U-18 Baseball World Cup
Most recent season or competition: 2017 U-18 Baseball World Cup | |
| Formerly | World Junior Baseball Championship (1981 - 2010) 18U Baseball World Championship (2012) 18U Baseball World Cup (2013) |
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| Sport | Baseball |
| Founded | 1981 |
| No. of teams | 12 (Finals) |
| Continent | International |
| Most recent champion(s) |  United States (2017) |
| Most titles |  Cuba (11) |
| Official website | https://u18bwc.wbsc.org |
The U-18 Baseball World Cup is the 18-and-under baseball world championship sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) and its successor, the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), and was first held in 1981 in the United States. Because it is a world championship, the results of the U-18 Baseball World Cup affect the WBSC World Rankings.[1]
Several players who have participated in the U-18 Baseball World Cup have gone on to stardom at the professional level, including Japan's Yu Darvish, USA's Clayton Kershaw and Buster Posey, and Cuba's Yasiel Puig and Aroldis Chapman, among many others.
Prior to 2010, the IBAF organized the World Junior Baseball Championship. The WBSC was created in 2013 when the IBAF merged with the International Softball Federation.
Contents
1 Results
2 Medal table
3 See also
4 References
Results
| Year | Final Host | Medalists | ||||
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| Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||
| 1981 Details | United States |  South Korea |  United States |  Australia | ||
| 1982 Details | United States | United States |  Japan | Australia | ||
| 1983 Details | United States |  Chinese Taipei | United States |  Canada | ||
| 1984 Details |  Canada |  Cuba | United States | Chinese Taipei | ||
| 1985 Details | United States | Cuba | United States | Chinese Taipei | ||
| 1986 Details | Canada | Cuba | Chinese Taipei | United States | ||
| 1987 Details | Canada | Cuba | United States | Canada | ||
| 1988 Details |  Australia | United States | Cuba | Australia | ||
| 1989 Details | Canada | United States | Cuba | Australia | ||
| 1990 Details | Cuba | Cuba | Chinese Taipei | United States | ||
| 1991 Details | Canada | Canada | Chinese Taipei | United States | ||
| 1992 Details |  Mexico | Cuba | United States | Chinese Taipei | ||
| 1993 Details | Canada | Cuba | United States | Chinese Taipei | ||
| 1994 Details | Canada |  South Korea | United States | Chinese Taipei | ||
| 1995 Details | United States | United States | Chinese Taipei | Australia | ||
| 1996 Details | Cuba | Cuba | Chinese Taipei | United States | ||
| 1997* Details | Canada | Cuba | Chinese Taipei | Canada | United States | |
| 1999 Details |  Taiwan | United States | Chinese Taipei | Cuba | ||
| 2000 Details | Canada |  South Korea | United States | Cuba | ||
| 2002 Details | Canada | Cuba | Chinese Taipei | United States | ||
| 2004 Details | Taiwan | Cuba |  Japan | South Korea | ||
| 2006 Details | Cuba | South Korea | United States | Canada | ||
| 2008 Details | Edmonton | South Korea | United States | Cuba | ||
| 2010 Details | Thunder Bay | Chinese Taipei | Australia | Cuba | ||
| 2012 Details |  Seoul | United States | Canada | Chinese Taipei | ||
| 2013 Details | Taiwan | United States | Japan | Cuba | ||
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| 2015 Details |  Osaka | United States | Japan |  South Korea | ||
| 2017 Details | Thunder Bay | United States | South Korea | Japan | ||
| 2019 Details | Gijang | will be held from Aug. 30 to Sept. 8 | ||||
- 1997: The bronze medal game between Canada and the United States was cancelled due to rain, and both teams were declared bronze medalists.
Medal table
| Rank | Country | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuba | 11 | 2 | 5 | 18 |
| 2 | United States | 9 | 11 | 5 | 25 |
| 3 | South Korea | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 |  Chinese Taipei1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 16 |
| 5 | Canada | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 6 | Japan | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Australia | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
1Chinese 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.)
See also
- Baseball awards#World
- International Baseball Federation
- World Baseball Softball Confederation
References
^ "IBAF World Ranking Notes" (PDF). IBAF. January 13, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 3, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
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