2017 U-18 Baseball World Cup

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International baseball tournament

2017 U-18 Baseball World Cup

Tournament details
Country|  Canada
Dates| September 1–10
Teams| 12
Final positions
Champions|  United States (9th title)
Runners-up|  South Korea
Third place|  Japan
Fourth place|  Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played| 50
Best BA|  César Prieto (.581)
Most HRs|  Triston Casas (3)
Most SBs|  Michael Siani (7)
Most Ks (as pitcher)|  Fumimaru Taura (29)
Awards
MVP|  Triston Casas

The 2017 U-18 Baseball World Cup or the XXVIII 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 2017 edition was held in Thunder Bay, Ontario, from September 1–10, 2017.

## Format

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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

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The following 12 teams qualified for the tournament. The number shown in parentheses is the country's position in the WBSC World Rankings going into the competition.

Pool A  | Pool B

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South Korea (3)  |
Japan (1)

Chinese Taipei 1 (4)  |
United States (2)

Australia (8)  |
Cuba (5)

Canada (10)  |
Mexico (6)

Italy (12)  |
Netherlands (9)

Nicaragua (15)  |
South Africa (29)

^1 Chinese Taipei is the official WBSC 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.)

## First round

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### Group A

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

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South Korea | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | — | 45 | 15
Canada | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.0 | 42 | 28
Australia | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.0 | 33 | 19
Chinese Taipei | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.0 | 28 | 24
Italy | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.0 | 12 | 41
Nicaragua | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5.0 | 20 | 52
Date  | Local time  | Road team  | Score  | Home team  | Inn.  | Venue  | Game duration  | Attendance  | Boxscore

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Sep 1, 2017  | 9:30  | Italy | 4–2 |  Nicaragua |  | Baseball Central  | 2:26  | 650  | Boxscore
Sep 1, 2017  | 13:00  | Australia | 1–4 |  South Korea |  | Port Arthur Stadium | 2:36  | 450  | Boxscore
Sep 1, 2017  | 18:30  | Chinese Taipei | 7–6 |  Canada | F/10  | Port Arthur Stadium | 3:56  | 3,278  | Boxscore
Sep 2, 2017  | 9:00  | South Korea | 8–2 |  Chinese Taipei |  | Port Arthur Stadium | 3:06  | 600  | Boxscore
Sep 2, 2017  | 9:30  | Italy | 1–15 |  Australia | F/6  | Baseball Central  | 2 :19  | 200  | Boxscore
Sep 3, 2017  | 9:00  | Chinese Taipei | 9–1 |  Italy |  | Port Arthur Stadium | 3:20  | 658  | Boxscore
Sep 3, 2017  | 9:30  | Nicaragua | 6–11 |  Australia |  | Baseball Central  | 3:03  | 200  | Boxscore
Sep 3, 2017  | 13:00  | South Korea | 11–7 |  Canada |  | Port Arthur Stadium | 3:36  | 2,350  | Boxscore
Sep 4, 2017  | 9:30  | Nicaragua | 4–12 |  South Korea |  | Port Arthur Stadium | 2:30  | 347  | Boxscore
Sep 4, 2017  | 9:30  | Australia | 4–0 |  Chinese Taipei |  | Baseball Central  | 2:36  | 148  | Boxscore
Sep 4, 2017  | 18:30  | Canada | 6–5 |  Italy |  | Port Arthur Stadium | 3:46  | 3,487  | Boxscore
Sep 5, 2017  | 14:00  | Nicaragua | 5–10 |  Chinese Taipei |  | Port Arthur Stadium | 3:07  | 186  | Boxscore
Sep 5, 2017  | 14:00  | Italy | 1–10 |  South Korea |  | Baseball Central  | 2:58  | 511  | Boxscore
Sep 5, 2017  | 18:30  | Australia | 2–8 |  Canada |  | Port Arthur Stadium | 2:57  | 3,147  | Boxscore
Sep 6, 2017  | 17:00  | Canada | 15–3 |  Nicaragua | F/7  | Port Arthur Stadium | 2:24  | 2,484  | Boxscore

### Group B

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

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United States | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | — | 34 | 2
Japan | 4 | 1 | 0.800 | 1.0 | 32 | 8
Cuba | 3 | 2 | 0.600 | 2.0 | 26 | 18
Netherlands | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.0 | 28 | 20
Mexico | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.0 | 16 | 26
South Africa | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5.0 | 6 | 68
Date  | Local time  | Road team  | Score  | Home team  | Inn.  | Venue  | Game duration  | Attendance  | Boxscore

