# 2015 U-18 Baseball World Cup

The 2015 U-18 Baseball World Cup was an international baseball tournament held by IBAF. The 2015 edition was held in Osaka, Japan from August 28, 2015 to September 6, 2015.

## 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 Second 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)
Second Round: The format in the Second 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.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Tournament | United States Mike Amditis Ian Anderson Daniel Bakst Will Benson Austin Bergner Jordan Butler Hagen Danner Braxton Garrett Kevin Gowdy Hunter Greene Cooper Johnson Reggie Lawson Morgan McCullough Mickey Moniak Nick Pratto Nick Quintana Ryan Rolison Blake Rutherford Cole Stobbe Forrest Whitley | Japan Wataru Funabiki Yuya Gunji Taiga Hirasawa Kengo Horiuchi Kanji Ito Shoki Katsumata Kotaro Kiyomiya Masato Morishita Kakeru Narita Shinnosuke Ogasawara Louis Okoye Sena Sato Ryo Shinohara Naruki Sugisaki Jumpei Takahashi Mikiya Takahashi Hiroshi Toyoda Shoki Tsuda Shotaro Ueno Koki Ugusa | South Korea An Sang-hyun Choi Won-jun Choi Sung-young Choi Chung-yeon Ha Seong-jin Hwang Sun-do Im Suk-jin Joo Hyo-sang Kang Sang-won Kim Ju Sung Kim Deok-jin Kim Dae Hyun Kim Pyo-seung Lee Jin-young Lee Young-ha Park Jun-young Park Se-jin Park Sang-un Yoon Seong-pin Yu Jae-yu |

## Teams

The following 12 teams qualified for the tournament. The number shown in parentheses is the country's position in the IBAF World Rankings going into the competition.
| Pool A | Pool B |
| Japan (1) | Cuba (3) |
| United States (2) | Chinese Taipei (4) |
| Mexico (12) | Canada (7) |
| Australia (14) | South Korea (8) |
| Brazil (15) | Italy (11) |
| Czech Republic (20) | South Africa (29) |
^1 Chinese Taipei is the official IBAF 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 |
| Japan | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | — | 54 | 1 |
| United States | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1 | 32 | 8 |
| Australia | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2 | 33 | 22 |
| Brazil | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3 | 22 | 46 |
| Mexico | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4 | 16 | 40 |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5 | 14 | 54 |
| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance |
| Aug 28, 2015 | 9:00 | Australia | 10–0 | Mexico | F/7 | Nanko Chuo Stadium | 2:42 | 100 |
| Aug 28, 2015 | 12:30 | Czech Republic | 1–11 | United States | F/7 | Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium | 2:12 | 618 |
| Aug 28, 2015 | 18:00 | Brazil | 0–14 | Japan | F/7 | Maishima Baseball Stadium | 2:37 | 3500 |
| Aug 29, 2015 | 10:00 | Czech Republic | 4–8 | Mexico | | Nanko Chuo Stadium | 2:43 | 112 |
| Aug 29, 2015 | 15:30 | Australia | 11–1 | Brazil | | Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium | 2:50 | 703 |
| Aug 29, 2015 | 18:30 | United States | 0–3 | Japan | | Maishima Baseball Stadium | 2:50 | 5500 |
| Aug 30, 2015 | 10:00 | Mexico | 1–5 | United States | | Nanko Chuo Stadium | 2:46 | 150 |
| Aug 30, 2015 | 10:00 | Czech Republic | 9–10 | Brazil | | Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium | 3:43 | 160 |
| Aug 30, 2015 | 17:30 | Australia | 1–10 | Japan | | Maishima Baseball Stadium | 2:54 | 7804 |
| Aug 31, 2015 | 10:00 | Brazil | 9–7 | Mexico | | Nanko Chuo Stadium | 2:45 | 100 |
| Aug 31, 2015 | 15:30 | United States | 11–1 | Australia | F/8 | Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium | 3:05 | 703 |
| Aug 31, 2015 | 17:30 | Czech Republic | 0–15 | Japan | F/7 | Maishima Baseball Stadium | 2:30 | 2000 |
| Sep 1, 2015 | 10:00 | United States | 5–2 | Brazil | | Nanko Chuo Stadium | 2:45 | 130 |
| Sep 1, 2015 | 10:00 | Australia | 10–0 | Czech Republic | F/8 | Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium | 2:35 | 130 |
| Sep 1, 2015 | 17:30 | Mexico | 0–12 | Japan | F/7 | Maishima Baseball Stadium | 2:19 | 2347 |

