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.

U-23 Baseball World Cup
Most recent season or competition:
2021 U-23 Baseball World Cup
Formerly21U Baseball World Cup (2014)
SportBaseball
Founded2014
No. of teams12
ContinentInternational
Most recent
champion(s)		 Mexico
Most titles Chinese Taipei,  Japan and  Mexico

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, Korean 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
Details		 November 7 – 16
Taichung		  Chinese Taipei  Japan  South Korea
U-23 Baseball World Cup
2016[3]
Details		 October 28 – November 6
Monterrey		  Japan  Australia  South Korea
2018[4]
Details		 October 19 – 28
Barranquilla		  Mexico  Japan  Venezuela
2021[5]
Details[R 1]		 September 24 – October 3
Ciudad Obregon
Los Mochis
Notes
  1. Originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, postponed to March 2021.

Medal table
Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Japan 1203
2  Mexico 1001
2  Chinese Taipei 1001
4  Australia 0101
5  South Korea 0022
6  Venezuela 0011

Participating nations
Nation 2014 2016 2018 Years
 Argentina101
 Australia693
 Austria121
 Chinese Taipei753
 Colombia71
 Czech Republic510123
 Dominican Republic61
 Italy71
 Japan3
 Mexico1153
 Netherlands9102
 New Zealand101
 Nicaragua462
 Panama41
 Puerto Rico81
 South Africa11112
 South Korea43
 Venezuela883
Nations111212

See also

References
  1. "Chinese Taipei defeat new world No. 1 Japan to capture 21U Baseball World Cup crown". WBSC. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
  2. "WBSC announces dates, venues for new U-23 Baseball World Cup 2016 Monterrey, MEX". WBSC. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
  3. "WBSC unveils nations, Logo for inaugural U-23 Baseball World Cup 2016 in Monterrey, Mexico". WBSC. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
  4. 2018 U-23 Baseball World Cup
  5. III U-23 Baseball World Cup
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