2018 U-15 Baseball World Cup

2018 U-15 Baseball World Cup
Tournament details
CountryPanama
Dates10-19 August
Teams12
Final positions
Champions United States (6th title)
Runner-up Panama
Third place Chinese Taipei
Fourth place Japan
Tournament statistics
MVPUnited States Cody Schrier
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The 2018 U-15 Baseball World Cup or the IV U-15 Baseball World Cup was an under-15 international baseball competition held in David / Chitré, Panama from August 10 to 19, 2018.[1]

The United States won their first world title in the U-15 World Cup history and overall sixth title in the tournaments, after defeated Panama 7–1 in final.[2]

Teams

The following 12 teams qualified for the tournament.

Pool A Pool B

Brazil
Australia

China
Cuba

Germany
Dominican Republic

Panama
Japan

Chinese Taipei 1
Netherlands

United States
South Africa

1Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan, due to complicated relations with People's Republic of China, is recognized by the name Chinese Taipei by most of the international organizations in sports competitions. For more information, please see Cross-Strait relations.

First round

  • The top three teams in each pool will qualify for the second round.
Qualified for the Super Round
Qualified for the Placement Round

Group A

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 United States 4 1 .800 —
 Panama 4 1 .800 —
 Chinese Taipei 4 1 .800 —
 Brazil 2 3 .400 2.0
 China 1 4 .200 3.0
 Germany 0 5 .000 4.0
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
Aug 10, 2018 10:00 Brazil  10-0  Germany F/6 Estadio Kenny Serracín 2:37   Boxscore
Aug 10, 2018 14:00 China  0-27  United States F/5 Estadio Kenny Serracín 2:26   Boxscore
Aug 10, 2018 19:00 Chinese Taipei  1-9  Panama   Estadio Kenny Serracín 2:50   Boxscore
Aug 11, 2018 10:00 Germany  0-10  United States F/5 Estadio Kenny Serracín 1:33   Boxscore
Aug 11, 2018 14:00 Chinese Taipei  9-7  Brazil   Estadio Kenny Serracín 3:37   Boxscore
Aug 11, 2018 18:00 Panama  2-1  China   Estadio Kenny Serracín 2:23   Boxscore
Aug 12, 2018 10:00 United States  1-2  Chinese Taipei   Estadio Kenny Serracín 2:44   Boxscore
Aug 12, 2018 14:00 Germany  4-5  China   Estadio Kenny Serracín 2:22   Boxscore
Aug 12, 2018 18:00 Brazil  3-7  Panama   Estadio Kenny Serracín 3:10   Boxscore
Aug 13, 2018 10:00 China  0-10  Chinese Taipei F/5 Estadio Kenny Serracín 1:52 101 Boxscore
Aug 14, 2018 09:30 China  1-2  Brazil   Estadio Kenny Serracín 2:05   Boxscore
Aug 14, 2018 13:00 Germany  3-6  Chinese Taipei   Estadio Kenny Serracín 2:27   Boxscore
Aug 14, 2018 17:00 United States  4-1  Panama   Estadio Kenny Serracín 3:06   Boxscore
Aug 15, 2018 09:00 Brazil  0-8  United States   Estadio Kenny Serracín 2:44   Boxscore
Aug 15, 2018 12:30 Panama  18-0  Germany F/5 Estadio Kenny Serracín 2:03   Boxscore

Group B

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Cuba 5 0 1.000 —
 Japan 4 1 .800 1.0
 Dominican Republic 3 2 .600 2.0
 Netherlands 2 3 .400 3.0
 Australia 1 4 .200 4.0
 South Africa 0 5 .000 5.0
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
Aug 10, 2018 10:00 Australia  2-4  Japan   Estadio Rico Cedeño 2:02   Boxscore
Aug 10, 2018 14:00 Netherlands  1-5  Cuba   Estadio Rico Cedeño 2:24   Boxscore
Aug 10, 2018 18:00 Dominican Republic  5-3  South Africa   Estadio Rico Cedeño 2:24   Boxscore
Aug 11, 2018 10:00 Japan  11-1  Netherlands   Estadio Rico Cedeño 2:26   Boxscore
Aug 11, 2018 14:00 South Africa  6-16  Australia F/6 Estadio Rico Cedeño 2:42   Boxscore
Aug 11, 2018 18:00 Cuba  9-0  Dominican Republic   Estadio Rico Cedeño 2:43   Boxscore
Aug 12, 2018 10:00 Netherlands  18-2  South Africa F/5 Estadio Rico Cedeño 2:09   Boxscore
Aug 12, 2018 14:00 Dominican Republic  20-8  Australia F/6 Estadio Rico Cedeño 2:55   Boxscore
Aug 12, 2018 18:00 Cuba  9-7  Japan   Estadio Rico Cedeño 2:55   Boxscore
Aug 13, 2018 10:00 Netherlands  22-7  Australia F/6 Estadio Rico Cedeño 2:56   Boxscore
Aug 13, 2018 14:00 South Africa  0-10  Cuba F/5 Estadio Rico Cedeño 2:01   Boxscore
Aug 13, 2018 18:00 Japan  13-7  Dominican Republic   Estadio Rico Cedeño 2:40   Boxscore
Aug 14, 2018 10:00 Australia  3-9  Cuba   Estadio Rico Cedeño 2:18   Boxscore
Aug 14, 2018 14:00 Dominican Republic  11-2  Netherlands   Estadio Rico Cedeño 2:28 200 Boxscore
Aug 14, 2018 18:00 South Africa  0-20  Japan F/5 Estadio Rico Cedeño 2:02 200 Boxscore

