Japan national under-18 baseball team explained

Japan Baseball U-18
Federation:	Baseball Federation of Japan
Confederation:	Baseball Federation of Asia

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.^[1] They compete in the bi-annual U-18 Baseball World Cup. They have finished 2nd in the tournament four times.^[2]

Competitive record

U-18 Baseball World Cup record
Year	Round	Position
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

• Japan national baseball team
• Baseball Federation of Japan
• U-18 Baseball World Cup

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rankings. WBSC. 9 August 2017. 28 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181028110149/http://www.wbsc.org/rankings/. dead.
2. Web site: U-18 Baseball World Cup. www.wbsc.org. WBSC. 9 August 2017. 9 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170809171737/http://www.wbsc.org/tournaments/2017-u18-baseball-world-cup/past-editions/. dead.