U-23 Baseball World Cup

U-23 Baseball World Cup
Most recent season or competition:
2016 U-23 Baseball World Cup
Formerly 21U Baseball World Cup (2014)
Sport Baseball
Founded 2014
No. of teams 12
Continent International
Most recent
champion(s)		  Japan
Most titles  Chinese Taipei and  Japan

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.

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, Korean Baseball Organization, Major League Baseball, Mexican Baseball League, Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League, and Nippon Professional Baseball.

Results

21U Baseball World Cup
Year Period Final Host Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze
2014
Details		 November 7 – 16 Taiwan
Taichung		  Chinese Taipei  Japan  South Korea
U-23 Baseball World Cup
2016[3]
Details		 October 28 – November 6 Mexico
Monterrey		  Japan  Australia  South Korea
2018[4]
Details		 October 19 – 28 Colombia
Barranquilla

Medal table

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Japan 1102
2  Chinese Taipei 1001
3  Australia 0101
4  South Korea 0022

Participating nations

Nation 2014 2016 2018 Years
 Argentina101
 Australia62nd, silver medalist(s)Q3
 Austria121
 Chinese Taipei1st, gold medalist(s)7Q3
 ColombiaQ1
 Czech Republic510Q3
 Dominican RepublicQ1
 Italy71
 Japan2nd, silver medalist(s)1st, gold medalist(s)Q3
 Mexico115Q3
 Netherlands9Q2
 New Zealand101
 Nicaragua462
 Panama41
 Puerto RicoQ1
 South Africa11Q2
 South Korea3rd, bronze medalist(s)3rd, bronze medalist(s)Q3
 Venezuela88Q3
Nations111212

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Chinese Taipei defeat new world No. 1 Japan to capture 21U Baseball World Cup crown". WBSC. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "WBSC announces dates, venues for new U-23 Baseball World Cup 2016 Monterrey, MEX". WBSC. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "WBSC unveils nations, Logo for inaugural U-23 Baseball World Cup 2016 in Monterrey, Mexico". WBSC. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  4. ↑ 2018 U-23 Baseball World Cup
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