# 2017 U-18 Baseball World Cup

The 2017 U-18 Baseball World Cup or the XXVIII U-18 Baseball World Cup was an international baseball tournament held by the World Baseball Softball Confederation for players 18-year-old and younger. The 2017 edition was held in Thunder Bay, Ontario, from September 1–10, 2017.

## Format

First round: The twelve participating nations were drawn into two groups of 6, in which single round robin will occur. The top 3 nations from each group advances to the Super Round, while the bottom 3 nations from each group advance to the consolation round.
Consolation round: The 6 nations in this round play one game against the teams they have not played yet. (example: The 4th placed team from Group A will play the bottom three teams from Group B)
Super round: The format in the Super Round is similar to that of the consolation round. Each team plays the top three teams from the opposing group. (example: The 1st placed team from Group B will play the top three teams from Group A) The standings for this round will include the 2 games played against the 2 other Second Round qualifiers from the team's First Round group, and the 3 games played in the second round, for a total of 5 games. 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.
Finals: The Finals consist of the Bronze Medal Game, contested by the 3rd and 4th place finishers, and the Gold Medal Game, contested by the 1st and 2nd place finishers.

## Teams

The following 12 teams qualified for the tournament. The number shown in parentheses is the country's position in the WBSC World Rankings going into the competition.
| Pool A | Pool B |
| South Korea (3) | Japan (1) |
| Chinese Taipei (4) | United States (2) |
| Australia (8) | Cuba (5) |
| Canada (10) | Mexico (6) |
| Italy (12) | Netherlands (9) |
| Nicaragua (15) | South Africa (29) |
^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 |
| South Korea | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | — | 45 | 15 |
| Canada | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.0 | 42 | 28 |
| Australia | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.0 | 33 | 19 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.0 | 28 | 24 |
| Italy | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.0 | 12 | 41 |
| Nicaragua | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5.0 | 20 | 52 |
| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| Sep 1, 2017 | 9:30 | Italy | 4–2 | Nicaragua | | Baseball Central | 2:26 | 650 | Boxscore |
| Sep 1, 2017 | 13:00 | Australia | 1–4 | South Korea | | Port Arthur Stadium | 2:36 | 450 | Boxscore |
| Sep 1, 2017 | 18:30 | Chinese Taipei | 7–6 | Canada | F/10 | Port Arthur Stadium | 3:56 | 3,278 | Boxscore |
| Sep 2, 2017 | 9:00 | South Korea | 8–2 | Chinese Taipei | | Port Arthur Stadium | 3:06 | 600 | Boxscore |
| Sep 2, 2017 | 9:30 | Italy | 1–15 | Australia | F/6 | Baseball Central | 2 :19 | 200 | Boxscore |
| Sep 3, 2017 | 9:00 | Chinese Taipei | 9–1 | Italy | | Port Arthur Stadium | 3:20 | 658 | Boxscore |
| Sep 3, 2017 | 9:30 | Nicaragua | 6–11 | Australia | | Baseball Central | 3:03 | 200 | Boxscore |
| Sep 3, 2017 | 13:00 | South Korea | 11–7 | Canada | | Port Arthur Stadium | 3:36 | 2,350 | Boxscore |
| Sep 4, 2017 | 9:30 | Nicaragua | 4–12 | South Korea | | Port Arthur Stadium | 2:30 | 347 | Boxscore |
| Sep 4, 2017 | 9:30 | Australia | 4–0 | Chinese Taipei | | Baseball Central | 2:36 | 148 | Boxscore |
| Sep 4, 2017 | 18:30 | Canada | 6–5 | Italy | | Port Arthur Stadium | 3:46 | 3,487 | Boxscore |
| Sep 5, 2017 | 14:00 | Nicaragua | 5–10 | Chinese Taipei | | Port Arthur Stadium | 3:07 | 186 | Boxscore |
| Sep 5, 2017 | 14:00 | Italy | 1–10 | South Korea | | Baseball Central | 2:58 | 511 | Boxscore |
| Sep 5, 2017 | 18:30 | Australia | 2–8 | Canada | | Port Arthur Stadium | 2:57 | 3,147 | Boxscore |
| Sep 6, 2017 | 17:00 | Canada | 15–3 | Nicaragua | F/7 | Port Arthur Stadium | 2:24 | 2,484 | Boxscore |

