2018 U-23 Baseball World Cup

2018 U-23 Baseball World Cup
Tournament details
CountryColombia
DatesOctober 19 – 28
Teams12
Final positions
Champions Mexico (1st title)
Runner-up Japan
Third place Venezuela
Fourth place South Korea
Tournament statistics
Games played50
Attendance46,503 (930 per game)
Awards
MVPJapan Hisanori Yasuda
← 2016
2020 →

The 2018 U-23 Baseball World Cup, officially II U-23 Baseball World Cup, is the second edition of the U-23 Baseball World Cup tournament, third since the tournament's inception in 2014 as the 21U Baseball World Cup. The tournament was held at Edgar Rentería Baseball Stadium in Barranquilla and 18 de Junio Baseball Stadium in Montería, Colombia.

Originally the host to the tournament was awarded to Nicaragua and would be held in Managua,[1] but due to 2018–2020 Nicaraguan protests, WBSC subsequently decided to move the tournament to Colombia.[2]

Mexico defeated Japan with a score of 2:1 in the championship game to win the gold medal. Venezuela won the bronze medal by defeating Korea in the third-place game with a score of 4:5.

Teams

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First round

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Group A

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Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Japan 5 0 1.000 — 35 5
 Mexico 4 1 .800 1.0 38 24
 Chinese Taipei 2 3 .400 3.0 29 20
 Netherlands 2 3 .400 3.0 29 40
 Colombia 2 3 .400 3.0 33 25
 South Africa 0 5 .000 5.0 6 56
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
Oct 19, 2018 10:00 Chinese Taipei  1–2  Mexico   Edgar Rentería Baseball Stadium 2:58 62 Boxscore
Oct 19, 2018 15:00 South Africa  0–13  Japan F/7 Edgar Rentería Baseball Stadium 1:50 300 Boxscore
Oct 19, 2018 20:00 Netherlands  5–9  Colombia   Edgar Rentería Baseball Stadium 3:27 3,500 Boxscore
Oct 20, 2018 10:00 Japan  3–1  Chinese Taipei   Edgar Rentería Baseball Stadium 2:15 130 Boxscore
Oct 20, 2018 15:00 Mexico  14–7  Netherlands   Edgar Rentería Baseball Stadium 3:34 500 Boxscore
Oct 20, 2018 20:00 Colombia  11–0  South Africa F/7 Edgar Rentería Baseball Stadium 2:07 3,500 Boxscore
Oct 21, 2018 10:00 Mexico  2–7  Japan   Edgar Rentería Baseball Stadium 3:15 250 Boxscore
Oct 22, 2018 10:00 Netherlands  0–5  Japan   Edgar Rentería Baseball Stadium 2:28 120 Boxscore
Oct 22, 2018 15:00 South Africa  0–12  Chinese Taipei F/7 Edgar Rentería Baseball Stadium 1:59 250 Boxscore
Oct 22, 2018 20:00 Colombia  6–7  Mexico   Edgar Rentería Baseball Stadium 4:01 4,000 Boxscore
Oct 23, 2018 10:00 Chinese Taipei  9–10  Netherlands F/10 Edgar Rentería Baseball Stadium 3:06 100 Boxscore
Oct 23, 2018 15:00 South Africa  3–13  Mexico F/7 Edgar Rentería Baseball Stadium 2:11 102 Boxscore
Oct 23, 2018 20:00 Japan  7–2  Colombia   Edgar Rentería Baseball Stadium 2:58 6,000 Boxscore
Oct 24, 2018 8:00 Netherlands  7–3  South Africa   Edgar Rentería Baseball Stadium 2:59 85 Boxscore
Oct 24, 2018 11:00 Chinese Taipei  6–5  Colombia F/10 Edgar Rentería Baseball Stadium 3:27 250 Boxscore

