2018 U-23 Baseball World Cup


The 2018 U-23 Baseball World Cup, officially II U-23 Baseball World Cup, is the second edition of the U-23 Baseball World Cup tournament, third since the tournament's inception in 2014 as the 21U Baseball World Cup. The tournament was held at Edgar Rentería Baseball Stadium in Barranquilla and 18 de Junio Baseball Stadium in Montería, Colombia.
Originally the host to the tournament was awarded to Nicaragua and would be held in Managua, but due to 2018–2020 Nicaraguan protests, WBSC subsequently decided to move the tournament to Colombia.
Mexico defeated Japan with a score of 2:1 in the championship game to win the gold medal. Venezuela won the bronze medal by defeating Korea in the third-place game with a score of 4:5.

Teams

Africa
Asia
Europe
Americas
Oceania
'''Wild Card'''

U-23 All-World Team

The following players were selected to the tournament's All-World Team.
PositionPlayer
C Orlando Piña
1B Hisanori Yasuda
2B Brallan Pérez
3B Derwin Pomare
SS Jorma Rodríguez
OF Norberto Obeso
OF Ulrich Bojarski
OF Carlos Vidal
DH Leandro Cedeño
P Francisco Haro
P Kakeru Narita