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U-23 Baseball World Cup

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U-23 Baseball World Cup
Most recent season or competition:
2024 U-23 Baseball World Cup
Formerly21U Baseball World Cup (2014)
SportBaseball
Founded2014
No. of teams12
ContinentInternational
Most recent
champion
 Japan (3rd title)
Most titles Japan (3 titles)
Website2024 U-23 Baseball World Cup

The U-23 Baseball World Cup is a biennial, professional-level, National Team, baseball world championship of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), replacing Baseball World Cup.

The inaugural tournament was held in November 2014, in Taichung, Taiwan, as the 21U Baseball World Cup, with each team made of 21-year-old and younger players but allowed for six players to be 23-year-old and younger.[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 entire 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.

The rosters of national teams that participated in the tournament included professional players from clubs affiliated to the Australian Baseball League, Chinese Professional Baseball League, Korea Baseball Organization, Major League Baseball, Mexican Baseball League, Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League, and Nippon Professional Baseball.

Classification

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With the approved format of 12 national teams, the WBSC has distributed the continental quotas as follows:

The participants will be determined through the continental championships.

Results

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Ed. Years Hosts[3] Finalists Semi-finalists Teams
Champions Score Runners-up 3rd place Score 4th place
21U Baseball World Cup
1 2014[4]
Details		 Taiwan
Taichung		  Chinese Taipei 9–0  Japan  South Korea 10–4  Nicaragua 11
U-23 Baseball World Cup
1 2016[5][6]
Details		 Mexico
Monterrey		  Japan 10–3  Australia  South Korea 5–3  Panama 12
2 2018[7]
Details		 Colombia
Barranquilla		  Mexico 2–1  Japan  Venezuela 5–4  South Korea 12
3 2020[8]
Details[R 1]		 Mexico
Ciudad Obregon
Hermosillo		  Venezuela 4–0  Mexico  Colombia 5–3  Cuba 12
4 2022[9]
Details		 Taiwan
Taipei, Taichung, Yunlin[10]
  Japan 3–0  South Korea  Chinese Taipei 3–1  Mexico 12
5 2024[11]
Details		 China
Shaoxing[12]		  Japan 5–0  Puerto Rico  Nicaragua 3–1  China 12
6 2026[13]
Details		 Nicaragua
León, Managua, Masaya[14]		 12
Notes
  1. ↑ Originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, postponed to September 2021.

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan3205
2 Mexico1102
3 Chinese Taipei1012
 Venezuela1012
5 South Korea0123
6 Australia0101
 Puerto Rico0101
8 Colombia0011
 Nicaragua0011
Totals (9 entries)66618

Participating nations

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Host country

Nation 2014 2016 2018 2021 2022 2024 2026 Years
 Argentina91
 Australia62nd place, silver medalist(s)969q6
 Austria121
 China41
 Chinese Taipei1st place, gold medalist(s)7563rd place, bronze medalist(s)8q7
 Colombia73rd place, bronze medalist(s)5104
 Cuba410q3
 Czech Republic5101212q5
 Dominican Republic692
 Great Britain11q2
 Germany11112
 Italy71
 Japan2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)q6
 Mexico1151st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)45
 Netherlands91010875
 New Zealand101
 Nicaragua4673rd place, bronze medalist(s)q5
 Panama45q3
 Puerto Rico892nd place, silver medalist(s)q4
 South Africa11111212q5
 South Korea3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)482nd place, silver medalist(s)6q7
 Venezuela883rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)75q7
Nations11121212121212

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "Chinese Taipei defeat new world No. 1 Japan to capture 21U Baseball World Cup crown". WBSC. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
  2. ↑ "WBSC announces dates, venues for new U-23 Baseball World Cup 2016 Monterrey, MEX". WBSC. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Editions". WBSC. World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Retrieved April 30, 2022.
  4. ↑ "2014 U-21 Baseball World Cup". Archived from the original on September 2, 2021. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  5. ↑ "WBSC unveils nations, Logo for inaugural U-23 Baseball World Cup 2016 in Monterrey, Mexico". WBSC. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
  6. ↑ 2016 U-23 Baseball World Cup Archived September 2, 2021, at the Wayback Machine>
  7. ↑ "2018 II U-23 Baseball World Cup". Archived from the original on September 1, 2021. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  8. ↑ "2021 III U-23 Baseball World Cup". Archived from the original on August 30, 2021. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  9. ↑ "World Baseball Softball Confederation". Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Taipei, Taichung and Douliu: Getting to know the IV WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup host cities". U-23 Baseball World Cup. World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  11. ↑ "World Baseball Softball Confederation". Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
  12. ↑ "China to host V WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup in 2024". WBSC. World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  13. ↑ "World Baseball Softball Confederation". Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
  14. ↑ "Nicaragua receive hosting rights for the nicaragua confirmed as hosts of wbsc U-23 Baseball World Cup 2026". WBSC. World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Retrieved July 29, 2025.
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