1989 World Youth Baseball Championship

1989 World Youth Baseball Championship
Tournament details
CountryJapan
DatesJuly- August
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Japan (1st title)
Runner-up Taiwan
Third place China
Fourth place South Korea

The 1989 World Youth Baseball Championship was the inaugural edition of the under-15 international baseball competition held in Japan from 24 July to August 1989. Players aged 13 to 15 competed in the eight-nation round-robin tournament.[1]

Squad

Brazil

  • Coach: Huguiyoski Sugeta[2]
  • Center fielder: Marcelo Takao Tanaka
  • Right fielder: Ricardo Momose

Canada

  • Pitcher: Rob Peronne, Ray Solomon, Kevin Briand, Patrick Lussier, Stephane Chagnon, Martin Lavigne, Mario Rouleau, Patrick Dupuis
  • Catcher: Andrew Halpenny, Jamie Dimitroff
  • Infielder: Brad Robinson, J. J. Hyde, Neil Szeryk, Jody Brown, Alain Lachance, Pascal St. Pierre
  • Outfielder: Louis Lachance, Dominic Therrien, John Evans, Chris Vetor

Two players were excluded from the above roster. [3]

China

  • Gao Lijun

Japan

  • 1st baseman: Kouta Soejima (副島孔太)
  • 3rd baseman: Kei Shibata
  • Shortstop: Akihito Suzuki (鈴木章仁)
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yota Tawa[4]

South Korea

Incomplete

  • Catcher: Chang Sung Kook, Lee Jin Suk[4]

Taiwan

  • Pitcher: 9洪邦政, 林怡宏, 林信助, 陳宗男, 吳俊良 (Wu Chun-liang)
  • Catcher: 鄭文賢, 石金受, 王文智
  • Infielder: 33陳慶國 (Chen Ching-kuo), 陳懷山, 曾信彰 (Tseng Hsin-chang), 洪啟峰, 陳光輝, 郭子偉
  • Outfielder：游明傑, 18龐玉龍, 朱志強, 35藍德威
  • Head coach: 陳友彬
  • Assistant coaches: 劉明光、蔡景峰

[5][6]

United States

Incomplete

  • Widd Workman,[1] Frank Harmer,[7] Mike Rennack, Chris Smith[4]
  • Left fielder: Geoff Jenkins

Venezuela

Incomplete

  • Center fielder: Robert Marcano[8]

Preliminary round

24 July, 1989 South Korea  9 – 6  Japan

[9]

25 July, 1989 United States  11 – 2  South Korea
25 July, 1989 Venezuela  4 – 3  Taiwan
25 July, 1989 China  12 – 6  Brazil
25 July, 1989 Japan  8 – 0  Canada

[1]

27 July, 1989 Brazil  13 – 1  United States Yokohama
27 July, 1989 Venezuela  11 – 4  Canada Yokohama
27 July, 1989 China  10 – 0  Canada Yokohama
27 July, 1989 Taiwan  6 – 0  China
27 July, 1989 Taiwan  5 – 0  South Korea

[2][10][11][12][13]

29 July, 1989 Venezuela  2 – 1 (11th inning)  South Korea Jingu Stadium

There is only one game on 29 July. All the other teams were idle.
The records until 27 July was Venezuela 3-0, China and Taiwan 2-1, the United States, Brazil, and Japan 1-1, South Korea 1-3, and Canada 0-3.[14]

30 July, 1989 United States  6 – 2  Venezuela Tokyo
30 July, 1989 China  5 – 1  United States Tokyo

The United States became 2-2.[15][7] The results of the other matches are unknown.

31 July, 1989 Japan  4 – 3  United States Tokyo Dome
31 July, 1989 Taiwan  11 – 1  Canada Yokohama
31 July, 1989 Japan  8 – 3  China Jingu Stadium
31 July, 1989 South Korea  4 – 2  Brazil

Only Venezuela was ideal on 31 July.
After the matches of 31 July, the records are Japan and Taiwan 4-1, Venezuela and China 3-2, South Korea 3-3, the United States 2-3, Brazil 1-3, and Canada 0-5.[4][16]

2 Aug, 1989 Taiwan  3 – 2  United States
2 Aug, 1989 Japan  4 – 1  Brazil
2 Aug, 1989 Brazil  4 – 3  Venezuela
2 Aug, 1989 China  8 – 2  Venezuela
2 Aug, 1989 South Korea  9 – 1 or 3  China

The Boston Globe report is at 9 - 3, but South China Morning Post as 9 - 1.

[17][18][19][20]

Some games were postponed by rain and later canceled because they would not affect teams' placing.
After the end of the round-robin matches, the records are Japan and Taiwan 5-1, China and Korea 4-3, Venezuela 3-4, the United States and Brazil 2-4, and Canada 0=5.

Placement matches

The matches were held at 10:00 at Jingu Stadium[21]

3rd-place match

Aug ?, 1989 China  4 – 3  South Korea Jingu Stadium

[22]

Final

Aug 3, 1989 Japan  5 – 4  Taiwan

Final standings

Rank Team
 Japan
 Taiwan
 China
4  South Korea
5  Venezuela
5  United States
7  Brazil
8  Canada

All-Star Team

  • Right-handed pitcher: Wu Chun-liang (吳俊良) (TWN)
  • Left-handed pitcher: Gao Lijun (CHN)
  • Catcher: Chang Sung Kook (장성국) (KOR)
  • 1st baseman: Kouta Soejima (JPN) (副島孔太)
  • 2nd baseman: Tseng Hsin-chang (TWN) (曾信彰)
  • 3rd baseman: Kei Shibata (JPN)
  • Shortstop: Akihito Suzuki (JPN) (鈴木章仁)
  • Center fielder: Marcelo Takao Tanaka (BRA)
  • Right fielder: Ricardo Momose (BRA)
  • Left fielder: Geoff Jenkins (USA)

[22]

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