2019 U-18 Baseball World Cup

2019 U-18 Baseball World Cup
Tournament details
Host country	South Korea
City	Busan
Dates	August 30 - September 8
Teams	12
Defending champions	United States (2017)
Final positions
Champions	Chinese Taipei (3rd title)
Runner-up	United States
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Games played	50
Most Valuable Player	Chien Yu (TPE)
	← 2017 →

The 2019 U-18 Baseball World Cup or the XXVIV U-18 Baseball World Cup is an international baseball tournament being held by the World Baseball Softball Confederation for players 18-year-old and younger. The 2019 edition is being held in Gijang, South Korea from August 30 to September 8, 2019.

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 Super 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)

Super Round: The format in the Super 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.

Teams[]

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

Group A	Group B
South Korea (3)	Japan (1)
Australia (7)	United States (2)
Netherlands (8)	Chinese Taipei ¹ (4)
Canada (10)	Panama (13)
Nicaragua (15)	South Africa (23)
China (20)	Spain (26)

^1 Chinese 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.)

Round 1[]

Group A[]

Standings[]

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
South Korea	4	1	.800	-	29	12
Canada	3	2	.600	1.0	48	18
Australia	3	2	.600	1.0	26	15
Netherlands	3	2	.600	1.0	22	27
Nicaragua	2	3	.400	2.0	11	27
China	0	5	.000	4.0	16	53

Date	Local Time	Road Team	Score	Home Team	Inn.	Venue	Game Time	Attendance	Boxscore
Aug 30, 2019	09:30	China	3-17	Canada	F/7	Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark III	2:13	108	Boxscore
Aug 30, 2019	14:00	Nicaragua	3-2	Australia		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark III	2:24	168	Boxscore
Aug 30, 2019	19:00	Netherlands	4-5	South Korea		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark	2:49	5,324	Boxscore
Aug 31, 2019	15:30	Netherlands	0-11	Canada	F/7	Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark II	1:58	100	Boxscore
Aug 31, 2019	18:00	South Korea	0-1	Australia		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark	2:33	2,165	Boxscore
Aug 31, 2019	18:00	China	3-6	Nicaragua		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark II	2:26	102	Boxscore
Sep 1, 2019	12:00	Canada	5-8	South Korea		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark	2:45	700	Boxscore
Sep 1, 2019	12:00	Nicaragua	2-4	Netherlands		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark II	2:30	84	Boxscore
Sep 1, 2019	15:30	Australia	13-2	China		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark III	2:19	247	Boxscore
Sep 2, 2019	18:00	Nicaragua	0-9	South Korea	F/6 (rain)	Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark	1:40	120	Boxscore
Sep 3, 2019	10:00	Netherlands	4-3	Australia		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark III	2:10	80	Boxscore
Sep 3, 2019	12:00	South Korea	7-2	China		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark	2:46	150	Boxscore
Sep 3, 2019	15:30	Canada	9-0	Nicaragua		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark III	2:56	93	Boxscore
Sep 4, 2019	11:00	China	6-10	Netherlands		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark III	2:56	247	Boxscore
Sep 4, 2019	11:00	Australia	7-6	Canada		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark II	2:39	80	Boxscore

Group B[]

Standings[]

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
Japan	4	1	.800	-	45	13
United States	4	1	.800	-	39	23
Chinese Taipei	4	1	.800	-	28	14
Spain	2	3	.400	2.0	37	28
Panama	1	4	.200	3.0	25	28
South Africa	0	5	.000	4.0	10	78

