2015 U-18 Baseball World Cup
Tournament details
CountryJapan
DatesAugust 28–September 6
Teams12
Final positions
Champions United States (8th title)
Runner-up Japan
Third place South Korea
Fourth place Australia
Tournament statistics
Games played50
Attendance65,724 (1,314 per game)
MVPNick Pratto (USA)

The 2015 U-18 Baseball World Cup was an international baseball tournament held by IBAF. The 2015 edition was held in Osaka, Japan from August 28, 2015 to September 6, 2015.

Format

First Round: The twelve participating nations were drawn into two groups of 6, in which single round robin will occur. The top 3 nations from each group advances to the Second Round, while the bottom 3 nations from each group advance to the Consolation Round.

Consolation Round: The 6 nations in this round play one game against the teams they have not played yet. (example: The 4th placed team from Group A will play the bottom three teams from Group B)

Second Round: The format in the Second Round is similar to that of the Consolation Round. Each team plays the top three teams from the opposing group. (example: The 1st placed team from Group B will play the top three teams from Group A) The standings for this round will include the 2 games played against the 2 other Second Round qualifiers from the team's First Round group, and the 3 games played in the Second Round, for a total of 5 games. The 3rd and 4th-place finishers advance to the Bronze Medal Game, and the 1st and 2nd-place finishers advance to the Gold Medal Game.

Finals: The Finals consist of the Bronze Medal Game, contested by the 3rd and 4th-place finishers, and the Gold Medal Game, contested by the 1st and 2nd-place finishers.

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Tournament  United States[1]
Mike Amditis
Ian Anderson
Daniel Bakst
Will Benson
Austin Bergner
Jordan Butler
Hagen Danner
Braxton Garrett
Kevin Gowdy
Hunter Greene
Cooper Johnson
Reggie Lawson
Morgan McCullough
Mickey Moniak
Nick Pratto
Nick Quintana
Ryan Rolison
Blake Rutherford
Cole Stobbe
Forrest Whitley 		 Japan[2]
Wataru Funabiki
Yuya Gunji
Taiga Hirasawa
Kengo Horiuchi
Kanji Ito
Shoki Katsumata
Kotaro Kiyomiya
Masato Morishita
Kakeru Narita
Shinnosuke Ogasawara
Louis Okoye
Sena Sato
Ryo Shinohara
Naruki Sugisaki
Jumpei Takahashi
Mikiya Takahashi
Hiroshi Toyoda
Shoki Tsuda
Shotaro Ueno
Koki Ugusa 		 South Korea[3]
An Sang-hyun
Choi Won-jun
Choi Sung-young
Choi Chung-yeon
Ha Seong-jin
Hwang Sun-do
Im Suk-jin
Joo Hyo-sang
Kang Sang-won
Kim Ju Sung
Kim Deok-jin
Kim Dae Hyun
Kim Pyo-seung
Lee Jin-young
Lee Young-ha
Park Jun-young
Park Se-jin
Park Sang-un
Yoon Seong-pin
Yu Jae-yu

Teams

The following 12 teams qualified for the tournament. The number shown in parentheses is the country's position in the IBAF World Rankings going into the competition.

Pool A Pool B

Japan (1)
Cuba (3)

United States (2)
Chinese Taipei 1 (4)

Mexico (12)
Canada (7)

Australia (14)
South Korea (8)

Brazil (15)
Italy (11)

Czech Republic (20)
South Africa (29)

^1 Chinese Taipei is the official IBAF 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.)

First round

Group A

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Japan 5 0 1.000 — 54 1
 United States 4 1 .800 1 32 8
 Australia 3 2 .600 2 33 22
 Brazil 2 3 .400 3 22 46
 Mexico 1 4 .200 4 16 40
 Czech Republic 0 5 .000 5 14 54
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
Aug 28, 2015 9:00 Australia  10–0  Mexico F/7 Nanko Chuo Stadium 2:42 100 [1]
Aug 28, 2015 12:30 Czech Republic  1–11  United States F/7 Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 2:12 618 [2]
Aug 28, 2015 18:00 Brazil  0–14  Japan F/7 Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:37 3500 [3]
Aug 29, 2015 10:00 Czech Republic  4–8  Mexico   Nanko Chuo Stadium 2:43 112 [4]
Aug 29, 2015 15:30 Australia  11–1  Brazil   Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 2:50 703 [5]
Aug 29, 2015 18:30 United States  0–3  Japan   Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:50 5500 [6]
Aug 30, 2015 10:00 Mexico  1–5  United States   Nanko Chuo Stadium 2:46 150 [7]
Aug 30, 2015 10:00 Czech Republic  9–10  Brazil   Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 3:43 160 [8]
Aug 30, 2015 17:30 Australia  1–10  Japan   Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:54 7804 [9]
Aug 31, 2015 10:00 Brazil  9–7  Mexico   Nanko Chuo Stadium 2:45 100 [10]
Aug 31, 2015 15:30 United States  11–1  Australia F/8 Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 3:05 703 [11]
Aug 31, 2015 17:30 Czech Republic  0–15  Japan F/7 Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:30 2000 [12]
Sep 1, 2015 10:00 United States  5–2  Brazil   Nanko Chuo Stadium 2:45 130 [13]
Sep 1, 2015 10:00 Australia  10–0  Czech Republic F/8 Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 2:35 130 [14]
Sep 1, 2015 17:30 Mexico  0–12  Japan F/7 Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:19 2347 [15]

