International baseball tournament
2022 U-23 Baseball World Cup Country Taiwan Dates October 13 – October 23, 2022 Teams 12 Champions Japan (2nd title) Runner-up South Korea Third place Chinese Taipei Fourth place Mexico Games played 50 MVP Ryusei Gonda All statistics correct as of 2022-10-24.
The 2022 U-23 Baseball World Cup , officially IV U-23 Baseball World Cup, is the fourth edition of the U-23 Baseball World Cup tournament. It was held in Taipei , Taichung , and Yunlin in Taiwan .[ 1] [ 2] Players born between 1999 and 2004 are eligible to play the tournament.
Venues Tianmu Baseball Stadium hosted the opening ceremony and is scheduled to host all of the Group B games and medal games. Douliu Baseball Stadium and Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium were scheduled to host all of the Group A games.[ 3]
Teams China and Nicaragua were replaced in the tournament by Puerto Rico and Colombia due to COVID-19 restrictions in those countries.[ 3] The WBSC World Rankings as of the time of the competition is specified in parentheses.
Africa
South Africa (26)
Americas
Mexico (4)
Venezuela (6)
Cuba (9)
Colombia (11)
Puerto Rico (16)
Asia
Japan (1)
Chinese Taipei (2)
South Korea (3)
Europe
Netherlands (8)
Germany (18)
Oceania
Australia (10)
First round The top three teams in each pool will qualify for the second round.
Group A
H: Host
Date
Local time
Road team
Score
Home team
Inn.
Venue
Game duration
Attendance
Boxscore
Oct 13, 2022
18:30
Colombia
2 – 6
Chinese Taipei
F/7
Tianmu
2:18
1250
Boxscore
Oct 14, 2022
12:00
South Africa
0 – 9
Venezuela
F/7
Douliu
1:48
45
Boxscore
Oct 14, 2022
17:00
Japan
6 – 0
Germany
F/7
Douliu
1:57
48
Boxscore
Oct 15, 2022
10:00
South Africa
0 – 10
Colombia
F/6
Taichung
2:15
78
Boxscore
Oct 15, 2022
14:30
Japan
5 – 2
Venezuela
F/7
Taichung
2:07
150
Boxscore
Oct 15, 2022
19:00
Germany
0 – 3
Chinese Taipei
F/7
Taichung
2:15
525
Boxscore
Oct 16, 2022
10:00
Venezuela
7 – 8
Colombia
F/8
Taichung
2:44
120
Boxscore
Oct 16, 2022
14:30
South Africa
0 – 10
Germany
F/6
Taichung
2:22
232
Boxscore
Oct 16, 2022
19:00
Chinese Taipei
3 – 1
Japan
F/7
Taichung
2:16
2800
Boxscore
Oct 17, 2022
10:00
Germany
3 – 7
Venezuela
F/7
Taichung
2:49
42
Boxscore
Oct 17, 2021
14:30
Colombia
1 – 4
Japan
F/7
Taichung
2:21
120
Boxscore
Oct 17, 2022
19:00
Chinese Taipei
14 – 1
South Africa
F/5
Taichung
1:59
125
Boxscore
Oct 18, 2022
10:00
Germany
0 – 7
Colombia
F/7
Taichung
2:18
50
Boxscore
Oct 18, 2022
14:30
Japan
9 – 0
South Africa
F/7
Taichung
2:11
94
Boxscore
Oct 18, 2022
19:00
Venezuela
3 – 4
Chinese Taipei
F/8
Taichung
3:23
350
Boxscore
Group B
Date
Local time
Road team
Score
Home team
Inn.