Date	Local Time	Road Team	Score	Home Team	Inn.	Venue	Game Time	Attendance	Boxscore
Aug 30, 2019	12:00	Panama	1-4	Chinese Taipei		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark	2:48	1,032	Boxscore
Aug 30, 2019	12:00	Spain	2-4	Japan		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark II	2:08	230	Boxscore
Aug 30, 2019	19:00	South Africa	0-11	United States	F/7	Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark II	1:56	70	Boxscore
Aug 31, 2019	10:00	Spain	12-3	Panama		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark III	3:35	80	Boxscore
Aug 31, 2019	12:00	Chinese Taipei	1-8	United States		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark II	2:44	400	Boxscore
Aug 31, 2019	12:00	Japan	19-0	South Africa	F/6	Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark	2:09	517	Boxscore
Sep 1, 2019	10:00	South Africa	2-17	Panama	F/5	Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark III	1:29	258	Boxscore
Sep 1, 2019	18:00	United States	7-16	Japan		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark	3:32	400	Boxscore
Sep 1, 2019	18:00	Spain	4-5	Chinese Taipei		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark II	3:22	70	Boxscore
Sep 2, 2019	18:00	Japan	1-3	Chinese Taipei	F/6 (rain)	Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark II	1:58	75	Boxscore
Sep 3, 2019	12:00	United States	8-3	Spain		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark II	2:58	112	Boxscore
Sep 3, 2019	18:00	Japan	5-1	Panama	F/6 (rain)	Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark	2:39	90	Boxscore
Sep 3, 2019	18:00	Chinese Taipei	15-0	South Africa	F/5	Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark II	1:36	80	Boxscore
Sep 4, 2019	15:00	Panama	3-5	United States		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark II	2:52	102	Boxscore
Sep 4, 2019	15:00	South Africa	8-16	Spain		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark III	3:16	73	Boxscore

Super round[]

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
United States	4	1	.800	-	35	23
Chinese Taipei	3	2	.600	1.0	30	23
Australia	3	2	.600	1.0	13	21
South Korea	2	3	.400	2.0	20	25
Japan	2	3	.400	2.0	27	20
Canada	1	4	.000	3.0	24	37

Date	Local Time	Road Team	Score	Home Team	Inn.	Venue	Game Time	Attendance	Boxscore
Sep 5, 2019	12:00	Australia	1-2	United States		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark II	2:07	285	Boxscore
Sep 5, 2019	12:00	Chinese Taipei	7-2	South Korea		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark	2:52	787	Boxscore^[1]
Sep 5, 2019	18:00	Canada	1-5	Japan		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark	2:31	687	Boxscore
Sep 6, 2019	12:00	Chinese Taipei	12-0	Australia	F/7	Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark II	1:55	233	Boxscore^[2]
Sep 6, 2019	12:00	United States	10-0	Canada	F/7	Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark	1:58	102	Boxscore
Sep 6, 2019	18:00	Japan	4-5	South Korea	F/10	Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark	3:35	4,039	Boxscore
Sep 7, 2019	12:30	United States	8-5	South Korea		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark	3:23	650	Boxscore^[3]
Sep 7, 2019	12:30	Australia	4-1	Japan		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark II	3:02	469	Boxscore
Sep 7, 2019	18:00	Chinese Taipei	7-12	Canada		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark	3:04	80	Boxscore

Consolation round[]

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
Netherlands	5	0	1.000	-	29	10
Spain	3	2	.600	2.0	36	22
Panama	3	2	.600	2.0	26	18
Nicaragua	2	3	.400	3.0	22	17
China	2	3	.400	3.0	24	19
South Africa	0	5	.000	5.0	11	62

Date	Local Time	Road Team	Score	Home Team	Inn.	Venue	Game Time	Attendance	Boxscore
Sep 5, 2019	10:00	South Africa	1-11	Nicaragua	F/7	Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark III	2:00	50	Boxscore
Sep 5, 2019	16:00	China	6-0	Spain		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark II	2:32	45	Boxscore
Sep 5, 2019	18:00	Panama	1-2	Netherlands		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark II	2:02	80	Boxscore
Sep 6, 2019	10:00	China	8-0	South Africa		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark III	2:17	32	Boxscore
Sep 6, 2019	16:00	Panama	2-1	Nicaragua		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark III	1:52	30	Boxscore
Sep 6, 2019	18:00	Netherlands	3-1	Spain		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark II	2:15	88	Boxscore
Sep 7, 2019	16:00	Nicaragua	2-7	Spain	F/7	Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark III	1:57	51	Boxscore
Sep 7, 2019	19:30	China	1-3	Panama	F/7	Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark III	1:42	42	Boxscore
Sep 8, 2019	10:00	South Africa	0-10	Netherlands	F/6	Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark III	1:29	45	Boxscore