Group B

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 South Korea 5 0 1.000 — 42 13
 Cuba 4 1 .800 1 28 8
 Canada 3 2 .600 2 30 29
 Chinese Taipei 2 3 .400 3 33 15
 Italy 1 4 .200 4 17 38
 South Africa 0 5 .000 5 15 62
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
Aug 28, 2015 9:00 Cuba  4–1  Italy   Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 2:41 527 [16]
Aug 28, 2015 11:00 South Africa  2–17  South Korea F/5 Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:30 300 [17]
Aug 28, 2015 12:30 Canada  6–2  Chinese Taipei   Nanko Chuo Stadium 2:57 100 [18]
Aug 29, 2015 10:00 South Africa  0–7  Cuba   Toyonaka Rose Stadium 2:22 647 [19]
Aug 29, 2015 12:00 South Korea  6–2  Canada   Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:51 500 [20]
Aug 29, 2015 15:30 Italy  1–11  Chinese Taipei F/7 Nanko Chuo Baseball Stadium 2:38 186 [21]
Aug 30, 2015 12:00 Cuba  3–4  South Korea F/10 Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 3:03 647 [22]
Aug 30, 2015 15:30 Chinese Taipei  15–1  South Africa F/7 Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:26 200 [23]
Aug 30, 2015 15:30 Italy  0–10  Canada F/8 Nanko Chuo Stadium 2:32 300 [24]
Aug 31, 2015 10:00 Italy  12–2  South Africa   Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 2:51 327 [25]
Aug 31, 2015 12:00 South Korea  4–3  Chinese Taipei   Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:55 180 [26]
Aug 31, 2015 15:30 Canada  1–11  Cuba F/7 Nanko Chuo Baseball Stadium 2:07 200 [27]
Sep 1, 2015 12:00 South Korea  11–3  Italy   Maishima Baseball Stadium 3:02 637 [28]
Sep 1, 2015 15:30 Chinese Taipei  2–3  Cuba   Nanko Chuo Stadium 2:57 150 [29]
Sep 1, 20151 15:30 South Africa  10–11  Canada   Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 2:50 647 [30]

1Game suspended and completed on September 2

Super round

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Japan 5 0 1.000 — 39 3
 United States 4 1 .800 1 33 18
 South Korea 3 2 .600 2 17 24
 Australia 1 4 .200 4 12 38
 Cuba 1 4 .200 4 23 27
 Canada 1 4 .200 4 20 34
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
Sep 3, 2015 12:00 United States  7–4  South Korea   Maishima Baseball Stadium 3:56 300 [31]
Sep 3, 2015 15:30 Australia  7–4  Cuba F/10 Nanko Chuo Stadium 3:23 703 [32]
Sep 3, 2015 17:30 Canada  2–5  Japan   Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:49 1500 [33]
Sep 4, 2015 12:00 Canada  10–3  Australia   Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:46 527 [34]
Sep 4, 2015 13:00 Cuba  5–6  United States   Hanshin Koshien Stadium 2:55 500 [35]
Sep 4, 2015 18:00 South Korea  0–12  Japan F/7 Hanshin Koshien Stadium 2:29 7000 [36]
Sep 5, 2015 12:00 Australia  0–3  South Korea   Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:26 70 [37]
Sep 5, 2015 13:00 Cuba  0–9  Japan   Hanshin Koshien Stadium 2:39 8000 [38]
Sep 5, 2015 18:00 Canada  5–9  United States   Hanshin Koshien Stadium 3:10 350 [39]

Consolation round

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Mexico 4 1 .800 - 26 19
 Chinese Taipei 4 1 .800 - 36 3
 Brazil 3 2 .600 1 29 36
 Italy 2 3 .400 2 29 30
 Czech Republic 1 4 .200 3 22 28
 South Africa 1 4 .200 3 13 38
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
Sep 3, 2015 10:00 Czech Republic  0–1  Chinese Taipei F/5 Nanko Chuo Stadium 1:10 303 [40]
Sep 3, 2015 10:00 Italy  6–8  Brazil   Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 3:24 69 [41]
Sep 4, 2015 10:00 Czech Republic  4–2  South Africa   Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 2:32 110 [42]
Sep 4, 20151 13:30 South Africa  2–5  Mexico   Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 2:48 100 [43]
Sep 4, 2015 16:30 Mexico  5–3  Italy   Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 3:15 60 [44]
Sep 4, 2015 17:30 Brazil  0–8  Chinese Taipei   Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:59 303 [45]
Sep 5, 2015 10:00 South Africa  6–2  Brazil   Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 2:23 527 [46]
Sep 5, 2015 15:30 Czech Republic  4–7  Italy   Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 2:37 527 [47]
Sep 5, 2015 17:30 Mexico  2–1  Chinese Taipei   Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:15 100 [48]

1Game suspended and completed on September 4

Finals

Third place game

Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
Sep 6, 2015 10:00 Australia  5–8  South Korea   Maishima Baseball Stadium 3:08 70 [49]

Championship

Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
Sep 6, 2015 19:301 United States  2–1  Japan   Koshien Stadium 2:40 15,000 [50]

1The game was originally scheduled to begin at 18:10, but was delayed by rain.

References

  1. ^ "XXVII U-18 Baseball World Cup 2015". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "XXVII U-18 Baseball World Cup 2015". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  3. ^ "XXVII U-18 Baseball World Cup 2015". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
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