2022 U-15 Baseball World Cup

2022 U-15 Baseball World Cup
Tournament details
Country	Mexico
Dates	26 August - 4 September
Teams	13
Final positions
Champions	United States (7th title)
Runners-up	Cuba
Third place	Chinese Taipei
Fourth place	Japan
Awards
MVP	Coy James

The 2022 U-15 Baseball World Cup or the V U-15 Baseball World Cup was an under-15 international baseball competition held in Sonora, Mexico from August 26 to September 4, 2022.^[1]

The United States won their second consecutive and overall seventh title, after defeated Cuba 4–3 in final.^[2]

Teams

The following 13 teams qualified for the tournament.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
Cuba	Colombia	Guam
Czech Republic	France	Puerto Rico
Mexico	Japan	South Africa
Chinese Taipei	Panama	United States
		Venezuela

First round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Cuba	3	3	0	25	6	1.000	—	Advance to super round
2	Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	11	6	.667	1	Advance to super round
3	Mexico (H)	3	1	2	6	6	.333	2	Advance to Placement Round 7th-9th
4	Czech Republic	3	0	3	4	28	.000	3	Advance to Placement Round 10th-13th

Source: WBSC
(H) Hosts

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
26 Aug	20:30	Cuba	4-2	Mexico		Estadio Sonora	2:20	2,521	Boxscore
27 Aug	15:00	Czech Republic	2-18	Cuba	F/5	Estadio Héctor Espino	2:08	61	Boxscore
27 Aug	19:30	Mexico	1-2	Chinese Taipei	F/5	Estadio Héctor Espino	1:12	2,759	Boxscore
28 Aug	17:00	Chinese Taipei	7-2	Czech Republic		Estadio Sonora	2:27	200	Boxscore
29 Aug	19:30	Czech Republic	0-3	Mexico		Estadio Sonora	1:54	451	Boxscore
30 Aug	19:30	Cuba	3-2	Chinese Taipei		Estadio Sonora	2:41	121	Boxscore

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	21	4	1.000	—	Advance to super round
2	Panama	3	2	1	21	5	.667	1	Advance to super round
3	Colombia	3	1	2	10	18	.333	2	Advance to Placement Round 7th-9th
4	France	3	0	3	2	27	.000	3	Advance to Placement Round 10th-13th

Source: WBSC

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
26 Aug	19:30	Colombia	0-10	Panama	F/5	Estadio Héctor Espino	2:04	150	Boxscore
27 Aug	15:00	Colombia	6-1	France		Estadio Sonora	2:08	150	Boxscore
27 Aug	19:30	Panama	0-4	Japan		Estadio Sonora	2:26	150	Boxscore
28 Aug	20:00	France	0-10	Japan	F/6	Estadio Sonora	1:58	232	Boxscore
29 Aug	19:30	France	1-11	Panama	F/5	Estadio Héctor Espino	1:46	300	Boxscore
30 Aug	19:30	Japan	7-4	Colombia		Estadio Héctor Espino	2:17	250	Boxscore

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	United States	4	4	0	62	9	1.000	—	Advance to super round
2	Puerto Rico	4	3	1	41	16	.750	1	Advance to super round
3	Venezuela	4	2	2	30	14	.500	2	Advance to Placement Round 7th-9th
4	Guam	4	1	3	12	45	.250	3	Advance to Placement Round 10th-13th
5	South Africa	4	0	4	10	71	.000	4	Advance to Placement Round 10th-13th

Source: WBSC

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
26 Aug	10:30	South Africa	0-29	United States	F/5	Estadio Héctor Espino	2:30	100	Boxscore
26 Aug	10:30	Puerto Rico	7-0	Venezuela	F/5	Estadio Sonora	2:03	80	Boxscore
27 Aug	10:30	South Africa	8-10	Guam		Estadio Héctor Espino	2:21	59	Boxscore
27 Aug	10:30	Venezuela	4-5	United States		Estadio Sonora	3:07	150	Boxscore
28 Aug	10:30	United States	13-1	Guam	F/5	Estadio Sonora	2:10	45	Boxscore
28 Aug	13:30	Puerto Rico	17-1	South Africa	F/5	Estadio Sonora	2:14	150	Boxscore
29 Aug	10:30	United States	15-4	Puerto Rico		Estadio Héctor Espino	3:38	200	Boxscore
29 Aug	10:30	Guam	1-11	Venezuela	F/5	Estadio Sonora	1:47	100	Boxscore
30 Aug	10:30	Guam	0-13	Puerto Rico	F/5	Estadio Héctor Espino	1:34	150	Boxscore
30 Aug	10:30	Venezuela	15-1	South Africa	F/5	Estadio Sonora	1:56	33	Boxscore

Super round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	United States	5	4	1	48	22	.800^[a]	—	Advance to final
2	Cuba	5	4	1	24	20	.800^[a]	—	Advance to final
3	Chinese Taipei	5	3	2	22	21	.600^[b]	1	Advance to third-place game
4	Japan	5	3	2	29	20	.600^[b]	1	Advance to third-place game
5	Puerto Rico	5	1	4	16	40	.200	3
6	Panama	5	0	5	14	30	.000	4

