2015 U-18 Baseball World Cup

2015 U-18 Baseball World Cup.jpg 300px JPN Japan August 28–September 6 12 18 USA 18 USA 8 18 JPN 18 KOR 18 AUS JPN Shoki Katsumata .545 CAN Josh Naylor 3 South Korea Wonjun Choi 7 JPN Sena Sato 28 50 65724 USA Nick Pratto 2013 2017 The 2015 U-18 Baseball World Cup was an international baseball tournament held by IBAF. The 2015 edition was held in Osaka, Japan from August 28, 2015 to September 6, 2015. 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 Second Round, while the bottom 3 nations from each group advance to the Consolation Round. Consolation 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) Second Round: The format in the Second 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. Medalists Tournament18 USAXXVII U-18 Baseball World Cup 2015 https://u18bwc.wbsc.org/en/2015/teams/USA World Baseball Softball Confederation 9 August 2021 enMike AmditisIan AndersonDaniel BakstWill BensonAustin BergnerJordan ButlerHagen DannerBraxton GarrettKevin GowdyHunter GreeneCooper JohnsonReggie LawsonMorgan McCulloughMickey MoniakNick PrattoNick QuintanaRyan RolisonBlake RutherfordCole StobbeForrest Whitley18 JPNXXVII U-18 Baseball World Cup 2015 https://u18bwc.wbsc.org/en/2015/teams/JPN World Baseball Softball Confederation 9 August 2021 enWataru FunabikiYuya GunjiTaiga HirasawaKengo HoriuchiKanji ItoShoki KatsumataKotaro KiyomiyaMasato MorishitaKakeru NaritaShinnosuke OgasawaraLouis OkoyeSena SatoRyo ShinoharaNaruki SugisakiJumpei TakahashiMikiya TakahashiHiroshi ToyodaShoki TsudaShotaro UenoKoki Ugusa18 KORXXVII U-18 Baseball World Cup 2015 https://u18bwc.wbsc.org/en/2015/teams/KOR World Baseball Softball Confederation 9 August 2021 enAn Sang-hyunChoi Won-junChoi Sung-youngChoi Chung-yeonHa Seong-jinHwang Sun-doIm Suk-jinJoo Hyo-sangKang Sang-wonKim Ju SungKim Deok-jinKim Dae HyunKim Pyo-seungLee Jin-youngLee Young-haPark Jun-youngPark Se-jinPark Sang-unYoon Seong-pinYu Jae-yu Teams The following 12 teams qualified for the tournament. The number shown in parentheses is the country's position in the IBAF World Rankings going into the competition. Pool APool B 18 JPN (1) 18 CUB (3) 18 USA (2) 18 TPE 1 1 (4) 18 MEX (12) 18 CAN (7) 18 AUS (14) 18 KOR (8) 18 BRA (15) 18 ITA (11) 18 CZE (20) 18 RSA (29) 1 1 Chinese Taipei is the official IBAF designation for the team representing the state officially referred to as the Republic of China, more commonly known as Taiwan. (See also political status of Taiwan for details.) First round Group A main WL runs perc true false JPN, USA, AUS, BRA, MEX, CZE SR SR SR PR PR PR complete 3 2 33 22 2 3 22 46 0 5 14 54 5 0 54 1 H 1 4 16 40 4 1 32 8 18 AUS 18 BRA 18 CZE 18 JPN 18 MEX 18 USA Q green1 Advance to super round red1 Advance to consolation round WBSC Aug 28, 2015 9:00 18 AUS 10–0 18 MEX F/7 Nanko Chuo Stadium 2:42 100 Aug 28, 2015 12:30 18 CZE 1–11 18 USA F/7 Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 2:12 618 Aug 28, 2015 18:00 18 BRA 0–14 18 JPN F/7 Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:37 3500 Aug 29, 2015 10:00 18 CZE 4–8 18 MEX Nanko Chuo Stadium 2:43 112 Aug 29, 2015 15:30 18 AUS 11–1 18 