15U Baseball World Cup

15U Baseball World Cup
Most recent season or competition: 2016 15U Baseball World Cup
Sport	Baseball
Founded	2012
No. of teams	12 (in 2016)
Continent	International
Most recent champion(s)	Cuba (2016)

The 15U Baseball World Cup is the 15-and-under baseball world championship that features National Teams as authorized ("sanctioned") by the International Baseball Federation (IBAF). The 15U Baseball World Cup was first launched in 2012 in Mexico and is contested every two years. Because it is a world championship event, the results of the 15U Baseball World Cup affect the IBAF World Rankings.^[1]

The 15U Baseball World Cup is the pinnacle of baseball in this youth category. Like the 12U Baseball World Cup, the 15U Baseball World Cup is the only world championship across all of sport to feature National Teams in its age group, with the best young baseball players in the world selected to represent their countries, unlike other youth international competitions like the Little League World Series, which involve local clubs and have limitations imposed on the selection of players.

Results

World Youth Baseball Championship
Year	Final Host		Medalists
Year	Final Host		Gold	Silver	Bronze
1989 Details	Japan		Japan	Chinese Taipei	China
1990 Details	Mexico		Japan	Brazil	Cuba
1991 Details	Australia		Chinese Taipei	Japan	Brazil
1993 Details	Brazil		Brazil	Chinese Taipei	South Korea
1994 Details	Mexico		Cuba	Dominican Republic	Brazil
1995 Details	Brazil		Cuba	Brazil	United States
1996 Details	Japan		South Korea	Cuba	Chinese Taipei
1997 Details	Taiwan		Cuba	Chinese Taipei	Australia
1998 Details	United States		United States	Chinese Taipei	Venezuela
2001 Details	Mexico		United States	Venezuela	Australia
2003 Details	Taiwan		United States	Chinese Taipei	Cuba
2005 Details	Mexico		Cuba	United States	Australia
2007	Venezuela		IBAF withdrew its sanction of the tournament.^[2]
2009 Details	Taiwan		United States	Cuba	Mexico
2011 Details	Mexico		United States	Cuba	Japan
15U Baseball World Championship
Year	Final Host		Medalists
Year	Final Host		Gold	Silver	Bronze
2012 Details	Chihuahua		Venezuela	Cuba	Chinese Taipei
15U Baseball World Cup
Year	Final Host			Medalists
Year	Final Host	Gold		Silver	Bronze
2014 Details	Mazatlán	Cuba		United States	Venezuela
2016 Details	Iwaki	Cuba		Japan	United States

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	6	4	2	12
2	United States	5	2	2	9
3	Japan	2	2	1	5
4	Chinese Taipei¹	1	5	2	8
5	Brazil	1	2	2	5
6	Venezuela	1	1	2	4
7	South Korea	1	0	1	2
8	Australia	0	0	3	3
9	Dominican Republic	0	1	0	1
10	China	0	0	1	1

¹Chinese Taipei is the official IBAF designation for the team representing the state officially referred to as the Republic of China, more commonly known as Taiwan. (See also political status of Taiwan for details.)

References

↑ "IBAF World Ranking Notes". International Baseball Federation. 13 January 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 June 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
↑ Tsai, June (17 August 2007). "Venezuela's foul play denies baseball team a chance at the plate". Republic of China: Taiwan Today. Retrieved 24 July 2009.

15U Baseball World Cup

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International baseball

WBSC (former governing body: IBAF) World Rankings Teams

WBSC Events	World Baseball Classic WBSC Premier12 U23 World Cup U18 World Cup U15 World Cup U12 World Cup Women's Baseball World Cup

Minor World Events	Grand Forks International Haarlem Baseball Week Summer Universiade World Baseball Challenge World Port Tournament World University

Defunct World Events	Baseball at the Summer Olympics World Games Baseball World Cup Intercontinental Cup Women's Baseball World Series

Africa	African Baseball & Softball Association – All-Africa Games

Americas	Pan American Baseball Confederation – Pan American Games America Cup Caribbean Series Central American and Caribbean Games South American Games

Asia	Baseball Federation of Asia – Asian Championship Asian Games Junior (under 18) Southeast Asian Games SAARC Baseball Championship Asia Series

Europe	Confederation of European Baseball – European Championship European Cup "Final Four" Under-21 Junior (under 18) Youth (under 16) Juveniles (under 12)

Oceania	Baseball Confederation of Oceania – Oceania Championship Pacific Games

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