2016 U-23 Baseball World Cup

November 2016 200px Mexico October 28 - November 6 12 TPE JPN 1 AUS KOR PAN 50 27797 JPN Yusuke Masago 2014 2018 The 2016 U-23 World Baseball Cup was the second edition of the U-23 Baseball World Cup since its inception in 2014 as the U-21 Baseball World Cup. The competition took place in Mexico between Oct. 28 and Nov. 6, 2016. A total of 50 games were played in three host cities: Monterrey, Saltillo, and Cadereyta.WBSC announces dates, venues for new U23 Baseball World Cup 2016 http://www.mister-baseball.com/wbsc-announces-dates-venues-u23-baseball-world-cup-2016/ 3 November 2016 24 March 2016 In the gold medal game, Japan defeated Australia with the score of 10:3. Korea defeated Panama with the score of 5:3 to win the bronze medal. Venues Monterrey, Saltillo, and Cadereyta are the three cities where games were played. In Monterrey, games were played at the 27,000-seat Estadio de Beisbol Monterrey, home of Sultannes Monterrey of the Mexican Baseball League. In Saltillo, games were played at Estadio Francisco I. Madero, home of the Saraperos de Saltillo of the Mexican Baseball League. In Caderetya, games were played at Unidad Deportiva Alfonso Martinez Dominguez. Teams Twelve nations competed in the tournament, from 6 continents:WBSC unveils nations, Logo for inaugural U-23 Baseball World Cup 2016 in Monterrey, Mexico http://www.wbsc.org/tournaments/2016-u23-baseball-world-cup/news/wbsc-unveils-nations-logo-for-inaugural-u-23-baseball-world-cup-2016-in-monterrey-mexico/ 3 November 2016 29 August 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161008194311/http://www.wbsc.org/tournaments/2016-u23-baseball-world-cup/news/wbsc-unveils-nations-logo-for-inaugural-u-23-baseball-world-cup-2016-in-monterrey-mexico/ October 8, 2016 dead World No. 1 Japan, No. 3 Korea, No. 4 Chinese Taipei, No. 7 Venezuela, No. 8 Mexico, No. 13 Australia, No. 14 Czech Republic, No. 15 Panama, No. 18 Nicaragua, No. 27 Argentina, No. 33 Austria, and No. 36 South Africa. Group stage Two groups of six teams played in a round-robin format, with the top three teams from each group advancing to the Super Round. The bottom three teams from each group went to the consolation round. The rankings of teams in each group were determined by the win-loss record of all games played. If two or more teams had the same win-loss record, rankings were determined as follows: 1 win-loss record in games between the tied teams; team's quality balance (TQB) and game results between teams tied; earned runs team's quality balance (ER-TQB); highest batting average in games between the teams tied; a coin flip. Pool APool BKORJPNVENTPEMEXAUSCZENCAPANARGRSAAUT Opening round Pool A main WL runs perc true complete WBSC PAN, KOR, MEX, VEN, CZE, RSA SR SR SR CR CR CR 5 0 45 12 4 1 40 12 3 2 35 13 2 3 32 35 1 4 32 54 0 5 9 67 PAN KOR MEX VEN CZE RSA Q green1 Advance to Super Round yellow1 Advance to Consolation round Pool B main WL runs perc true complete WBSC JPN, AUS, NCA, TPE, ARG, AUT SR SR SR CR CR CR 5 0 58 8 4 1 39 26 3 2 37 17 2 3 28 33 1 4 17 44 0 5 4 55 JPN AUS NCA TPE ARG AUT Q green1 Advance to Super Round yellow1 Advance to Consolation round Super Round In the Super Round, each the three teams that advanced from Group A play one game against each of the three teams that advanced from Group B. At the end of this round, four teams will qualify for the finals, based on the results of five total games: the two First Round games between the three qualified teams, plus the three games of the Super Round. The first and second place teams will play in the Gold Medal Game, the third and fourth place teams will play in the Bronze Medal Game. main WL runs perc true complete WBSC JPN, AUS, PAN, KOR, MEX, NCA GM GM BM BM 4 1 24 9 3 2 33 42 3 2 18 24 2 3 31 25 2 3 26 24 1 4 27 35 PAN KOR MEX JPN AUS NCA Q green1 Advance to gold medal game yellow1 Advance to bronze medal game Awards AwardsPlayerMost Valuable PlayerJPN Yusuke MasagoOutstanding Defensive PlayerKOR Tae-jin Kim +All-Tournament TeamPositionPlayerStarting PitcherKOR Ji-seob LimRelief PitcherAUS Josh GuyerCatcherMEX Carlos MendivilFirst BasemanAUS Connor MacdonaldSecond BasemanKOR Tae-jin KimThird BasemanTPE Tung-Hua YuehShortstopAUS Jacob YounisOutfielderJPN Yusuke MasagoKOR Byeong-wuk LimJPN Kengo TakedaDesignated HitterAUS Guy Edmonds References Category:U-23 Baseball World Cup Category:International baseball competitions hosted by Mexico U-23 Baseball World Cup Category:2016 in Mexican sports U-23 Baseball World Cup U-23 Baseball World Cup U-23 Baseball World Cup U-23 Baseball World Cup