Source: WBSC
Notes:

1 2 Head-to-head result: Cuba 1-11 United States
1 2 Head-to-head result: Chinese Taipei 6-4 Japan

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
31 Aug	15:00	Chinese Taipei	9-0	Puerto Rico		Estadio Sonora	2:35	82	Boxscore
31 Aug	19:30	United States	6-12	Japan		Estadio Sonora	3:31	323	Boxscore
31 Aug	19:30	Panama	3-8	Cuba	F/4	Estadio Héctor Espino	1:35	250	Boxscore
1 Sep	13:30	Panama	5-6	United States		Estadio Sonora	3:06	150	Boxscore
1 Sep	17:00	Puerto Rico	4-5	Cuba		Estadio Sonora	2:46	150	Boxscore
1 Sep	21:00	Chinese Taipei	6-4	Japan		Estadio Sonora	2:14	151	Boxscore
2 Sep	10:30	Puerto Rico	7-2	Panama		Estadio Sonora	3:09	54	Boxscore
2 Sep	15:00	Chinese Taipei	0-10	United States	F/5	Estadio Sonora	1:46	65	Boxscore
2 Sep	19:30	Cuba	7-0	Japan		Estadio Héctor Espino			forfeit
3 Sep	10:30	Chinese Taipei	5-4	Panama	F/8	Estadio Sonora	2:15	57	Boxscore
3 Sep	15:15	Puerto Rico	1-9	Japan		Estadio Sonora	2:25	89	Boxscore
3 Sep	19:30	Cuba	1-11	United States	F/6	Estadio Sonora	2:34	213	Boxscore

Placement round

7th-9th place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	PCT	GB
1	Mexico	2	2	0	19	10	1.000	—
2	Venezuela	2	1	1	21	16	.500	1
3	Colombia	2	0	2	15	29	.000	2

Source: WBSC

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
1 Sep	19:30	Mexico	8-3	Venezuela		Estadio Héctor Espino	2:21	567	Boxscore
2 Sep	19:30	Colombia	8-18	Venezuela	F/6	Estadio Sonora	2:49	76	Boxscore
3 Sep	19:30	Mexico	11-7	Colombia		Estadio Héctor Espino	2:55	835	Boxscore

10th-13th place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	PCT	GB
1	Czech Republic	3	3	0	20	1	1.000	—
2	France	3	2	1	18	5	.667	1
3	Guam	3	1	2	11	24	.333	2
4	South Africa	3	0	3	9	28	.000	3

Source: WBSC

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
31 Aug	10:30	Czech Republic	4-0	France		Estadio Héctor Espino	1:56	150	Boxscore
1 Sep	10:30	Guam	0-10	France	F/5	Estadio Sonora	1:28	33	Boxscore
2 Sep	10:30	South Africa	1-8	France		Estadio Héctor Espino	2:16	150	Boxscore
2 Sep	15:00	Guam	1-6	Czech Republic		Estadio Héctor Espino	1:48	120	Boxscore
3 Sep	10:30	South Africa	0-10	Czech Republic	F/5	Estadio Héctor Espino	1:30	104	Boxscore

Final round

Bronze medal game

September 5, 2022	Japan	0 – 7	Chinese Taipei
		Boxscore

Gold medal game

September 5, 2022	Cuba	3 – 4	United States
		Boxscore

Final standings

Rk	Team
	United States
	Cuba
	Chinese Taipei
4	Japan
5	Puerto Rico
6	Panama
7	Mexico
8	Venezuela
9	Colombia
10	Czech Republic
11	France
12	Guam
13	South Africa

Awards

The WBSC announced the following awards at the completion of the tournament.^[3]


Awards	Player
Most Valuable Player	Coy James


Position	Player
Pitcher	Yao-Yun Chang Daniel Reyes
Hitter	Andrew Costello
Catcher	Yaider Ruiz
First Base	Kanta Kanemoto
Second Base	Tien-Szu Huang
Third Base	Alejandro Cruz
Short Stop	Ethan Holliday
Outfield	Isaac Carrasquillo
	Coy James
	Juan Caballero

References

↑ "Groups, schedule announced for WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup, play opens 26 August in Hermosillo, Mexico". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
↑ "USA tops Cuba 4-3 to repeat as U-15 Baseball World Cup champions". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
↑ "USA's Coy James earns WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup MVP honours as All-World team announced". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 24 August 2022.

External links

Official website

[table_hth_USA0.65470701020896-3] 1 2 Head-to-head result: Cuba 1-11 United States

[table_hth_TPE0.65470701020896-4] 1 2 Head-to-head result: Chinese Taipei 6-4 Japan

[1] "Groups, schedule announced for WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup, play opens 26 August in Hermosillo, Mexico". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 26 July 2022.

[2] "USA tops Cuba 4-3 to repeat as U-15 Baseball World Cup champions". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 5 September 2022.

[5] "USA's Coy James earns WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup MVP honours as All-World team announced". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 24 August 2022.

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