World University Baseball Championship

The World University Baseball Championship is an under-23 international college baseball competition sponsored by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) and was first held in 2002 in Italy. Until 2013, it was sanctioned by the then-International Baseball Federation (IBAF) and was one of several tournaments considered by the IBAF to be a minor world championship, and as such the results of the tournaments affected the IBAF World Rankings.[1] For its men's world rankings, the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) -- successor to the IBAF—now uses the results of WBSC's biennial 23U Baseball World Cup (instead of the World University Championship).

World University Baseball Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2018
SportBaseball
Founded2002
No. of teams8 (in 2018)
ContinentInternational
Most recent
champion(s)
 Japan (2018)
Most titles United States (3 titles)

History

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The fifth World University Baseball Championship was held from July 29 to August 8, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan and was organized by the All Japan University Baseball Federation.[2]

Results

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Year Final Host Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze
2002
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Messina
 
Cuba
 
United States
 
Japan
2004
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Tainan City
 
United States
 
Japan
 
South Korea
2006
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Havana
 
United States
 
Chinese Taipei
 
Cuba
2008
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Brno
 
United States
 
Japan
 
Chinese Taipei
2010
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Tokyo
 
Cuba
 
United States
 
Japan
2012
 
Taoyuan
FISU cancelled the tournament due to an insufficient number of teams participating.[3]
2018
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Chiayi
 
Japan
 
Chinese Taipei
 
South Korea

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States3205
2  Cuba2013
3  Japan1225
4  Chinese Taipei (TPE)0213
5  South Korea0022
Totals (5 entries)66618

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "IBAF World Ranking Notes" (PDF). IBAF. 13 January 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 9, 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
  2. ^ "International university sports federation - summer winter universiades". www.fisu.net. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  3. ^ "Cancellation 2012 World University Baseball Championship". Retrieved 2016-08-16.
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