The 2017 U-18 Baseball World Cup or the XXVIII U-18 Baseball World Cup was an international baseball tournament held by the World Baseball Softball Confederation for players 18-year-old and younger. The 2017 edition was held in Thunder Bay, Ontario, from September 1–10, 2017.
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 parentheses is the country's position in the WBSC World Rankings going into the competition.
Pool APool B (3) (1) (4) (2) (8) (5) (10) (6) (12) (9) (15) (29)
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.)
First round
Group A
Group B
Super round
Consolation round
Finals
Third-place game
Championship
Medalists TournamentWill BanfieldTriston CasasRaynel DelgadoMason DenaburgBrandon DieterJ. T. GinnNolan GormanEthan HankinsJarred KelenicMatthew LiberatoreLandon MarceauxAnthony SeiglerJoseph MenefeeKumar RockerMichael SianiAlek ThomasBrice TurangRyan WeathersCole WilcoxCarter YoungBae Ji-hwanCho Dae-hyunChoi Jun-wooChoi Hyun-junGwak BeenHa Jun-youngHan Dong-huiJang Jun-hwanKang Baek-hoKim Young-junKim MinKim Ki-hoonKim Jeong-wooLee Yu-seokPark Dong-sooSeo Jun-wonSung Dong-hyunYang Chang-seopYe Jin-wonYe In-hyokKyota FujiwaraTaisei InoueShumpei IsomuraKosuke ItoKento KawabataKotaro KiyomiyaYūto KogaKaito KozonoYoshihiro KujiraiKazuya MaruyamaShu MasudaGinji MiuraShosei NakamuraKenji NishimakiShuto SakuraiTatsuya ShimizuFumimaru TauraSoma TokuyamaHikaru YamashitaHisanori Yasuda
Final standings RkTeamWL90Lost in final72Failed to qualify for the final63Lost in 3rd place game454Failed to qualify for the finals544635Failed to qualify for the super round762844926102611261208
Awards AwardsPlayerMost Valuable Player Triston CasasOutstanding Defensive Player Denzel Clarke + All-Tournament TeamPositionPlayerC Cho Dae-hyun1B Leonardo Seminati2B César Prieto3B Bo NaylorSS Brice TurangOF Michael Siani Alek Thomas Ye Jin-wonDH Kang Baek-hoP Ethan Hankins Fumimaru Taura
Statistics leaders
Batting StatisticNameTotal/AvgBatting average* César Prieto .581Hits César Prieto 18Runs Michael Siani 12Home runs Triston Casas 3Runs batted in Triston Casas 13Strikeouts Edouard Julien 16Stolen bases Michael Siani 7On-base percentage* César Prieto .606Slugging percentage* Jeyner Sánchez .750OPS* César Prieto 1.251 * Minimum 2.7 plate appearances per game
Pitching Statistic NameTotal/AvgWins 6 players 2Losses Mohamed Alaoui Oscar Tucci 3Saves 14 players 1Innings pitched Donny Breek 16.2Hits allowed Mohamed Alaoui 22Runs allowed Mohamed Alaoui 20Earned runs allowed Mohamed Alaoui 16Earned run average* Matthew Liberatore Ginji Miura 0.00**Walks Cristian Mendoza 12Strikeouts Fumimaru Taura 29WHIP* Ethan Hankins 0.5 * Minimum 0.8 innings pitched per game ** They are tied with others with a 0.00 ERA but they pitched the most innings (12.0)
References
External links Event Official Website Event Official Website at WBSC