2022 U-18 Baseball World Cup

2022 U-18 Baseball World Cup
Tournament details
Country United States
DatesSeptember 9–18
Teams12
Final positions
Champions United States (10th title)
Runner-up Chinese Taipei
Third place Japan
Fourth place South Korea
Tournament statistics
Best BAUnited States Aidan Miller (.550)
Most HRsUnited States Bryce Eldridge
United States Aidan Miller
Panama Eric Guevara (2)
Most Ks (as pitcher)South Korea Seo Hyeon Kim (18)
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The 2021 U-18 Baseball World Cup or the XXIX U-18 Baseball World Cup is an international baseball tournament held by the World Baseball Softball Confederation for players 18-year-old and younger held in Bradenton and Sarasota, Florida, USA. The event was originally scheduled in 2021, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was postponed to 2022.[1]

Format

First round: The twelve participating nations were drawn into two groups of 6, in which single round robin will occur. The top 3 nations from each group advances to the Super Round, while the bottom 3 nations from each group advance to the consolation round.

Consolation round: The 6 nations in this round play one game against the teams they have not played yet. (example: The 4th placed team from Group A will play the bottom three teams from Group B)

Super round: The format in the super round is similar to that of the consolation round. Each team plays the top three teams from the opposing group. (example: The 1st placed team from Group B will play the top three teams from Group A) The standings for this round will include the 2 games played against the 2 other second-round qualifiers from the team's first-round group, and the 3 games played in the second round, for a total of 5 games. The 3rd and 4th-place finishers advance to the bronze-medal game, and the 1st and 2nd-place finishers advance to the gold-medal game.

Finals: The Finals consist of the Bronze Medal Game, contested by the 3rd and 4th-place finishers, and the gold-medal game, contested by the 1st and 2nd-place finishers.

Teams

The following 12 teams qualified for the tournament.

Pool A Pool B

Brazil

Australia

Canada

Chinese Taipei1

Netherlands

Italy

South Africa

Japan

South Korea

Mexico

United States

Panama

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

Group A

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 United States 5 0 1.000 50 12
 South Korea 4 1 .800 1.0 42 11
 Netherlands 3 2 .600 2.0 20 14
 Brazil 2 3 .400 3.0 14 34
 Canada 1 4 .200 4.0 15 28
 South Africa 0 5 .000 5.0 9 51
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
Sep 9, 2022 15:00 South Africa  6–7  Brazil   LECOM Park 2:28 150 Boxscore
Sep 9, 2022 19:00 Netherlands  3–9  United States   LECOM Park 2:24 300 Boxscore
Sep 10, 2022 11:00 Canada  2–3  Brazil   LECOM Park 2:13 71 Boxscore
Sep 10, 2022 19:00 United States  8–3  South Korea   Ed Smith Stadium 3:04 212 Boxscore
Sep 11, 2022 11:00 Canada  2–3  Netherlands   LECOM Park 1:50 123 Boxscore
Sep 11, 2022 15:00 South Korea  11–2  Brazil   Ed Smith Stadium 2:58 82 Boxscore
Sep 12, 2022 11:00 Brazil  2–5  Netherlands   Ed Smith Stadium 2:17 100 Boxscore
Sep 12, 2022 15:00 South Korea  14–1  South Africa F/5 Ed Smith Stadium 1:39 200 Boxscore
Sep 12, 2022 19:00 Canada  6–7  United States   Ed Smith Stadium 3:12 282 Boxscore
Sep 13, 2022 11:00 Netherlands  0–1  South Korea   Ed Smith Stadium 1:50 100 Boxscore
Sep 13, 2022 15:00 South Africa  2–5  Canada   Ed Smith Stadium 1:28 69 Boxscore
Sep 13, 2022 19:00 Brazil  0–10  United States F/6 LECOM Park 1:54 133 Boxscore
Sep 14, 2022 09:00 United States  16–0  South Africa F/5 LECOM Park 1:34 134 Boxscore
Sep 14, 2022 09:00 South Korea  13–0  Canada F/6 Ed Smith Stadium 2:07 85 Boxscore
Sep 14, 2022 12:30 Netherlands  9–0  South Africa   Ed Smith Stadium 1:56 71 Boxscore

Group B

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Chinese Taipei 5 0 1.000 38 11
 Japan 4 1 .800 1.0 27 14
 Mexico 3 2 .600 2.0 30 27
 Panama 2 3 .400 3.0 30 25
 Australia 1 4 .200 4.0 14 39
 Italy 0 5 .000 5.0 12 35
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
Sep 9, 2022 15:00 Japan  6–0  Italy   Ed Smith Stadium 1:56 187 Boxscore
Sep 9, 2022 19:00 Mexico  9–5  Australia   Ed Smith Stadium 2:48 152 Boxscore
Sep 10, 2022 11:00 Italy  1–2  Chinese Taipei   Ed Smith Stadium 2:19 300 Boxscore
Sep 10, 2022 19:00 Japan  4–1  Mexico   LECOM Park 2:01 102 Boxscore
Sep 11, 2022 11:00 Chinese Taipei  13–2  Australia F/5 Ed Smith Stadium 2:13 101 Boxscore
Sep 11, 2022 15:00 Mexico  12–7  Italy   LECOM Park 3:11 158 Boxscore
Sep 11, 2022 19:00 Panama  4–5  Japan   Ed Smith Stadium 2:10 141 Boxscore
Sep 12, 2022 11:00 Mexico  0–4  Chinese Taipei   LECOM Park 1:55 89 Boxscore
Sep 12, 2022 15:00 Italy  0–10  Panama F/5 LECOM Park 1:40 55 Boxscore
Sep 12, 2022 19:00 Australia  0–10  Japan F/5 LECOM Park 1:33 43 Boxscore
Sep 13, 2022 11:00 Panama  7–8  Mexico F/8 LECOM Park 3:17 34 Boxscore
Sep 13, 2022 15:00 Australia  5–4  Italy   LECOM Park 2:32 158 Boxscore
Sep 13, 2022 19:00 Chinese Taipei  9–2  Japan   Ed Smith Stadium 2:14 110 Boxscore
Sep 14, 2022 11:30 Chinese Taipei  10–6  Panama   LECOM Park 2:57 100 Boxscore
Sep 14, 2022 15:00 Australia  2–3  Panama F/8 LECOM Park 1:54 98 Boxscore

