2013 18U Baseball World Cup

International baseball tournament

2013 18U Baseball World Cup

Tournament details
Country|  Taiwan
Dates| August 30 - September 8
Teams| 12
Final positions
Champions|  United States (7th title)
Runners-up|  Japan
Third place|  Cuba
Fourth place|  Chinese Taipei
Tournament statistics
Best BA|  Adam Haseley (.484)
Most HRs|  Gareth Morgan (2)
Most SBs|  Takahiro Kumagi
Malik Collymore
Tae Jin Kim (5)
Most Ks (as pitcher)|  Yuki Matsui
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

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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

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The following 12 teams qualified for the tournament.

Pool A  | Pool B

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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

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### Group A

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Teams  |  W  |  L  | Pct. | GB |  R  |  RA

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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

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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

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Teams  |  W  |  L  | Pct. | GB |  R  |  RA

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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

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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

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Teams  |  W  |  L  | Pct. | GB |  R  |  RA

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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

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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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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

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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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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

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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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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

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Rk  | Team

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|  United States
Lost in Final
|  Japan
Failed to qualify for the Final
|  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

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* List of sporting events in Taiwan

## References

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1. ^ "Baseball Canada | 404 Error". www.baseball.ca.
2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-03. Retrieved 2015-08-17.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. ^ "XXVI U-18 Baseball World Cup 2013". wbsc.org. World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
4. ^ "XXVI U-18 Baseball World Cup 2013". wbsc.org. World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
5. ^ "XXVI U-18 Baseball World Cup 2013". wbsc.org. World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 10 August 2021.

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