2024 U-23 Baseball World Cup

International baseball tournament

2024 U-23 Baseball World CupTournament details

Country| China
Dates| September 6 – 15
Teams| 12
Final positions
Champions|  Japan (3rd title)
Runners-up|  Puerto Rico
Third place|  Nicaragua
Fourth place|  China
Tournament statistics
Games played| 50
Attendance| 26,823 (536 per game)

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The 2024 U-23 Baseball World Cup, officially V U-23 Baseball World Cup, is the fifth edition of the U-23 Baseball World Cup tournament, sixth since the tournament's inception in 2014 as the 21U Baseball World Cup. The tournament will be held at Shaoxing Baseball and Softball Sports Culture Center in Shaoxing, China.[1]

## Venues

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The tournament will be held at Shaoxing Baseball and Softball Sports Culture Center Field No.1 and No.2. The field No.1 will host the Super Round, the Bronze Medal Game and the Championship Game while the field No.2 will host the Placement Round.

## Teams

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The WBSC World Rankings as of the time of the competition is specified in parentheses.[2]

Africa

South Africa (31)

Americas

Venezuela (5)
Puerto Rico (10)
Colombia (11)
Nicaragua (17)

Asia

Japan (1)
Chinese Taipei (3)
South Korea (6)
China (24)

Europe

Netherlands (7)
Great Britain (18)

Oceania

Australia (15)

## First round

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* The top three teams in each pool will qualify for the second round.

| Qualified for the Super Round

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| Qualified for the Placement Round

### Group A

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

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Puerto Rico | 4 | 1 | .800 | - | 29 | 15
Japan | 4 | 1 | .800 | 0.0 | 18 | 9
China (H) | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.0 | 17 | 17
Australia | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.0 | 24 | 26
Colombia | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.0 | 14 | 22
Great Britain | 0 | 5 | .000 | 4.0 | 23 | 36

H: Host

* All times are  China Standard Time  (UTC+08:00).

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

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Sep 6, 2024  | 10:00  | Australia | 4 – 2 |  Colombia | F/7  | Field No.1  | 2:20  | 1,096  | Boxscore
Sep 6, 2024  | 19:00  | China | 5 – 3 |  Great Britain | F/8  | Field No.1  | 2:24  | 1,761  | Boxscore
Sep 6, 2024  | 19:00  | Puerto Rico | 6 – 1 |  Japan | F/7  | Field No.2  | 2:11  | 120  | Boxscore
Sep 7, 2024  | 14:30  | China | 0 – 2 |  Japan | F/7  | Field No.1  | 1:29  | 3,312  | Boxscore
Sep 7, 2024  | 14:30  | Great Britain | 4 – 6 |  Colombia | F/7  | Field No.2  | 2:36  | 780  | Boxscore
Sep 7, 2024  | 19:00  | Puerto Rico | 4 – 5 |  Australia | F/9  | Field No.2  | 3:07  | 225  | Boxscore
Sep 8, 2024  | 10:00  | Colombia | 3 – 4 |  China | F/7  | Field No.1  | 2:15  | 1,513  | Boxscore
Sep 8, 2024  | 14:30  | Great Britain | 3 – 8 |  Puerto Rico | F/7  | Field No.2  | 2:15  | 140  | Boxscore
Sep 8, 2024  | 19:00  | Japan | 4 – 1 |  Australia | F/7  | Field No.1  | 2:21  | 1,898  | Boxscore
Sep 9, 2024  | 10:00  | China | 4 – 8 |  Puerto Rico | F/7  | Field No.1  | 2:32  | 165  | Boxscore
Sep 9, 2024  | 14:30  | Great Britain | 12 – 13 |  Australia | F/7  | Field No.2  | 2:46  | 106  | Boxscore
Sep 9, 2024  | 19:00  | Colombia | 1 – 7 |  Japan | F/7  | Field No.1  | 1:51  | 110  | Boxscore
Sep 10, 2024  | 10:00  | Australia | 1 – 4 |  China | F/7  | Field No.1  | 1:44  | 263  | Boxscore
Sep 10, 2024  | 14:30  | Puerto Rico | 3 – 2 |  Colombia | F/7  | Field No.1  | 2:05  | 290  | Boxscore
Sep 10, 2024  | 19:00  | Japan | 4 – 1 |  Great Britain | F/5  | Field No.2  | 1:35  | 70  | Boxscore

### Group B

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

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Nicaragua | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | - | 23 | 7
Venezuela | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.0 | 30 | 19
South Korea | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.0 | 18 | 18
Netherlands | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.0 | 28 | 22
Chinese Taipei | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.0 | 23 | 14
South Africa | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5.0 | 4 | 46

* All times are  China Standard Time  (UTC+08:00).