Super round

Qualified for the Final
Qualified for the Third-place game
Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 United States 4 1 .800 -
 Panama 4 1 .800 -
 Japan 2 3 .400 2.0
 Chinese Taipei 2 3 .400 2.0
 Cuba 2 3 .400 2.0
 Dominican Republic 1 4 .200 3.0
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
Aug 16, 2018 10:00 Chinese Taipei  2-5  Japan   Estadio Kenny Serracín 2:18   Boxscore
Aug 16, 2018 14:00 Dominican Republic  7-13  United States   Estadio Kenny Serracín 2:45   Boxscore
Aug 16, 2018 18:00 Panama  4-2  Cuba   Estadio Kenny Serracín 3:07   Boxscore
Aug 17, 2018 10:00 Chinese Taipei  3-4  Dominican Republic   Estadio Kenny Serracín 1:57   Boxscore
Aug 17, 2018 14:00 United States  10-0  Cuba   Estadio Kenny Serracín 2:33   Boxscore
Aug 17, 2018 18:00 Japan  3-7  Panama   Estadio Kenny Serracín 2:50   Boxscore
Aug 18, 2018 10:00 Chinese Taipei  8-5  Cuba   Estadio Kenny Serracín 2:57   Boxscore
Aug 18, 2018 14:00 Japan  2-8  United States   Estadio Kenny Serracín 2:40   Boxscore
Aug 18, 2018 18:00 Dominican Republic  2-3  Panama   Estadio Kenny Serracín 2:50   Boxscore

Consolation Round

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Brazil 5 0 1.000 -
 Netherlands 4 1 .800 1.0
 Australia 3 2 .600 2.0
 China 1 4 .200 4.0
 Germany 1 4 .200 4.0
 South Africa 1 4 .200 4.0
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
Aug 16, 2018 10:00 South Africa  5-3  China   Estadio Rico Cedeño 2:32   Boxscore
Aug 16, 2018 14:00 Germany  3-4  Netherlands   Estadio Rico Cedeño 2:34   Boxscore
Aug 16, 2018 18:00 Australia  2-3  Brazil   Estadio Rico Cedeño 2:23   Boxscore
Aug 17, 2018 10:00 Germany  5-0  South Africa   Estadio Rico Cedeño 2:32   Boxscore
Aug 17, 2018 14:00 China  2-9  Australia   Estadio Rico Cedeño 2:12   Boxscore
Aug 17, 2018 18:00 Brazil  11-1  Netherlands F/5 Estadio Rico Cedeño 1:56   Boxscore
Aug 18, 2018 10:00 Germany  2-8  Australia   Estadio Rico Cedeño 2:07   Boxscore
Aug 18, 2018 14:00 South Africa  0-10  Brazil F/6 Estadio Rico Cedeño 2:09   Boxscore
Aug 18, 2018 18:00 China  2-6  Netherlands   Estadio Rico Cedeño 2:27   Boxscore

Final round

Bronze medal game

August 20, 2018 Chinese Taipei  6 – 3  Japan
Boxscore

Gold medal game

August 20, 2018 Panama  1 – 7  United States
Boxscore

Final standings

Rk Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Panama
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Chinese Taipei
4  Japan
5  Cuba
6  Dominican Republic
7  Brazil
8  Netherlands
9  Australia
10  China
11  Germany
12  South Africa

Awards

The WBSC announced the following awards at the completion of the tournament.[3]

Awards Player
Most Valuable Player United States Cody Schrier
Position Player
Pitcher United States Andrew Painter
Panama Alexis Bernal
Hitter Japan Aoi Sugishita
Catcher Cuba Edgar Quero
First Base United States Brady House
Second Base Japan Seiya Fukuhara
Third Base United States Luke Leto
Short Stop Panama Reginald Preciado
Outfield Dominican Republic Oscar Aude
Panama Luis Durango
United States Ryan Spikes

References

  1. ^ "U-15 Baseball World Cup set to open in Panama in 12-nation battle for world title". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  2. ^ "USA tops Panama to become new U-15 Baseball Champions of the World". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  3. ^ "5 nations represented on U-15 Baseball World Cup 2018 All-World Team, led by MVP Cody Schrier". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 20 August 2018.