Finals[]

Third place game[]

Date	Local Time	Road Team	Score	Home Team	Inn.	Venue	Game Time	Attendance	Boxscore
Sep 8, 2019	12:00	South Korea	6-5	Australia		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark	2:44	1,008	Boxscore^[4]

Championship[]

Date	Local Time	Road Team	Score	Home Team	Inn.	Venue	Game Time	Attendance	Boxscore
Sep 8, 2019	18:00	Chinese Taipei	2-1	United States		Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark	2:52	3,223	Boxscore^[5]

Final standings[]

Rk	Team	W	L
1	Chinese Taipei	7	2
Lost in Final
2	United States	7	2
Failed to qualify for the Final
3	South Korea	6	3
Lost in 3rd Place Game
4	Australia	4	5
Failed to qualify for the finals
5	Japan	5	3
6	Canada	4	4
Failed to qualify for the super round
7	Netherlands	6	2
8	Spain	3	5
9	Panama	3	5
10	Nicaragua	3	5
11	China	2	6
12	South Africa	0	8

U-18 All-World Team[]

Position	Player
C	Juan González
1B	Yuya Nirasawa
2B	Ji-chan Kim
3B	Shun-ho Wang
SS	Austin Gomm
OF	Darryl Collins
	Pete Crow-Armstrong
	Robert Hassell III
DH	Tyler Soderstrom
P	Yasunobu Okugawa
P	Alejandro Rosario

Statistics leaders[]

Batting[]

Statistic	Name	Total/Avg
Batting average*	Ji-chan Kim	.528
Hits	Ji-chan Kim	19
Runs	Robert Hassell III	13
Home runs	5 players	2
Runs batted in	Robert Hassell III	14
Strikeouts	Binbin Lu Liam McDonald	14
Walks	Wentao Zhang	12
Stolen bases	Ji-chan Kim	10
On-base percentage*	Ryson Polonius	.556
Slugging percentage*	Robert Hassell III	.886
OPS*	Robert Hassell III	1.434

* Minimum 2.7 plate appearances per game

Pitching[]

Statistic	Name	Total/Avg
Wins	Alejandro Rosario	3
Losses	8 players	2
Saves	3 players	2
Innings pitched	Justin Luna	15.0
Hits allowed	Kade Smith	20
Runs allowed	Mila Burger	18
Earned runs allowed	Mila Burger Kade Smith	15
Earned run average*	Kyle Harrison Chien Yu	0.00**
Walks allowed	Alex Tomé	15
Strikeouts	Yasunobu Okugawa	18

* Minimum 0.8 innings pitched per game
** They are tied with others with a 0.00 ERA but they pitched the most innings (10.0)

References[]

^ 신원철 (5 September 2019). ""대만전 필승" 외쳤건만, 한국 5점차 완패 '결승행 빨간불'". SPOTV News. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
^ "Taiwan overwhelms Australia at U-18 Baseball World Cup". Taiwan News. Central News Agency. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
^ 나유리 (7 September 2019). "'5:0→5:8' 한국, 미국에 역전패…결승 진출 실패". Sports Chosun. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
^ "'이주형 9회 역전 투런포' 청소년 야구, 호주 꺾고 동메달". Newsis. 8 September 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
^ "Taiwan wins U-18 Baseball World Cup title after 9-year hiatus". Taiwan News. Central News Agency. 8 September 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

External links[]

[1] 신원철 (5 September 2019). ""대만전 필승" 외쳤건만, 한국 5점차 완패 '결승행 빨간불'". SPOTV News. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

[2] "Taiwan overwhelms Australia at U-18 Baseball World Cup". Taiwan News. Central News Agency. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

[3] 나유리 (7 September 2019). "'5:0→5:8' 한국, 미국에 역전패…결승 진출 실패". Sports Chosun. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

[4] "'이주형 9회 역전 투런포' 청소년 야구, 호주 꺾고 동메달". Newsis. 8 September 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

[5] "Taiwan wins U-18 Baseball World Cup title after 9-year hiatus". Taiwan News. Central News Agency. 8 September 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

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