2018 U-23 Baseball World Cup

2018 U-23 Baseball World Cup
Tournament details
CountryColombia
DatesOctober 19 – 28
Teams12
Final positions
Champions Mexico (1st title)
Runner-up Japan
Third place Venezuela
Fourth place South Korea
Tournament statistics
Games played50
Attendance46,503 (930 per game)
MVPJapan Hisanori Yasuda
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The 2018 U-23 Baseball World Cup, officially II U-23 Baseball World Cup, is the second edition of the U-23 Baseball World Cup tournament, third since the tournament's inception in 2014 as the 21U Baseball World Cup. The tournament was held at Edgar Rentería Baseball Stadium in Barranquilla and 18 de Junio Baseball Stadium in Montería, Colombia.

Originally the host to the tournament was awarded to Nicaragua and would be held in Managua,[1] but due to 2018–2020 Nicaraguan protests, WBSC subsequently decided to move the tournament to Colombia.[2]

Mexico defeated Japan with a score of 2:1 in the championship game to win the gold medal. Venezuela won the bronze medal by defeating Korea in the third-place game with a score of 4:5.

  1. ^ WBSC (2017-12-05). "WBSC awards Hosting Rights: U-23 Baseball World Cup 2018 to Nicaragua, U-15 Baseball World Cup 2018 to Panama".
  2. ^ WBSC (2018-07-30). "U-23 Baseball World Cup 2018 hosting rights awarded to Barranquilla, Colombia".