# 1989 World Youth Baseball Championship

The 1989 World Youth Baseball Championship was the inaugural edition of the under-15 international baseball competition held in Japan from 24 July to August 1989. Players aged 13 to 15 competed in the eight-nation round-robin tournament.

## Squad
### Brazil

* Coach: Huguiyoski Sugeta
* Center fielder: Marcelo Takao Tanaka
* Right fielder: Ricardo Momose

### Canada

* Pitcher: Rob Peronne, Ray Solomon, Kevin Briand, Patrick Lussier, Stephane Chagnon, Martin Lavigne, Mario Rouleau, Patrick Dupuis
* Catcher: Andrew Halpenny, Jamie Dimitroff
* Infielder: Brad Robinson, J. J. Hyde, Neil Szeryk, Jody Brown, Alain Lachance, Pascal St. Pierre
* Outfielder: Louis Lachance, Dominic Therrien, John Evans, Chris Vetor
Two players were excluded from the above roster.

### China

* Gao Lijun

### Japan

* 1st baseman: Kouta Soejima (副島孔太)
* 3rd baseman: Kei Shibata
* Shortstop: Akihito Suzuki (鈴木章仁)
* Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yota Tawa

### South Korea

Incomplete
* Catcher: Chang Sung Kook, Lee Jin Suk

### Taiwan

* Pitcher: 9洪邦政, 林怡宏, 林信助, 陳宗男, 吳俊良 (Wu Chun-liang)
* Catcher: 鄭文賢, 石金受, 王文智
* Infielder: 33陳慶國 (Chen Ching-kuo), 陳懷山, 曾信彰 (Tseng Hsin-chang), 洪啟峰, 陳光輝, 郭子偉
* Outfielder：游明傑, 18龐玉龍, 朱志強, 35藍德威
* Head coach: 陳友彬
* Assistant coaches: 劉明光、蔡景峰

### United States

Incomplete
* Widd Workman, Frank Harmer, Mike Rennack, Chris Smith
* Left fielder: Geoff Jenkins

### Venezuela

Incomplete
* Center fielder: Robert Marcano

## Preliminary round

| 24 July, 1989 | South Korea | 9 – 6 | Japan |
| 25 July, 1989 | United States | 11 – 2 | South Korea |
| 25 July, 1989 | Venezuela | 4 – 3 | Taiwan |
| 25 July, 1989 | China | 12 – 6 | Brazil |
| 25 July, 1989 | Japan | 8 – 0 | Canada |
| 27 July, 1989 | Brazil | 13 – 1 | United States | Yokohama |
| 27 July, 1989 | Venezuela | 11 – 4 | Canada | Yokohama |
| 27 July, 1989 | China | 10 – 0 | Canada | Yokohama |
| 27 July, 1989 | Taiwan | 6 – 0 | China |
| 27 July, 1989 | Taiwan | 5 – 0 | South Korea |
| 29 July, 1989 | Venezuela | 2 – 1 (11th inning) | South Korea | Jingu Stadium |
There is only one game on 29 July. All the other teams were idle.
The records until 27 July was Venezuela 3-0, China and Taiwan 2-1, the United States, Brazil, and Japan 1-1, South Korea 1-3, and Canada 0-3.
| 30 July, 1989 | United States | 6 – 2 | Venezuela | Tokyo |
| 30 July, 1989 | China | 5 – 1 | United States | Tokyo |
The United States became 2-2. The results of the other matches are unknown.
| 31 July, 1989 | Japan | 4 – 3 | United States | Tokyo Dome |
| 31 July, 1989 | Taiwan | 11 – 1 | Canada | Yokohama |
| 31 July, 1989 | Japan | 8 – 3 | China | Jingu Stadium |
| 31 July, 1989 | South Korea | 4 – 2 | Brazil |
Only Venezuela was ideal on 31 July. After the matches of 31 July, the records are Japan and Taiwan 4-1, Venezuela and China 3-2, South Korea 3-3, the United States 2-3, Brazil 1-3, and Canada 0-5.
| 2 Aug, 1989 | Taiwan | 3 – 2 | United States |
| 2 Aug, 1989 | Japan | 4 – 1 | Brazil |
| 2 Aug, 1989 | Brazil | 4 – 3 | Venezuela |
| 2 Aug, 1989 | China | 8 – 2 | Venezuela |
| 2 Aug, 1989 | South Korea | 9 – 1 or 3 | China |
The Boston Globe report is at 9 - 3, but South China Morning Post as 9 - 1.
Some games were postponed by rain and later canceled because they would not affect teams' placing. After the end of the round-robin matches, the records are Japan and Taiwan 5-1, China and Korea 4-3, Venezuela 3-4, the United States and Brazil 2-4, and Canada 0=5.

## Placement matches

The matches were held at 10:00 at Jingu Stadium
3rd-place match
| Aug ?, 1989 | China | 4 – 3 | South Korea | Jingu Stadium |
Final
| Aug 3, 1989 | Japan | 5 – 4 | Taiwan |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Japan |
| | Taiwan |
| | China |
| 4 | South Korea |
| 5 | Venezuela |
| 5 | United States |
| 7 | Brazil |
| 8 | Canada |

## All-Star Team

* Right-handed pitcher: Wu Chun-liang (吳俊良) (TWN)
* Left-handed pitcher: Gao Lijun (CHN)
* Catcher: Chang Sung Kook (장성국) (KOR)
* 1st baseman: Kouta Soejima (JPN) (副島孔太)
* 2nd baseman: Tseng Hsin-chang (TWN) (曾信彰)
* 3rd baseman: Kei Shibata (JPN)
* Shortstop: Akihito Suzuki (JPN) (鈴木章仁)
* Center fielder: Marcelo Takao Tanaka (BRA)
* Right fielder: Ricardo Momose (BRA)
* Left fielder: Geoff Jenkins (USA)