| Country: | Taiwan |
| Dates: | July 28th - August 6th |
| Num Teams: | 12 |
| Defending Champion: | United States |
| Prev Year: | 2015 |
| Medal Type: | world minor |
| Champion: | United States |
| Num Championships: | 3 |
| Second: | Chinese Taipei |
| Third: | Mexico |
| Fourth: | Japan |
| Games: | 50 |
| Mvp: | Kai Caranto (USA) |
| Prevseason: | 2015 |
| Nextseason: | 2019 |
The 2017 U-12 Baseball World Cup is an under 12 international baseball tournament held from July 28 to August 6 in Tainan, Taiwan. It is the fourth edition of the tournament.
First round: The 12 participating teams were drawn into two groups of 6 for round robin. The top 3 teams from each pool advance to the Super Round while the bottom 3 teams play in the consolation round.
Consolation round: The bottom 3 teams from each pool play each of the other bottom 3 teams from the other pool (ex. The 4th place team from Group A plays the 4th, 5th, and 6th place teams from Pool B). The results of the previous round robin carry over for teams originally in the same pool (ex. The 4th place team from Group A beats both the 5th and 6th place teams from Group A in pool play and starts the consolation round with a 2-0 record.). Teams don't advance to play any more games after the consolation round.
Super Round: The top 3 teams from each pool play each of the other top 3 teams from the other pool (ex. The 1st place team from Group A plays the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place teams from Group B). The results of the previous round robin carry over for teams originally in the same pool (ex. If the 1st place team from Group A beats both the 2nd and 3rd place teams from Group A in pool play and starts the Super Round with a 2-0 record. The 3rd and 4th place finishers advance to the Bronze Medal Game, and the 1st and 2nd place finishers advance to the Gold Medal Game.
Medal Round: The Medal Round consists of the Bronze Medal Game, contested by the 3rd and 4th place finishers from the Super Round, and the Gold Medal Game, contested by the 1st and 2nd place finishers.
Twelve teams qualified for the tournament. The number in parentheses is their nations ranking in the WBSC World Rankings[1] prior to the start of the tournament.
| Pool A | Pool B | |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | |
| (4) | (3) | |
| (6) | (8) | |
| (13) | (14) | |
| (18) | (15) | |
| (29) | (20) |
| Teams | Pct. | GB | RD | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1 | .800 | -- | 56 | 11 | +45 | ||
| 4 | 1 | .800 | -- | 63 | 7 | +56 | ||
| 4 | 1 | .800 | -- | 57 | 26 | +31 | ||
| 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.0 | 21 | 53 | -32 | ||
| 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.0 | 20 | 27 | -7 | ||
| 0 | 5 | .000 | 4.0 | 1 | 99 | -98 |
| Teams | Pct. | GB | RD | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 0 | 1.000 | -- | 80 | 12 | +68 | ||
| 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.0 | 33 | 31 | +2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.0 | 38 | 23 | +15 | ||
| 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.0 | 33 | 20 | +13 | ||
| 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.0 | 17 | 51 | -34 | ||
| 0 | 5 | .000 | 5.0 | 7 | 64 | -57 |
| Teams | Pct. | GB | RD | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1 | .800 | -- | 51 | 11 | +40 | ||
| 4 | 1 | .800 | -- | 56 | 36 | +20 | ||
| 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.0 | 31 | 23 | +8 | ||
| 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.0 | 30 | 38 | -8 | ||
| 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.0 | 19 | 52 | -32 | ||
| 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.0 | 15 | 37 | -22 |
Due to WBSC tie-breaking procedures, Chinese Taipei was awarded 1st in the group over the United States who was seeded 2nd, both teams advanced to the gold medal game. Also due to tie-breaking procedures, South Korea was ranked 5th and Nicaragua was ranked 6th, however both teams were still eliminated.
| Teams | Pct. | GB | RD | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 0 | 1.000 | -- | 65 | 10 | +55 | ||
| 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.0 | 37 | 26 | +11 | ||
| 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.0 | 32 | 24 | +8 | ||
| 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.0 | 26 | 45 | -19 | ||
| 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.0 | 28 | 39 | -11 | ||
| 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.0 | 14 | 51 | -37 |
Due to WBSC tie-breaking procedures, Czech Republic was finished 2nd in the consolation round over Brazil who finished 3rd. Also due to the tie-breaking procedures, South Africa was finished 5th and Germany finished 6th.
Both the Gold and Bronze medal game were played at Tainan Municipal Stadium in Tainan.
| width=25 | Rk | width=170 | Team | width=25 | W | width=25 | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 1 | ||||||
| Lost in Gold medal game | |||||||
| 7 | 2 | ||||||
| Failed to qualify for Gold medal game | |||||||
| 6 | 3 | ||||||
| 4 | 6 | 3 | |||||
| Failed to qualify for Bronze medal game | |||||||
| 5 | 3 | 5 | |||||
| 6 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| Failed to qualify for Super Round | |||||||
| 7 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| 8 | 3 | 5 | |||||
| 9 | 3 | 5 | |||||
| 10 | 2 | 6 | |||||
| 11 | 1 | 7 | |||||
| 12 | 1 | 7 | |||||