Super round

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Chinese Taipei 4 1 .800 - 24 7
 United States 4 1 .800 - 30 20
 South Korea 4 1 .800 - 21 14
 Japan 2 3 .400 2.0 10 22
 Netherlands 1 4 .250 3.0 10 18
 Mexico 0 5 .000 4.0 14 28
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
Sep 15, 2022 09:00 Mexico  4–7  Netherlands   LECOM Park 1:59 57 Boxscore
Sep 15, 2022 16:00 Japan  0–8  South Korea   LECOM Park 1:59 107 Boxscore
Sep 15, 2022 16:00 United States  2–6  Chinese Taipei   Ed Smith Stadium 2:12 200 Boxscore
Sep 16, 2022 12:30 South Korea  3–2  Chinese Taipei F/8 LECOM Park 2:15 84 Boxscore
Sep 16, 2022 16:00 Netherlands  0–1  Japan F/5 Ed Smith Stadium 1:14   Boxscore
Sep 16, 2022 16:00 Mexico  5–7  United States   LECOM Park 2:29 380 Boxscore
Sep 17, 2022 12:30 Netherlands  0–3  Chinese Taipei   LECOM Park 2:00 95 Boxscore
Sep 17, 2022 12:30 Mexico  4–6  South Korea   Ed Smith Stadium 2:35 125 Boxscore
Sep 17, 2022 16:00 Japan  3–4  United States   Ed Smith Stadium 3:01 486 Boxscore

Consolation Round

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Brazil 4 1 .800 - 22 16
 Panama 4 1 .800 - 30 7
 Australia 3 2 .600 1.0 25 20
 Canada 2 3 .400 2.0 18 19
 Italy 2 3 .400 2.0 10 23
 South Africa 0 5 .000 4.0 12 31
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
Sep 15, 2022 09:00 South Africa  1–2  Italy   Ed Smith Stadium 1:35 150 Boxscore
Sep 15, 2022 16:00 Australia  6–7  Canada   Ed Smith Stadium 2:06 77 Boxscore
Sep 15, 2022 16:00 Brazil  3–2  Panama F/8 LECOM Park 2:18 75 Boxscore
Sep 16, 2022 09:00 Italy  3–2  Canada   Ed Smith Stadium 2:01 85 Boxscore
Sep 16, 2022 09:00 Australia  5–4  Brazil F/9 LECOM Park 2:43 107 Boxscore
Sep 16, 2022 12:30 South Africa  1–10  Panama   Ed Smith Stadium 2:06 25 Boxscore
Sep 17, 2022 09:00 Italy  1–5  Brazil   Ed Smith Stadium 1:48 98 Boxscore
Sep 17, 2022 09:00 Canada  2–5  Panama   LECOM Park 1:55 55 Boxscore
Sep 17, 2022 16:00 South Africa  2–7  Australia   LECOM Park 2:04 43 Boxscore

Finals

Third-place game

Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
Sep 18, 2022 10:00 Japan  6–2  South Korea   Ed Smith Stadium 2:15 222 Boxscore

Championship

Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
Sep 18, 2022 10:00 United States  5–1  Chinese Taipei   Ed Smith Stadium 2:35 1,896 Boxscore

Final standings

Rk Team W L
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 8 1
Lost in Final
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Chinese Taipei 7 2
Failed to qualify for the Final
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Japan 6 3
Lost in 3rd Place Game
4  South Korea 7 2
Failed to qualify for the finals
5  Netherlands 4 4
6  Mexico 3 5
Failed to qualify for the super round
7  Brazil 4 4
8  Panama 4 4
9  Australia 3 5
10  Italy 2 6
11  Canada 2 6
12  South Africa 0 8

U-18 All-World Team

Position Player
C Japan Shion Matsuo
1B Mexico Yael Romero
2B Panama Luis Escudero
3B South Korea Daeseon Jeong
SS Mexico Rosman Verdugo
OF Chinese Taipei Hsin Chiu
South Korea Junyoung Jeong
United States Aidan Miller
DH United States Bryce Eldridge
P Chinese Taipei Shao-En Lin
Japan Shiki Kawahara

Statistics leaders

References

  1. ^ "WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup postponed to 2022". WBSC. World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Retrieved 17 September 2022.