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Sep 1, 2017  | 9:30  | Japan | 10–1 |  Mexico |  | Port Arthur Stadium | 2:59  | 500  | Boxscore
Sep 1, 2017  | 13:00  | Netherlands | 1–11 |  United States | F/8  | Baseball Central  | 2:28  | 600  | Boxscore
Sep 1, 2017  | 19:00  | South Africa | 2–15 |  Cuba | F/7  | Baseball Central  | 2:19  | 100  | Boxscore
Sep 2, 2017  | 14:00  | Netherlands | 0–3 |  Cuba |  | Baseball Central  | 2:24  | 200  | Boxscore
Sep 2, 2017  | 17:00  | United States | 4–0 |  Japan |  | Port Arthur Stadium | 3:13  | 1,600  | Boxscore
Sep 3, 2017  | 14:00  | South Africa | 3–22 |  Netherlands | F/5  | Baseball Central  | 1:54  | 250  | Boxscore
Sep 3, 2017  | 17:00  | Cuba | 2–7 |  Japan |  | Port Arthur Stadium | 3:17  | 1,111  | Boxscore
Sep 3, 2017  | 18:30  | Mexico | 0–6 |  United States | F/6  | Baseball Central  | 3:08  | 450  | Boxscore
Sep 4, 2017  | 14:00  | Japan | 3–1 |  Netherlands |  | Port Arthur Stadium | 2:38  | 1,047  | Boxscore
Sep 4, 2017  | 14:00  | United States | 5–0 |  South Africa |  | Baseball Central  | 2:10  | 904  | Boxscore
Sep 4, 2017  | 18:30  | Mexico | 1–5 |  Cuba |  | Baseball Central  | 2:42  | 1,000  | Boxscore
Sep 5, 2017  | 9:30  | South Africa | 0–12 |  Japan | F/7  | Port Arthur Stadium | 2:33  | 222  | Boxscore
Sep 5, 2017  | 9:30  | Netherlands | 4–0 |  Mexico |  | Baseball Central  | 2:13  | 420  | Boxscore
Sep 5, 2017  | 18:30  | Cuba | 1–8 |  United States |  | Baseball Central  | 2:28  | 1,217  | Boxscore
Sep 6, 2017  | 13:00  | Mexico | 14–1 |  South Africa | F/7  | Port Arthur Stadium | 2:26  | 149  | Boxscore

## Super round

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

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United States | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | - | 31 | 4
South Korea | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.0 | 38 | 21
Canada | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.0 | 28 | 27
Japan | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.0 | 19 | 20
Australia | 1 | 4 | .250 | 4.0 | 9 | 25
Cuba | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5.0 | 12 | 39
Date  | Local time  | Road team  | Score  | Home team  | Inn.  | Venue  | Game duration  | Attendance  | Boxscore

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Sep 7, 2017  | 9:30  | Australia | 3–4 |  Japan | F/11  | Port Arthur Stadium | 3:19  | 212  | Boxscore
Sep 7, 2017  | 9:30  | Cuba | 7–17 |  South Korea | F/8  | Baseball Central  | 3:23  | 151  | Boxscore
Sep 7, 2017  | 18:00  | Canada | 3–8 |  United States |  | Port Arthur Stadium | 3:05  | 3.107  | Boxscore
Sep 8, 2017  | 9:00  | United States | 2–0 |  South Korea |  | Port Arthur Stadium | 3:00  | 412  | Boxscore
Sep 8, 2017  | 13:00  | Australia | 3–0 |  Cuba |  | Port Arthur Stadium | 2:30  | 225  | Boxscore
Sep 8, 2017  | 17:00  | Canada | 6–4 |  Japan |  | Port Arthur Stadium | 3:57  | 3447  | Boxscore
Sep 9, 2017  | 09:00  | Australia | 0–9 |  United States |  | Port Arthur Stadium | 2:11  | 459  | Boxscore
Sep 9, 2017  | 13:00  | Japan | 4–6 |  South Korea |  | Port Arthur Stadium | 3:02  | 672  | Boxscore
Sep 9, 2017  | 17:00  | Cuba | 2–4 |  Canada |  | Port Arthur Stadium | 2:31  | 3,199  | Boxscore

## Consolation round

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

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Chinese Taipei | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | - | 35 | 8
Netherlands | 4 | 1 | .750 | 1.0 | 37 | 11
Italy | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.0 | 20 | 20
Nicaragua | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.0 | 31 | 27
Mexico | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.0 | 28 | 28
South Africa | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5.0 | 7 | 49
Date  | Local time  | Road team  | Score  | Home team  | Inn.  | Venue  | Game duration  | Attendance  | Boxscore

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Sep 7, 2017  | 14:00  | Mexico | 1–9 |  Chinese Taipei |  | Port Arthur Stadium | 3:25  | 147  | Boxscore
Sep 7, 2017  | 14:00  | Italy | 9–2 |  South Africa |  | Baseball Central  | 2:50  | 152  | Boxscore
Sep 7, 2017  | 18:30  | Nicaragua | 3–8 |  Netherlands |  | Baseball Central  | 3:06  | 147  | Boxscore
Sep 8, 2017  | 9:30  | Italy | 4–5 |  Mexico |  | Baseball Central  | 2:48  | 147  | Boxscore
Sep 8, 2017  | 14:00  | South Africa | 1–11 |  Nicaragua | F/8  | Baseball Central  | 2:34  | 126  | Boxscore
Sep 8, 2017  | 18:30  | Chinese Taipei | 4–1 |  Netherlands |  | Baseball Central  | 3:09  | 279  | Boxscore
Sep 9, 2017  | 9:30  | Nicaragua | 10–4 |  Mexico |  | Baseball Central  | 3:10  | 147  | Boxscore
Sep 9, 2017  | 14:00  | South Africa | 0–3 |  Chinese Taipei |  | Baseball Central  | 2:17  | 185  | Boxscore
Sep 9, 2017  | 18:30  | Italy | 1–2 |  Netherlands |  | Baseball Central  | 2:28  | 318  | 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

