2021 U-12 Baseball World Cup Explained

Country:Republic of China
Dates:28 July–7 August
Num Teams:11
Defending Champion:Chinese Taipei
Prev Year:2019
Medal Type:world minor
Champion:United States
Second:Venezuela
Third:Chinese Taipei
Fourth:Dominican Republic
Games:42
Mvp:Colin Anderson (USA)
Prevseason:2019
Nextseason:2023

The 2021 U-12 Baseball World Cup was an under 12 international baseball tournament being held from 28 July 2022 to 7 August 2022 in Tainan, Taiwan. It was the sixth edition of the tournament. The tournament was supposed to be held in 2021 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1]

Format

First round: The 11 participating teams were drawn into one group of 6 and one group of 5 for round robin. The top 3 teams from each pool advance to the Super Round while the bottom 3 (or 2) teams play in the Consolation Round.

Consolation Round: The bottom 3 (or 2) teams from each pool play each of the other bottom 3 (or 2) 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.

Teams

Eleven teams qualified for the tournament. The number in parentheses is their nations ranking in the WBSC World Rankings[2] prior to the start of the tournament.

Pool APool B
(2) (1)
(4) (3)
(6) (5)
(13) (7)
(17) (14)
(26)
Chinese Taipei is the official WBSC designation for the team representing the state officially referred to as the Republic of China, more commonly known as Taiwan. (See also political status of Taiwan for details.)

First round

Group A

TeamsPct.GB
41.80039534
41.800421428
41.800491534
23.4002.0411328
14.2003.01545−30
05.0004.0094−94

Group B

TeamsPct.GB
401.000631152
31.7501.027189
22.5002.0261412
13.2503.02429–5
04.0004.0270–68

Second round

Super Round

TeamsPct.GB
501.000442321
32.6002.035341
32.6002.0362214
23.4003.02044–24
14.2004.01722–5
14.2004.01623–7

Consolation Round

TeamsPct.GB
401.00052052
31.7501.041734
22.5002.01925–6
13.2503.02139–18
04.0004.0062–62

Medal Rounds

Both the Gold and Bronze medal game were played at ASPAC Youth Stadium in Tainan.

Gold-medal game

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: VI WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup rescheduled for summer 2022 in Tainan, TPE . VI U-12 Baseball World Cup 2022 . World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) . 21 August 2021.
  2. Web site: WBSC Baseball & Softball World Ranking .