2015 U-18 Baseball World Cup

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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.

CountryJapan Japan
DatesAugust 28–September 6
Teams12
Defending champions United States
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2015 U-18 Baseball World Cup
Tournament details
CountryJapan Japan
DatesAugust 28–September 6
Teams12
Defending champions United States
Final positions
Champions United States (8th title)
Runners-up Japan
Third place South Korea
Fourth place Australia
Tournament statistics
Games played50
Attendance65,724 (1,314 per game)
Best BAJapan Shoki Katsumata (.545)
Most HRsCanada Josh Naylor (3)
Most SBsSouth Korea Wonjun Choi (7)
Most Ks (as pitcher)Japan Sena Sato (28)
Awards
MVPUnited States Nick Pratto
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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

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Tournament  United States[1]
Mike Amditis
Ian Anderson
Daniel Bakst
Will Benson
Austin Bergner
Jordan Butler
Hagen Danner
Braxton Garrett
Kevin Gowdy
Hunter Greene
Cooper Johnson
Reggie Lawson
Morgan McCullough
Mickey Moniak
Nick Pratto
Nick Quintana
Ryan Rolison
Blake Rutherford
Cole Stobbe
Forrest Whitley		  Japan[2]
Wataru Funabiki
Yuya Gunji
Taiga Hirasawa
Kengo Horiuchi
Kanji Ito
Shoki Katsumata
Kotaro Kiyomiya
Masato Morishita
Kakeru Narita
Shinnosuke Ogasawara
Louis Okoye
Sena Sato
Ryo Shinohara
Naruki Sugisaki
Jumpei Takahashi
Mikiya Takahashi
Hiroshi Toyoda
Shoki Tsuda
Shotaro Ueno
Koki Ugusa		  South Korea[3]
An Sang-hyun
Choi Won-jun
Choi Sung-young
Choi Chung-yeon
Ha Seong-jin
Hwang Sun-do
Im Suk-jin
Joo Hyo-sang
Kang Sang-won
Kim Ju Sung
Kim Deok-jin
Kim Dae Hyun
Kim Pyo-seung
Lee Jin-young
Lee Young-ha
Park Jun-young
Park Se-jin
Park Sang-un
Yoon Seong-pin
Yu Jae-yu
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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.

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Pool A Pool B

Japan (1)
Cuba (3)

United States (2)
Chinese Taipei 1 (4)

Mexico (12)
Canada (7)

Australia (14)
South Korea (8)

Brazil (15)
Italy (11)

Czech Republic (20)
South Africa (29)
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^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

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Pos Team Pld W L RF RA PCT GB Qualification
1  Japan (H) 5 5 0 54 1 1.000 — Advance to super round
2  United States 5 4 1 32 8 .800 1
3  Australia 5 3 2 33 22 .600 2
4  Brazil 5 2 3 22 46 .400 3 Advance to consolation round
5  Mexico 5 1 4 16 40 .200 4
6  Czech Republic 5 0 5 14 54 .000 5
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Source: WBSC
(H) Hosts
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Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
Aug 28, 2015 9:00 Australia  10–0  Mexico F/7 Nanko Chuo Stadium 2:42 100
Aug 28, 2015 12:30 Czech Republic  1–11  United States F/7 Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 2:12 618
Aug 28, 2015 18:00 Brazil  0–14  Japan F/7 Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:37 3500
Aug 29, 2015 10:00 Czech Republic  4–8  Mexico   Nanko Chuo Stadium 2:43 112
Aug 29, 2015 15:30 Australia  11–1  Brazil   Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 2:50 703
Aug 29, 2015 18:30 United States  0–3  Japan   Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:50 5500
Aug 30, 2015 10:00 Mexico  1–5  United States   Nanko Chuo Stadium 2:46 150
Aug 30, 2015 10:00 Czech Republic  9–10  Brazil   Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 3:43 160
Aug 30, 2015 17:30 Australia  1–10  Japan   Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:54 7804
Aug 31, 2015 10:00 Brazil  9–7  Mexico   Nanko Chuo Stadium 2:45 100
Aug 31, 2015 15:30 United States  11–1  Australia F/8 Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 3:05 703
Aug 31, 2015 17:30 Czech Republic  0–15  Japan F/7 Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:30 2000
Sep 1, 2015 10:00 United States  5–2  Brazil   Nanko Chuo Stadium 2:45 130
Sep 1, 2015 10:00 Australia  10–0  Czech Republic F/8 Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 2:35 130
Sep 1, 2015 17:30 Mexico  0–12  Japan F/7 Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:19 2347
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Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L RF RA PCT GB Qualification
1  South Korea 5 5 0 42 13 1.000 — Advance to super round
2  Cuba 5 4 1 28 8 .800 1
3  Canada 5 3 2 30 29 .600 2
4  Chinese Taipei 5 2 3 33 15 .400 3 Advance to consolation round
5  Italy 5 1 4 17 38 .200 4
6  South Africa 5 0 5 15 62 .000 5
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Source: WBSC
More information Date, Local time ...
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
Aug 28, 2015 9:00 Cuba  4–1  Italy   Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 2:41 527
Aug 28, 2015 11:00 South Africa  2–17  South Korea F/5 Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:30 300
Aug 28, 2015 12:30 Canada  6–2  Chinese Taipei   Nanko Chuo Stadium 2:57 100
Aug 29, 2015 10:00 South Africa  0–7  Cuba   Toyonaka Rose Stadium 2:22 647
Aug 29, 2015 12:00 South Korea  6–2  Canada   Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:51 500
Aug 29, 2015 15:30 Italy  1–11  Chinese Taipei F/7 Nanko Chuo Baseball Stadium 2:38 186
Aug 30, 2015 12:00 Cuba  3–4  South Korea F/10 Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 3:03 647
Aug 30, 2015 15:30 Chinese Taipei  15–1  South Africa F/7 Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:26 200
Aug 30, 2015 15:30 Italy  0–10  Canada F/8 Nanko Chuo Stadium 2:32 300
Aug 31, 2015 10:00 Italy  12–2  South Africa   Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 2:51 327
Aug 31, 2015 12:00 South Korea  4–3  Chinese Taipei   Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:55 180
Aug 31, 2015 15:30 Canada  1–11  Cuba F/7 Nanko Chuo Baseball Stadium 2:07 200
Sep 1, 2015 12:00 South Korea  11–3  Italy   Maishima Baseball Stadium 3:02 637
Sep 1, 2015 15:30 Chinese Taipei  2–3  Cuba   Nanko Chuo Stadium 2:57 150
Sep 1, 20151 15:30 South Africa  10–11  Canada   Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 2:50 647
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1Game suspended and completed on September 2