### Group B

| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA |
| South Korea | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | — | 42 | 13 |
| Cuba | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1 | 28 | 8 |
| Canada | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2 | 30 | 29 |
| Chinese Taipei | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3 | 33 | 15 |
| Italy | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4 | 17 | 38 |
| South Africa | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5 | 15 | 62 |
| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance |
| Aug 28, 2015 | 9:00 | Cuba | 4–1 | Italy | | Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium | 2:41 | 527 |
| Aug 28, 2015 | 11:00 | South Africa | 2–17 | South Korea | F/5 | Maishima Baseball Stadium | 2:30 | 300 |
| Aug 28, 2015 | 12:30 | Canada | 6–2 | Chinese Taipei | | Nanko Chuo Stadium | 2:57 | 100 |
| Aug 29, 2015 | 10:00 | South Africa | 0–7 | Cuba | | Toyonaka Rose Stadium | 2:22 | 647 |
| Aug 29, 2015 | 12:00 | South Korea | 6–2 | Canada | | Maishima Baseball Stadium | 2:51 | 500 |
| Aug 29, 2015 | 15:30 | Italy | 1–11 | Chinese Taipei | F/7 | Nanko Chuo Baseball Stadium | 2:38 | 186 |
| Aug 30, 2015 | 12:00 | Cuba | 3–4 | South Korea | F/10 | Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium | 3:03 | 647 |
| Aug 30, 2015 | 15:30 | Chinese Taipei | 15–1 | South Africa | F/7 | Maishima Baseball Stadium | 2:26 | 200 |
| Aug 30, 2015 | 15:30 | Italy | 0–10 | Canada | F/8 | Nanko Chuo Stadium | 2:32 | 300 |
| Aug 31, 2015 | 10:00 | Italy | 12–2 | South Africa | | Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium | 2:51 | 327 |
| Aug 31, 2015 | 12:00 | South Korea | 4–3 | Chinese Taipei | | Maishima Baseball Stadium | 2:55 | 180 |
| Aug 31, 2015 | 15:30 | Canada | 1–11 | Cuba | F/7 | Nanko Chuo Baseball Stadium | 2:07 | 200 |
| Sep 1, 2015 | 12:00 | South Korea | 11–3 | Italy | | Maishima Baseball Stadium | 3:02 | 637 |
| Sep 1, 2015 | 15:30 | Chinese Taipei | 2–3 | Cuba | | Nanko Chuo Stadium | 2:57 | 150 |
| Sep 1, 2015$^1$ | 15:30 | South Africa | 10–11 | Canada | | Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium | 2:50 | 647 |
$^1$Game suspended and completed on September 2

## Super round

| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA |
| Japan | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | — | 39 | 3 |
| United States | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1 | 33 | 18 |
| South Korea | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2 | 17 | 24 |
| Australia | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4 | 12 | 38 |
| Cuba | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4 | 23 | 27 |
| Canada | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4 | 20 | 34 |
| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance |
| Sep 3, 2015 | 12:00 | United States | 7–4 | South Korea | | Maishima Baseball Stadium | 3:56 | 300 |
| Sep 3, 2015 | 15:30 | Australia | 7–4 | Cuba | F/10 | Nanko Chuo Stadium | 3:23 | 703 |
| Sep 3, 2015 | 17:30 | Canada | 2–5 | Japan | | Maishima Baseball Stadium | 2:49 | 1500 |
| Sep 4, 2015 | 12:00 | Canada | 10–3 | Australia | | Maishima Baseball Stadium | 2:46 | 527 |
| Sep 4, 2015 | 13:00 | Cuba | 5–6 | United States | | Hanshin Koshien Stadium | 2:55 | 500 |
| Sep 4, 2015 | 18:00 | South Korea | 0–12 | Japan | F/7 | Hanshin Koshien Stadium | 2:29 | 7000 |
| Sep 5, 2015 | 12:00 | Australia | 0–3 | South Korea | | Maishima Baseball Stadium | 2:26 | 70 |
| Sep 5, 2015 | 13:00 | Cuba | 0–9 | Japan | | Hanshin Koshien Stadium | 2:39 | 8000 |
| Sep 5, 2015 | 18:00 | Canada | 5–9 | United States | | Hanshin Koshien Stadium | 3:10 | 350 |

## Consolation round

| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA |
| Mexico | 4 | 1 | .800 | - | 26 | 19 |
| Chinese Taipei | 4 | 1 | .800 | - | 36 | 3 |
| Brazil | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1 | 29 | 36 |
| Italy | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2 | 29 | 30 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3 | 22 | 28 |
| South Africa | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3 | 13 | 38 |
| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance |
| Sep 3, 2015 | 10:00 | Czech Republic | 0–1 | Chinese Taipei | F/5 | Nanko Chuo Stadium | 1:10 | 303 |
| Sep 3, 2015 | 10:00 | Italy | 6–8 | Brazil | | Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium | 3:24 | 69 |
| Sep 4, 2015 | 10:00 | Czech Republic | 4–2 | South Africa | | Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium | 2:32 | 110 |
| Sep 4, 2015$^1$ | 13:30 | South Africa | 2–5 | Mexico | | Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium | 2:48 | 100 |
| Sep 4, 2015 | 16:30 | Mexico | 5–3 | Italy | | Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium | 3:15 | 60 |
| Sep 4, 2015 | 17:30 | Brazil | 0–8 | Chinese Taipei | | Maishima Baseball Stadium | 2:59 | 303 |
| Sep 5, 2015 | 10:00 | South Africa | 6–2 | Brazil | | Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium | 2:23 | 527 |
| Sep 5, 2015 | 15:30 | Czech Republic | 4–7 | Italy | | Toyonaka Rose Baseball Stadium | 2:37 | 527 |
| Sep 5, 2015 | 17:30 | Mexico | 2–1 | Chinese Taipei | | Maishima Baseball Stadium | 2:15 | 100 |
$^1$Game suspended and completed on September 4

## Finals
### Third place game

| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| Sep 6, 2015 | 10:00 | Australia | 5–8 | South Korea | | Maishima Baseball Stadium | 3:08 | 70 | |

### Championship

| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| Sep 6, 2015 | 19:30$^1$ | United States | 2–1 | Japan | | Koshien Stadium | 2:40 | 15,000 | |
$^1$The game was originally scheduled to begin at 18:10, but was delayed by rain.

## Final standings

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