2016 U-23 Baseball World Cup

2016 U-23 Baseball World Cup
Tournament details
CountryMexico
DatesOctober 28 - November 6
Teams12
Final positions
Champions Japan (1st title)
Runner-up Australia
Third place South Korea
Fourth place Panama
Tournament statistics
Games played50
Attendance27,797 (556 per game)
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The 2016 U-23 World Baseball Cup was the second edition of the U-23 Baseball World Cup since its inception in 2014 as the U-21 Baseball World Cup. The competition took place in Mexico between Oct. 28 and Nov. 6, 2016. A total of 50 games were played in three host cities: Monterrey, Saltillo, and Cadereyta.[1]

In the gold medal game, Japan defeated Australia with the score of 10:3. Korea defeated Panama with the score of 5:3 to win the bronze medal.

Venues

Monterrey, Saltillo, and Cadereyta are the three cities where games were played. In Monterrey, games were played at the 27,000-seat Estadio de Beisbol Monterrey, home of Sultannes Monterrey of the Mexican Baseball League. In Saltillo, games were played at Estadio Francisco I. Madero, home of the Saraperos de Saltillo of the Mexican Baseball League. In Caderetya, games were played at Unidad Deportiva Alfonso Martinez Dominguez.

Teams

Twelve nations competed in the tournament, from 6 continents:[2]

World No. 1 Japan, No. 3 Korea, No. 4 Chinese Taipei, No. 7 Venezuela, No. 8 Mexico, No. 13 Australia, No. 14 Czech Republic, No. 15 Panama, No. 18 Nicaragua, No. 27 Argentina, No. 33 Austria, and No. 36 South Africa.

Group stage

Two groups of six teams played in a round-robin format, with the top three teams from each group advancing to the Super Round. The bottom three teams from each group went to the consolation round. The rankings of teams in each group were determined by the win-loss record of all games played. If two or more teams had the same win-loss record, rankings were determined as follows:

  1. win-loss record in games between the tied teams;
  2. team's quality balance (TQB) and game results between teams tied;
  3. earned runs team's quality balance (ER-TQB);
  4. highest batting average in games between the teams tied;
  5. a coin flip.
Pool A Pool B
 South Korea  Japan
 Venezuela  Chinese Taipei
 Mexico  Australia
 Czech Republic  Nicaragua
 Panama  Argentina
 South Africa  Austria

Opening round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1  Panama 5 5 0 45 12 +33 1.000 — Advance to Super Round
2  South Korea 5 4 1 40 12 +28 .800 1
3  Mexico 5 3 2 35 13 +22 .600 2
4  Venezuela 5 2 3 32 35 −3 .400 3 Advance to Consolation round
5  Czech Republic 5 1 4 32 54 −22 .200 4
6  South Africa 5 0 5 9 67 −58 .000 5
Source: WBSC

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1  Japan 5 5 0 58 8 +50 1.000 — Advance to Super Round
2  Australia 5 4 1 39 26 +13 .800 1
3  Nicaragua 5 3 2 37 17 +20 .600 2
4  Chinese Taipei 5 2 3 28 33 −5 .400 3 Advance to Consolation round
5  Argentina 5 1 4 17 44 −27 .200 4
6  Austria 5 0 5 4 55 −51 .000 5
Source: WBSC

Super Round

In the Super Round, each the three teams that advanced from Group A play one game against each of the three teams that advanced from Group B.

At the end of this round, four teams will qualify for the finals, based on the results of five total games: the two First Round games between the three qualified teams, plus the three games of the Super Round.

The first and second place teams will play in the Gold Medal Game, the third and fourth place teams will play in the Bronze Medal Game.

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1  Japan 5 4 1 24 9 +15 .800 — Advance to gold medal game
2  Australia 5 3 2 33 42 −9 .600 1
3  Panama 5 3 2 18 24 −6 .600 1 Advance to bronze medal game
4  South Korea 5 2 3 31 25 +6 .400 2
5  Mexico 5 2 3 26 24 +2 .400 2
6  Nicaragua 5 1 4 27 35 −8 .200 3
Source: WBSC

References

  1. ^ "WBSC announces dates, venues for new U23 Baseball World Cup 2016". March 24, 2016. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  2. ^ "WBSC unveils nations, Logo for inaugural U-23 Baseball World Cup 2016 in Monterrey, Mexico". August 29, 2016. Archived from the original on October 8, 2016. Retrieved November 3, 2016.