The Japan national under-18 baseball team is the national under-18 team representing Japan in international baseball competitions. The organization is currently ranked 1st in the world by the World Baseball Softball Confederation.[2] They compete in the bi-annual U-18 Baseball World Cup. They have finished 2nd in the tournament four times.[3]
Japan Baseball U-18 | |
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Information | |
Country | |
Federation | Baseball Federation of Japan |
Confederation | Baseball Federation of Asia |
WBSC ranking | |
Current | 1 |
Competitive record
editU-18 Baseball World Cup record | ||||||
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Year | Round | Position | W | L | RS | RA |
1982 | Final | 2nd | ||||
1999 | 5th | |||||
2004 | Final | 2nd | ||||
2012 | Round 2 | 6th | 5 | 4 | 38 | 25 |
2013 | Final | 2nd | 7 | 2 | 70 | 19 |
2015 | Final | 2nd | 8 | 1 | 81 | 5 |
2017 | Super Round | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 52 | 24 |
2019 | Super Round | 5th | 5 | 3 | 55 | 23 |
2021 | Super Round | 3rd | 7 | 4 | 43 | 38 |
Total |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "Rankings". WBSC. Archived from the original on 28 October 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ "U-18 Baseball World Cup". www.wbsc.org. WBSC. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.