15U Baseball World Cup

U-15 Baseball World Cup
Most recent season or competition:; 2022 U-15 Baseball World Cup
Sport	Baseball
Founded	2012
No. of teams	12
Continent	International
Most recent; champion(s)	United States; (2022)
Most titles	United States; (7 titles)
Official website	U-15 Baseball World Cup

The U-15 Baseball World Cup is the 15-and-under baseball world championship that features national teams as authorized ("sanctioned") by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). It began in 1989 as the World Youth Baseball Championship. In 2012 it became the 15U Baseball World Cup and is contested every two years. Because it is a world championship event, the results of the 15U Baseball World Cup affect the WBSC World Rankings.^[1]

The 15U Baseball World Cup is the pinnacle of baseball in this youth category. Like the 12U Baseball World Cup, the 15U Baseball World Cup is the only world championship across all of sport to feature national teams in its age group, with the best young baseball players in the world selected to represent their countries, unlike other youth international competitions like the Little League World Series, which involve local clubs and have limitations imposed on the selection of players.

Results

World Youth Baseball Championship
Year	Finals Host^[2]	Medalists
Year	Finals Host^[2]	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1989 Details	Tokyo	Japan	Chinese Taipei	China
1990 Details	Mazatlán	Japan	Brazil	Cuba
1991 Details	Melbourne	Chinese Taipei	Japan	Brazil
1993 Details	Londrina	Brazil	Chinese Taipei	South Korea
1994 Details	Mazatlán	Cuba	Dominican Republic	Brazil
1995 Details	Londrina	Cuba	Brazil	United States
1996 Details	Chiba	South Korea	Cuba	Chinese Taipei
1997 Details	Hsinchu	Cuba	Chinese Taipei	Australia
1998 Details	Fairview Heights	United States	Chinese Taipei	Venezuela
2001 Details	Monterrey	United States	Venezuela	Australia
2003 Details	Kaohsiung	United States	Chinese Taipei	Cuba
2005 Details	Mazatlán	Cuba	United States	Australia
2007	Venezuela	IBAF withdrew its sanction of the tournament.^[3]
2009 Details	Taichung	United States	Cuba	Mexico
2011 Details	Lagos de Moreno	United States	Cuba	Japan

15U Baseball World Championship
Year	Finals Host	Medalists
Year	Finals Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2012 Details	Chihuahua	Venezuela	Cuba	Chinese Taipei
15U Baseball World Cup
2014 Details	Mazatlán	Cuba	United States	Venezuela
U-15 Baseball World Cup
2016 Details	Iwaki	Cuba	Japan	United States
2018 Details	David / Chitré	United States	Panama	Chinese Taipei
2020 Details	Tijuana	Originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[4]
2022 Details	Hermosillo^[5]	United States	Cuba	Chinese Taipei

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	7	2	2	11
2	Cuba	6	5	2	13
3	Japan	2	2	1	5
4	Chinese Taipei^[a]	1	5	4	10
5	Brazil	1	2	2	5
6	Venezuela	1	1	2	4
7	South Korea	1	0	1	2
8	Dominican Republic	0	1	0	1
8	Panama	0	1	0	1
10	Australia	0	0	3	3
11	China	0	0	1	1
11	Mexico	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		19	19	19	57

^[a] Chinese Taipei is the official WBSC 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.)

References

^ "IBAF World Ranking Notes" (PDF). International Baseball Federation. 13 January 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 May 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
^ "WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup". World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Retrieved 8 January 2023.
^ Sabatier, Luke; Yeh, Joseph. "Baseball tourney in Venezuela yanked over visa debacle". Taiwan News. Taiwan News. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
^ "2021 WBSC Women's, U-15 Baseball World Cups officially cancelled". V U-15 Baseball World Cup 2021. World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Retrieved 2 October 2021.
^ "V WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup scheduled from 26 August to 4 September in Hermosillo, Mexico". World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). WBSC. Retrieved 27 March 2022.

[ibaf_ranking_notes-1] "IBAF World Ranking Notes" (PDF). International Baseball Federation. 13 January 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 May 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2010.

[2] "WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup". World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Retrieved 8 January 2023.

[3] Sabatier, Luke; Yeh, Joseph. "Baseball tourney in Venezuela yanked over visa debacle". Taiwan News. Taiwan News. Retrieved 27 March 2022.

[4] "2021 WBSC Women's, U-15 Baseball World Cups officially cancelled". V U-15 Baseball World Cup 2021. World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Retrieved 2 October 2021.

[5] "V WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup scheduled from 26 August to 4 September in Hermosillo, Mexico". World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). WBSC. Retrieved 27 March 2022.

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15U Baseball World Cup

Results

Medal table

See also

References