U-23 World Baseball Championship

The U-23 World Baseball Championship is an international baseball tournament between the U-23 national baseball teams organized by the World Baseball Softball Confederation . It was first held in Taichung , Taiwan in 2014 . In the first edition, the tournament was played as the U-21 World Cup, with the exception of six players who were older than 21 years. Since 2016, the maximum age of players has been raised to 23 years. Defending champion currently Mexico.

player

Players from Major League Baseball , the Nippon Professional Baseball League , the Australian Baseball League and other professional leagues are also allowed to participate in the U-23 World Cup .

Participating Nations

nation	2014	2016	2018	Years
Argentina		10		1
Australia	6th	2	Q	3
Austria		12		1
Chinese Taipei	1	7th	Q	3
Colombia			Q	1
Czech Republic	5	10	Q	3
Dominican Republic			Q	1
Italy	7th			1
Japan	2	1	Q	3
Mexico	11	5	Q	3
Netherlands	9		Q	2
New Zealand	10			1
Nicaragua	4th	6th		2
Panama		4th		1
Puerto Rico			Q	1
South Africa		11	Q	2
South Korea	3	3	Q	3
Venezuela	8th	8th	Q	3
Nations	11	12	12

Results

U-21 Baseball World Cup (21U Baseball World Cup): Results
year	Period	host		Medals
				gold	silver	bronze
2014	November 7-16	Taiwan ( Taichung )		Chinese Taipei	Japan	South Korea

U-23 Baseball World Cup (23U Baseball World Cup): Results
year	Period	host		Medals
				gold	silver	bronze
2016	October 28th - November 6th	Mexico ( Monterrey )		Japan	Australia	South Korea
2018	October 19-28	Colombia ( Barranquilla , Montería )		Mexico	Japan	Venezuela

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	Total
1	Japan	1	2	0	3
2	Chinese Taipei	1	0	0	1
3	Mexico	1	0	0	1
4th	Australia	0	1	0	1
5	South Korea	0	0	2	2
6th	Venezuela	0	0	1	1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chinese Taipei defeat new world No. 1 Japan to capture 21U Baseball World Cup crown - WBSC . In: WBSC . November 16, 2014 ( wbsc.org [accessed September 21, 2018]).
2. ↑ WBSC announces dates, venues for new U-23 Baseball World Cup 2016 Monterrey, MEX - WBSC . In: WBSC . March 24, 2016 ( wbsc.org [accessed September 21, 2018]).
3. ↑ WBSC unveils nations, Logo for inaugural U-23 Baseball World Cup 2016 in Monterrey, Mexico . Retrieved September 1, 2016.
4. ↑ 2018 U-23 Baseball World Cup