### Group B

| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA |
| United States | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | — | 34 | 2 |
| Japan | 4 | 1 | 0.800 | 1.0 | 32 | 8 |
| Cuba | 3 | 2 | 0.600 | 2.0 | 26 | 18 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.0 | 28 | 20 |
| Mexico | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.0 | 16 | 26 |
| South Africa | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5.0 | 6 | 68 |
| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| Sep 1, 2017 | 9:30 | Japan | 10–1 | Mexico | | Port Arthur Stadium | 2:59 | 500 | Boxscore |
| Sep 1, 2017 | 13:00 | Netherlands | 1–11 | United States | F/8 | Baseball Central | 2:28 | 600 | Boxscore |
| Sep 1, 2017 | 19:00 | South Africa | 2–15 | Cuba | F/7 | Baseball Central | 2:19 | 100 | Boxscore |
| Sep 2, 2017 | 14:00 | Netherlands | 0–3 | Cuba | | Baseball Central | 2:24 | 200 | Boxscore |
| Sep 2, 2017 | 17:00 | United States | 4–0 | Japan | | Port Arthur Stadium | 3:13 | 1,600 | Boxscore |
| Sep 3, 2017 | 14:00 | South Africa | 3–22 | Netherlands | F/5 | Baseball Central | 1:54 | 250 | Boxscore |
| Sep 3, 2017 | 17:00 | Cuba | 2–7 | Japan | | Port Arthur Stadium | 3:17 | 1,111 | Boxscore |
| Sep 3, 2017 | 18:30 | Mexico | 0–6 | United States | F/6 | Baseball Central | 3:08 | 450 | Boxscore |
| Sep 4, 2017 | 14:00 | Japan | 3–1 | Netherlands | | Port Arthur Stadium | 2:38 | 1,047 | Boxscore |
| Sep 4, 2017 | 14:00 | United States | 5–0 | South Africa | | Baseball Central | 2:10 | 904 | Boxscore |
| Sep 4, 2017 | 18:30 | Mexico | 1–5 | Cuba | | Baseball Central | 2:42 | 1,000 | Boxscore |
| Sep 5, 2017 | 9:30 | South Africa | 0–12 | Japan | F/7 | Port Arthur Stadium | 2:33 | 222 | Boxscore |
| Sep 5, 2017 | 9:30 | Netherlands | 4–0 | Mexico | | Baseball Central | 2:13 | 420 | Boxscore |
| Sep 5, 2017 | 18:30 | Cuba | 1–8 | United States | | Baseball Central | 2:28 | 1,217 | Boxscore |
| Sep 6, 2017 | 13:00 | Mexico | 14–1 | South Africa | F/7 | Port Arthur Stadium | 2:26 | 149 | Boxscore |

## Super round

| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA |
| United States | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | - | 31 | 4 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.0 | 38 | 21 |
| Canada | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.0 | 28 | 27 |
| Japan | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.0 | 19 | 20 |
| Australia | 1 | 4 | .250 | 4.0 | 9 | 25 |
| Cuba | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5.0 | 12 | 39 |
| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| Sep 7, 2017 | 9:30 | Australia | 3–4 | Japan | F/11 | Port Arthur Stadium | 3:19 | 212 | Boxscore |
| Sep 7, 2017 | 9:30 | Cuba | 7–17 | South Korea | F/8 | Baseball Central | 3:23 | 151 | Boxscore |
| Sep 7, 2017 | 18:00 | Canada | 3–8 | United States | | Port Arthur Stadium | 3:05 | 3.107 | Boxscore |
| Sep 8, 2017 | 9:00 | United States | 2–0 | South Korea | | Port Arthur Stadium | 3:00 | 412 | Boxscore |
| Sep 8, 2017 | 13:00 | Australia | 3–0 | Cuba | | Port Arthur Stadium | 2:30 | 225 | Boxscore |
| Sep 8, 2017 | 17:00 | Canada | 6–4 | Japan | | Port Arthur Stadium | 3:57 | 3447 | Boxscore |
| Sep 9, 2017 | 09:00 | Australia | 0–9 | United States | | Port Arthur Stadium | 2:11 | 459 | Boxscore |
| Sep 9, 2017 | 13:00 | Japan | 4–6 | South Korea | | Port Arthur Stadium | 3:02 | 672 | Boxscore |
| Sep 9, 2017 | 17:00 | Cuba | 2–4 | Canada | | Port Arthur Stadium | 2:31 | 3,199 | Boxscore |

