The 2012 IBAF 18U Baseball World Championship was an international baseball competition held in Seoul, South Korea from August 30 to September 8, 2012.International Baseball Federation Organizer
Medalists TournamentWillie AbreuChristian ArroyoCavan BiggioRyan BoldtBryson BrigmanIan ClarkinKevin DavisStephen GonsalvesConnor HeadyJohn KilichowskiJeremy MartinezReese McGuireAndy McGuireDom NúñezChris OkeyRyan OlsonCarson SandsDominic TaccoliniKeegan ThompsonGarrett WilliamsChristian BotnickDayton DaweNathan DeSouzaBrock DykxhoornKyle HannJesse HodgesRyan KelloggJake MarksGareth MorganJosh NaylorDaniel PineroCal QuantrillJacob RobsonTravis SeabrookeLogan SeifritChristopher ShawBrett SiddallOwen SpiwakMitchell TrioloMyles VincentChan Chun-HsiangChen Yu-MingChen Yueh-SeHuang Tzu-PengHung Hsin-ChiLee Tsung-HsienTzu-Wei LinLin Yi-CheLin Cheng-HsienLiu Chia-KaiLiu Sheng-HungSen Yu-PinSen Jung-HungSu Chih-ChiehTsai I-HsuanTsao Yu-NingJen-Ho TsengWang Cheng-TangYang Chia-WeiYang Hsiang-Hao
Teams The following 12 teams qualified for the tournament.
Pool APool B
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.)
Round 1
Group A
Standings Teams Pct. GB 4 1 .800 – 39 13 3 1 .750 ½ 18 7 3 2 .600 1 24 27 2 3 .400 2 19 18 2 3 .400 2 21 24 0 4 .000 3½ 10 42
Schedule
Group B
Standings Teams Pct. GB 4 1 .800 – 28 17 4 1 .800 – 29 7 3 1 .750 ½ 16 10 2 3 .400 2 12 24 1 3 .250 2½ 16 14 0 5 .000 4 5 34
Schedule
Round 2
Group C
Standings Teams Pct. GB Tiebreaker 3 2 .600 – 28 16 1–1, 0.173 TQB 3 2 .600 – 25 26 1–1, -0.006 TQB 3 2 .600 – 17 16 1–1, -0.192 TQB 2 3 .400 1 14 25 2–0 2 3 .400 1 16 21 1–1 2 3 .400 1 23 19 0–2
Schedule
Round 3
11th place game
9th place game
7th place game
5th place game
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Final standings
RkTeamWL72Lost in gold medal game63Failed to qualify for gold medal game62445Failed to qualify for bronze medal game553654Failed to qualify for Round 2733824Failed to qualify for the 7th place game9331014Failed to qualify for the 9th place game11141206
Awards + Awards Player Most Valuable Player Christian ArroyoOutstanding Defensive Player Tzu-Wei Lin
+ All-Tournament Team Position PlayerStarting Pitcher Shintaro FujinamiRelief Pitcher Jen-Ho Tseng Catcher Tomoya Mori First Base Chih-Chieh Su Second Base Kyle Hann Third Base Jesse Hodges Shortstop Christian Arroyo Outfield Jun-suk Song Elliot Hargreaves Cristian CanoDesignated Hitter Jeremy Martinez
Officials
Technical Commissioners Chairman:
Jim Baba (CAN)
Members: Brett Pickett (AUS) Koji Aso (JPN) Lin, Hua Wei (TPE) George Santiago (PUR) Lee, Kyu-Seok (KOR) Kang, Moon-Kil (KOR) Kim, Byung-Il (KOR) Park, Ro-Jun (KOR) Son, Hyuk (KOR)
Umpires Umpire Director:
Gustavo Rodriguez (USA)
Members: Gregory Howard (AUS) Jon Oko (CAN) Bin Shun Chen (TPE) David Kulhanek (CZE) Marco Taurelli (ITA) Tomohisa Yamaguchi (JPN) Hi Young Park (KOR) Osmel Pimentel (VEN) Kou Wakabayashi (JPN) David Condon (USA) Kevin Sweeney (USA) Batista Fermin (PAN) Do Hyung Kim (KOR) Yang, Jae Man (KOR) Jae Hoon Lim (KOR) Seong Jun Park (KOR) Suk Man Hwang (KOR) Won Jung Park (KOR)
Scorers Scoring Director:
Marco Battistella (ITA)
Members: Takuya Sumi (JPN) Feiko Drost (NED) Jennie Moloney (AUS) An, Woo Jun (KOR) Oh, Ik Hwan (KOR) Hwang, Sung Jun (KOR) Han, In Hii (KOR) Kim Young Sung (KOR)
Jury of Appeal Chairman:
Gustavo Rodriguez (USA)
Members: Sang Hyung Lee (KOR) Gianni Fabrizi (ITA)
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