23U Baseball World Cup

23U Baseball World Cup
Most recent season or competition:
2016 23U Baseball World Cup
Sport Baseball
Founded 2014
No. of teams 12
Continent International
Most recent
champion(s)		  Chinese Taipei
Most titles  Chinese Taipei

The 23U Baseball World Cup (officially the U-23 Baseball World Cup) is a biennial professional-level National Team baseball world championship of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). The inaugural tournament was held in November 2014 in Taichung, Taiwan, as the 21U Baseball World Cup.[1] Starting with the 2016 edition in Monterrey, Mexico, the tournament has been expanded to permit nations to select players up to 23 years old for their rosters.[2] Players must also possess valid passports of the nations they are representing, in line with Olympic standards. The U-23 Baseball World Cup is the third most important international baseball tournament in terms of distribution of world ranking points, following the Premier12 and the World Baseball Classic. At the U-21 Baseball World Cup 2014, the rosters of National Teams included professional players from clubs affiliated to the Australian Baseball League, Chinese Professional Baseball League, Korean Baseball Organization, Major League Baseball, Mexican Baseball League, Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League and Nippon Professional Baseball.

Results

21U Baseball World Cup
Year Period Final Host Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze
2014
Details		 November 7 – November 16 Taiwan
Taichung		  Chinese Taipei  Japan  South Korea
23U Baseball World Cup
2016[3]
Details		 October 28 – November 6 Mexico
Monterrey		  Japan  Australia  South Korea

Medal table

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Japan 1 1 0 2
2  Chinese Taipei 1 0 0 1
3  Australia 0 1 0 1
4  South Korea 0 0 2 2

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Chinese Taipei defeat new world No. 1 Japan to capture 21U Baseball World Cup crown". WBSC. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "WBSC announces dates, venues for new U-23 Baseball World Cup 2016 Monterrey, MEX". WBSC. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "WBSC unveils nations, Logo for inaugural U-23 Baseball World Cup 2016 in Monterrey, Mexico". WBSC. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

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