Current season, competition or edition: 2018 | |
| Sport | Baseball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2002 |
| No. of teams | 8 (in 2018) |
| Continent | International |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Japan (2018) |
| Most titles |  United States (3 titles) |
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).
- ^ "IBAF World Ranking Notes" (PDF). IBAF. 13 January 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 9, 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2009.