2019 U-18 Baseball World Cup

2019 U-18 Baseball World Cup
Tournament details
Country	South Korea
City	Busan
Dates	August 30 - September 8
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Chinese Taipei (3rd title)
Runner-up	United States
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Games played	50
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The 2019 U-18 Baseball World Cup or the XXVIV 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 2019 edition was held in Gijang , South Korea from August 30 to September 8, 2019.

Format [ edit ]

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.

Qualification [ edit ]

Qualified teams [ edit ]

Team	Qualified as	Qualification date	Appearance in finals	Last appearance	Consecutive streak	Previous best performance
South Korea	Hosts	13 July 2018	20th	2017	16	Champions ( 1981 , 1994 , 2000 , 2006 , 2008 )
Netherlands	2018 U-18 European Baseball Championship champions	15 July 2018	?	2017	2	?
Spain	2018 U-18 European Baseball Championship runners-up	15 July 2018	?	?	1	?
Chinese Taipei ^[a]	2018 U-18 Asian Baseball Championship runners-up	10 September 2018	?	?	?	Champions ( 1983 , 2010 )
Japan	2018 U-18 Asian Baseball Championship 3rd place	10 September 2018	9th	2017	5	Runners-up ( 1982 , 2004 , 2013 , 2015 )
China	2018 U-18 Asian Baseball Championship 4th place	10 September 2018	?	?	1	?
United States	2018 U-18 Pan American Baseball Championship champions	2 December 2018	29th	2017	29	Champions ( 1982 , 1988 , 1989 , 1995 , 1999 , 2012 , 2013 , 2012 , 2017 )
Panama	2018 U-18 Pan American Baseball Championship runners-up	2 December 2018	13th	2012	1	Fourth place ( 1984 , 1999 )
Canada	2018 U-18 Pan American Baseball Championship 3rd place	2 December 2018	?	?	?	Champions ( 1991 )
Nicaragua	2018 U-18 Pan American Baseball Championship 4th place	2 December 2018	?	2017	2	?
Australia	2019 U-18 Oceania Baseball Championship champions	27 January 2019	?	?	?	Runners-up ( 2010 )
South Africa	2018 U-18 African Baseball Championship champions	?	?	?	?	?

Notes

^ 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.)

Round 1 [ edit ]

Group A [ edit ]

Standings [ edit ]

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
South Korea	4	1	.800	-	29	12
Canada	3	2	.600	1.0	48	18
Australia	3	2	.600	1.0	26	15
Netherlands	3	2	.600	1.0	22	27
Nicaragua	2	3	.400	2.0	11	27
China	0	5	.000	4.0	16	53

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
Aug 30, 2019	09:30	China	3-17	Canada	F/7	Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark III	2:13	108	Boxscore
Aug 30, 2019	14:00	Nicaragua	3-2	Australia		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark III	2:24	168	Boxscore
Aug 30, 2019	19:00	Netherlands	4-5	South Korea		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark	2:49	5,324	Boxscore
Aug 31, 2019	15:30	Netherlands	0-11	Canada	F/7	Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark II	1:58	100	Boxscore
Aug 31, 2019	18:00	South Korea	0-1	Australia		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark	2:33	2,165	Boxscore
Aug 31, 2019	18:00	China	3-6	Nicaragua		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark II	2:26	102	Boxscore
Sep 1, 2019	12:00	Canada	5-8	South Korea		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark	2:45	700	Boxscore
Sep 1, 2019	12:00	Nicaragua	2-4	Netherlands		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark II	2:30	84	Boxscore
Sep 1, 2019	15:30	Australia	13-2	China		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark III	2:19	247	Boxscore
Sep 2, 2019	18:00	Nicaragua	0-9	South Korea	F/6 (rain)	Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark	1:40	120	Boxscore
Sep 3, 2019	10:00	Netherlands	4-3	Australia		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark III	2:10	80	Boxscore
Sep 3, 2019	12:00	South Korea	7-2	China		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark	2:46	150	Boxscore
Sep 3, 2019	15:30	Canada	9-0	Nicaragua		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark III	2:56	93	Boxscore
Sep 4, 2019	11:00	China	6-10	Netherlands		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark III	2:56	247	Boxscore
Sep 4, 2019	11:00	Australia	7-6	Canada		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark II	2:39	80	Boxscore

Group B [ edit ]

Standings [ edit ]

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
Japan	4	1	.800	-	45	13
United States	4	1	.800	-	39	23
Chinese Taipei	4	1	.800	-	28	14
Spain	2	3	.400	2.0	37	28
Panama	1	4	.200	3.0	25	28
South Africa	0	5	.000	4.0	10	78

