2022 U-18 Baseball World Cup

International baseball tournament

2022 U-18 Baseball World Cup

Tournament details
Country|  United States
Dates| September 9–18
Teams| 12
Final positions
Champions|  United States (10th title)
Runners-up|  Chinese Taipei
Third place|  Japan
Fourth place|  South Korea
Tournament statistics
Best BA|  Aidan Miller (.550)
Most HRs|  Bryce Eldridge
Aidan Miller
Eric Guevara (2)
Most Ks (as pitcher)|  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

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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.

Pool A  | Pool B

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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

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### Group A

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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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 18, 2022  | 10:00  | Japan  | 6–2 |  South Korea |   | Ed Smith Stadium | 2:15  | 222  | 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 18, 2022  | 10:00  | United States  | 5–1 |  Chinese Taipei |   | Ed Smith Stadium | 2:35  | 1,896  | Boxscore

## Final standings

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Rk  | Team  | W  | L

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|  United States | 8 | 1
Lost in Final
|  Chinese Taipei | 7 | 2
Failed to qualify for the Final
|  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

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Position | Player

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C  |  Shion Matsuo
1B  |  Yael Romero
2B  |  Luis Escudero
3B  |  Daeseon Jeong
SS  |  Rosman Verdugo
OF  |  Hsin Chiu
Junyoung Jeong
Aidan Miller
DH  |  Bryce Eldridge
P  |  Shao-En Lin
Shiki Kawahara

## Statistics leaders

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## References

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

## External links

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* Event Official Website at WBSC

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