Youth Baseball5 World Cup | |
Last Season: | 2023 Youth Baseball5 World Cup |
Sport: | Baseball5 |
Inaugural: | 2023 |
Teams: | 12 |
Champion: | Cuba (1st title) |
Champ Season: | 2022 |
Most Successful Club: | Cuba (1 title) |
Related Comps: | Baseball5 World Cup |
Website: | https://www.wbsc.org/en/organisation/wbsc-events/youth-baseball5-world-cup |
The Youth Baseball5 World Cup (YBWSC) is a mixed-gender Baseball5 world championship consisting of 12 teams that will occur every two years, with the first edition starting in 2023. It is governed by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). The 2025 edition will act as a qualifier for the mixed-gender Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics Baseball5 event, which will be Baseball5's first appearance at the Youth Olympics, as well as the first appearance of a mixed-gender team sport at an Olympic event.[1] [2]
The YB5WC was initially scheduled to occur in 2021, but was postponed to 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
France and Turkey qualified from the first-ever U-17 European Baseball5 Championship in 2022 to play in the 2023 YB5WC.[3]
Year | Host | Final | Third place game | ||||||
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Champions | width=8% | Score | Runners-up | Third place | width=8% | Score | Fourth place | ||
2023 Details | Ankara | Cuba | 2–0 | France | Mexico | 2–1 | Turkey |
Teams | 2023 | ||
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Australia | 12th | 1 | |
China | 5th | 1 | |
Chinese Taipei | 6th | 1 | |
Cuba | 1st | 1 | |
France | 2nd | 1 | |
Ghana | 7th | 1 | |
Malaysia | 10th | 1 | |
Mexico | 3rd | 1 | |
South Korea | 9th | 1 | |
Tunisia | 8th | 1 | |
Turkey | 4th | 1 | |
Zambia | 11th | 1 | |
No. of Teams | 12 |
See main article: world championships.