Sports event
U-18 Baseball World Cup Formerly World Junior Baseball Championship (1981 - 2010) Sport Baseball Founded 1981 No. of teams 12 Continent International Most recent Japan (1st title) (2023)Most titles Cuba (11 titles)Official website 2023 WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup
The U-18 Baseball World Cup is the 18-and-under baseball world championship sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) and its successor, the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), and was first held in 1981 in the United States. Because it is a world championship, the results of the U-18 Baseball World Cup affect the WBSC World Rankings .[ 1]
Several players who have participated in the U-18 Baseball World Cup have gone on to stardom at the professional level, including Japan's Yu Darvish , USA's Clayton Kershaw , Francisco Lindor and Buster Posey , and Cuba's Yasiel Puig and Aroldis Chapman , among many others.
Prior to 2010, the IBAF organized the World Junior Baseball Championship . The WBSC was created in 2013 when the IBAF merged with the International Softball Federation.
Results
Notes
^ Originally scheduled to be held in 2021, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic , postponed to September 2022.
Medal table
1 Chinese Taipei is the official WBSC designation for the team representing the state officially referred to as the Republic of China , more commonly known as Taiwan . (See also political status of Taiwan for details.)
See also
References
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