2018 U-15 Baseball World Cup

2018 U-15 Baseball World Cup
Tournament details
Country	Panama
Dates	10-19 August
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	United States (6th title)
Runner-up	Panama
Third place	Chinese Taipei
Fourth place	Japan
Tournament statistics
MVP	Cody Schrier
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The 2018 U-15 Baseball World Cup or the IV U-15 Baseball World Cup was an under-15 international baseball competition held in David / Chitré, Panama from August 10 to 19, 2018.^[1]

The United States won their first world title in the U-15 World Cup history and overall sixth title in the tournaments, after defeated Panama 7–1 in final.^[2]

Teams

The following 12 teams qualified for the tournament.

Pool A	Pool B
Brazil	Australia
China	Cuba
Germany	Dominican Republic
Panama	Japan
Chinese Taipei ¹	Netherlands
United States	South Africa

¹Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan, due to complicated relations with People's Republic of China, is recognized by the name Chinese Taipei by most of the international organizations in sports competitions. For more information, please see Cross-Strait relations.

First round

The top three teams in each pool will qualify for the second round.

	Qualified for the Super Round
	Qualified for the Placement Round

Group A

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB
United States	4	1	.800	—
Panama	4	1	.800	—
Chinese Taipei	4	1	.800	—
Brazil	2	3	.400	2.0
China	1	4	.200	3.0
Germany	0	5	.000	4.0

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
Aug 10, 2018	10:00	Brazil	10-0	Germany	F/6	Estadio Kenny Serracín	2:37		Boxscore
Aug 10, 2018	14:00	China	0-27	United States	F/5	Estadio Kenny Serracín	2:26		Boxscore
Aug 10, 2018	19:00	Chinese Taipei	1-9	Panama		Estadio Kenny Serracín	2:50		Boxscore
Aug 11, 2018	10:00	Germany	0-10	United States	F/5	Estadio Kenny Serracín	1:33		Boxscore
Aug 11, 2018	14:00	Chinese Taipei	9-7	Brazil		Estadio Kenny Serracín	3:37		Boxscore
Aug 11, 2018	18:00	Panama	2-1	China		Estadio Kenny Serracín	2:23		Boxscore
Aug 12, 2018	10:00	United States	1-2	Chinese Taipei		Estadio Kenny Serracín	2:44		Boxscore
Aug 12, 2018	14:00	Germany	4-5	China		Estadio Kenny Serracín	2:22		Boxscore
Aug 12, 2018	18:00	Brazil	3-7	Panama		Estadio Kenny Serracín	3:10		Boxscore
Aug 13, 2018	10:00	China	0-10	Chinese Taipei	F/5	Estadio Kenny Serracín	1:52	101	Boxscore
Aug 14, 2018	09:30	China	1-2	Brazil		Estadio Kenny Serracín	2:05		Boxscore
Aug 14, 2018	13:00	Germany	3-6	Chinese Taipei		Estadio Kenny Serracín	2:27		Boxscore
Aug 14, 2018	17:00	United States	4-1	Panama		Estadio Kenny Serracín	3:06		Boxscore
Aug 15, 2018	09:00	Brazil	0-8	United States		Estadio Kenny Serracín	2:44		Boxscore
Aug 15, 2018	12:30	Panama	18-0	Germany	F/5	Estadio Kenny Serracín	2:03		Boxscore

Group B

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB
Cuba	5	0	1.000	—
Japan	4	1	.800	1.0
Dominican Republic	3	2	.600	2.0
Netherlands	2	3	.400	3.0
Australia	1	4	.200	4.0
South Africa	0	5	.000	5.0

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
Aug 10, 2018	10:00	Australia	2-4	Japan		Estadio Rico Cedeño	2:02		Boxscore
Aug 10, 2018	14:00	Netherlands	1-5	Cuba		Estadio Rico Cedeño	2:24		Boxscore
Aug 10, 2018	18:00	Dominican Republic	5-3	South Africa		Estadio Rico Cedeño	2:24		Boxscore
Aug 11, 2018	10:00	Japan	11-1	Netherlands		Estadio Rico Cedeño	2:26		Boxscore
Aug 11, 2018	14:00	South Africa	6-16	Australia	F/6	Estadio Rico Cedeño	2:42		Boxscore
Aug 11, 2018	18:00	Cuba	9-0	Dominican Republic		Estadio Rico Cedeño	2:43		Boxscore
Aug 12, 2018	10:00	Netherlands	18-2	South Africa	F/5	Estadio Rico Cedeño	2:09		Boxscore
Aug 12, 2018	14:00	Dominican Republic	20-8	Australia	F/6	Estadio Rico Cedeño	2:55		Boxscore
Aug 12, 2018	18:00	Cuba	9-7	Japan		Estadio Rico Cedeño	2:55		Boxscore
Aug 13, 2018	10:00	Netherlands	22-7	Australia	F/6	Estadio Rico Cedeño	2:56		Boxscore
Aug 13, 2018	14:00	South Africa	0-10	Cuba	F/5	Estadio Rico Cedeño	2:01		Boxscore
Aug 13, 2018	18:00	Japan	13-7	Dominican Republic		Estadio Rico Cedeño	2:40		Boxscore
Aug 14, 2018	10:00	Australia	3-9	Cuba		Estadio Rico Cedeño	2:18		Boxscore
Aug 14, 2018	14:00	Dominican Republic	11-2	Netherlands		Estadio Rico Cedeño	2:28	200	Boxscore
Aug 14, 2018	18:00	South Africa	0-20	Japan	F/5	Estadio Rico Cedeño	2:02	200	Boxscore

