23U Baseball World Cup
Most recent season or competition: 2016 23U Baseball World Cup | |
Sport | Baseball |
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Founded | 2014 |
No. of teams | 12 |
Continent | International |
Most recent champion(s) | Chinese Taipei |
Most titles | Chinese Taipei |
The 23U Baseball World Cup (officially the U-23 Baseball World Cup) is a biennial professional-level National Team baseball world championship of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). The inaugural tournament was held in November 2014 in Taichung, Taiwan, as the 21U Baseball World Cup.[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 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. At the U-21 Baseball World Cup 2014, the rosters of National Teams 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 | ||||||
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Year | Period | Final Host | Medalists | |||
Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||
2014 Details |
November 7 – November 16 | Taichung |
Chinese Taipei | Japan | South Korea | |
23U Baseball World Cup | ||||||
2016[3] Details |
October 28 – November 6 | Monterrey |
Japan | Australia | South Korea | |
Medal table
Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Japan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
2 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
3 | Australia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
4 | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
See also
References
- ↑ "Chinese Taipei defeat new world No. 1 Japan to capture 21U Baseball World Cup crown". WBSC. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ↑ "WBSC announces dates, venues for new U-23 Baseball World Cup 2016 Monterrey, MEX". WBSC. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ↑ "WBSC unveils nations, Logo for inaugural U-23 Baseball World Cup 2016 in Monterrey, Mexico". WBSC. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
External links
- IBAF introduces new Format of International Tournaments Official IBAF Website
- Hosting rights of 2016 Baseball World Cups awarded to Japan, Mexico, South Korea Official IBAF Website