2015 U-18 Baseball World Cup Explained

Country: Japan
Dates:August 28–September 6
Num Teams:12
Prev Year:2013
Medal Type:world minor
Num Championships:8
Best Avg Hitter: Shoki Katsumata
Best Avg:.545
Most Hr Hitter: Josh Naylor
Most Hr:3
Most Sb Runner: Wonjun Choi
Most Sb:7
Most K Pitcher: Sena Sato
Most K:28
Games:50
Attendance:65724
Mvp: Nick Pratto
Prev Edition:2013
Next Edition: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

Tournament[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
[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
[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

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.

width=200Pool Awidth=200Pool B
(1) (3)
(2) (4)
(12) (7)
(14) (8)
(15) (11)
(20) (29)
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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align=left 5 0 1.000 54 1
align=left 4 1 .800 1 32 8
align=left 3 2 .600 2 33 22
align=left 2 3 .400 3 22 46
align=left 1 4 .200 4 16 40
align=left 0 5 .000 5 14 54

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Group B

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align=left 5 0 1.000 42 13
align=left 4 1 .800 1 28 8
align=left 3 2 .600 2 30 29
align=left 2 3 .400 3 33 15
align=left 1 4 .200 4 17 38
align=left 0 5 .000 5 15 62

|}1Game suspended and completed on September 2

Super round

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align=left 5 0 1.000 39 3
align=left 4 1 .800 1 33 18
align=left 3 2 .600 2 17 24
align=left 1 4 .200 4 12 38
align=left 1 4 .200 4 23 27
align=left 1 4 .200 4 20 34

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Consolation round

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align=left 4 1 .800 - 26 19
align=left 4 1 .800 - 36 3
align=left 3 2 .600 1 29 36
align=left 2 3 .400 2 29 30
align=left 1 4 .200 3 22 28
align=left 1 4 .200 3 13 38

|}1Game suspended and completed on September 4

Finals

Third place game

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Championship

|}1The game was originally scheduled to begin at 18:10, but was delayed by rain.

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: XXVII U-18 Baseball World Cup 2015 . . 9 August 2021 . en.
  2. Web site: XXVII U-18 Baseball World Cup 2015 . . 9 August 2021 . en.
  3. Web site: XXVII U-18 Baseball World Cup 2015 . . 9 August 2021 . en.