2022 U-23 Baseball World Cup

2022 U-23 Baseball World Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Taiwan
Dates	October 13 – October 23, 2022
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Japan (2nd title)
Runners-up	South Korea
Third place	Chinese Taipei
Fourth place	Mexico
Tournament statistics
Games played	50
Most valuable player	Ryusei Gonda

The 2022 U-23 Baseball World Cup, officially IV U-23 Baseball World Cup, is the fourth edition of the U-23 Baseball World Cup tournament. It was held in Taipei, Taichung, and Yunlin in Taiwan.[1][2] Players born between 1999 and 2004 are eligible to play the tournament.

Venues

Tianmu Baseball Stadium hosted the opening ceremony and is scheduled to host all of the Group B games and medal games. Douliu Baseball Stadium and Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium were scheduled to host all of the Group A games.[3]

Douliu	Taichung	Taipei
Douliu Baseball Stadium	Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium	Tianmu Baseball Stadium
Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 10,500

Teams

China and Nicaragua were replaced in the tournament by Puerto Rico and Colombia due to COVID-19 restrictions in those countries.[3] The WBSC World Rankings as of the time of the competition is specified in parentheses.

Africa

South Africa (26)

Americas

Mexico (4)

Venezuela (6)

Cuba (9)

Colombia (11)

Puerto Rico (16)

Asia

Japan (1)

Chinese Taipei (2)

South Korea (3)

Europe

Netherlands (8)

Germany (18)

Oceania

Australia (10)

First round

The top three teams in each pool will qualify for the second round.

	Qualified for the Super Round
	Qualified for the Placement Round

Group A

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
Chinese Taipei (H)	5	0	1.000	-	30	7
Japan	4	1	.800	1.0	25	6
Colombia	3	2	.600	2.0	28	17
Venezuela	2	3	.400	3.0	28	20
Germany	1	4	.200	4.0	13	23
South Africa	0	5	.000	5.0	1	52

H: Host

All times are Taipei Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
Oct 13, 2022	18:30	Colombia	2 – 6	Chinese Taipei	F/7	Tianmu	2:18	1250	Boxscore
Oct 14, 2022	12:00	South Africa	0 – 9	Venezuela	F/7	Douliu	1:48	45	Boxscore
Oct 14, 2022	17:00	Japan	6 – 0	Germany	F/7	Douliu	1:57	48	Boxscore
Oct 15, 2022	10:00	South Africa	0 – 10	Colombia	F/6	Taichung	2:15	78	Boxscore
Oct 15, 2022	14:30	Japan	5 – 2	Venezuela	F/7	Taichung	2:07	150	Boxscore
Oct 15, 2022	19:00	Germany	0 – 3	Chinese Taipei	F/7	Taichung	2:15	525	Boxscore
Oct 16, 2022	10:00	Venezuela	7 – 8	Colombia	F/8	Taichung	2:44	120	Boxscore
Oct 16, 2022	14:30	South Africa	0 – 10	Germany	F/6	Taichung	2:22	232	Boxscore
Oct 16, 2022	19:00	Chinese Taipei	3 – 1	Japan	F/7	Taichung	2:16	2800	Boxscore
Oct 17, 2022	10:00	Germany	3 – 7	Venezuela	F/7	Taichung	2:49	42	Boxscore
Oct 17, 2021	14:30	Colombia	1 – 4	Japan	F/7	Taichung	2:21	120	Boxscore
Oct 17, 2022	19:00	Chinese Taipei	14 – 1	South Africa	F/5	Taichung	1:59	125	Boxscore
Oct 18, 2022	10:00	Germany	0 – 7	Colombia	F/7	Taichung	2:18	50	Boxscore
Oct 18, 2022	14:30	Japan	9 – 0	South Africa	F/7	Taichung	2:11	94	Boxscore
Oct 18, 2022	19:00	Venezuela	3 – 4	Chinese Taipei	F/8	Taichung	3:23	350	Boxscore

