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, but due to 2018–2020 Nicaraguan protests, WBSC subsequently decided to move the tournament to Colombia.
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.
Teams
Africa
Asia
Europe
Americas
Oceania
Wild Card
First round
Group A
Group B
Consolation round
Super round
Finals
Third-place game
Championship
Final standings
RkTeamWL142Lost in Final251Failed to qualify for the Final342Lost in 3rd Place Game424Failed to qualify for the finals535635Failed to qualify for the super round753844944102611171217
U-23 All-World Team The following players were selected to the tournament's All-World Team. PositionPlayerC Orlando Piña1B Hisanori Yasuda2B Brallan Pérez3B Derwin PomareSS Jorma RodríguezOF Norberto Obeso Ulrich Bojarski Carlos VidalDH Leandro CedeñoP Francisco Haro Kakeru Narita
External links Event Official Website at WBSC
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