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
Aug 30, 2019	12:00	Panama	1-4	Chinese Taipei		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark	2:48	1,032	Boxscore
Aug 30, 2019	12:00	Spain	2-4	Japan		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark II	2:08	230	Boxscore
Aug 30, 2019	19:00	South Africa	0-11	United States	F/7	Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark II	1:56	70	Boxscore
Aug 31, 2019	10:00	Spain	12-3	Panama		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark III	3:35	80	Boxscore
Aug 31, 2019	12:00	Chinese Taipei	1-8	United States		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark II	2:44	400	Boxscore
Aug 31, 2019	12:00	Japan	19-0	South Africa	F/6	Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark	2:09	517	Boxscore
Sep 1, 2019	10:00	South Africa	2-17	Panama	F/5	Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark III	1:29	258	Boxscore
Sep 1, 2019	18:00	United States	7-16	Japan		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark	3:32	400	Boxscore
Sep 1, 2019	18:00	Spain	4-5	Chinese Taipei		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark II	3:22	70	Boxscore
Sep 2, 2019	18:00	Japan	1-3	Chinese Taipei	F/6 (rain)	Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark II	1:58	75	Boxscore
Sep 3, 2019	12:00	United States	8-3	Spain		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark II	2:58	112	Boxscore
Sep 3, 2019	18:00	Japan	5-1	Panama	F/6 (rain)	Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark	2:39	90	Boxscore
Sep 3, 2019	18:00	Chinese Taipei	15-0	South Africa	F/5	Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark II	1:36	80	Boxscore
Sep 4, 2019	15:00	Panama	3-5	United States		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark II	2:52	102	Boxscore
Sep 4, 2019	15:00	South Africa	8-16	Spain		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark III	3:16	73	Boxscore

Super round [ edit ]

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
United States	4	1	.800	-	35	23
Chinese Taipei	3	2	.600	1.0	30	23
Australia	3	2	.600	1.0	13	21
South Korea	2	3	.400	2.0	20	25
Japan	2	3	.400	2.0	27	20
Canada	1	4	.000	3.0	24	37

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
Sep 5, 2019	12:00	Australia	1-2	United States		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark II	2:07	285	Boxscore
Sep 5, 2019	12:00	Chinese Taipei	7-2	South Korea		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark	2:52	787	Boxscore ^[1]
Sep 5, 2019	18:00	Canada	1-5	Japan		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark	2:31	687	Boxscore
Sep 6, 2019	12:00	Chinese Taipei	12-0	Australia	F/7	Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark II	1:55	233	Boxscore ^[2]
Sep 6, 2019	12:00	United States	10-0	Canada	F/7	Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark	1:58	102	Boxscore
Sep 6, 2019	18:00	Japan	4-5	South Korea	F/10	Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark	3:35	4,039	Boxscore
Sep 7, 2019	12:30	United States	8-5	South Korea		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark	3:23	650	Boxscore ^[3]
Sep 7, 2019	12:30	Australia	4-1	Japan		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark II	3:02	469	Boxscore
Sep 7, 2019	18:00	Chinese Taipei	7-12	Canada		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark	3:04	80	Boxscore

Consolation round [ edit ]

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
Netherlands	5	0	1.000	-	29	10
Spain	3	2	.600	2.0	36	22
Panama	3	2	.600	2.0	26	18
Nicaragua	2	3	.400	3.0	22	17
China	2	3	.400	3.0	24	19
South Africa	0	5	.000	5.0	11	62

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
Sep 5, 2019	10:00	South Africa	1-11	Nicaragua	F/7	Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark III	2:00	50	Boxscore
Sep 5, 2019	16:00	China	6-0	Spain		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark II	2:32	45	Boxscore
Sep 5, 2019	18:00	Panama	1-2	Netherlands		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark II	2:02	80	Boxscore
Sep 6, 2019	10:00	China	8-0	South Africa		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark III	2:17	32	Boxscore
Sep 6, 2019	16:00	Panama	2-1	Nicaragua		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark III	1:52	30	Boxscore
Sep 6, 2019	18:00	Netherlands	3-1	Spain		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark II	2:15	88	Boxscore
Sep 7, 2019	16:00	Nicaragua	2-7	Spain	F/7	Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark III	1:57	51	Boxscore
Sep 7, 2019	19:30	China	1-3	Panama	F/7	Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark III	1:42	42	Boxscore
Sep 8, 2019	10:00	South Africa	0-10	Netherlands	F/6	Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark III	1:29	45	Boxscore