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

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Sep 6, 2024  | 10:00  | South Africa | 1 – 8 |  Nicaragua | F/7  | Field No.2  | 2:03  | 46  | Boxscore
Sep 6, 2024  | 14:30  | South Korea | 3 – 1 |  Chinese Taipei | F/7  | Field No.1  | 2:18  | 1,000  | Boxscore
Sep 6, 2024  | 14:30  | Netherlands | 9 – 10 |  Venezuela | F/7  | Field No.2  | 2:39  | 137  | Boxscore
Sep 7, 2024  | 10:00  | Venezuela | 2 – 3 |  Nicaragua | F/7  | Field No.1  | 2:12  | 719  | Boxscore
Sep 7, 2024  | 10:00  | South Korea | 6 – 1 |  South Africa | F/7  | Field No.2  | 2:17  | 200  | Boxscore
Sep 7, 2024  | 19:00  | Netherlands | 7 – 5 |  Chinese Taipei | F/7  | Field No.1  | 3:06  | 3,087  | Boxscore
Sep 8, 2024  | 10:00  | South Africa | 0 – 10 |  Venezuela | F/6  | Field No.2  | 2:10  | 41  | Boxscore
Sep 8, 2024  | 14:30  | Netherlands | 1 – 4 |  South Korea | F/7  | Field No.1  | 2:40  | 1,842  | Boxscore
Sep 8, 2024  | 19:00  | Nicaragua | 4 – 3 |  Chinese Taipei | F/7  | Field No.2  | 2:42  | 185  | Boxscore
Sep 9, 2024  | 10:00  | Venezuela | 8 – 4 |  South Korea | F/7  | Field No.2  | 3:07  | 25  | Boxscore
Sep 9, 2024  | 14:30  | Nicaragua | 1 – 0 |  Netherlands | F/7  | Field No.1  | 1:54  | 151  | Boxscore
Sep 9, 2024  | 19:00  | Chinese Taipei | 11 – 0 |  South Africa | F/5  | Field No.2  | 1:37  | 228  | Boxscore
Sep 10, 2024  | 10:00  | Nicaragua | 7 – 1 |  South Korea | F/7  | Field No.2  | 2:31  | 78  | Boxscore
Sep 10, 2024  | 14:30  | South Africa | 2 – 11 |  Netherlands | F/7  | Field No.2  | 2:29  | 51  | Boxscore
Sep 10, 2024  | 19:00  | Chinese Taipei | 3 – 0 |  Venezuela | F/7  | Field No.1  | 2:15  | 271  | Boxscore

## Placement Round

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

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Netherlands | 4 | 1 | 0.800 | - | 29 | 14
Australia | 3 | 2 | 0.600 | 1.0 | 31 | 23
Chinese Taipei | 3 | 2 | 0.600 | 1.0 | 31 | 12
Colombia | 2 | 3 | 0.400 | 2.0 | 23 | 28
Great Britain | 2 | 3 | 0.400 | 2.0 | 26 | 29
South Africa | 1 | 4 | 0.200 | 3.0 | 15 | 49

* All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

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

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Sep 12, 2024  | 10:00  | Great Britain | 6 – 8 |  South Africa | F/7  | Field No.2  | 2:40  | 25  | Boxscore
Sep 12, 2024  | 14:30  | Chinese Taipei | 10 – 0 |  Colombia | F/7  | Field No.2  | 2:28  | 70  | Boxscore
Sep 12, 2024  | 14:30  | Netherlands | 3 – 2 |  Australia | F/7  | Field No.1  | 2:15  | 271  | Boxscore
Sep 13, 2024  | 10:00  | Great Britain | 2 – 1 |  Netherlands | F/7  | Field No.2  | 2:10  | 33  | Boxscore
Sep 13, 2024  | 10:00  | South Africa | 3 – 12 |  Colombia | F/7  | Field No.1  | 2:23  | 63  | Boxscore
Sep 13, 2024  | 14:30  | Chinese Taipei | 4 – 3 |  Australia | F/7  | Field No.2  | 2:39  | 73  | Boxscore
Sep 14, 2024  | 10:00  | Colombia | 3 – 7 |  Netherlands | F/7  | Field No.2  | 2:18  | 65  | Boxscore
Sep 14, 2024  | 10:00  | South Africa | 2 – 9 |  Australia | F/7  | Field No.1  | 2:12  | 115  | Boxscore
Sep 14, 2024  | 14:30  | Great Britain | 2 – 1 |  Chinese Taipei | F/7  | Field No.2  | 2:11  | 155  | Boxscore

