# 2019 U-12 Baseball World Cup

The 2019 U-12 Baseball World Cup is an under 12 international baseball tournament being held from July 26 to August 4 in Tainan, Taiwan. It is the fifth edition of the tournament.

## Format

First round: The 12 participating teams were drawn into two groups of 6 for round robin. The top 3 teams from each pool advance to the super round while the bottom 3 teams play in the consolation round.
Consolation round: The bottom 3 teams from each pool play each of the other bottom 3 teams from the other pool (e.g. 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 (e.g. 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

Twelve 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 |
| Japan (1) | United States (2) |
| Chinese Taipei (4) | South Korea (3) |
| Cuba (5) | Mexico (6) |
| Czech Republic (18) | Australia (7) |
| South Africa (23) | Venezuela (9) |
| Fiji (NR) | Italy (16) |
^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 |
| Japan | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | -- | 79 | 4 | 75 |
| Chinese Taipei | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.0 | 75 | 9 | 66 |
| Cuba | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.0 | 47 | 11 | 36 |
| Czech Republic | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.0 | 51 | 47 | 4 |
| South Africa | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.0 | 32 | 70 | -38 |
| Fiji | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5.0 | 4 | 147 | -143 |
| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| Jul 26, 2019 | 10:00 | Japan | 21–0 | Czech Republic | F/4 | ASPAC Youth | 1:37 | 250 | Boxscore |
| Jul 26, 2019 | 14:00 | South Africa | 28–2 | Fiji | F/4 | Shan-Hwa | 2:30 | 250 | Boxscore |
| Jul 26, 2019 | 18:30 | Cuba | 2–4 | Chinese Taipei | F/6 | ASPAC Youth | 1:20 | 7,928 | Boxscore |
| Jul 27, 2019 | 10:00 | Czech Republic | 30–1 | Fiji | F/4 | ASPAC B | 1:45 | 200 | Boxscore |
| Jul 27, 2019 | 14:00 | Cuba | 0–6 | Japan | F/6 | ASPAC Youth | 1:43 | 480 | Boxscore |
| Jul 27, 2019 | 18:30 | Chinese Taipei | 19–0 | South Africa | F/4 | ASPAC Youth | 1:23 | 996 | Boxscore |
| Jul 28, 2019 | 10:00 | Fiji | 1–27 | Cuba | F/4 | ASPAC B | 1:07 | 117 | Boxscore |
| Jul 28, 2019 | 14:00 | Czech Republic | 21–4 | South Africa | F/5 | ASPAC B | 2:10 | 300 | Boxscore |
| Jul 28, 2019 | 18:30 | Japan | 7–4 | Chinese Taipei | F/6 | ASPAC Youth | 1:53 | 5,470 | Boxscore |
| Jul 29, 2019 | 10:00 | Fiji | 0–30 | Japan | F/4 | ASPAC Youth | 1:27 | 180 | Boxscore |
| Jul 29, 2019 | 14:00 | South Africa | 0–13 | Cuba | F/5 | Shan-Hwa | 1:19 | 138 | Boxscore |
| Jul 29, 2019 | 18:30 | Chinese Taipei | 16–0 | Czech Republic | F/5 | ASPAC Youth | 1:37 | 746 | Boxscore |
| Jul 30, 2019 | 14:00 | South Africa | 0–15 | Japan | F/4 | ASPAC Youth | 1:13 | 250 | Boxscore |
| Jul 30, 2019 | 14:00 | Czech Republic | 0–5 | Cuba | F/6 | Shan-Hwa | 1:20 | 100 | Boxscore |
| Jul 30, 2019 | 18:30 | Fiji | 0–32 | Chinese Taipei | F/4 | ASPAC Youth | 1:18 | 785 | Boxscore |

### Group B

| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA | RD |
| South Korea | 4 | 1 | .800 | -- | 48 | 17 | 31 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1 | .800 | -- | 34 | 16 | 18 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.0 | 46 | 22 | 24 |
| United States | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.0 | 57 | 21 | 36 |
| Italy | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.0 | 7 | 59 | -52 |
| Australia | 0 | 5 | .000 | 4.0 | 6 | 63 | -57 |
| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| Jul 26, 2019 | 10:00 | Italy | 0–15 | Venezuela | F/4 | ASPAC B | 1:23 | 105 | Boxscore |
| Jul 26, 2019 | 14:00 | Australia | 0–10 | United States | F/5 | ASPAC B | 1:23 | 280 | Boxscore |
| Jul 26, 2019 | 14:00 | Mexico | 0–7 | South Korea | F/6 | ASPAC Youth | 2:01 | 370 | Boxscore |
| Jul 27, 2019 | 10:00 | South Korea | 13–0 | Australia | F/5 | ASPAC Youth | 1:55 | 355 | Boxscore |
| Jul 27, 2019 | 14:00 | Venezuela | 7–6 | United States | F/6 | ASPAC B | 2:12 | 350 | Boxscore |
| Jul 27, 2019 | 14:00 | Italy | 0–1 | Mexico | F/6 | Shan-Hwa | 1:27 | 250 | Boxscore |
| Jul 28, 2019 | 10:00 | Venezuela | 6–10 | Mexico | F/6 | ASPAC Youth | 1:48 | 362 | Boxscore |
| Jul 28, 2019 | 14:00 | Australia | 4–6 | Italy | F/6 | Shan-Hwa | 2:02 | 270 | Boxscore |
| Jul 29, 2019 | 10:00 | Mexico | 21–2 | Australia | F/4 | ASPAC B | 1:36 | 150 | Boxscore |
| Jul 29, 2019 | 14:00 | Italy | 1–28 | United States | F/4 | ASPAC B | 2:11 | 150 | Boxscore |
| Jul 29, 2019 | 14:00 | Venezuela | 5–6 | South Korea | F/6 | ASPAC Youth | 1:43 | 423 | Boxscore |
| Jul 30, 2019 | 10:00 | Australia | 0–13 | Venezuela | F/5 | ASPAC B | 1:26 | 137 | Boxscore |
| Jul 30, 2019 | 10:00 | South Korea | 11–0 | Italy | F/5 | ASPAC Youth | 1:37 | 200 | Boxscore |
| Jul 30, 2019 | 14:00 | United States | 1–2 | Mexico | F/6 | ASPAC B | 1:35 | 312 | Boxscore |
| Jul 31, 2019 | 10:00 | United States | 12–11 | South Korea | F/7 | ASPAC Youth | 2:45 | 220 | Boxscore |