Super round

	Qualified for the Final
	Qualified for the Third-place game

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB
United States	4	1	.800	-
Panama	4	1	.800	-
Japan	2	3	.400	2.0
Chinese Taipei	2	3	.400	2.0
Cuba	2	3	.400	2.0
Dominican Republic	1	4	.200	3.0

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Venue	Game duration	Boxscore
Aug 16, 2018	10:00	Chinese Taipei	2-5	Japan	Estadio Kenny Serracín	2:18	Boxscore
Aug 16, 2018	14:00	Dominican Republic	7-13	United States	Estadio Kenny Serracín	2:45	Boxscore
Aug 16, 2018	18:00	Panama	4-2	Cuba	Estadio Kenny Serracín	3:07	Boxscore
Aug 17, 2018	10:00	Chinese Taipei	3-4	Dominican Republic	Estadio Kenny Serracín	1:57	Boxscore
Aug 17, 2018	14:00	United States	10-0	Cuba	Estadio Kenny Serracín	2:33	Boxscore
Aug 17, 2018	18:00	Japan	3-7	Panama	Estadio Kenny Serracín	2:50	Boxscore
Aug 18, 2018	10:00	Chinese Taipei	8-5	Cuba	Estadio Kenny Serracín	2:57	Boxscore
Aug 18, 2018	14:00	Japan	2-8	United States	Estadio Kenny Serracín	2:40	Boxscore
Aug 18, 2018	18:00	Dominican Republic	2-3	Panama	Estadio Kenny Serracín	2:50	Boxscore

Consolation Round

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB
Brazil	5	0	1.000	-
Netherlands	4	1	.800	1.0
Australia	3	2	.600	2.0
China	1	4	.200	4.0
Germany	1	4	.200	4.0
South Africa	1	4	.200	4.0

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Boxscore
Aug 16, 2018	10:00	South Africa	5-3	China		Estadio Rico Cedeño	2:32	Boxscore
Aug 16, 2018	14:00	Germany	3-4	Netherlands		Estadio Rico Cedeño	2:34	Boxscore
Aug 16, 2018	18:00	Australia	2-3	Brazil		Estadio Rico Cedeño	2:23	Boxscore
Aug 17, 2018	10:00	Germany	5-0	South Africa		Estadio Rico Cedeño	2:32	Boxscore
Aug 17, 2018	14:00	China	2-9	Australia		Estadio Rico Cedeño	2:12	Boxscore
Aug 17, 2018	18:00	Brazil	11-1	Netherlands	F/5	Estadio Rico Cedeño	1:56	Boxscore
Aug 18, 2018	10:00	Germany	2-8	Australia		Estadio Rico Cedeño	2:07	Boxscore
Aug 18, 2018	14:00	South Africa	0-10	Brazil	F/6	Estadio Rico Cedeño	2:09	Boxscore
Aug 18, 2018	18:00	China	2-6	Netherlands		Estadio Rico Cedeño	2:27	Boxscore

Final round

Bronze medal game

August 20, 2018	Chinese Taipei	6 – 3	Japan
		Boxscore

Gold medal game

August 20, 2018	Panama	1 – 7	United States
		Boxscore

Final standings

Rk	Team
	United States
	Panama
	Chinese Taipei
4	Japan
5	Cuba
6	Dominican Republic
7	Brazil
8	Netherlands
9	Australia
10	China
11	Germany
12	South Africa

Awards

The WBSC announced the following awards at the completion of the tournament.^[3]


Awards	Player
Most Valuable Player	Cody Schrier


Position	Player
Pitcher	Andrew Painter Alexis Bernal
Hitter	Aoi Sugishita
Catcher	Edgar Quero
First Base	Brady House
Second Base	Seiya Fukuhara
Third Base	Luke Leto
Short Stop	Reginald Preciado
Outfield	Oscar Aude
	Luis Durango
	Ryan Spikes

References

^ "U-15 Baseball World Cup set to open in Panama in 12-nation battle for world title". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
^ "USA tops Panama to become new U-15 Baseball Champions of the World". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
^ "5 nations represented on U-15 Baseball World Cup 2018 All-World Team, led by MVP Cody Schrier". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 20 August 2018.

External links

Official website

[1] "U-15 Baseball World Cup set to open in Panama in 12-nation battle for world title". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 10 August 2018.

[2] "USA tops Panama to become new U-15 Baseball Champions of the World". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 20 August 2018.

[3] "5 nations represented on U-15 Baseball World Cup 2018 All-World Team, led by MVP Cody Schrier". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 20 August 2018.

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