Super round

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Pos Team Pld W L RF RA PCT GB Qualification
1  Japan (H) 5 5 0 39 3 1.000 — Advance to final
2  United States 5 4 1 33 18 .800 1
3  South Korea 5 3 2 17 24 .600 2 Advance to third-place game
4  Australia 5 1 4 12 38 .200[a] 4
5  Cuba 5 1 4 23 27 .200[a] 4
6  Canada 5 1 4 20 34 .200[a] 4
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Source: WBSC
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Three-way tie decided by TQB
More information Date, Local time ...
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
Sep 3, 2015 12:00 United States  7–4  South Korea   Maishima Baseball Stadium 3:56 300
Sep 3, 2015 15:30 Australia  7–4  Cuba F/10 Nanko Chuo Stadium 3:23 703
Sep 3, 2015 17:30 Canada  2–5  Japan   Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:49 1500
Sep 4, 2015 12:00 Canada  10–3  Australia   Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:46 527
Sep 4, 2015 13:00 Cuba  5–6  United States   Hanshin Koshien Stadium 2:55 500
Sep 4, 2015 18:00 South Korea  0–12  Japan F/7 Hanshin Koshien Stadium 2:29 7000
Sep 5, 2015 12:00 Australia  0–3  South Korea   Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:26 70
Sep 5, 2015 13:00 Cuba  0–9  Japan   Hanshin Koshien Stadium 2:39 8000
Sep 5, 2015 18:00 Canada  5–9  United States   Hanshin Koshien Stadium 3:10 350
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Consolation round

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Pos Team Pld W L RF RA PCT GB
1  Mexico 5 4 1 26 19 .800[a] —
2  Chinese Taipei 5 4 1 36 4 .800[a] —
3  Brazil 5 3 2 29 36 .600 1
4  Italy 5 2 3 29 30 .400 2
5  Czech Republic 5 1 4 22 28 .200[b] 3
6  South Africa 5 1 4 13 38 .200[b] 3
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Source: WBSC
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Head-to-head result: Mexico 2–1 Chinese Taipei
  2. [b]
    Head-to-head result: Czech Republic 4–2 South Africa
More information Date, Local time ...
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
Sep 3, 2015 10:00 Czech Republic  0–1  Chinese Taipei F/5 Nanko Chuo Stadium 1:10 303
Sep 3, 2015 10:00 Italy  6–8  Brazil   Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 3:24 69
Sep 4, 2015 10:00 Czech Republic  4–2  South Africa   Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 2:32 110
Sep 4, 20151 13:30 South Africa  2–5  Mexico   Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 2:48 100
Sep 4, 2015 16:30 Mexico  5–3  Italy   Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 3:15 60
Sep 4, 2015 17:30 Brazil  0–8  Chinese Taipei   Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:59 303
Sep 5, 2015 10:00 South Africa  6–2  Brazil   Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 2:23 527
Sep 5, 2015 15:30 Czech Republic  4–7  Italy   Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium 2:37 527
Sep 5, 2015 17:30 Mexico  2–1  Chinese Taipei   Maishima Baseball Stadium 2:15 100
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1Game suspended and completed on September 4

Finals

Third-place game

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Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
Sep 6, 2015 10:00 Australia  5–8  South Korea   Maishima Baseball Stadium 3:08 70
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Championship

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Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
Sep 6, 2015 19:301 United States  2–1  Japan   Koshien Stadium 2:40 15,000
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1The game was originally scheduled to begin at 18:10, but was delayed by rain.

Final standings

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Rk Team[4]
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States
Lost in final
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Japan
Failed to qualify for the final
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  South Korea
Lost in 3rd place game
4  Australia
Failed to qualify for the finals
5  Cuba
6  Canada
Failed to qualify for the super round
7  Mexico
8  Chinese Taipei
9  Brazil
10  Italy
11  Czech Republic
12  South Africa
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Awards

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AwardsPlayer
Most Valuable Player United States Nick Pratto
Outstanding Defensive Player Japan Louis Okoye
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All-Tournament Team
PositionPlayer
Starting Pitcher Japan Sena Sato
Relief Pitcher United States Reggie Lawson
Catcher Japan Kengo Horiuchi
First Base Canada Josh Naylor
Second Base Cuba Jose Garcia
Third Base Japan Ryo Shinohara
Shortstop Japan Taiga Hirasawa
Outfield Japan Shoki Katsumata
United States Blake Rutherford
Cuba Luis Robert
Designated Hitter Australia Tristan King
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