BRA Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 2:50 703 Aug 29, 2015 18:30 18 USA 0–3 18 JPN Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:50 5500 Aug 30, 2015 10:00 18 MEX 1–5 18 USA Nanko Chuo Stadium 2:46 150 Aug 30, 2015 10:00 18 CZE 9–10 18 BRA Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 3:43 160 Aug 30, 2015 17:30 18 AUS 1–10 18 JPN Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:54 7804 Aug 31, 2015 10:00 18 BRA 9–7 18 MEX Nanko Chuo Stadium 2:45 100 Aug 31, 2015 15:30 18 USA 11–1 18 AUS F/8 Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 3:05 703 Aug 31, 2015 17:30 18 CZE 0–15 18 JPN F/7 Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:30 2000 Sep 1, 2015 10:00 18 USA 5–2 18 BRA Nanko Chuo Stadium 2:45 130 Sep 1, 2015 10:00 18 AUS 10–0 18 CZE F/8 Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 2:35 130 Sep 1, 2015 17:30 18 MEX 0–12 18 JPN F/7 Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:19 2347 |} Group B main WL runs perc true false KOR, CUB, CAN, TPE, ITA, RSA SR SR SR PR PR PR complete 3 2 30 29 4 1 28 8 1 4 17 38 5 0 42 13 0 5 15 62 2 3 33 15 18 CAN 18 CUB 18 ITA 18 KOR 18 RSA 18 TPE Q green1 Advance to super round red1 Advance to consolation round WBSC Aug 28, 2015 9:00 18 CUB 4–1 18 ITA Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 2:41 527 Aug 28, 2015 11:00 18 RSA 2–17 18 KOR F/5 Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:30 300 Aug 28, 2015 12:30 18 CAN 6–2 18 TPE Nanko Chuo Stadium 2:57 100 Aug 29, 2015 10:00 18 RSA 0–7 18 CUB Toyonaka Rose Stadium 2:22 647 Aug 29, 2015 12:00 18 KOR 6–2 18 CAN Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:51 500 Aug 29, 2015 15:30 18 ITA 1–11 18 TPE F/7 Nanko Chuo Baseball Stadium 2:38 186 Aug 30, 2015 12:00 18 CUB 3–4 18 KOR F/10 Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 3:03 647 Aug 30, 2015 15:30 18 TPE 15–1 18 RSA F/7 Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:26 200 Aug 30, 2015 15:30 18 ITA 0–10 18 CAN F/8 Nanko Chuo Stadium 2:32 300 Aug 31, 2015 10:00 18 ITA 12–2 18 RSA Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 2:51 327 Aug 31, 2015 12:00 18 KOR 4–3 18 TPE Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:55 180 Aug 31, 2015 15:30 18 CAN 1–11 18 CUB F/7 Nanko Chuo Baseball Stadium 2:07 200 Sep 1, 2015 12:00 18 KOR 11–3 18 ITA Maishima Baseball Stadium 3:02 637 Sep 1, 2015 15:30 18 TPE 2–3 18 CUB Nanko Chuo Stadium 2:57 150 Sep 1, 20151 15:30 18 RSA 10–11 18 CAN Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 2:50 647 |} 1Game suspended and completed on September 2 Super round main WL runs perc true false JPN, USA, KOR, AUS, CUB, CAN F F 3rd 3rd complete 1 4 12 38 1 4 20 34 1 4 23 27 5 0 39 3 H 3 2 17 24 4 1 33 18 Three-way tie decided by TQB AUS AUS 18 AUS 18 CAN 18 CUB 18 JPN 18 KOR 18 USA Q green1 Advance to final yellow1 Advance to third-place game WBSC Sep 3, 2015 12:00 18 USA 7–4 18 KOR Maishima Baseball Stadium 3:56 300 Sep 3, 2015 15:30 18 AUS 7–4 18 CUB F/10 Nanko Chuo Stadium 3:23 703 Sep 3, 2015 17:30 18 CAN 2–5 18 JPN Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:49 1500 Sep 4, 2015 12:00 18 CAN 10–3 18 