# 2022 U-18 Baseball World Cup

The 2021 U-18 Baseball World Cup or the XXIX U-18 Baseball World Cup is an international baseball tournament held by the World Baseball Softball Confederation for players 18-year-old and younger held in Bradenton and Sarasota, Florida, USA. The event was originally scheduled in 2021, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was postponed to 2022.

## 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.
| Pool A | Pool B |
| Brazil | Australia |
| Canada | Chinese Taipei$^1$ |
| Netherlands | Italy |
| South Africa | Japan |
| South Korea | Mexico |
| United States | Panama |
$^1$Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan, due to complicated relations with People's Republic of China, is recognized by the name Chinese Taipei by most of the international organizations in sports competitions. For more information, please see Cross-Strait relations.

## First round
### Group A

| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA |
| United States | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | — | 50 | 12 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.0 | 42 | 11 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.0 | 20 | 14 |
| Brazil | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.0 | 14 | 34 |
| Canada | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.0 | 15 | 28 |
| South Africa | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5.0 | 9 | 51 |
| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| Sep 9, 2022 | 15:00 | South Africa | 6–7 | Brazil | | LECOM Park | 2:28 | 150 | Boxscore |
| Sep 9, 2022 | 19:00 | Netherlands | 3–9 | United States | | LECOM Park | 2:24 | 300 | Boxscore |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 11:00 | Canada | 2–3 | Brazil | | LECOM Park | 2:13 | 71 | Boxscore |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 19:00 | United States | 8–3 | South Korea | | Ed Smith Stadium | 3:04 | 212 | Boxscore |
| Sep 11, 2022 | 11:00 | Canada | 2–3 | Netherlands | | LECOM Park | 1:50 | 123 | Boxscore |
| Sep 11, 2022 | 15:00 | South Korea | 11–2 | Brazil | | Ed Smith Stadium | 2:58 | 82 | Boxscore |
| Sep 12, 2022 | 11:00 | Brazil | 2–5 | Netherlands | | Ed Smith Stadium | 2:17 | 100 | Boxscore |
| Sep 12, 2022 | 15:00 | South Korea | 14–1 | South Africa | F/5 | Ed Smith Stadium | 1:39 | 200 | Boxscore |
| Sep 12, 2022 | 19:00 | Canada | 6–7 | United States | | Ed Smith Stadium | 3:12 | 282 | Boxscore |
| Sep 13, 2022 | 11:00 | Netherlands | 0–1 | South Korea | | Ed Smith Stadium | 1:50 | 100 | Boxscore |
| Sep 13, 2022 | 15:00 | South Africa | 2–5 | Canada | | Ed Smith Stadium | 1:28 | 69 | Boxscore |
| Sep 13, 2022 | 19:00 | Brazil | 0–10 | United States | F/6 | LECOM Park | 1:54 | 133 | Boxscore |
| Sep 14, 2022 | 09:00 | United States | 16–0 | South Africa | F/5 | LECOM Park | 1:34 | 134 | Boxscore |
| Sep 14, 2022 | 09:00 | South Korea | 13–0 | Canada | F/6 | Ed Smith Stadium | 2:07 | 85 | Boxscore |
| Sep 14, 2022 | 12:30 | Netherlands | 9–0 | South Africa | | Ed Smith Stadium | 1:56 | 71 | Boxscore |

### Group B

| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA |
| Chinese Taipei | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | — | 38 | 11 |
| Japan | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.0 | 27 | 14 |
| Mexico | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.0 | 30 | 27 |
| Panama | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.0 | 30 | 25 |
| Australia | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.0 | 14 | 39 |
| Italy | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5.0 | 12 | 35 |
| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| Sep 9, 2022 | 15:00 | Japan | 6–0 | Italy | | Ed Smith Stadium | 1:56 | 187 | Boxscore |
| Sep 9, 2022 | 19:00 | Mexico | 9–5 | Australia | | Ed Smith Stadium | 2:48 | 152 | Boxscore |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 11:00 | Italy | 1–2 | Chinese Taipei | | Ed Smith Stadium | 2:19 | 300 | Boxscore |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 19:00 | Japan | 4–1 | Mexico | | LECOM Park | 2:01 | 102 | Boxscore |
| Sep 11, 2022 | 11:00 | Chinese Taipei | 13–2 | Australia | F/5 | Ed Smith Stadium | 2:13 | 101 | Boxscore |
| Sep 11, 2022 | 15:00 | Mexico | 12–7 | Italy | | LECOM Park | 3:11 | 158 | Boxscore |
| Sep 11, 2022 | 19:00 | Panama | 4–5 | Japan | | Ed Smith Stadium | 2:10 | 141 | Boxscore |
| Sep 12, 2022 | 11:00 | Mexico | 0–4 | Chinese Taipei | | LECOM Park | 1:55 | 89 | Boxscore |
| Sep 12, 2022 | 15:00 | Italy | 0–10 | Panama | F/5 | LECOM Park | 1:40 | 55 | Boxscore |
| Sep 12, 2022 | 19:00 | Australia | 0–10 | Japan | F/5 | LECOM Park | 1:33 | 43 | Boxscore |
| Sep 13, 2022 | 11:00 | Panama | 7–8 | Mexico | F/8 | LECOM Park | 3:17 | 34 | Boxscore |
| Sep 13, 2022 | 15:00 | Australia | 5–4 | Italy | | LECOM Park | 2:32 | 158 | Boxscore |
| Sep 13, 2022 | 19:00 | Chinese Taipei | 9–2 | Japan | | Ed Smith Stadium | 2:14 | 110 | Boxscore |
| Sep 14, 2022 | 11:30 | Chinese Taipei | 10–6 | Panama | | LECOM Park | 2:57 | 100 | Boxscore |
| Sep 14, 2022 | 15:00 | Australia | 2–3 | Panama | F/8 | LECOM Park | 1:54 | 98 | Boxscore |

