U-23 Baseball World Cup
| Most recent season or competition: 2024 U-23 Baseball World Cup | |
| Formerly | 21U Baseball World Cup (2014) |
|---|---|
| Sport | Baseball |
| Founded | 2014 |
| No. of teams | 12 |
| Continent | International |
| Most recent champion(s) | Japan (3rd title) |
| Most titles | Japan (3 titles) |
| Official website | 2024 U-23 Baseball World Cup |
The U-23 Baseball World Cup is a biennial, professional-level, National Team, baseball world championship of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), replacing Baseball World Cup.
The inaugural tournament was held in November 2014, in Taichung, Taiwan, as the 21U Baseball World Cup, with each team made of 21-year-old and younger players but allowed for six players to be 23-year-old and younger.[1] Starting with the 2016 edition—in Monterrey, Mexico—the tournament has been expanded to permit nations to select players up to 23 years old for their entire rosters.[2] Players must also possess valid passports of the nations they are representing, in line with Olympic standards. The U-23 Baseball World Cup is the third-most-important international baseball tournament in terms of distribution of world ranking points, following the Premier12 and the World Baseball Classic.
The rosters of national teams that participated in the tournament included professional players from clubs affiliated to the Australian Baseball League, Chinese Professional Baseball League, Korea Baseball Organization, Major League Baseball, Mexican Baseball League, Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League, and Nippon Professional Baseball.
Results
| 21U Baseball World Cup | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Period | Final Host | Medalists | |||
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||
| 2014[3] Details |
November 7 – 16 | Taichung |
Chinese Taipei | Japan | South Korea | |
| U-23 Baseball World Cup | ||||||
| 2016[4][5] Details |
October 28 – November 6 | Monterrey |
Japan | Australia | South Korea | |
| 2018[6] Details |
October 19 – 28 | Barranquilla |
Mexico | Japan | Venezuela | |
| 2020[7] Details[R 1] |
September 23 – October 2, 2021 | Ciudad Obregon Hermosillo |
Venezuela | Mexico | Colombia | |
| 2022[8] Details |
October 14 – October 23 | Taipei, Taichung, Yunlin[9] |
Japan | South Korea | Chinese Taipei | |
| 2024[10] Details |
September 6 – 15 | Shaoxing[11] |
Japan | Puerto Rico | Nicaragua | |
| 2026[12] Details |
April 25 – May 3 | Sincelejo[13] |
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- Notes
- ^ Originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, postponed to September 2021.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Mexico | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 5 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Australia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Puerto Rico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | Colombia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nicaragua | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (9 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
Participating nations
Host country
| Nation | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2021 | 2022 | 2024 | 2026 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 10 | 1 | ||||||
| Australia | 6 | 9 | 6 | 9 | q | 6 | ||
| Austria | 12 | 1 | ||||||
| China | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | |||
| Colombia | 7 | 5 | 10 | q | 5 | |||
| Cuba | 4 | 10 | 2 | |||||
| Czech Republic | 5 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 4 | |||
| Dominican Republic | 6 | 9 | 2 | |||||
| Great Britain | 11 | 1 | ||||||
| Germany | 11 | 11 | 2 | |||||
| Italy | 7 | 1 | ||||||
| Japan | q | 6 | ||||||
| Mexico | 11 | 5 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Netherlands | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 5 | ||
| New Zealand | 10 | q | 2 | |||||
| Nicaragua | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | ||||
| Panama | 4 | 5 | 2 | |||||
| Puerto Rico | 8 | 9 | 3 | |||||
| Singapore | q | 1 | ||||||
| South Africa | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 4 | |||
| South Korea | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| Venezuela | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | |||
| Nations | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
See also
- Baseball awards § World
- Baseball at the Summer World University Games
- World University Baseball Championship
References
- ^ "Chinese Taipei defeat new world No. 1 Japan to capture 21U Baseball World Cup crown". WBSC. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
- ^ "WBSC announces dates, venues for new U-23 Baseball World Cup 2016 Monterrey, MEX". WBSC. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
- ^ 2014 U-21 Baseball World Cup
- ^ "WBSC unveils nations, Logo for inaugural U-23 Baseball World Cup 2016 in Monterrey, Mexico". WBSC. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
- ^ 2016 U-23 Baseball World Cup>
- ^ 2018 II U-23 Baseball World Cup
- ^ 2021 III U-23 Baseball World Cup
- ^ "World Baseball Softball Confederation".
- ^ "Taipei, Taichung and Douliu: Getting to know the IV WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup host cities". U-23 Baseball World Cup. World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Retrieved October 10, 2022.
- ^ "World Baseball Softball Confederation".
- ^ "China to host V WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup in 2024". WBSC. World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Retrieved April 7, 2023.
- ^ "World Baseball Softball Confederation".
- ^ "Sincelejo to stage WBSC U-23 Men's Softball World Cup 2026; Colombia becomes 21st Softball World Cup host". WBSC. World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Retrieved May 4, 2025.
External links
- U-23 Baseball World Cup Official Website
- IBAF introduces new Format of International Tournaments. IBAF official website
- Hosting rights of 2016 Baseball World Cups awarded to Japan, Mexico, South Korea. IBAF official website