Venue
Game duration
Attendance
Boxscore
Oct 14, 2022
10:00
Puerto Rico
5 – 0
Cuba
F/7
Tianmu
2:26
132
Boxscore
Oct 14, 2022
14:30
Mexico
3 – 2
Australia
F/8
Tianmu
2:12
145
Boxscore
Oct 14, 2022
19:00
South Korea
4 – 0
Netherlands
F/7
Tianmu
1:55
157
Boxscore
Oct 16, 2021
16:00
Netherlands
0 – 4
Mexico
F/7
Douliu
1:57
325
Boxscore
Oct 16, 2022
19:00
Cuba
0 – 4
South Korea
F/7
Douliu
2:53
190
Boxscore
Oct 17, 2022
12:30
Mexico
2 – 3
Puerto Rico
F/8
Douliu
2:02
45
Boxscore
Oct 17, 2022
15:30
Netherlands
3 – 2
Cuba
F/7
Douliu
2:15
75
Boxscore
Oct 17, 2022
18:30
Australia
3 – 4
South Korea
F/7
Douliu
2:31
174
Boxscore
Oct 18, 2022
10:00
Cuba
2 – 0
Mexico
F/7
Tianmu
2:10
40
Boxscore
Oct 18, 2022
13:00
Puerto Rico
2 – 3
South Korea
F/8
Tianmu
2:20
60
Boxscore
Oct 18, 2022
16:00
Australia
5 – 4
Netherlands
F/7
Tianmu
2:26
106
Boxscore
Oct 18, 2021
19:00
Puerto Rico
0 – 8
Australia
F/7
Tianmu
2:13
87
Boxscore
Oct 19, 2021
10:00
Australia
1 – 3
Cuba
F/7
Tianmu
2:36
101
Boxscore
Oct 19, 2022
12:30
Netherlands
4 – 1
Puerto Rico
F/8
Tianmu
2:36
70
Boxscore
Oct 19, 2022
15:00
South Korea
1 – 0
Mexico
F/8
Tianmu
2:24
151
Boxscore
Placement round
Super Round
H : Host
Date
Local time
Road team
Score
Home team
Inn.
Venue
Game duration
Attendance
Boxscore
Oct 20, 2022
10:00
Colombia
3 – 4
Mexico
F/7
Tianmu
2:12
32
Boxscore
Oct 20, 2022
14:30
Australia
1 – 2
Japan
F/7
Tianmu
1:52
97
Boxscore
Oct 20, 2022
19:00
South Korea
6 – 2
Chinese Taipei
F/7
Tianmu
2:40
3,921
Boxscore
Oct 21, 2022
10:00
Colombia
8 – 6
Australia
F/7
Tianmu
2:25
-
Boxscore
Oct 21, 2022
14:30
Japan
2 – 1
South Korea
F/7
Tianmu
2:22
-
Boxscore
Oct 21, 2022
19:00
Mexico
2 – 1
Chinese Taipei
F/8
Tianmu
2:59
-
Boxscore
Oct 22, 2022
10:00
Colombia
4 – 5
South Korea
F/8
Tianmu
2:33
-
Boxscore
Oct 22, 2022
13:00
Mexico
2 – 4
Japan
F/7
Tianmu
2:25
-
Boxscore
Oct 22, 2022
16:00
Australia
3 – 0
Chinese Taipei
F/7
Tianmu
2:16
-
Boxscore
Finals
Third-place game
Date
Local time
Road team
Score
Home team
Inn.
Venue
Game duration
Attendance
Boxscore
Oct 23, 2022
14:30
Chinese Taipei
3 – 1
Mexico
F/7
Tianmu
2:26
481
Boxscore
Championships
Date
Local time
Road team
Score
Home team
Inn.
Venue
Game duration
Attendance
Boxscore
Oct 23, 2022
19:00
South Korea
0 – 3
Japan
F/7
Tianmu
1:52
388
Boxscore
Final standings
2022 U-23 Baseball World Cup
Japan 2nd title
Awards
U23 All-World Team
Position
Player
C
David Garcia
1B
Jesus Chirinos
2B
Carlos Arroyo
3B
Hiroki Nakagawa
SS
Christian Rodriguez
OF
Chen Tso Tseng
Ezequiel Pagan
Christopher Burke
DH
Ren Onishi
P
Ren Tomida
Ryusei Gonda
Individual Award
Award
Player
Statistics
Leading Hitter
Ren Onishi
.500
Best ERA
Saangyung Lee
0.00 (13 innings pitched)
Best Pitching Record
Ren Tomida
2W 0L
Most RBI
Jesus Chirinos
8
Most HR
Jesus Chirinos
2
Most Stolen Bases
Michael Chirinos
5
Most Runs Scored
Daniel Aguilar
7
Outstanding Defensive Player
Hanbyul Kim
-
See also
References
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