2013 18U Baseball World Cup

2013 18U Baseball World Cup
Tournament details
CountryTaiwan Taiwan
DatesAugust 30 - September 8
Teams12
Final positions
Champions United States (7th title)
Runner-up Japan
Third place Cuba
Fourth place Chinese Taipei
Tournament statistics
Best BAUnited States Adam Haseley (.484)
Most HRsCanada Gareth Morgan (2)
Most SBsJapan Takahiro Kumagi
Canada Malik Collymore
South Korea Tae Jin Kim (5)
Most Ks (as pitcher)Japan Yuki Matsui
Japan Tomohiro Anraku (27)

The 2013 18U Baseball World Cup was an international baseball competition held in Taichung and Yunlin (Douliu), Taiwan from August 30 to September 8, 2013.[1] There were no games played on August 30 and August 31, due to rain.[2]

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Tournament  United States[3]
Brady Aiken
Bryson Brigman
Joe DeMers
Alex Destino
Jack Flaherty
Marvin Gorgas
Adam Haseley
Scott Hurst
Kel Johnson
Trace Loehr
Mac Marshall
Keaton McKinney
Jacob Nix
Luis Ortiz
Jakson Reetz
Mike Rivera
J. J. Schwarz
Justus Sheffield
Lane Thomas
Cole Tucker
 Japan[4]
Tomohiro Anraku
Harumi Iida
Yusei Itsuzaki
Akihito Iwashige
Takahiro Kumagai
Yuki Matsui
Tomoya Mori
Ryuma Mori
Nobuyuki Okumura
Satoshi Sonobe
Kazuto Taguchi
Yuya Takahashi
Kona Takahashi
Haruki Takemura
Yasuhito Uchida
Seiji Uebayashi
Kenya Wakatsuki
Ryo Watanabe
Taisuke Yamaoka
Yuto Yoshida
 Cuba[5]
Randy Arozarena
Yoandri Caro
Aldo Conrado
Yusniel Diaz
Ariel Díaz
Yadier Hechavarría
Moisés Esquerres
Vladimir Gutiérrez
Rubén Hernández
Yunior Ibarra
J. P. Martínez
Víctor Víctor Mesa
Mario Miranda
Yoán Moncada
Noel Ortíz
Yanio Perez
Arbelio Quiróz
Orlando Roas
Luis Robert
Alexquemer Sanchez

Teams

The following 12 teams qualified for the tournament.

Pool A Pool B

Canada

Australia

Chinese Taipei1

Colombia

Czech Republic

Cuba

Japan

Italy

Mexico

South Korea

Venezuela

United States

^1 Chinese Taipei is the official IBAF 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.)

Round 1

Group A

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Japan 5 0 1.000 44 6
 Chinese Taipei 4 1 .800 1 48 11
 Venezuela 3 2 .600 2 19 29
 Canada 2 3 .400 3 39 25
 Mexico 1 4 .200 4 26 47
 Czech Republic 0 5 .000 5 7 65
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
Sep 1, 2013 12:30 Canada  16 – 3  Czech Republic   Douliou Baseball Stadium 2:35 500 Boxscore
Sep 1, 2013 12:30 Japan  4 – 1  Chinese Taipei   Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 3:29 5,000 Boxscore
Sep 1, 2013 18:30 Mexico  5 – 6  Venezuela   Taichung Baseball Field 3:49 250 Boxscore
Sep 2, 2013 10:00 Japan  11 – 0  Mexico F/7 Douliou Baseball Stadium 2:27 300 Boxscore
Sep 2, 2013 10:30 Venezuela  7 – 5  Canada   Taichung Baseball Field 3:16 250 Boxscore
Sep 2, 2013 10:30 Chinese Taipei  16 – 0  Czech Republic F/5 Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 1:43 1,000 Boxscore
Sep 2, 2013 18:00 Venezuela  0 – 7  Japan   Douliou Baseball Stadium 2:41 500 Boxscore
Sep 2, 2013 18:30 Czech Republic  2 – 12  Mexico F/7 Taichung Baseball Field 2:57 250 Boxscore
Sep 2, 2013 18:30 Chinese Taipei  4 – 2  Canada   Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 2:58 1,000 Boxscore
Sep 3, 2013 14:30 Mexico  4 – 11  Canada   Douliou Baseball Stadium 2:51 260 Boxscore
Sep 3, 2013 14:30 Czech Republic  0 – 15  Japan F/6 Taichung Baseball Field 1:41 100 Boxscore
Sep 3, 2013 17:30 Venezuela  0 – 10  Chinese Taipei F/7 Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 2:42 3,217 Boxscore
Sep 4, 2013 12:30 Czech Republic  2 – 6  Venezuela   Douliou Baseball Stadium 2:27 250 Boxscore
Sep 4, 2013 12:30 Canada  5 – 7  Japan   Taichung Baseball Field 2:30 250 Boxscore
Sep 4, 2013 18:30 Mexico  5 – 17  Chinese Taipei   Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 3:05 400 Boxscore