## Super round

| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA |
| Chinese Taipei | 4 | 1 | .800 | - | 24 | 7 |
| United States | 4 | 1 | .800 | - | 30 | 20 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1 | .800 | - | 21 | 14 |
| Japan | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.0 | 10 | 22 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 4 | .250 | 3.0 | 10 | 18 |
| Mexico | 0 | 5 | .000 | 4.0 | 14 | 28 |
| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| Sep 15, 2022 | 09:00 | Mexico | 4–7 | Netherlands | | LECOM Park | 1:59 | 57 | Boxscore |
| Sep 15, 2022 | 16:00 | Japan | 0–8 | South Korea | | LECOM Park | 1:59 | 107 | Boxscore |
| Sep 15, 2022 | 16:00 | United States | 2–6 | Chinese Taipei | | Ed Smith Stadium | 2:12 | 200 | Boxscore |
| Sep 16, 2022 | 12:30 | South Korea | 3–2 | Chinese Taipei | F/8 | LECOM Park | 2:15 | 84 | Boxscore |
| Sep 16, 2022 | 16:00 | Netherlands | 0–1 | Japan | F/5 | Ed Smith Stadium | 1:14 | | Boxscore |
| Sep 16, 2022 | 16:00 | Mexico | 5–7 | United States | | LECOM Park | 2:29 | 380 | Boxscore |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 12:30 | Netherlands | 0–3 | Chinese Taipei | | LECOM Park | 2:00 | 95 | Boxscore |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 12:30 | Mexico | 4–6 | South Korea | | Ed Smith Stadium | 2:35 | 125 | Boxscore |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 16:00 | Japan | 3–4 | United States | | Ed Smith Stadium | 3:01 | 486 | Boxscore |

## Consolation Round

| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA |
| Brazil | 4 | 1 | .800 | - | 22 | 16 |
| Panama | 4 | 1 | .800 | - | 30 | 7 |
| Australia | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.0 | 25 | 20 |
| Canada | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.0 | 18 | 19 |
| Italy | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.0 | 10 | 23 |
| South Africa | 0 | 5 | .000 | 4.0 | 12 | 31 |
| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| Sep 15, 2022 | 09:00 | South Africa | 1–2 | Italy | | Ed Smith Stadium | 1:35 | 150 | Boxscore |
| Sep 15, 2022 | 16:00 | Australia | 6–7 | Canada | | Ed Smith Stadium | 2:06 | 77 | Boxscore |
| Sep 15, 2022 | 16:00 | Brazil | 3–2 | Panama | F/8 | LECOM Park | 2:18 | 75 | Boxscore |
| Sep 16, 2022 | 09:00 | Italy | 3–2 | Canada | | Ed Smith Stadium | 2:01 | 85 | Boxscore |
| Sep 16, 2022 | 09:00 | Australia | 5–4 | Brazil | F/9 | LECOM Park | 2:43 | 107 | Boxscore |
| Sep 16, 2022 | 12:30 | South Africa | 1–10 | Panama | | Ed Smith Stadium | 2:06 | 25 | Boxscore |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 09:00 | Italy | 1–5 | Brazil | | Ed Smith Stadium | 1:48 | 98 | Boxscore |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 09:00 | Canada | 2–5 | Panama | | LECOM Park | 1:55 | 55 | Boxscore |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 16:00 | South Africa | 2–7 | Australia | | LECOM Park | 2:04 | 43 | Boxscore |

## Finals
### Third-place game

| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| Sep 18, 2022 | 10:00 | Japan | 6–2 | South Korea | | Ed Smith Stadium | 2:15 | 222 | Boxscore |

### Championship

| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| Sep 18, 2022 | 10:00 | United States | 5–1 | Chinese Taipei | | Ed Smith Stadium | 2:35 | 1,896 | Boxscore |

## Final standings

| Rk | Team | W | L |
| | United States | 8 | 1 |
| Lost in Final ||||
| | Chinese Taipei | 7 | 2 |
| Failed to qualify for the Final ||||
| | Japan | 6 | 3 |
| Lost in 3rd Place Game ||||
| 4 | South Korea | 7 | 2 |
| Failed to qualify for the finals ||||
| 5 | Netherlands | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | Mexico | 3 | 5 |
| Failed to qualify for the super round ||||
| 7 | Brazil | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | Panama | 4 | 4 |
| 9 | Australia | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | Italy | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | Canada | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | South Africa | 0 | 8 |

## U-18 All-World Team

| Position | Player |
| C | Shion Matsuo |
| 1B | Yael Romero |
| 2B | Luis Escudero |
| 3B | Daeseon Jeong |
| SS | Rosman Verdugo |
| OF | Hsin Chiu |
| OF | Junyoung Jeong |
| OF | Aidan Miller |
| DH | Bryce Eldridge |
| P | Shao-En Lin |
| P | Shiki Kawahara |