# 2010 World University Baseball Championship

The 2010 World University Baseball Championship was an under-23 college baseball competition held at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Shinjuku, Yokohama Stadium in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Utsumi-Shimaoka Ballpark in Fuchū and KAIT Stadium in Atsugi, Japan from July 30 to August 7, 2010.

## Teams

The following 8 nations were represented at the tournament.
| Group A | Group B |
| Canada | China |
| Chinese Taipei | Cuba |
| Sri Lanka | Japan |
| United States | South Korea |

## First round
### Group A
#### Standings

| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA |
| United States | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | – | 31 | 8 |
| Canada | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1 | 22 | 10 |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2 | 25 | 11 |
| Sri Lanka | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3 | 0 | 49 |

#### Schedule

| July 30, 2010 | Chinese Taipei | 2 – 3 | Canada | Meiji Jingu Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo Attendance: 300 |
| July 30, 2010 | | Boxscore | | Meiji Jingu Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo Attendance: 300 |
| July 30, 2010 | United States | 15 – 0 (F/5) | Sri Lanka | Utsumi-Shimaoka Ballpark, Fuchū, Tokyo Attendance: 50 |
| July 30, 2010 | | Boxscore | | Utsumi-Shimaoka Ballpark, Fuchū, Tokyo Attendance: 50 |
| July 31, 2010 | Canada | 18 – 0 (F/5) | Sri Lanka | Utsumi-Shimaoka Ballpark, Fuchū, Tokyo Attendance: 140 |
| July 31, 2010 | | Boxscore | | Utsumi-Shimaoka Ballpark, Fuchū, Tokyo Attendance: 140 |
| August 1, 2010 | United States | 8 – 7 (F/11) | Chinese Taipei | Meiji Jingu Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo Attendance: 300 |
| August 2, 2010 | Sri Lanka | 0 – 16 (F/5) | Chinese Taipei | Yokohama Stadium, Naka-ku, Yokohama Attendance: 100 |
| August 2, 2010 | Canada | 1 – 8 | United States | Yokohama Stadium, Naka-ku, Yokohama Attendance: 500 |
| August 2, 2010 | | Boxscore | | Yokohama Stadium, Naka-ku, Yokohama Attendance: 500 |

### Group B
#### Standings

| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA |
| Cuba | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | – | 45 | 7 |
| Japan | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1 | 26 | 12 |
| South Korea | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2 | 13 | 26 |
| China | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3 | 4 | 43 |

#### Schedule

| July 30, 2010 | Japan | 4 – 0 | South Korea | Meiji Jingu Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo Attendance: 5,000 |
| July 30, 2010 | | Boxscore | | Meiji Jingu Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo Attendance: 5,000 |
| July 31, 2010 | South Korea | 0 – 18 (F/5) | Cuba | Meiji Jingu Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo Attendance: 500 |
| July 31, 2010 | | Boxscore | | Meiji Jingu Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo Attendance: 500 |
| July 31, 2010 | China | 0 – 15 (F/6) | Japan | Meiji Jingu Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo Attendance: 3,900 |
| July 31, 2010 | | Boxscore | | Meiji Jingu Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo Attendance: 3,900 |
| August 1, 2010 | Japan | 7 – 12 | Cuba | Meiji Jingu Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo Attendance: 8,000 |
| August 1, 2010 | South Korea | 13 – 4 | China | Utsumi-Shimaoka Ballpark, Fuchū, Tokyo Attendance: 100 |
| August 2, 2010 | Cuba | 15 – 0 (F/5) | China | KAIT Stadium, Atsugi, Kanagawa Attendance: 460 |

## Finals

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| B1 | Cuba | 14 | | | | | | |
| A4 | Sri Lanka | 0 | | | | | | |
| A4 | Sri Lanka | 0 | WQF3 | Cuba | 11 | | | |
| | | | WQF2 | South Korea | 1 | | | |
| A2 | Canada | 4 | WQF2 | South Korea | 1 | | | |
| B3 | South Korea | 7 | | | | | | |
| B3 | South Korea | 7 | | | | WSF1 | Cuba | 4 |
| | | | | | | WSF2 | United States | 3 |
| A1 | United States | 11 | | | | | | | WSF2 | United States | 3 |
| B4 | China | 0 | | | |
| B4 | China | 0 | WQF1 | United States | 4 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | WQF4 | Japan | 2 |
| B2 | Japan | 13 | WQF4 | Japan | 2 | LSF2 | Japan | 9 |
| A3 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | | | | LSF1 | South Korea | 0 |

### Quarterfinals

| August 3, 2010 | United States | 11 – 0 (F/7) | China | Yokohama Stadium, Naka-ku, Yokohama Attendance: 400 |
| August 3, 2010 | Canada | 4 – 7 | South Korea | KAIT Stadium, Atsugi, Kanagawa Attendance: 320 |
| August 4, 2010 | Cuba | 14 – 0 (F/7) | Sri Lanka | Yokohama Stadium, Naka-ku, Yokohama Attendance: 500 |
| August 4, 2010 | | Boxscore | | Yokohama Stadium, Naka-ku, Yokohama Attendance: 500 |
| August 4, 2010 | Japan | 13 – 0 (F/7) | Chinese Taipei | Yokohama Stadium, Naka-ku, Yokohama Attendance: 5,000 |
| August 4, 2010 | | Boxscore | | Yokohama Stadium, Naka-ku, Yokohama Attendance: 5,000 |

### Ranking deciders

| August 4, 2010 | China | 3 – 17 (F/7) | Canada | KAIT Stadium, Atsugi, Kanagawa Attendance: 110 |
| August 4, 2010 | | Boxscore | | KAIT Stadium, Atsugi, Kanagawa Attendance: 110 |
| August 5, 2010 | Chinese Taipei | 21 – 0 (F/5) | Sri Lanka | KAIT Stadium, Atsugi, Kanagawa Attendance: 100 |

### Semifinals

| August 5, 2010 | Cuba | 11 – 1 (F/8) | South Korea | Yokohama Stadium, Naka-ku, Yokohama Attendance: 1,500 |
| August 5, 2010 | | Boxscore | | Yokohama Stadium, Naka-ku, Yokohama Attendance: 1,500 |
| August 5, 2010 | United States | 4 – 2 | Japan | Yokohama Stadium, Naka-ku, Yokohama Attendance: 6,500 |

### 7th place match

| August 6, 2010 | China | 10 – 0 (F/8) | Sri Lanka | Utsumi-Shimaoka Ballpark, Fuchū, Tokyo Attendance: 120 |

### 5th place match

| August 6, 2010 | Chinese Taipei | 14 – 15 | Canada | Meiji Jingu Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo Attendance: 50 |

### Bronze medal match

| August 7, 2010 | Japan | 9 – 0 | South Korea | Meiji Jingu Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo Attendance: 3,500 |

### Gold medal match

| August 7, 2010 | Cuba | 4 – 3 (F/10) | United States | Meiji Jingu Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo Attendance: 4,000 |

## Final standings

| Rk | Team | W | L |
| | Cuba | 6 | 0 |
| Lost in Final ||||
| | United States | 5 | 1 |
| Failed to qualify for Final ||||
| | Japan | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | South Korea | 2 | 4 |
| Failed to qualify for the Semifinals ||||
| 5 | Canada | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 4 |
| Failed to qualify for the 5th place game ||||
| 7 | China | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Sri Lanka | 0 | 6 |
* 2010 World University Baseball champions
* Cuba 2nd title