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]

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

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
 
Newark
 
South Korea
 
United States
 
Australia
1982
Details
 
Knoxville
 
United States
 
Japan
 
Australia
1983
Details
 
Johnstown
 
Chinese Taipei
 
United States
 
Canada
1984
Details
 
Saskatoon
 
Cuba
 
United States
 
Chinese Taipei
1985
Details
 
Albany
 
Cuba
 
United States
 
Chinese Taipei
1986
Details
 
Windsor
 
Cuba
 
Chinese Taipei
 
United States
1987
Details
 
Windsor
 
Cuba
 
United States
 
Canada
1988
Details
 
Sydney
 
United States
 
Cuba
 
Chinese Taipei
1989
Details
 
Trois-Rivières
 
United States
 
Cuba
 
Australia
1990
Details
 
Cuba
 
Cuba
 
Chinese Taipei
 
United States
1991
Details
 
Brandon
 
Canada
 
Chinese Taipei
 
United States
1992
Details
 
Monterrey
 
Cuba
 
United States
 
Chinese Taipei
1993
Details
 
Windsor
 
Cuba
 
United States
 
Chinese Taipei
1994
Details
 
Brandon
 
South Korea
 
United States
 
Chinese Taipei
1995
Details
 
Cape Cod
 
United States
 
Chinese Taipei
 
Australia
1996
Details
 
Sancti Spíritus
 
Cuba
 
Chinese Taipei
 
United States
1997
Details
 
Moncton
 
Cuba
 
Chinese Taipei
 
Canada
1999
Details
 
Kaohsiung
 
United States
 
Chinese Taipei
 
Cuba
2000
Details
 
Edmonton
 
South Korea
 
United States
 
Cuba
2002
Details
 
Sherbrooke
 
Cuba
 
Chinese Taipei
 
United States
2004
Details
 
Taipei
 
Cuba
 
Japan
 
South Korea
2006
Details
 
Sancti Spíritus
 
South Korea
 
United States
 
Canada
2008
Details
 
Edmonton
 
South Korea
 
United States
 
Cuba
2010
Details
 
Thunder Bay
 
Chinese Taipei
 
Australia
 
Cuba
18U Baseball World Championship
Year Final Host Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze
2012
Details
 
Seoul
 
United States
 
Canada
 
Chinese Taipei
18U Baseball World Cup
2013
Details
 
Taichung
 
United States
 
Japan
 
Cuba
U-18 Baseball World Cup
2015
Details
 
Osaka
 
United States
 
Japan
 
South Korea
2017
Details
 
Thunder Bay
 
United States
 
South Korea
 
Japan
2019
Details
 
Gijang
 
Chinese Taipei
 
United States
 
South Korea
2022
Details[R 1]
 
Sarasota & Bradenton, FL
 
United States
 
Chinese Taipei
 
Japan
2023
Details
 
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.