# 2021 U-12 Baseball World Cup

The 2021 U-12 Baseball World Cup was an under 12 international baseball tournament being held from 28 July 2022 to 7 August 2022 in Tainan, Taiwan. It was the sixth edition of the tournament. The tournament was supposed to be held in 2021 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Format

First round: The 11 participating teams were drawn into one group of 6 and one group of 5 for round robin. The top 3 teams from each pool advance to the Super Round while the bottom 3 (or 2) teams play in the Consolation Round.
Consolation Round: The bottom 3 (or 2) teams from each pool play each of the other bottom 3 (or 2) teams from the other pool (ex. The 4th place team from Group A plays the 4th, 5th, and 6th place teams from Pool B). The results of the previous round robin carry over for teams originally in the same pool (ex. The 4th place team from Group A beats both the 5th and 6th place teams from Group A in pool play and starts the consolation round with a 2-0 record.). Teams don't advance to play any more games after the consolation round.
Super Round: The top 3 teams from each pool play each of the other top 3 teams from the other pool (ex. The 1st place team from Group A plays the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place teams from Group B). The results of the previous round robin carry over for teams originally in the same pool (ex. If the 1st place team from Group A beats both the 2nd and 3rd place teams from Group A in pool play and starts the Super Round with a 2-0 record. The 3rd and 4th-place finishers advance to the Bronze Medal Game, and the 1st and 2nd-place finishers advance to the Gold Medal Game.
Medal Round: The Medal Round consists of the Bronze Medal Game, contested by the 3rd and 4th-place finishers from the Super Round, and the Gold Medal Game, contested by the 1st and 2nd-place finishers.

## Teams

Eleven teams qualified for the tournament. The number in parentheses is their nations ranking in the WBSC World Rankings prior to the start of the tournament.
| Pool A | Pool B |
| Chinese Taipei (2) | Japan (1) |
| Mexico (4) | South Korea (3) |
| Venezuela (6) | United States (5) |
| Panama (13) | Dominican Republic (7) |
| Italy (17) | Czech Republic (14) |
| South Africa (26) | |
^1 Chinese Taipei is the official WBSC 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.)

## First round
### Group A

| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA | RD |
| Mexico | 4 | 1 | .800 | – | 39 | 5 | 34 |
| Chinese Taipei | 4 | 1 | .800 | – | 42 | 14 | 28 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1 | .800 | – | 49 | 15 | 34 |
| Panama | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.0 | 41 | 13 | 28 |
| Italy | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.0 | 15 | 45 | −30 |
| South Africa | 0 | 5 | .000 | 4.0 | 0 | 94 | −94 |

### Group B

| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA | RD |
| United States | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | – | 63 | 11 | 52 |
| Dominican Republic | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.0 | 27 | 18 | 9 |
| South Korea | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.0 | 26 | 14 | 12 |
| Japan | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.0 | 24 | 29 | –5 |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 4 | .000 | 4.0 | 2 | 70 | –68 |

## Second round
### Super Round

| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA | RD |
| United States | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | – | 44 | 23 | 21 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.0 | 35 | 34 | 1 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.0 | 36 | 22 | 14 |
| Dominican Republic | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.0 | 20 | 44 | –24 |
| South Korea | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.0 | 17 | 22 | –5 |
| Mexico | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.0 | 16 | 23 | –7 |

### Consolation Round

| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA | RD |
| Japan | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | – | 52 | 0 | 52 |
| Panama | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.0 | 41 | 7 | 34 |
| Czech Republic | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.0 | 19 | 25 | –6 |
| Italy | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.0 | 21 | 39 | –18 |
| South Africa | 0 | 4 | .000 | 4.0 | 0 | 62 | –62 |

## Medal Rounds

Both the Gold and Bronze medal game were played at ASPAC Youth Stadium in Tainan.

### Bronze-medal game

| Sunday, 7 August 14:00 | Dominican Republic | 5–9 | Chinese Taipei | ASPAC Youth Stadium |

### Gold-medal game

| Sunday, 7 August 19:45 | Venezuela | 2–10 | United States | ASPAC Youth Stadium |

## Final standings

| Rk | Team |
| | United States |
| Lost in Final ||
| | Venezuela |
| Failed to qualify for the Final ||
| | Chinese Taipei |
| Lost in 3rd Place Game ||
| 4 | Dominican Republic |
| Failed to qualify for the finals ||
| 5 | South Korea |
| 6 | Mexico |
| Failed to qualify for the super round ||
| 7 | Japan |
| 8 | Panama |
| 9 | Czech Republic |
| 10 | Italy |
| 11 | South Africa |