U-18 World Baseball Championship
The U-18 World Baseball Championship is an international baseball tournament between the U-18 national baseball teams organized by the World Baseball Softball Confederation . The tournament was first played in the United States in 1981 . The defending champions are the United States' U-18 team .
Results
The results of the U-18 World Baseball Championship also affect the WBSC World Rankings .
- 1 1997: The match for third place between Canada and the USA had to be abandoned due to rain; both teams were eventually honored with the bronze medal.
Medal table
rank | country | gold | silver | bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Cuba | 11 | 2 | 5 | 18th |
2 | United States | 9 | 11 | 5 | 25th |
3 | South Korea | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8th |
4th | Taiwan | 2 | 8th | 6th | 16 |
5 | Canada | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7th |
6th | Japan | 0 | 4th | 1 | 5 |
7th | Australia | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6th |
Individual evidence
- ^ 18U National Team History. Retrieved September 21, 2018 (American English).