The 2019 U-18 Baseball World Cup or the XXVIV 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 2019 edition was 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.
Qualification Qualified teams TeamQualified asQualification dateAppearancein finalsLastappearanceConsecutivestreakPrevious best performance 20th 2017 16 2018 U-18 European Baseball Championship champions – 2017 2 – 2018 U-18 European Baseball Championship runners-up – – 1 – 2018 U-18 Asian Baseball Championship runners-up – – – 2018 U-18 Asian Baseball Championship 3rd place 9th 2017 5 2018 U-18 Asian Baseball Championship 4th place – – 1 – 2018 U-18 Pan American Baseball Championship champions 29th 2017 29 2018 U-18 Pan American Baseball Championship runners-up 13th 2012 1 2018 U-18 Pan American Baseball Championship 3rd place – – – 2018 U-18 Pan American Baseball Championship 4th place – 2017 2 – 2019 U-18 Oceania Baseball Championship champions – – – 2018 U-18 African Baseball Championship champions – – – – – Notes
Round 1
Group A
Standings
Group B
Standings
Super round
Consolation round
Finals
Third-place game
Championship
Final standings
RkTeamWL72Lost in final72Failed to qualify for the final63Lost in 3rd place game445Failed to qualify for the finals553644Failed to qualify for the super round762835935103511261208
U-18 All-World Team PositionPlayerC Juan González1B Yuya Nirasawa2B Ji-chan Kim3B Shun-ho WangSS Austin GommOF Darryl Collins Pete Crow-Armstrong Robert Hassell IIIDH Tyler SoderstromP Yasunobu Okugawa Alejandro Rosario
Statistics leaders
Batting StatisticNameTotal/AvgBatting average* Ji-chan Kim .528Hits Ji-chan Kim 19Runs Robert Hassell III 13Home runs 5 players 2Runs batted in Robert Hassell III 14Strikeouts Binbin Lu Liam McDonald 14Walks Wentao Zhang 12Stolen bases Ji-chan Kim 10On-base percentage* Ryson Polonius .556Slugging percentage* Robert Hassell III .886OPS* Robert Hassell III 1.434 * Minimum 2.7 plate appearances per game
Pitching Statistic NameTotal/AvgWins Alejandro Rosario 3Losses 8 players 2Saves 3 players 2Innings pitched Justin Luna 15.0Hits allowed Kade Smith 20Runs allowed Mila Burger 18Earned runs allowed Mila Burger Kade Smith 15Earned run average* Kyle Harrison Chien Yu 0.00**Walks allowed Alex Tomé 15Strikeouts 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
External links Event Official Website at WBSC