The 2018 U-15 Baseball World Cup or the IV U-15 Baseball World Cup was an under-15 international baseball competition held in David and Chitré, Panama from August 10 to 19, 2018.
The United States won their first world title in the U-15 World Cup history and overall sixth title in the tournaments, after defeated Panama 7–1 in final.
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 The top three teams in each pool will qualify for the second round.
Qualified for the Super Round Qualified for the Placement Round
Group A
Teams Pct. GB 4 1 .800 — 50 3 4 1 .800 — 37 9 4 1 .800 — 28 20 2 3 .400 2 22 25 1 4 .200 3 7 45 0 5 .000 4 7 49
Group B
Teams Pct. GB 5 0 1.000 — 4 1 .800 1 3 2 .600 2 2 3 .400 3 1 4 .200 4 0 5 .000 5
Super round Qualified for the Final Qualified for the Third-place game
Teams Pct. GB 4 1 .800 – 4 1 .800 – 2 3 .400 2 2 3 .400 2 2 3 .400 2 1 4 .200 3
Consolation Round
Teams Pct. GB 5 0 1.000 – 4 1 .800 1 3 2 .600 2 1 4 .200 4 1 4 .200 4 1 4 .200 4
Final round Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Final standings RkTeam United States456789101112
Awards The WBSC announced the following awards at the completion of the tournament.
+ Awards Player Most Valuable Player Cody SchrierOutstanding Defensive Player Kai-Yu Liu
+ All-World Team Position Player Starting pitcher Andrew PainterRelief pitcher Alexis Bernal Catcher Edgar Quero First base Brady House Second base Seiya Fukuhara Third base Luke Leto Shortstop Reginald Preciado Outfield Oscar Aude Luis Durango Ryan Spikes Designated hitter Aoi Sugishita
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