The Youth Baseball5 World Cup (YBWSC) is a mixed-gender Baseball5 world championship consisting of 16 teams that occurs every two years, with the first edition in 2023. It is governed by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). The 2025 edition will act as a qualifier for the mixed-gender Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics Baseball5 event, which will be Baseball5's first appearance at the Youth Olympics, as well as the first appearance of a mixed-gender team sport at an Olympic event.
History The YB5WC was initially scheduled to occur in 2021, but was postponed to 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. France and Turkey qualified from the first-ever U-17 European Baseball5 Championship in 2022 to play in the 2023 YB5WC.
The 2025 edition will take place in Mexico.
Format The 16 countries participating in the Youth World Cup are geographically broken down as follows:
The host nation automatically qualifies. The host nation of the previous edition automatically qualifies. 4 countries from the Americas 3 from Europe 2 from Africa 3 from Asia 1 from Oceania 1 Wild Card (selected by WBSC)
The 16 countries play a total of 56 games over four or five days.
Results YearHostFinalThird place gameChampionsScoreRunners-upThird placeScoreFourth place2023DetailsAnkaraCuba2–0FranceMexico2–1Turkey2025DetailsTepicCuba2–0Chinese TaipeiVenezuela2–0Mexico
Medal table
Participating nations
— Hosts
Teams 2023 2025 Australia 12th — 1 China 5th — 1 Chinese Taipei 6th 2nd 2 Cuba 1st 1st 2 Fiji — 15th 1 France 2nd 9th 2 Ghana 7th 16th 2 Japan — 7th 1 Kenya — 5th 1 Lithuania — 8th 1 Malaysia 10th — 1 Mexico 3rd 4th 2 South Korea 9th 13th 2 Spain — 10th 1 Syria — 14th 1 Tunisia 8th 12th 2 Turkey 4th 6th 2 Venezuela — 3rd 1 Zambia 11th — 1No. of Teams 12 16
See also Baseball5 World Cup
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