The 2025 U-18 Baseball World Cup or the XXXII U-18 Baseball World Cup is an international baseball tournament held by the World Baseball Softball Confederation for players 18-year-old and younger. The 2025 edition was held in Naha and Itoman, Japan from September 5 to 14, 2025.
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.
Placement 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
Final standings RkTeamWL81Lost in final81Failed to qualify for the final63Lost in 3rd place game463Failed to qualify for the finals544626Failed to qualify for the super round753844935102611171217
U-18 All-World Team PositionPlayerC William Brick1B Sheng-En Zeng2B Ryota Okumura3B Grady EmersonSS Aiden RuizOF Jiho Park Luis Rivera Kai-Qi LiDH Carlos CastilloP Giovanni Rojas
Statistical leaders Source:
Batting StatisticNameTotal/AvgBatting average* Ashton Kennedy.444Hits Aiden Ruiz11Runs Jonathan Moreno9 Ji-seok KimDoubles4 tied with3Triples Alessandro Carrasquilla2 Jae-won Oh Xin ZhaoHome runs5 tied with1Runs batted in Josh Nati12Walks Juan Pacheco10Stolen bases Hyuma Okabe7On-base percentage* Ting-Yi Jiang.565Slugging percentage* Will Brick.667OPS* Lachlan Vella1.063 * Minimum 2.1 plate appearances per team game
Pitching StatisticNameTotal/AvgWins Daito Nakano3Saves Genki Ishigaki2 Yandiel ReyesInnings pitched Edenis Cruz16Earned run average*9 tied0.00Strikeouts Joel Kim19 Shōta MorishitaWalks allowed* Shin-Chan Chen0 Shōta Morishita Damien WilsonBAA* Carson Bolemon.057 * Minimum 1 innings pitched per team game
References
External links Event Official Website at WBSC