion(s) | Cuba (1st title) (2022) |
Most titles | Cuba (1 title) |
Related competitions | Baseball5 World Cup |
Official website | https://www.wbsc.org/en/organisation/wbsc-events/youth-baseball5-world-cup |
The Youth Baseball5 World Cup (YBWSC) is a mixed-gender Baseball5 world championship consisting of 16 teams that occurs every two years, [1] with the first edition in 2023. It is governed by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). The 2025 edition will act as a qualifier for the mixed-gender Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics Baseball5 event, which will be Baseball5's first appearance at the Youth Olympics, as well as the first appearance of a mixed-gender team sport at an Olympic event. [2] [3]
The YB5WC was initially scheduled to occur in 2021, but was postponed to 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] France and Turkey qualified from the first-ever U-17 European Baseball5 Championship in 2022 to play in the 2023 YB5WC. [4]
The 2025 edition will take place in Mexico. [5]
The 16 countries participating in the Youth World Cup are geographically broken down as follows: [1]
The 16 countries play a total of 56 games over four or five days. [1]
Year | Host | Final | Third place game | ||||||
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Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
2023 Details | Ankara | Cuba | 2–0 | France | Mexico | 2–1 | Turkey |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Cuba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2 | France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 | Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Teams | 2023 | Years |
---|---|---|
Australia | 12th | 1 |
China | 5th | 1 |
Chinese Taipei | 6th | 1 |
Cuba | 1st | 1 |
France | 2nd | 1 |
Ghana | 7th | 1 |
Malaysia | 10th | 1 |
Mexico | 3rd | 1 |
South Korea | 9th | 1 |
Tunisia | 8th | 1 |
Turkey | 4th | 1 |
Zambia | 11th | 1 |
No. of Teams | 12 |
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