U-18 Baseball World Cup

U-18 Baseball World Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023 U-18 Baseball World Cup
FormerlyWorld Junior Baseball Championship (1981 - 2010)
18U Baseball World Championship (2012)
18U Baseball World Cup (2013)
SportBaseball
Founded1981
No. of teams12
ContinentInternational
Most recent
champion(s)
 Japan (1st title) (2023)
Most titles Cuba (11 titles)
Official website2023 WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup

The U-18 Baseball World Cup is the 18-and-under baseball world championship sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) and its successor, the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), and was first held in 1981 in the United States. Because it is a world championship, the results of the U-18 Baseball World Cup affect the WBSC World Rankings.[1]

Several players who have participated in the U-18 Baseball World Cup have gone on to stardom at the professional level, including Japan's Yu Darvish, USA's Clayton Kershaw, Francisco Lindor and Buster Posey, and Cuba's Yasiel Puig and Aroldis Chapman, among many others.

Prior to 2010, the IBAF organized the World Junior Baseball Championship. The WBSC was created in 2013 when the IBAF merged with the International Softball Federation.

Results

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World Junior Baseball Championship
Year Final Host[2] Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze
1981
Details
United States
Newark

South Korea

United States

Australia
1982
Details
United States
Knoxville

United States

Japan

Australia
1983
Details
United States
Johnstown

Chinese Taipei

United States

Canada
1984
Details
Canada
Saskatoon

Cuba

United States

Chinese Taipei
1985
Details
United States
Albany

Cuba

United States

Chinese Taipei
1986
Details
Canada
Windsor

Cuba

Chinese Taipei

United States
1987
Details
Canada
Windsor

Cuba

United States

Canada
1988
Details
Australia
Sydney

United States

Cuba

Chinese Taipei
1989
Details
Canada
Trois-Rivières

United States

Cuba

Australia
1990
Details
Cuba
Cuba

Cuba

Chinese Taipei

United States
1991
Details
Canada
Brandon

Canada

Chinese Taipei

United States
1992
Details
Mexico
Monterrey

Cuba

United States

Chinese Taipei
1993
Details
Canada
Windsor

Cuba

United States

Chinese Taipei
1994
Details
Canada
Brandon

South Korea

United States

Chinese Taipei
1995
Details
United States
Cape Cod

United States

Chinese Taipei

Australia
1996
Details
Cuba
Sancti Spíritus

Cuba

Chinese Taipei

United States
1997
Details
Canada
Moncton

Cuba

Chinese Taipei

Canada
1999
Details
Taiwan
Kaohsiung

United States

Chinese Taipei

Cuba
2000
Details
Canada
Edmonton

South Korea

United States

Cuba
2002
Details
Canada
Sherbrooke

Cuba

Chinese Taipei

United States
2004
Details
Taiwan
Taipei

Cuba

Japan

South Korea
2006
Details
Cuba
Sancti Spíritus

South Korea

United States

Canada
2008
Details
Canada
Edmonton

South Korea

United States

Cuba
2010
Details
Canada
Thunder Bay

Chinese Taipei

Australia

Cuba
18U Baseball World Championship
Year Final Host Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze
2012
Details
South Korea
Seoul

United States

Canada

Chinese Taipei
18U Baseball World Cup
2013
Details
Taiwan
Taichung

United States

Japan

Cuba
U-18 Baseball World Cup
2015
Details
Japan
Osaka

United States

Japan

South Korea
2017
Details
Canada
Thunder Bay

United States

South Korea

Japan
2019
Details
South Korea
Gijang

Chinese Taipei

United States

South Korea
2022
Details[R 1]
United States
Sarasota & Bradenton, FL

United States

Chinese Taipei

Japan
2023
Details
Taiwan
Taipei, Taichung

Japan

Chinese Taipei

South Korea
2025
Details
TBD
Notes
  1. ^ Originally scheduled to be held in 2021, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, postponed to September 2022.

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Cuba112518
2 United States1012527
3 South Korea51410
4 Chinese Taipei310720
5 Japan1427
6 Canada1146
7 Australia0145
Totals (7 entries)31313193

1Chinese 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.)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "IBAF World Ranking Notes" (PDF). IBAF. January 13, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 9, 2019. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
  2. ^ "Editions". WBSC. World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Retrieved April 30, 2022.