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]
| 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 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 edit
| World Youth Baseball Championship | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Finals Host[2] | Medalists | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |
| 2024 Details |
 Barranquilla |
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Medal table edit
| 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 |
| Panama | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 |  China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 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.)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "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.