U-15 Baseball World Cup Explained

Last Season:	2022 U-15 Baseball World Cup
Sport:	Baseball
Founded:	2012
Teams:	12
Continent:	International
Most Champs:	(7 titles)
Website:	U-15 Baseball World Cup

The U-15 Baseball World Cup is the 15-and-under baseball world championship that features national teams as authorized ("sanctioned") by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). It began in 1989 as the World Youth Baseball Championship. In 2012 it became the 15U Baseball World Cup and is contested every two years. Because it is a world championship event, the results of the 15U Baseball World Cup affect the WBSC World Rankings.^[1]

The 15U Baseball World Cup is the pinnacle of baseball in this youth category. Like the 12U Baseball World Cup, the 15U Baseball World Cup is the only world championship across all of sport to feature national teams in its age group, with the best young baseball players in the world selected to represent their countries, unlike other youth international competitions like the Little League World Series, which involve local clubs and have limitations imposed on the selection of players.

Results

World Youth Baseball Championship
Year	Finals Host^[2]	width=1% rowspan=17 style="border-top:none;border-bottom:none;"		Medalists
width=17%	Gold	width=17%	Silver	width=17%	Bronze
Details	Tokyo
Details	Mazatlán
Details	Melbourne
Details	Londrina
Details	Mazatlán
Details	Londrina
Details	Chiba
Details	Hsinchu
Details	Fairview Heights
Details	Monterrey
Details	Kaohsiung
Details	Mazatlán
	Venezuela	IBAF withdrew its sanction of the tournament.^[3]
Details	Taichung
Details	Lagos de Moreno

15U Baseball World Championship
Year	Finals Host	width=1% rowspan=17 style="border-top:none;border-bottom:none;"		Medalists
width=17%	Gold	width=17%	Silver	width=17%	Bronze
Details	Chihuahua
15U Baseball World Cup
Details	Mazatlán
U-15 Baseball World Cup
Details	Iwaki
Details	David / Chitré
Details	Tijuana	Originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[4]
Details	Hermosillo^[5]
Details	Barranquilla / Cartagena^[6]

Medal table

• 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.)

See also

• Baseball awards#World
• International Baseball Federation
• World Baseball Softball Confederation

Notes and References

1. Web site: IBAF World Ranking Notes . 13 January 2009 . 12 October 2010 . International Baseball Federation . PDF . https://web.archive.org/web/20190509034100/http://ibaf.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Files_-_world_rankings/4221-IBAF_World_Rankings_Notes.pdf . dead . 9 May 2019 .
2. Web site: WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup . World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) . World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) . 8 January 2023.
3. Web site: Sabatier . Luke . Yeh . Joseph . Baseball tourney in Venezuela yanked over visa debacle . Taiwan News . Taiwan News . 27 March 2022.
4. Web site: 2021 WBSC Women’s, U-15 Baseball World Cups officially cancelled . V U-15 Baseball World Cup 2021 . World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) . 2 October 2021.
5. Web site: V WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup scheduled from 26 August to 4 September in Hermosillo, Mexico . World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) . WBSC . 27 March 2022.
6. Web site: Schedule revealed for WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup 2024; Hosts Colombia take on Italy on opening day . WBSC . World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) . 14 July 2024.