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Sep 10, 2017  | 12:00  | Japan | 8–1 |  Canada |  | Port Arthur Stadium | 2:48  | 3,017  | Boxscore

### Championship

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Date  | Local time  | Road team  | Score  | Home team  | Inn.  | Venue  | Game duration  | Attendance  | Boxscore

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Sep 10, 2017  | 17:00  | South Korea | 0–8 |  United States |  | Port Arthur Stadium | 2:56  | 3,245  | Boxscore

## Medalists

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Tournament  |  United States[1]
Will Banfield
Triston Casas
Raynel Delgado
Mason Denaburg
Brandon Dieter
J. T. Ginn
Nolan Gorman
Ethan Hankins
Jarred Kelenic
Matthew Liberatore
Landon Marceaux
Anthony Seigler
Joseph Menefee
Kumar Rocker
Michael Siani
Alek Thomas
Brice Turang
Ryan Weathers
Cole Wilcox
Carter Young |  South Korea[2]
Bae Ji-hwan
Cho Dae-hyun
Choi Jun-woo
Choi Hyun-jun
Gwak Been
Ha Jun-young
Han Dong-hui
Jang Jun-hwan
Kang Baek-ho
Kim Young-jun
Kim Min
Kim Ki-hoon
Kim Jeong-woo
Lee Yu-seok
Park Dong-soo
Seo Jun-won
Sung Dong-hyun
Yang Chang-seop
Ye Jin-won
Ye In-hyok |  Japan[3]
Kyota Fujiwara
Taisei Inoue
Shumpei Isomura
Kosuke Ito
Kento Kawabata
Kotaro Kiyomiya
Yūto Koga
Kaito Kozono
Yoshihiro Kujirai
Kazuya Maruyama
Shu Masuda
Ginji Miura
Shosei Nakamura
Kenji Nishimaki
Shuto Sakurai
Tatsuya Shimizu
Fumimaru Taura
Soma Tokuyama
Hikaru Yamashita
Hisanori Yasuda

## Final standings

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Rk  | Team  | W  | L

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|  United States | 9 | 0
Lost in Final
|  South Korea | 7 | 2
Failed to qualify for the Final
|  Japan | 6 | 3
Lost in 3rd Place Game
4  |  Canada | 5 | 4
Failed to qualify for the finals
5  |  Australia | 4 | 4
6  |  Cuba | 3 | 5
Failed to qualify for the super round
7  |  Chinese Taipei | 6 | 2
8  |  Netherlands | 4 | 4
9  |  Italy | 2 | 6
10  |  Nicaragua | 2 | 6
11  |  Mexico | 2 | 6
12  |  South Africa | 0 | 8

## U-18 All-World Team

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Position | Player

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C  |  Cho Dae-hyun
1B  |  Leonardo Seminati
2B  |  César Prieto
3B  |  Bo Naylor
SS  |  Brice Turang
OF  |  Michael Siani
Alek Thomas
Ye Jin-won
DH  |  Kang Baek-ho
P  |  Ethan Hankins
Fumimaru Taura

## Statistics leaders

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### Batting

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| Statistic  | Name  | Total/Avg

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Batting average*  |  César Prieto | .581
Hits |  César Prieto | 18
Runs |  Michael Siani | 12
Home runs |  Triston Casas | 3
Runs batted in |  Triston Casas | 13
Strikeouts |  Edouard Julien | 16
Stolen bases |  Michael Siani | 7
On-base percentage*  |  César Prieto | .606
Slugging percentage*  |  Jeyner Sánchez | .750
OPS*  |  César Prieto | 1.251

* Minimum 2.7 plate appearances per game

### Pitching

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| Statistic  | Name  | Total/Avg

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Wins | 6 players | 2
Losses |  Mohamed Alaoui
Oscar Tucci | 3
Saves | 14 players | 1
Innings pitched |  Donny Breek | 16.2
Hits allowed |  Mohamed Alaoui | 22
Runs allowed |  Mohamed Alaoui | 20
Earned runs allowed |  Mohamed Alaoui | 16
Earned run average*  |  Matthew Liberatore
Ginji Miura | 0.00**
Walks |  Cristian Mendoza | 12
Strikeouts |  Fumimaru Taura | 29
WHIP*  |  Ethan Hankins | 0.5

* Minimum 0.8 innings pitched per game
** They are tied with others with a 0.00 ERA but they pitched the most innings (12.0)

## References

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1. ^ "XXVIII U-18 Baseball World Cup 2017". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
2. ^ "XXVIII U-18 Baseball World Cup 2017". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
3. ^ "XXVIII U-18 Baseball World Cup 2017". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

## External links

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* Event Official Website
* Event Official Website at WBSC

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