International baseball tournament
The 2023 U-18 Baseball World Cup or the XXXI U-18 Baseball World Cup was an international baseball tournament held by the World Baseball Softball Confederation for players 18-year-old and younger. The 2023 edition was held in Taipei and Taichung , Taiwan from August 31 to September 10, 2023. [ 1]
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.
1 Republic 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.
Group A
Date
Local time
Road team
Score
Home team
Inn.
Venue
Game duration
Attendance
Boxscore
Aug 31, 2023
18:30
Australia
0–3
Chinese Taipei
Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium
1:45
2524
Boxscore
Sep 2, 2023
10:30
Mexico
2-4
Australia
Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium
1:48
145
Boxscore
Sep 2, 2023
14:30
Czech Republic
2-6
Puerto Rico
Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium
2:11
300
Boxscore
Sep 2, 2023
19:30
South Korea
1-6
Chinese Taipei
Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium
2:33
3000
Boxscore
Sep 3, 2023
09:00
Australia
0-6
Puerto Rico
Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium
1:59
150
Boxscore
Sep 3, 2023
12:00
Chinese Taipei
4-1
Mexico
Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium
2:41
750
Boxscore
Sep 3, 2023
17:00
South Korea
14-1
Czech Republic
Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium
2:51
120
Boxscore
Sep 4, 2023
13:30
Puerto Rico
1-0
Mexico
Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium
1:57
Boxscore
Sep 4, 2023
16:30
Australia
0-3
South Korea
Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium
2:21
Boxscore
Sep 4, 2023
19:30
Chinese Taipei
4–1
Czech Republic
Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium
2:01
Boxscore
Sep 5, 2023
09:00
Mexico
1-2
South Korea
Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium
1:59
75
Boxscore
Sep 5, 2023
12:00
Czech Republic
5-2
Australia
Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium
2:16
100
Boxscore
Sep 6, 2023
09:00
Puerto Rico
2-16
Chinese Taipei
F/5
Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium
1:54
200
Boxscore
Sep 7, 2023
09:00
Puerto Rico
1-8
South Korea
Taichung Stadium
2:19
120
Boxscore
Sep 8, 2023
09:00
Czech Republic
1-4
Mexico
Taichung Stadium
1:39
20
Boxscore
Group B
Date
Local time
Road team
Score
Home team
Inn.
Venue
Game duration
Attendance
Boxscore
Sep 1, 2023
10:30
Netherlands
1-2
United States
Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium
2:10
170
Boxscore
Sep 1, 2023
14:30
Panama
13-4
Venezuela
Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium
2:47
110
Boxscore
Sep 1, 2023
18:30
Spain
0-10
Japan
F/6
Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium
1:41
450
Boxscore
Sep 2, 2023
10:30
Venezuela
2-8
Netherlands
Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium
2:31
80
Boxscore
Sep 2, 2023
14:30
United States
7–2
Spain
Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium
2:02
180
Boxscore
Sep 2, 2023
18:30
Panama
0–7
Japan
Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium
2:07
888
Boxscore
Sep 3, 2023
09:00
Spain
1-6
Venezuela
Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium
2:08
44
Boxscore
Sep 3, 2023
13:35
Netherlands
4-3
Panama
Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium
2:10
573
Boxscore
Sep 3, 2023
16:30
Japan
4-3
United States
Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium
2:24
1352
Boxscore
Sep 4, 2023
14:00
Spain
0–5
Netherlands
Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium
1:40
500
Boxscore
Sep 4, 2023
17:00
United States
6-4
Panama
Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium
2:21
369
Boxscore
Sep 4, 2023
20:00
Japan
10-0
Venezuela
Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium
2:15
484
Boxscore
Sep 5, 2023
10:30
Panama
3-1
Spain
Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium
1:45
230
Boxscore
Sep 5, 2023
14:30
Venezuela
1-4
United States
Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium
1:43
250
Boxscore
Sep 5, 2023
18:30
Netherlands
1-0
Japan
Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium
1:31
593
Boxscore
Super round
Placement Round
Finals
Third-place game
Championship
Medalists
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