## Super Round

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| Qualified for the Final

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| Qualified for the Third-place game
Teams  | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA

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Puerto Rico | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | - | 21 | 6
Japan | 4 | 1 | 0.800 | 1.0 | 19 | 9
China | 2 | 3 | 0.400 | 3.0 | 16 | 22
Nicaragua | 2 | 3 | 0.400 | 3.0 | 11 | 17
South Korea | 1 | 4 | 0.200 | 4.0 | 14 | 22
Venezuela | 1 | 4 | 0.200 | 4.0 | 16 | 21

* All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

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

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Sep 12, 2024  | 10:00  | China | 2 – 7 |  South Korea | F/7  | Field No.1  | 2:06  | 223  | Boxscore
Sep 12, 2024  | 19:00  | Puerto Rico | 1 – 0 |  Nicaragua | F/7  | Field No.2  | 1:44  | 59  | Boxscore
Sep 12, 2024  | 19:00  | Venezuela | 1 – 5 |  Japan | F/7  | Field No.1  | 2:14  | 356  | Boxscore
Sep 13, 2024  | 14:30  | Japan | 9 – 1 |  Nicaragua | F/7  | Field No.1  | 2:14  | 215  | Boxscore
Sep 13, 2024  | 19:00  | South Korea | 1 – 3 |  Puerto Rico | F/7  | Field No.2  | 1:44  | 27  | Boxscore
Sep 13, 2024  | 19:00  | China | 6 – 5 |  Venezuela | F/7  | Field No.1  | 2:11  | 499  | Boxscore
Sep 14, 2024  | 14:30  | Venezuela | 0 – 3 |  Puerto Rico | F/7  | Field No.1  | 1:58  | 244  | Boxscore
Sep 14, 2024  | 19:00  | South Korea | 1 – 2 |  Japan | F/7  | Field No.2  | 2:17  | 193  | Boxscore
Sep 14, 2024  | 19:00  | China | 4 – 0 |  Nicaragua | F/7  | Field No.1  | 2:23  | 1,404  | 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 15, 2024  | 9:00  | Nicaragua | 3–1 |  China | F/7  | Field No.2  | 2:20  | 1,550  | 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 15, 2024  | 9:00  | Japan | 5–0 |  Puerto Rico | F/7  | Field No.1  | 2:04  | 1,273  | Boxscore

## Final standings

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| Rk  | Team  | W  | L

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|  Japan | 8 | 1
Lost in Final
|  Puerto Rico | 7 | 2
Won in 3rd-place game
|  Nicaragua | 6 | 3
Lost in 3rd-place game
4  |  China | 5 | 4
Failed to qualify for the finals
5  |  South Korea | 4 | 4
6  |  Venezuela | 3 | 5
Failed to qualify for the super round
7  |  Netherlands | 4 | 4
8  |  Chinese Taipei | 4 | 4
9  |  Australia | 4 | 4
10  |  Colombia | 2 | 6
11  |  Great Britain | 2 | 6
12  |  South Africa | 1 | 7

|  2024 U-23 Baseball World Cup

Japan
3rd title

## Awards

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### U23 All-World Team

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All World Team nominated from this article. [3]

Position | Player

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C  |  Siang Kim
1B  |  Ryo Imazato
2B  |  Odlany Matamoros Caceres
3B  |  Brainer Bonaci Marin
SS  |  Gedionne Michael Marlin
OF  |  Xudong Zhu
Jean Pierre Henao Ortega
Edgardo Villegas Rosado
DH  |  Godwin Bennett Cooper
P  |  Jorhan Laboy Melendez
Hyunseok Choi

## References

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1. ^ "China to host V WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup in 2024". WBSC. World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). 6 April 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
2. ^ "WBSC/KONAMI Men's Baseball World Ranking update: Japan remains on top as Chinese Taipei, Puerto Rico and Colombia biggest climbers inside top 12". WBSC. World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). 3 September 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
3. ^ https://www.wbsc.org/en/events/2024-v-u-23-baseball-world-cup/news/puerto-ricos-edgardo-villegas-named-wbsc-u-23-baseball-world-cup-mvp

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