Group B

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
South Korea	5	0	1.000	-	16	5
Australia	2	3	.400	3.0	19	14
Mexico	2	3	.400	3.0	9	8
Netherlands	2	3	.400	3.0	11	16
Cuba	2	3	.400	3.0	7	13
Puerto Rico	2	3	.400	3.0	11	17

All times are Taipei Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
Oct 14, 2022	10:00	Puerto Rico	5 – 0	Cuba	F/7	Tianmu	2:26	132	Boxscore
Oct 14, 2022	14:30	Mexico	3 – 2	Australia	F/8	Tianmu	2:12	145	Boxscore
Oct 14, 2022	19:00	South Korea	4 – 0	Netherlands	F/7	Tianmu	1:55	157	Boxscore
Oct 16, 2021	16:00	Netherlands	0 – 4	Mexico	F/7	Douliu	1:57	325	Boxscore
Oct 16, 2022	19:00	Cuba	0 – 4	South Korea	F/7	Douliu	2:53	190	Boxscore
Oct 17, 2022	12:30	Mexico	2 – 3	Puerto Rico	F/8	Douliu	2:02	45	Boxscore
Oct 17, 2022	15:30	Netherlands	3 – 2	Cuba	F/7	Douliu	2:15	75	Boxscore
Oct 17, 2022	18:30	Australia	3 – 4	South Korea	F/7	Douliu	2:31	174	Boxscore
Oct 18, 2022	10:00	Cuba	2 – 0	Mexico	F/7	Tianmu	2:10	40	Boxscore
Oct 18, 2022	13:00	Puerto Rico	2 – 3	South Korea	F/8	Tianmu	2:20	60	Boxscore
Oct 18, 2022	16:00	Australia	5 – 4	Netherlands	F/7	Tianmu	2:26	106	Boxscore
Oct 18, 2021	19:00	Puerto Rico	0 – 8	Australia	F/7	Tianmu	2:13	87	Boxscore
Oct 19, 2021	10:00	Australia	1 – 3	Cuba	F/7	Tianmu	2:36	101	Boxscore
Oct 19, 2022	12:30	Netherlands	4 – 1	Puerto Rico	F/8	Tianmu	2:36	70	Boxscore
Oct 19, 2022	15:00	South Korea	1 – 0	Mexico	F/8	Tianmu	2:24	151	Boxscore

Placement round

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
Venezuela	4	1	.800	-	23	7
Netherlands	4	1	.800	-	23	9
Puerto Rico	3	2	.600	1.0	21	9
Cuba	3	2	.600	1.0	16	10
Germany	1	4	.200	3.0	16	16
South Africa	0	5	.000	4.0	3	55

All times are Taipei Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
Oct 20, 2022	11:00	Netherlands	0 – 3	Venezuela	F/7	Douliu	1:53	30	Boxscore
Oct 20, 2022	14:00	Germany	2 – 3	Cuba	F/7	Douliu	1:49	45	Boxscore
Oct 20, 2022	17:00	South Africa	0 – 10	Puerto Rico	F/5	Douliu	1:39	34	Boxscore
Oct 21, 2022	11:00	Cuba	2 – 0	Venezuela	F/7	Douliu	1:57	-	Boxscore
Oct 21, 2022	14:00	South Africa	3 – 17	Netherlands	F/5	Douliu	1:51	-	Boxscore
Oct 21, 2022	17:00	Puerto Rico	3 – 1	Germany	F/7	Douliu	2:10	-	Boxscore
Oct 22, 2022	11:00	South Africa	0 – 9	Cuba	F/7	Douliu	1:52	-	Boxscore
Oct 22, 2022	14:00	Puerto Rico	2 – 4	Venezuela	F/7	Douliu	2:15	-	Boxscore
Oct 22, 2022	17:00	Germany	0 – 3	Netherlands	F/7	Douliu	2:02	-	Boxscore