AUS Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:46 527 Sep 4, 2015 13:00 18 CUB 5–6 18 USA Hanshin Koshien Stadium 2:55 500 Sep 4, 2015 18:00 18 KOR 0–12 18 JPN F/7 Hanshin Koshien Stadium 2:29 7000 Sep 5, 2015 12:00 18 AUS 0–3 18 KOR Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:26 70 Sep 5, 2015 13:00 18 CUB 0–9 18 JPN Hanshin Koshien Stadium 2:39 8000 Sep 5, 2015 18:00 18 CAN 5–9 18 USA Hanshin Koshien Stadium 3:10 350 |} Consolation round main WL runs perc true false MEX, TPE, BRA, ITA, CZE, RSA complete 3 2 29 36 1 4 22 28 2 3 29 30 4 1 26 19 1 4 13 38 4 1 36 4 Head-to-head result: Mexico 2–1 Chinese Taipei MEX Head-to-head result: Czech Republic 4–2 South Africa CZE 18 BRA 18 CZE 18 ITA 18 MEX 18 RSA 18 TPE WBSC Sep 3, 2015 10:00 18 CZE 0–1 18 TPE F/5 Nanko Chuo Stadium 1:10 303 Sep 3, 2015 10:00 18 ITA 6–8 18 BRA Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 3:24 69 Sep 4, 2015 10:00 18 CZE 4–2 18 RSA Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 2:32 110 Sep 4, 20151 13:30 18 RSA 2–5 18 MEX Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 2:48 100 Sep 4, 2015 16:30 18 MEX 5–3 18 ITA Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 3:15 60 Sep 4, 2015 17:30 18 BRA 0–8 18 TPE Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:59 303 Sep 5, 2015 10:00 18 RSA 6–2 18 BRA Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 2:23 527 Sep 5, 2015 15:30 18 CZE 4–7 18 ITA Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 2:37 527 Sep 5, 2015 17:30 18 MEX 2–1 18 TPE Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:15 100 |} 1Game suspended and completed on September 4 Finals Third-place game Sep 6, 2015 10:00 18 AUS 5–8 18 KOR Maishima Baseball Stadium 3:08 70 |} Championship Sep 6, 2015 19:301 18 USA 2–1 18 JPN Koshien Stadium 2:40 15,000 |} 1The game was originally scheduled to begin at 18:10, but was delayed by rain. Final standings RkTeamhttps://www.wbsc.org/en/events/2015-u18-baseball-world-cup/news/u-s-defeats-japan-in-electric-finale-to-win-wbsc-u-18-baseball-world-cup-in-osaka-2 U.S. defeats Japan in electric finale to win WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup in Osaka September 6, 2015 WBSC September 13, 2025 18 USALost in final18 JPNFailed to qualify for the final18 KORLost in 3rd place game418 AUSFailed to qualify for the finals518 CUB618 CANFailed to qualify for the super round718 MEX818 TPE918 BRA1018 ITA1118 CZE1218 RSA Awards + Awards Player Most Valuable Player USA Nick PrattoOutstanding Defensive PlayerJPN Louis Okoye + All-Tournament Team Position PlayerStarting PitcherJPN Sena SatoRelief PitcherUSA Reggie Lawson Catcher JPN Kengo Horiuchi First Base CAN Josh Naylor Second Base CUB Jose Garcia Third Base JPN Ryo Shinohara Shortstop JPN Taiga Hirasawa Outfield JPN Shoki Katsumata USA Blake Rutherford CUB Luis RobertDesignated HitterAUS Tristan King References External links Official website (https://web.archive.org/web/20170902232642/http://www.wbsc.org/tournaments/2015-u18-baseball-world-cup/ 2017-09-02 ) Category:U-18 Baseball World Cup U-18 Baseball World Cup Category:International baseball competitions hosted by Japan