Group B

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Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Venezuela 5 0 1.000 — 35 10
 Dominican Republic 3 2 600 2.0 30 26
 South Korea 3 2 .600 2.0 38 30
 Puerto Rico 2 3 .400 3.0 34 24
 Australia 2 3 .400 3.0 20 27
 Czech Republic 0 5 .000 5.0 15 55
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
Oct 19, 2018 10:00 Australia  2–4  Venezuela   18 de Junio Baseball Stadium 2:40 101 Boxscore
Oct 19, 2018 15:00 Czech Republic  3–14  South Korea F/7 18 de Junio Baseball Stadium 2:29 200 Boxscore
Oct 19, 2018 20:00 Dominican Republic  9–6  Puerto Rico   18 de Junio Baseball Stadium 3:52 – Boxscore
Oct 20, 2018 10:00 Australia  5–3  Czech Republic   18 de Junio Baseball Stadium 2:38 114 Boxscore
Oct 20, 2018 15:00 Dominican Republic  8–2  South Korea   18 de Junio Baseball Stadium 3:29 952 Boxscore
Oct 20, 2018 20:00 Venezuela  7–2  Puerto Rico   18 de Junio Baseball Stadium 4:05 1,550 Boxscore
Oct 21, 2018 10:00 Dominican Republic  3–4  Australia   18 de Junio Baseball Stadium 2:52 150 Boxscore
Oct 21, 2018 15:00 Puerto Rico  3–6  South Korea   18 de Junio Baseball Stadium 3:32 987 Boxscore
Oct 21, 2018 20:00 Czech Republic  2–8  Venezuela   18 de Junio Baseball Stadium 3:15 855 Boxscore
Oct 22, 2018 10:00 South Korea  14–7  Australia   18 de Junio Baseball Stadium 3:34 150 Boxscore
Oct 22, 2018 15:00 Venezuela  7–2  Dominican Republic   18 de Junio Baseball Stadium 3:09 800 Boxscore
Oct 22, 2018 20:00 Puerto Rico  20–0  Czech Republic F/5 18 de Junio Baseball Stadium 1:59 205 Boxscore
Oct 23, 2018 10:00 South Korea  2–9  Venezuela   18 de Junio Baseball Stadium 3:30 700 Boxscore
Oct 23, 2018 15:00 Czech Republic  7–8  Dominican Republic F/10 18 de Junio Baseball Stadium 3:12 496 Boxscore
Oct 23, 2018 20:00 Puerto Rico  3–2  Australia   18 de Junio Baseball Stadium 2:40 452 Boxscore

Consolation round

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Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Colombia 5 0 1.000 – 53 13
 Puerto Rico 4 1 .800 1.0 42 13
 Australia 3 2 .600 1.5 37 31
 Netherlands 1 4 .200 4.0 11 43
 South Africa 1 4 .200 4.0 21 36
 Czech Republic 1 4 .200 4.0 11 49
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
Oct 25, 2018 10:00  Czech Republic 4–3  Netherlands   18 de Junio Baseball Stadium 2:58 102 Boxscore
Oct 25, 2018 15:00  South Africa 5–7  Puerto Rico   18 de Junio Baseball Stadium 2:50 200 Boxscore
Oct 25, 2018 20:00  Australia 5–18  Colombia F/7 18 de Junio Baseball Stadium 2:45 2,850 Boxscore
Oct 26, 2018 10:00  South Africa 9–2  Czech Republic   18 de Junio Baseball Stadium 2:46 110 Boxscore
Oct 26, 2018 15:00  Australia 16–3  Netherlands F/7 18 de Junio Baseball Stadium 2:28 100 Boxscore
Oct 26, 2018 20:00  Colombia 3–1  Puerto Rico F/11 18 de Junio Baseball Stadium 3:23 2,423 Boxscore
Oct 27, 2018 10:00  South Africa 4–9  Australia   18 de Junio Baseball Stadium 2:56 58 Boxscore
Oct 27, 2018 15:00  Netherlands 3–11  Puerto Rico   18 de Junio Baseball Stadium 2:54 – Boxscore
Oct 27, 2018 20:00  Czech Republic 2–12  Colombia F/8 18 de Junio Baseball Stadium 2:17 1,221 Boxscore

