The 2023 U-18 Baseball World Cup or the XXXI 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 2023 edition was held in Taipei and Taichung, Taiwan from August 31 to September 10, 2023.
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.
Pool APool B
1Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan, due to complicated relations with People's Republic of China, is recognized by the name Chinese Taipei by most of the international organizations in sports competitions. For more information, please see Cross-Strait relations.
First round
Group A
Group B
Super round
Placement round
Finals
Third-place game
Championship
Medalists
Final standings RkTeamWL72Lost in final81Failed to qualify for the final63Lost in 3rd place game454Failed to qualify for the finals553644Failed to qualify for the super round744835935103511261208
U-18 All-World Team PositionPlayerC Meng-Chih Hu1B P. J. Morlando2B Ren Ogata3B Dimas OdaSS Manuelle MarinOF Antonio Macias Ching-Hsien Ko Miquel WillemDH Sangjun LeeP Aoi Higashionna Kim Taek-yeon
Statistical leaders Source:
Batting StatisticNameTotal/AvgBatting average* Ren Ogata.571Hits Ren Ogata12Runs Ren Ogata10Doubles Ting-Lung Hsu3 Filip KubíčekTriples James Coy2 Adonys VelezHome runs Chao-Hung Chang2Runs batted in Chao-Hung Chang9Walks5 tied with7Stolen bases Derek Curiel6On-base percentage* Ching-Hsien Ko1.150Slugging percentage* Ching-Hsien Ko.704OPS* Ching-Hsien Ko1.854 * Minimum 2.1 plate appearances per team game
Pitching StatisticNameTotal/AvgWins Wei-Che Tseng3Saves Trey Gregory-Alford3Innings pitched Jack Bushell15 Kelvin ContrerasEarned run average* Kelvin Contreras0.47Strikeouts Taek-yeon Kim20Walks allowed* Jack Bushell3 Jun-seo HwangBAA* Maxwell Cornelissen.146 * Minimum 1.5 innings pitched per team game
References
External links Event Official Website at WBSC