The 2016 U-15 Baseball World Cup or the III U-15 Baseball World Cup was an international baseball tournament held by the World Baseball Softball Confederation for players 15-year-old and younger. The 2016 edition was held in Iwaki, Japan from July 29 to August 7, 2016.
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 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 5 0 1.000 — 3 2 .600 2.0 3 2 .600 2.0 2 3 .400 3.0 1 4 .200 4.0 1 4 .200 4.0
Group B
Teams Pct. GB 5 0 1.000 — 3 2 .600 2.0 3 2 .600 2.0 2 3 .400 3.0 2 3 .400 3.0 0 5 .000 5.0
Super round Qualified for the Final Qualified for the Third-place game
Teams Pct. GB 4 1 .800 - 4 1 .800 - 3 2 .600 1.0 2 3 .400 2.0 1 4 .200 3.0 1 4 .200 3.0
Consoltion Round
Teams Pct. GB 5 0 1.000 - 3 2 .600 2.0 3 2 .600 2.0 2 3 .400 3.0 2 3 .400 3.0 0 5 .000 5.0
Finals
Third-place game
Championship
Medalists TournamentRandy AlonsoMarcos BetancourtHarbin CastellanosDaniel CastilloLoidel ChapelliLivan ChavianoFranny CobosSixto EchemedndíaRolando EspinosaEdgar MartínezJhonatan MartínezUbert MejíasVíctor Mesa Jr.Malcom NúñezHansel OtamendiDarian PalmaAndrys PerezAndy QuesadaOsdany RodríguezOsiel RodríguezYuma FugoKaisei HoshikoKotaro HoshinoKenji InoShota KatekaruMasaya KitadaDaiki KondoShoki KoyamaTaisei KurosuTakehiro MasukiHiroya MiyagiYuito NakataMinon NoguchiKanta OkadaMasaki OyokawaYuki SakuraiRyusei SuzukiYumeto TaguchiKenshin TsujiTaiyo UedaNelson BerkwichColeman BrigmanGabriel BrionesChristian CairoJustin CampbellJasiah DixonCade DoughtySanson FaltineNick GorbyTony JacobJared JonesEthan LongZachary MartinezJoe NaranjoColton OlasinWesley ScottLandon SimsAnthony VolpeNate WohlgemuthCarter Young
Final standings RkTeamWL172Lost in Final272Failed to qualify for the Final372Lost in 3rd Place Game445Failed to qualify for the finals544644Failed to qualify for the super round753844944102611261208
References
External links Event Official Website at WBSC