Finals [ edit ]

Third place game [ edit ]

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
Sep 8, 2019	12:00	South Korea	6-5	Australia		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark	2:44	1,008	Boxscore ^[4]

Championship [ edit ]

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
Sep 8, 2019	18:00	Chinese Taipei	2-1	United States		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark	2:52	3,223	Boxscore ^[5]

Final standings [ edit ]

Rk	Team	W	L
1	Chinese Taipei	7	2
Lost in Final
2	United States	7	2
Failed to qualify for the Final
3	South Korea	6	3
Lost in 3rd Place Game
4	Australia	4	5
Failed to qualify for the finals
5	Japan	5	3
6	Canada	4	4
Failed to qualify for the super round
7	Netherlands	6	2
8	Spain	3	5
9	Panama	3	5
10	Nicaragua	3	5
11	China	2	6
12	South Africa	0	8

U-18 All-World Team [ edit ]

Position	Player
C	Juan Gonzalez
1B	Yuya Nirasawa
2B	Ji-chan Kim
3B	Shun-ho Wang
SS	Austin Gomm
OF	Darryl Collins
	Pete Crow-Armstrong
	Robert Hassell III
DH	Tyler Soderstrom
P	Yasunobu Okugawa
P	Alejandro Rosario

Statistics leaders [ edit ]

Batting [ edit ]

Statistic	Name	Total/Avg
Batting average *	Ji-chan Kim	.528
Hits	Ji-chan Kim	19
Runs	Robert Hassell III	13
Home runs	5 players	2
Runs batted in	Robert Hassell III	14
Strikeouts	Binbin Lu Liam McDonald	14
Walks	Wentao Zhang	12
Stolen bases	Ji-chan Kim	10
On-base percentage *	Ryson Polonius	.556
Slugging percentage *	Robert Hassell III	.886
OPS *	Robert Hassell III	1.434

* Minimum 2.7 plate appearances per game

Pitching [ edit ]

Statistic	Name	Total/Avg
Wins	Alejandro Rosario	3
Losses	8 players	2
Saves	3 players	2
Innings pitched	Justin Luna	15.0
Hits allowed	Kade Smith	20
Runs allowed	Mila Burger	18
Earned runs allowed	Mila Burger Kade Smith	15
Earned run average *	Kyle Harrison Chien Yu	0.00**
Walks allowed	Alex Tome	15
Strikeouts	Yasunobu Okugawa	18

* Minimum 0.8 innings pitched per game
** They are tied with others with a 0.00 ERA but they pitched the most innings (10.0)

References [ edit ]

^ 申元澈 (5 September 2019). " "臺灣戰必勝" 외쳤건만, 韓國 5點差完敗 '決勝行 빨간불' " . SPOTV News . Retrieved 17 November 2021 .
^ "Taiwan overwhelms Australia at U-18 Baseball World Cup" . Taiwan News . Central News Agency. 6 September 2019 . Retrieved 17 November 2021 .
^ 나유리 (7 September 2019). " '5:0→5:8' 韓國, 美國에 逆轉敗…決勝進出失敗" . Sports Chosun . Retrieved 17 November 2021 .
^ " '이주형 9回逆轉 투런砲' 靑少年野球, 濠洲 꺾고 銅메달" . Newsis . 8 September 2019 . Retrieved 17 November 2021 .
^ "Taiwan wins U-18 Baseball World Cup title after 9-year hiatus" . Taiwan News . Central News Agency. 8 September 2019 . Retrieved 17 November 2021 .

External links [ edit ]

Event Official Website at WBSC

[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.)

[2] 申元澈 (5 September 2019). " "臺灣戰必勝" 외쳤건만, 韓國 5點差完敗 '決勝行 빨간불' " . SPOTV News . Retrieved 17 November 2021 .

[3] "Taiwan overwhelms Australia at U-18 Baseball World Cup" . Taiwan News . Central News Agency. 6 September 2019 . Retrieved 17 November 2021 .

[4] 나유리 (7 September 2019). " '5:0→5:8' 韓國, 美國에 逆轉敗…決勝進出失敗" . Sports Chosun . Retrieved 17 November 2021 .

[5] " '이주형 9回逆轉 투런砲' 靑少年野球, 濠洲 꺾고 銅메달" . Newsis . 8 September 2019 . Retrieved 17 November 2021 .

[6] "Taiwan wins U-18 Baseball World Cup title after 9-year hiatus" . Taiwan News . Central News Agency. 8 September 2019 . Retrieved 17 November 2021 .

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