U-15 Baseball World Cup

U-15 Baseball World Cup
Most recent season or competition:; 2024 U-15 Baseball World Cup
Sport	Baseball
Founded	2012
No. of teams	12
Continent	International
Most recent; champions	Japan; (2024)
Most titles	United States; (7 titles)
Website	U-15 Baseball World Cup

The U-15 Baseball World Cup is the 15-and-under baseball world championship that features national teams as authorized ("sanctioned") by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). It began in 1989 as the World Youth Baseball Championship. In 2012 it became the 15U Baseball World Cup and is contested every two years. Because it is a world championship event, the results of the 15U Baseball World Cup affect the WBSC World Rankings.^[1]

Classification

With the approved format of 12 national teams, the WBSC has distributed the continental quotas as follows:

WBSC Africa: 1 spots
WBSC Americas: 5 spots
WBSC Asia: 2 spots
WBSC Europe: 2 spots
WBSC Oceania: 1 spots
Wild cards: 1 spots (including hosts if necessary)

The participants will be determined through the continental championships.

Results

U-16 (1989–2011)

Ed.	Years	Final hosts^[2]	Champions	Score	Runners-up	3rd place	Score	4th place	Teams
Ed.	Years	Final hosts^[2]	Finalists			Semi-finalists			Teams
World Youth Baseball Championship
1	1989 Details	Tokyo	Japan	5 – 4	Chinese Taipei	China		South Korea	8
2	1990 Details	Mazatlán	Japan	6 – 1	Brazil	Cuba			?
3	1991 Details	Melbourne	Chinese Taipei	9 – 7	Japan	Brazil		South Korea	5
4	1993 Details	Londrina	Brazil	3 – 2	Chinese Taipei	South Korea		Cuba	10
5	1994 Details	Mazatlán	Cuba	9 – 3	Dominican Republic	Brazil			?
6	1995 Details	Londrina	Cuba	5 – 3	Brazil	United States		Chinese Taipei	10
7	1996 Details	Chiba	South Korea		Cuba	Chinese Taipei		Japan	10
8	1997 Details	Hsinchu	Cuba	5 – 4	Chinese Taipei	Australia		South Korea	10
9	1998 Details	Fairview Heights	United States	11 – 10	Chinese Taipei	Venezuela		Australia	12
10	2001 Details	Monterrey	United States	6 – 2	Venezuela	Australia		South Korea	11
11	2003 Details	Kaohsiung	United States		Chinese Taipei	Cuba		Australia	9
12	2005 Details	Mazatlán	Cuba	5 – 0	United States	Australia			?
	2007	Venezuela	IBAF withdrew its sanction of the tournament.^[3]
13	2009 Details	Taichung	United States	7 – 6	Cuba	Mexico	11 – 10	Venezuela	12
14	2011 Details	Lagos de Moreno	United States	9 – 0	Cuba	Japan	8 – 7	Mexico	11

U-15 (2012–present)

Ed.	Years	Final hosts	Champions	Score	Runners-up	3rd place	Score	4th place	Teams
Ed.	Years	Final hosts	Finalists			Semi-finalists			Teams
15U Baseball World Championship
1	2012 Details	Chihuahua	Venezuela	10 – 2	Cuba	Chinese Taipei	6 – 1	Mexico	15
15U Baseball World Cup
2	2014 Details	Mazatlán	Cuba	6 – 3	United States	Venezuela	13 – 3	Chinese Taipei	18
U-15 Baseball World Cup
3	2016 Details	Iwaki	Cuba	9 – 4	Japan	United States	8 – 3	Panama	12
4	2018 Details	David / Chitré	United States	7 – 1	Panama	Chinese Taipei	6 – 3	Japan	12
	2020	Tijuana	Originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[4]
5	2022 Details	Hermosillo^[5]	United States	4 – 3	Cuba	Chinese Taipei	7 – 0	Japan	13
6	2024 Details	Barranquilla / Cartagena^[6]	Japan	7 – 6	Puerto Rico	Chinese Taipei	7 – 6	Nicaragua	12
7	2026 Details	Mérida^[7]							12

Source:^[8]

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	7	2	2	11
2	Cuba (CUB)	6	5	2	13
3	Japan (JPN)	3	2	1	6
4	Chinese Taipei (TPE)^[a]	1	5	5	11
5	Brazil (BRA)	1	2	2	5
6	Venezuela (VEN)	1	1	2	4
7	South Korea (KOR)	1	0	1	2
8	Dominican Republic (DOM)	0	1	0	1
	Panama (PAN)	0	1	0	1
	Puerto Rico (PRI)	0	1	0	1
11	Australia (AUS)	0	0	3	3
12	China (CHN)	0	0	1	1
12	Mexico (MEX)	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		20	20	20	60

^[a] 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.)

References

↑ "IBAF World Ranking Notes" (PDF). International Baseball Federation. 13 January 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 May 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
↑ "WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup". World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Retrieved 8 January 2023.
↑ Sabatier, Luke; Yeh, Joseph. "Baseball tourney in Venezuela yanked over visa debacle". Taiwan News. Taiwan News. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
↑ "2021 WBSC Women's, U-15 Baseball World Cups officially cancelled". V U-15 Baseball World Cup 2021. World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Archived from the original on 2 October 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
↑ "V WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup scheduled from 26 August to 4 September in Hermosillo, Mexico". World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). WBSC. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
↑ "Schedule revealed for WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup 2024; Hosts Colombia take on Italy on opening day". WBSC. World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Retrieved 14 July 2024.
↑ "Mexico to host WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup 2026 in Merida". WBSC. WBSC. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
↑ "Baseball - U-15 World Cups" (PDF). Sport-Record.DE.

[ibaf_ranking_notes-1] "IBAF World Ranking Notes" (PDF). International Baseball Federation. 13 January 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 May 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2010.

[2] "WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup". World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Retrieved 8 January 2023.

[3] Sabatier, Luke; Yeh, Joseph. "Baseball tourney in Venezuela yanked over visa debacle". Taiwan News. Taiwan News. Retrieved 27 March 2022.

[4] "2021 WBSC Women's, U-15 Baseball World Cups officially cancelled". V U-15 Baseball World Cup 2021. World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Archived from the original on 2 October 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.

[5] "V WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup scheduled from 26 August to 4 September in Hermosillo, Mexico". World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). WBSC. Retrieved 27 March 2022.

[6] "Schedule revealed for WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup 2024; Hosts Colombia take on Italy on opening day". WBSC. World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Retrieved 14 July 2024.

[7] "Mexico to host WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup 2026 in Merida". WBSC. WBSC. Retrieved 4 February 2026.

[8] "Baseball - U-15 World Cups" (PDF). Sport-Record.DE.

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