Group B

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 United States 4 1 .800 28 13
 Cuba 4 1 .800 35 9
 South Korea 3 2 .600 1 27 8
 Australia 2 3 .400 2 16 18
 Colombia 1 4 .200 3 16 39
 Italy 1 4 .200 3 15 50
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
Sep 1, 2013 13:30 Australia  9 – 4  Colombia   Taichung Baseball Field 2:57 250 Boxscore
Sep 1, 2013 18:30 Italy  0 – 8  United States   Douliou Baseball Stadium 2:52 800 Boxscore
Sep 1, 2013 18:30 Cuba  2 – 1  South Korea   Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 3:39 300 Boxscore
Sep 2, 2013 14:00 Colombia  0 – 4  South Korea   Douliou Baseball Stadium 2:56 400 Boxscore
Sep 2, 2013 14:30 Italy  0 – 15  Cuba F/6 Taichung Baseball Field 1:55 250 Boxscore
Sep 2, 2013 14:30 Australia  1 – 0  United States   Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 2:43 250 Boxscore
Sep 3, 2013 10:30 United States  2 – 1  South Korea   Taichung Baseball Field 3:02 250 Boxscore
Sep 3, 2013 10:30 Australia  4 – 7  Italy   Douliou Baseball Stadium 2:50 250 Boxscore
Sep 3, 2013 10:30 Colombia  0 – 10  Cuba F/7 Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 2:15 250 Boxscore
Sep 3, 2013 18:30 Australia  0 – 4  South Korea   Taichung Baseball Field 3:01 250 Boxscore
Sep 3, 2013 18:30 Italy  4 – 6  Colombia   Douliou Baseball Stadium 3:16 400 Boxscore
Sep 3, 2013 21:30 Cuba  5 – 6  United States   Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 3:21 2,147 Boxscore
Sep 4, 2013 12:30 South Korea  17 – 4  Italy F/8 Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 3:19 200 Boxscore
Sep 4, 2013 18:30 Cuba  3 – 2  Australia   Douliou Baseball Stadium 3:02 1,005 Boxscore
Sep 4, 2013 18:30 United States  12 – 6  Colombia   Taichung Baseball Field 3:11 250 Boxscore

Round 2

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 United States 5 0 1.000 40 20
 Japan 4 1 .800 1 35 11
 Cuba 3 2 .600 2 16 23
 Chinese Taipei 2 3 .400 3 21 16
 South Korea 1 4 .200 4 17 20
 Venezuela 0 5 .000 5 12 51

5th place game

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Venezuela 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 1
 South Korea 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 X 6 7 3

3rd place game

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Chinese Taipei 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1
 Cuba 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 6 11 1

Final

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Japan 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 6 1
 United States 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 X 3 6 1

Final standings

Rk Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States
Lost in Final
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Japan
Failed to qualify for the Final
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Cuba
Lost in 3rd Place Game
4  Chinese Taipei
Failed to qualify for the finals
5  South Korea
6  Venezuela
Failed to qualify for the round 2
7  Canada
8  Australia
9  Mexico
10  Colombia
11  Italy
12  Czech Republic

See also

References

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