Super round

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Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Japan 5 0 1.000 – 23 8
 Mexico 3 2 .600 2.0 19 16
 Venezuela 3 2 .600 2.0 27 19
 South Korea 2 3 .400 3.0 14 24
 Chinese Taipei 1 4 .250 4.0 10 15
 Dominican Republic 1 4 .200 4.0 12 19
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
Oct 25, 2018 10:00  South Korea 2–3  Japan   Edgar Rentería Baseball Stadium 3:24 200 Boxscore
Oct 25, 2018 15:00  Chinese Taipei 3–1  Dominican Republic F/10 Edgar Rentería Baseball Stadium 2:53 155 Boxscore
Oct 25, 2018 20:00  Mexico 10–4  Venezuela   Edgar Rentería Baseball Stadium 3:13 1,200 Boxscore
Oct 26, 2018 10:00  Chinese Taipei 2–5  South Korea   Edgar Rentería Baseball Stadium 2:53 150 Boxscore
Oct 26, 2018 15:00  Venezuela 3–6  Japan   Edgar Rentería Baseball Stadium 2:58 150 Boxscore
Oct 26, 2018 18:30  Dominican Republic 1–3  Mexico   Edgar Rentería Baseball Stadium 2:33 850 Boxscore
Oct 27, 2018 10:00  Dominican Republic 0–4  Japan   Edgar Rentería Baseball Stadium 2:10 183 Boxscore
Oct 27, 2018 15:00  Chinese Taipei 3–4  Venezuela   Edgar Rentería Baseball Stadium 2:34 400 Boxscore
Oct 27, 2018 20:00  South Korea 3–2  Mexico   Edgar Rentería Baseball Stadium 2:48 2,100 Boxscore

Finals

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Third place game

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Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
Oct 28, 2018 13:00  South Korea 4–5  Venezuela   Edgar Rentería Baseball Stadium 2:51 645 Boxscore

Championship

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Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
Oct 28, 2018 20:00  Mexico 2–1  Japan F/10 Edgar Rentería Baseball Stadium 3:06 6,500 Boxscore

Final standings

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Rk Team W L
1  Mexico 4 2
Lost in Final
2  Japan 5 1
Failed to qualify for the Final
3  Venezuela 4 2
Lost in 3rd Place Game
4  South Korea 2 4
Failed to qualify for the finals
5  Chinese Taipei 3 5
6  Dominican Republic 3 5
Failed to qualify for the super round
7  Colombia 5 3
8  Puerto Rico 4 4
9  Australia 4 4
10  Netherlands 2 6
11  South Africa 1 7
12  Czech Republic 1 7

U-23 All-World Team

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The following players were selected to the tournament's All-World Team.[3]

Position Player
C Mexico Orlando Piña
1B Japan Hisanori Yasuda
2B Colombia Brallan Pérez
3B Colombia Derwin Pomare
SS Venezuela Jorma Rodríguez
OF Mexico Norberto Obeso
Australia Ulrich Bojarski
Colombia Carlos Vidal
DH Venezuela Leandro Cedeño
P Mexico Francisco Haro
Japan Kakeru Narita
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References

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  1. ^ WBSC (2017-12-05). "WBSC awards Hosting Rights: U-23 Baseball World Cup 2018 to Nicaragua, U-15 Baseball World Cup 2018 to Panama".
  2. ^ WBSC (2018-07-30). "U-23 Baseball World Cup 2018 hosting rights awarded to Barranquilla, Colombia".
  3. ^ "5 nations represented on U-23 Baseball World Cup 2018 All-World Team, led by MVP Hisanori Yasuda". wbsc.org. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
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