# 2013 18U Baseball World Cup

The 2013 18U Baseball World Cup was an international baseball competition held in Taichung and Yunlin (Douliu), Taiwan from August 30 to September 8, 2013. There were no games played on August 30 and August 31, due to rain.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Tournament | United States Brady Aiken Bryson Brigman Joe DeMers Alex Destino Jack Flaherty Marvin Gorgas Adam Haseley Scott Hurst Kel Johnson Trace Loehr Mac Marshall Keaton McKinney Jacob Nix Luis Ortiz Jakson Reetz Mike Rivera J. J. Schwarz Justus Sheffield Lane Thomas Cole Tucker | Japan Tomohiro Anraku Harumi Iida Yusei Itsuzaki Akihito Iwashige Takahiro Kumagai Yuki Matsui Tomoya Mori Ryuma Mori Nobuyuki Okumura Satoshi Sonobe Kazuto Taguchi Yuya Takahashi Kona Takahashi Haruki Takemura Yasuhito Uchida Seiji Uebayashi Kenya Wakatsuki Ryo Watanabe Taisuke Yamaoka Yuto Yoshida | Cuba Randy Arozarena Yoandri Caro Aldo Conrado Yusniel Diaz Ariel Díaz Yadier Hechavarría Moisés Esquerres Vladimir Gutiérrez Rubén Hernández Yunior Ibarra J. P. Martínez Víctor Víctor Mesa Mario Miranda Yoán Moncada Noel Ortíz Yanio Perez Arbelio Quiróz Orlando Roas Luis Robert Alexquemer Sanchez |

## Teams

The following 12 teams qualified for the tournament.
| Pool A | Pool B |
| Canada | Australia |
| Chinese Taipei | Colombia |
| Czech Republic | Cuba |
| Japan | Italy |
| Mexico | South Korea |
| Venezuela | United States |
^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.)

## Round 1
### Group A

| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA |
| Japan | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | – | 44 | 6 |
| Chinese Taipei | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1 | 48 | 11 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2 | 19 | 29 |
| Canada | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3 | 39 | 25 |
| Mexico | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4 | 26 | 47 |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5 | 7 | 65 |
| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| Sep 1, 2013 | 12:30 | Canada | 16 – 3 | Czech Republic | | Douliou Baseball Stadium | 2:35 | 500 | Boxscore |
| Sep 1, 2013 | 12:30 | Japan | 4 – 1 | Chinese Taipei | | Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium | 3:29 | 5,000 | Boxscore |
| Sep 1, 2013 | 18:30 | Mexico | 5 – 6 | Venezuela | | Taichung Baseball Field | 3:49 | 250 | Boxscore |
| Sep 2, 2013 | 10:00 | Japan | 11 – 0 | Mexico | F/7 | Douliou Baseball Stadium | 2:27 | 300 | Boxscore |
| Sep 2, 2013 | 10:30 | Venezuela | 7 – 5 | Canada | | Taichung Baseball Field | 3:16 | 250 | Boxscore |
| Sep 2, 2013 | 10:30 | Chinese Taipei | 16 – 0 | Czech Republic | F/5 | Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium | 1:43 | 1,000 | Boxscore |
| Sep 2, 2013 | 18:00 | Venezuela | 0 – 7 | Japan | | Douliou Baseball Stadium | 2:41 | 500 | Boxscore |
| Sep 2, 2013 | 18:30 | Czech Republic | 2 – 12 | Mexico | F/7 | Taichung Baseball Field | 2:57 | 250 | Boxscore |
| Sep 2, 2013 | 18:30 | Chinese Taipei | 4 – 2 | Canada | | Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium | 2:58 | 1,000 | Boxscore |
| Sep 3, 2013 | 14:30 | Mexico | 4 – 11 | Canada | | Douliou Baseball Stadium | 2:51 | 260 | Boxscore |
| Sep 3, 2013 | 14:30 | Czech Republic | 0 – 15 | Japan | F/6 | Taichung Baseball Field | 1:41 | 100 | Boxscore |
| Sep 3, 2013 | 17:30 | Venezuela | 0 – 10 | Chinese Taipei | F/7 | Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium | 2:42 | 3,217 | Boxscore |
| Sep 4, 2013 | 12:30 | Czech Republic | 2 – 6 | Venezuela | | Douliou Baseball Stadium | 2:27 | 250 | Boxscore |
| Sep 4, 2013 | 12:30 | Canada | 5 – 7 | Japan | | Taichung Baseball Field | 2:30 | 250 | Boxscore |
| Sep 4, 2013 | 18:30 | Mexico | 5 – 17 | Chinese Taipei | | Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium | 3:05 | 400 | Boxscore |

