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U-23 Baseball World Cup

Most recent season or competition: 2024 U-23 Baseball World Cup
Formerly	21U Baseball World Cup (2014)
Sport	Baseball
Founded	2014
No. of teams	12
Continent	International
Most recent champion(s)	Japan (3rd title)
Most titles	Japan (3 titles)
Official website	2024 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. 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. 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.

Results

21U Baseball World Cup
Year	Period	Final Host		Medalists
				Gold	Silver	Bronze
2014 Details	November 7 – 16	Taichung		Chinese Taipei	Japan	South Korea
U-23 Baseball World Cup
2016 Details	October 28 – November 6	Monterrey		Japan	Australia	South Korea
2018 Details	October 19 – 28	Barranquilla		Mexico	Japan	Venezuela
2020 Details	September 23 – October 2, 2021	Ciudad Obregon Hermosillo		Venezuela	Mexico	Colombia
2022 Details	October 14 – October 23	Taipei, Taichung, Yunlin		Japan	South Korea	Chinese Taipei
2024 Details	September 6 – 15	Shaoxing		Japan	Puerto Rico	Nicaragua

Notes

1. Originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, postponed to September 2021.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	3	2	0	5
2	Mexico	1	1	0	2
3	Chinese Taipei	1	0	1	2
	Venezuela	1	0	1	2
5	South Korea	0	1	2	3
6	Australia	0	1	0	1
	Puerto Rico	0	1	0	1
8	Colombia	0	0	1	1
	Nicaragua	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		6	6	6	18

Participating nations

0Host country0

Nation	2014	2016	2018	2021	2022	2024	Years
Argentina		10					1
Australia	6		9		6	9	5
Austria		12					1
China						4	1
Chinese Taipei		7	5	6		8	6
Colombia			7		5	10	4
Cuba				4	10		2
Czech Republic	5	10	12	12			4
Dominican Republic			6	9			2
Great Britain						11	1
Germany				11	11		2
Italy	7						1
Japan							5
Mexico	11	5			4		5
Netherlands	9		10	10	8	7	5
New Zealand	10						1
Nicaragua	4	6		7			4
Panama		4		5			2
Puerto Rico			8		9		3
South Africa		11	11		12	12	4
South Korea			4	8		6	6
Venezuela	8	8			7	5	6
Nations	11	12	12	12	12	12

See also

• Baseball awards § World
• Baseball at the Summer Universiade
• World University Baseball Championship

References

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. 2014 U-21 Baseball World Cup
4. "WBSC unveils nations, Logo for inaugural U-23 Baseball World Cup 2016 in Monterrey, Mexico". WBSC. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
5. 2016 U-23 Baseball World Cup>
6. 2018 II U-23 Baseball World Cup
7. 2021 III U-23 Baseball World Cup
8. "World Baseball Softball Confederation".
9. "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.
10. "World Baseball Softball Confederation".
11. "China to host V WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup in 2024". WBSC. World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Retrieved April 7, 2023.

External links

• U-23 Baseball World Cup Official Website
• IBAF introduces new Format of International Tournaments. IBAF official website
• Hosting rights of 2016 Baseball World Cups awarded to Japan, Mexico, South Korea. IBAF official website

v t e International baseball
WBSC World Rankings Teams
WBSC Events	World Baseball Classic Summer Olympics Premier 12 U23 World Cup U18 World Cup U15 World Cup U12 World Cup Women's Baseball World Cup
Minor World Events	Grand Forks International Haarlem Baseball Week Little League World Series Intermediate Junior Senior Summer Universiade World Port Tournament World University
Defunct World Events	Amateur World Series / Baseball World Cup Intercontinental Cup Global World Series Women's Baseball World Series World Baseball Challenge International Amateur Tournament World Games Inter-Allied Games
Africa	WBSC Africa – African Championship All-Africa Games
Americas	WBSC Americas – Pan American Games Bolivarian Games Caribbean Baseball Cup Caribbean Series Central American Games Central American and Caribbean Games South American Championship U-23 U-18 U-15 U-12
Asia	WBSC Asia – Asian Championship U-18 U-15 U-12 Asia Cup Women's Asian Cup Asian Games Southeast Asian Games Arab Classic SAARC Baseball Championship Asia Series
Europe	WBSC Europe – European Championship U-23 U-21 U-18 U-15 U-12 European Championship Women Super 6 Champions Cup Confederation Cup Federation Cup
Oceania	WBSC Oceania – Oceania Championship U-18 U-15 U-12 Pacific Games

• U-23 Baseball World Cup
• World championships in baseball
• Youth baseball competitions
• Biennial sporting events
• Recurring sporting events established in 2014
• Under-23 sports competitions
• World youth sports competitions
• World Baseball Softball Confederation competitions