2016 U-23 Baseball World Cup

The 2016 U-23 World Baseball Cup was the second edition of the U-23 Baseball World Cup since its inception in 2014 as the U-21 Baseball World Cup. The competition took place in Mexico between Oct. 28 and Nov. 6, 2016. A total of 50 games were played in three host cities: Monterrey, Saltillo, and Cadereyta.[1]

2016 U-23 Baseball World Cup
Tournament details
Host country Mexico
Dates October 28 - November 6
Teams12 (from 6 continents)
Defending champions Chinese Taipei (2014)
Final positions
Champions
 Japan (1st title)
Runner-up
 Australia
Third place
 South Korea
Fourth place Panama
Tournament statistics
Games played50
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In the Gold Medal game, Japan defeated Australia with the score of 10:3. Korea defeated Panama with the score of 5:3 to win the Bronze Medal.

Venues

Monterrey, Saltillo, and Cadereyta are the three cities where games were played. In Monterrey, games were played at the 27,000-seat Estadio de Beisbol Monterrey, home of Sultannes Monterrey of the Mexican Baseball League. In Saltillo, games were played at Estadio Francisco I. Madero, home of the Saraperos de Saltillo of the Mexican Baseball League. In Caderetya, games were played at Unidad Deportiva Alfonso Martinez Dominguez.

Teams

Twelve nations competed in the tournament, from 6 continents:[2]

World No. 1 Japan, No. 3 Korea, No. 4 Chinese Taipei, No. 7 Venezuela, No. 8 Mexico, No. 13 Australia, No. 14 Czech Republic, No. 15 Panama, No. 18 Nicaragua, No. 27 Argentina, No. 33 Austria, and No. 36 South Africa.

Group stage

Two groups of six teams played in a round-robin format, with the top three teams from each group advancing to the Super Round. The bottom three teams from each group went to the consolation round. The rankings of teams in each group were determined by the win-loss record of all games played. If two or more teams had the same win-loss record, rankings were determined as follows:

  1. win-loss record in games between the tied teams;
  2. team's quality balance (TQB) and game results between teams tied;
  3. earned runs team's quality balance (ER-TQB);
  4. highest batting average in games between the teams tied;
  5. a coin flip.
Pool A Pool B
 South Korea  Japan
 Venezuela  Chinese Taipei
 Mexico  Australia
 Czech Republic  Nicaragua
 Panama  Argentina
 South Africa  Austria

Opening round
Advanced to Super Round Went to Consolation Round

Pool A
Rk W L
1  Panama 50
2  South Korea 41
3  Mexico 32
4  Venezuela 23
5  Czech Republic 14
6  South Africa 05

Pool B
Rk W L
1  Japan 50
2  Australia 41
3  Nicaragua 32
4  Chinese Taipei 23
5  Argentina 14
6  Austria 05

Super Round

In the Super Round, each the three teams that advanced from Group A play one game against each of the three teams that advanced from Group B.

At the end of this round, four teams will qualify for the finals, based on the results of five total games: the two First Round games between the three qualified teams, plus the three games of the Super Round.

The first and second place teams will play in the Gold Medal Game, the third and fourth place teams will played in the Bronze Medal Game.

Advances to Gold Medal Game
Advances to Bronze Medal Game
Eliminated
Rk W L
1  Japan 30
2  Panama 21
3  Australia 12
4  Mexico 12
5  Nicaragua 12
6  South Korea 12

References
  1. "WBSC announces dates, venues for new U23 Baseball World Cup 2016". March 24, 2016. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  2. "WBSC unveils nations, Logo for inaugural U-23 Baseball World Cup 2016 in Monterrey, Mexico". August 29, 2016. Archived from the original on October 8, 2016. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
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