## Second round
### Super Round

| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA | RD |
| Japan | 4 | 1 | .800 | -- | 28 | 20 | 8 |
| Chinese Taipei | 4 | 1 | .800 | -- | 42 | 19 | 23 |
| Cuba | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.0 | 32 | 26 | 6 |
| South Korea | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.0 | 31 | 32 | -1 |
| Mexico | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.0 | 19 | 37 | -18 |
| Venezuela | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5.0 | 26 | 44 | -18 |
| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| Aug 01, 2019 | 10:00 | Venezuela | 1–4 | Japan | F/6 | ASPAC Youth | 1:54 | 250 | Boxscore |
| Aug 01, 2019 | 14:00 | Cuba | 10–0 | Mexico | F/6 | ASPAC Youth | 2:10 | 210 | Boxscore |
| Aug 01, 2019 | 18:30 | Chinese Taipei | 9–3 | South Korea | F/6 | ASPAC Youth | 2:26 | 1913 | Boxscore |
| Aug 02, 2019 | 10:00 | Venezuela | 4–5 | Cuba | F/6 | ASPAC Youth | 1:43 | 249 | Boxscore |
| Aug 02, 2019 | 14:00 | South Korea | 7–8 | Japan | F/7 | ASPAC Youth | 2:24 | 400 | Boxscore |
| Aug 02, 2019 | 18:30 | Mexico | 1–11 | Chinese Taipei | F/5 | ASPAC Youth | 1:44 | 915 | Boxscore |
| Aug 03, 2019 | 10:00 | Cuba | 10–8 | South Korea | F/6 | ASPAC Youth | 2:27 | 320 | Boxscore |
| Aug 03, 2019 | 14:00 | Mexico | 8–3 | Japan | F/6 | ASPAC Youth | 1:47 | 1,450 | Boxscore |
| Aug 03, 2019 | 18:30 | Venezuela | 6–14 | Chinese Taipei | F/6 | ASPAC Youth | 2:25 | 2,738 | Boxscore |

### consolation round

| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA | RD |
| United States | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | -- | 99 | 1 | 98 |
| Czech Republic | 4 | 1 | .800 | -- | 68 | 23 | 45 |
| Italy | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.0 | 44 | 41 | 3 |
| Australia | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.0 | 43 | 29 | 14 |
| South Africa | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.0 | 36 | 68 | -32 |
| Fiji | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5.0 | 4 | 132 | -128 |
| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| Aug 01, 2019 | 10:00 | Australia | 7–4 | South Africa | F/6 | ASPAC B | 2:10 | 243 | Boxscore |
| Aug 01, 2019 | 14:00 | Italy | 1–8 | Czech Republic | F/6 | ASPAC B | 1:55 | 120 | Boxscore |
| Aug 01, 2019 | 14:00 | Fiji | 0–28 | United States | F/4 | Shan-Hwa | 1:12 | - | Boxscore |
| Aug 02, 2019 | 10:00 | Italy | 10–0 | South Africa | F/5 | ASPAC B | 1:32 | 105 | Boxscore |
| Aug 02, 2019 | 14:00 | United States | 15–0 | Czech Republic | F/4 | ASPAC B | 1:17 | 210 | Boxscore |
| Aug 02, 2019 | 14:00 | Australia | 15–0 | Fiji | F/4 | Shan-Hwa | 1:11 | 100 | Boxscore |
| Aug 03, 2019 | 10:00 | Fiji | 1–16 | Italy | F/4 | Shan-Hwa | 1:25 | 98 | Boxscore |
| Aug 03, 2019 | 14:00 | South Africa | 0–18 | United States | F/4 | ASPAC B | 1:08 | 225 | Boxscore |
| Aug 03, 2019 | 14:00 | Australia | 2–9 | Czech Republic | F/6 | ASPAC B | 2:05 | 150 | Boxscore |

## Medal Rounds

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

### Bronze-medal game

| Sunday, August 4th 14:00 | Cuba | 2-1 | South Korea | ASPAC Youth Stadium Attendance: 250 |

### Gold-medal game

| Sunday, August 4th 18:30 | Chinese Taipei | 4-0 | Japan | ASPAC Youth Stadium Attendance: 8123 |