### Group B

| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA |
| United States | 4 | 1 | .800 | – | 28 | 13 |
| Cuba | 4 | 1 | .800 | – | 35 | 9 |
| South Korea | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1 | 27 | 8 |
| Australia | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2 | 16 | 18 |
| Colombia | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3 | 16 | 39 |
| Italy | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3 | 15 | 50 |
| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| Sep 1, 2013 | 13:30 | Australia | 9 – 4 | Colombia | | Taichung Baseball Field | 2:57 | 250 | Boxscore |
| Sep 1, 2013 | 18:30 | Italy | 0 – 8 | United States | | Douliou Baseball Stadium | 2:52 | 800 | Boxscore |
| Sep 1, 2013 | 18:30 | Cuba | 2 – 1 | South Korea | | Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium | 3:39 | 300 | Boxscore |
| Sep 2, 2013 | 14:00 | Colombia | 0 – 4 | South Korea | | Douliou Baseball Stadium | 2:56 | 400 | Boxscore |
| Sep 2, 2013 | 14:30 | Italy | 0 – 15 | Cuba | F/6 | Taichung Baseball Field | 1:55 | 250 | Boxscore |
| Sep 2, 2013 | 14:30 | Australia | 1 – 0 | United States | | Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium | 2:43 | 250 | Boxscore |
| Sep 3, 2013 | 10:30 | United States | 2 – 1 | South Korea | | Taichung Baseball Field | 3:02 | 250 | Boxscore |
| Sep 3, 2013 | 10:30 | Australia | 4 – 7 | Italy | | Douliou Baseball Stadium | 2:50 | 250 | Boxscore |
| Sep 3, 2013 | 10:30 | Colombia | 0 – 10 | Cuba | F/7 | Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium | 2:15 | 250 | Boxscore |
| Sep 3, 2013 | 18:30 | Australia | 0 – 4 | South Korea | | Taichung Baseball Field | 3:01 | 250 | Boxscore |
| Sep 3, 2013 | 18:30 | Italy | 4 – 6 | Colombia | | Douliou Baseball Stadium | 3:16 | 400 | Boxscore |
| Sep 3, 2013 | 21:30 | Cuba | 5 – 6 | United States | | Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium | 3:21 | 2,147 | Boxscore |
| Sep 4, 2013 | 12:30 | South Korea | 17 – 4 | Italy | F/8 | Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium | 3:19 | 200 | Boxscore |
| Sep 4, 2013 | 18:30 | Cuba | 3 – 2 | Australia | | Douliou Baseball Stadium | 3:02 | 1,005 | Boxscore |
| Sep 4, 2013 | 18:30 | United States | 12 – 6 | Colombia | | Taichung Baseball Field | 3:11 | 250 | Boxscore |

## Round 2

| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA |
| United States | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | – | 40 | 20 |
| Japan | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1 | 35 | 11 |
| Cuba | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2 | 16 | 23 |
| Chinese Taipei | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3 | 21 | 16 |
| South Korea | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4 | 17 | 20 |
| Venezuela | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5 | 12 | 51 |

## 5th place game

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| South Korea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | X | 6 | 7 | 3 |

## 3rd place game

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Cuba | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 11 | 1 |

## Final

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 | 6 | 1 |

## Final standings

| Rk | Team |
| | United States |
| Lost in Final ||
| | Japan |
| Failed to qualify for the Final ||
| | Cuba |
| Lost in 3rd Place Game ||
| 4 | Chinese Taipei |
| Failed to qualify for the finals ||
| 5 | South Korea |
| 6 | Venezuela |
| Failed to qualify for the round 2 ||
| 7 | Canada |
| 8 | Australia |
| 9 | Mexico |
| 10 | Colombia |
| 11 | Italy |
| 12 | Czech Republic |