Super Round

	Qualified for the Final
	Qualified for the Third-place game

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
Japan	4	1	.800	-	13	8
South Korea	4	1	.800	-	17	11
Mexico	3	2	.600	1.0	11	11
Chinese Taipei (H)	2	3	.400	2.0	12	16
Colombia	1	4	.200	3.0	18	25
Australia	1	4	.200	3.0	15	17

H: Host

All times are Taipei Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
Oct 20, 2022	10:00	Colombia	3 – 4	Mexico	F/7	Tianmu	2:12	32	Boxscore
Oct 20, 2022	14:30	Australia	1 – 2	Japan	F/7	Tianmu	1:52	97	Boxscore
Oct 20, 2022	19:00	South Korea	6 – 2	Chinese Taipei	F/7	Tianmu	2:40	3,921	Boxscore
Oct 21, 2022	10:00	Colombia	8 – 6	Australia	F/7	Tianmu	2:25	-	Boxscore
Oct 21, 2022	14:30	Japan	2 – 1	South Korea	F/7	Tianmu	2:22	-	Boxscore
Oct 21, 2022	19:00	Mexico	2 – 1	Chinese Taipei	F/8	Tianmu	2:59	-	Boxscore
Oct 22, 2022	10:00	Colombia	4 – 5	South Korea	F/8	Tianmu	2:33	-	Boxscore
Oct 22, 2022	13:00	Mexico	2 – 4	Japan	F/7	Tianmu	2:25	-	Boxscore
Oct 22, 2022	16:00	Australia	3 – 0	Chinese Taipei	F/7	Tianmu	2:16	-	Boxscore

Finals

Third-place game

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
Oct 23, 2022	14:30	Chinese Taipei	3 – 1	Mexico	F/7	Tianmu	2:26	481	Boxscore

Championships

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
Oct 23, 2022	19:00	South Korea	0 – 3	Japan	F/7	Tianmu	1:52	388	Boxscore

Final standings

Rk	Team	W	L
	Japan	8	1
Lost in Final
	South Korea	7	2
Won in 3rd-place game
	Chinese Taipei	6	3
Lost in 3rd-place game
4	Mexico	4	5
Failed to qualify for the finals
5	Colombia	4	4
6	Australia	3	5
Failed to qualify for the super round
7	Venezuela	4	4
8	Netherlands	4	4
9	Puerto Rico	4	4
10	Cuba	5	3
11	Germany	1	7
12	South Africa	0	8

2022 U-23 Baseball World Cup
Japan 2nd title

Awards

U23 All-World Team

Position	Player
C	David Garcia
1B	Jesus Chirinos
2B	Carlos Arroyo
3B	Hiroki Nakagawa
SS	Christian Rodriguez
OF	Chen Tso Tseng
	Ezequiel Pagan
	Christopher Burke
DH	Ren Onishi
P	Ren Tomida
P	Ryusei Gonda

Individual Award

Award	Player	Statistics
Leading Hitter	Ren Onishi	.500
Best ERA	Saangyung Lee	0.00 (13 innings pitched)
Best Pitching Record	Ren Tomida	2W 0L
Most RBI	Jesus Chirinos	8
Most HR	Jesus Chirinos	2
Most Stolen Bases	Michael Chirinos	5
Most Runs Scored	Daniel Aguilar	7
Outstanding Defensive Player	Hanbyul Kim	-

References

"WBSC - Baseball World Cups 2021-2029". wbsc.org. Archived from the original on 2021-04-11. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
"Event Info". U-23 Baseball World Cup. World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Retrieved 24 September 2022.
"Groups, schedule revealed for WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup this October in Taipei". World Baseball Softball Confederation. September 20, 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.

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[1] "WBSC - Baseball World Cups 2021-2029". wbsc.org. Archived from the original on 2021-04-11. Retrieved 2021-10-03.

[2] "Event Info". U-23 Baseball World Cup. World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Retrieved 24 September 2022.

[schedule-3] "Groups, schedule revealed for WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup this October in Taipei". World Baseball Softball Confederation. September 20, 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.

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