## Consolation round

| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA |
| Chinese Taipei | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | - | 35 | 8 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 1 | .750 | 1.0 | 37 | 11 |
| Italy | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.0 | 20 | 20 |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.0 | 31 | 27 |
| Mexico | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.0 | 28 | 28 |
| South Africa | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5.0 | 7 | 49 |
| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| Sep 7, 2017 | 14:00 | Mexico | 1–9 | Chinese Taipei | | Port Arthur Stadium | 3:25 | 147 | Boxscore |
| Sep 7, 2017 | 14:00 | Italy | 9–2 | South Africa | | Baseball Central | 2:50 | 152 | Boxscore |
| Sep 7, 2017 | 18:30 | Nicaragua | 3–8 | Netherlands | | Baseball Central | 3:06 | 147 | Boxscore |
| Sep 8, 2017 | 9:30 | Italy | 4–5 | Mexico | | Baseball Central | 2:48 | 147 | Boxscore |
| Sep 8, 2017 | 14:00 | South Africa | 1–11 | Nicaragua | F/8 | Baseball Central | 2:34 | 126 | Boxscore |
| Sep 8, 2017 | 18:30 | Chinese Taipei | 4–1 | Netherlands | | Baseball Central | 3:09 | 279 | Boxscore |
| Sep 9, 2017 | 9:30 | Nicaragua | 10–4 | Mexico | | Baseball Central | 3:10 | 147 | Boxscore |
| Sep 9, 2017 | 14:00 | South Africa | 0–3 | Chinese Taipei | | Baseball Central | 2:17 | 185 | Boxscore |
| Sep 9, 2017 | 18:30 | Italy | 1–2 | Netherlands | | Baseball Central | 2:28 | 318 | Boxscore |

## Finals
### Third place game

| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| Sep 10, 2017 | 12:00 | Japan | 8–1 | Canada | | Port Arthur Stadium | 2:48 | 3,017 | Boxscore |

### Championship

| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| Sep 10, 2017 | 17:00 | South Korea | 0–8 | United States | | Port Arthur Stadium | 2:56 | 3,245 | Boxscore |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Tournament | United States Will Banfield Triston Casas Raynel Delgado Mason Denaburg Brandon Dieter J. T. Ginn Nolan Gorman Ethan Hankins Jarred Kelenic Matthew Liberatore Landon Marceaux Anthony Seigler Joseph Menefee Kumar Rocker Michael Siani Alek Thomas Brice Turang Ryan Weathers Cole Wilcox Carter Young | South Korea Bae Ji-hwan Cho Dae-hyun Choi Jun-woo Choi Hyun-jun Gwak Been Ha Jun-young Han Dong-hui Jang Jun-hwan Kang Baek-ho Kim Young-jun Kim Min Kim Ki-hoon Kim Jeong-woo Lee Yu-seok Park Dong-soo Seo Jun-won Sung Dong-hyun Yang Chang-seop Ye Jin-won Ye In-hyok | Japan Kyota Fujiwara Taisei Inoue Shumpei Isomura Kosuke Ito Kento Kawabata Kotaro Kiyomiya Yūto Koga Kaito Kozono Yoshihiro Kujirai Kazuya Maruyama Shu Masuda Ginji Miura Shosei Nakamura Kenji Nishimaki Shuto Sakurai Tatsuya Shimizu Fumimaru Taura Soma Tokuyama Hikaru Yamashita Hisanori Yasuda |

## Final standings

| Rk | Team | W | L |
| | United States | 9 | 0 |
| Lost in Final ||||
| | South Korea | 7 | 2 |
| Failed to qualify for the Final ||||
| | Japan | 6 | 3 |
| Lost in 3rd Place Game ||||
| 4 | Canada | 5 | 4 |
| Failed to qualify for the finals ||||
| 5 | Australia | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | Cuba | 3 | 5 |
| Failed to qualify for the super round ||||
| 7 | Chinese Taipei | 6 | 2 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 4 | 4 |
| 9 | Italy | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | Nicaragua | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | Mexico | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | South Africa | 0 | 8 |

## U-18 All-World Team

| Position | Player |
| C | Cho Dae-hyun |
| 1B | Leonardo Seminati |
| 2B | César Prieto |
| 3B | Bo Naylor |
| SS | Brice Turang |
| OF | Michael Siani |
| OF | Alek Thomas |
| OF | Ye Jin-won |
| DH | Kang Baek-ho |
| P | Ethan Hankins |
| P | Fumimaru Taura |