2012 18U Baseball World Championship

2012 18U Baseball World Championship
Tournament details
Host country  South Korea
Dates August 30 - September 8
Teams 12
Defending champions  Chinese Taipei (2010)
Final positions
Champions
  United States (6th title)
Runner-up
  Canada
Third place
  Chinese Taipei
Fourth place  Colombia
Tournament statistics
Games played 43
Attendance 15,640 (364 per game)
← 2010
2013 →

The 2012 IBAF 18U Baseball World Championship was an international baseball competition held in Seoul, South Korea from August 30 to September 8, 2012.[1]

Teams

The following 12 teams qualified for the tournament.

Pool A Pool B

Australia
Canada

Colombia
Chinese Taipei1

Netherlands
Czech Republic

South Korea
Italy

United States
Japan

Venezuela
Panama

^1 Chinese Taipei is the official IBAF 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.)

Round 1

Group A

Standings

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 United States 4 1 .800 – 39 13
 South Korea 3 1 .750 ½ 18 7
 Colombia 3 2 .600 1 24 27
 Venezuela 2 3 .400 2 19 18
 Australia 2 3 .400 2 21 24
 Netherlands 0 4 .000 3½ 10 42

Schedule

August 31, 2012 Colombia  4 – 7  Australia Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 100
Boxscore
August 31, 2012 South Korea  2 – 1  Venezuela Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 230
Boxscore
August 31, 2012 Netherlands  0 – 17 (F/7)  United States Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 145
Boxscore
September 1, 2012 Australia  3 – 6 (F/10)  Venezuela Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 100
Boxscore
September 1, 2012 Colombia  9 – 6  Netherlands Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 100
Boxscore
September 1, 2012 South Korea  8 – 2  United States Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 4,000
Boxscore
September 2, 2012 United States  11 – 1 (F/7)  Colombia Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 50
Boxscore
September 2, 2012 Venezuela  8 – 3  Netherlands Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 85
Boxscore
September 2, 2012 Australia  1 – 7  South Korea Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 1,000
Boxscore
September 3, 2012 Netherlands  1 – 8  Australia Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 65
Boxscore
September 3, 2012 South Korea  1 – 3  Colombia Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 800
Boxscore
September 3, 2012 United States  3 – 2  Venezuela Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 143
Boxscore
September 4, 2012 Venezuela  2 – 7  Colombia Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 50
Boxscore
September 4, 2012 Netherlands  Rainout  South Korea Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul
September 5, 2012 United States  6 – 2  Australia Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 150
Boxscore

Group B

Standings

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Canada 4 1 .800 – 28 17
 Japan 4 1 .800 – 29 7
 Chinese Taipei 3 1 .750 ½ 16 10
 Panama 2 3 .400 2 12 24
 Italy 1 3 .250 2½ 16 14
 Czech Republic 0 5 .000 4 5 34

Schedule

August 31, 2012 Panama  2 – 0  Italy Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 70
Boxscore
August 31, 2012 Canada  6 – 5 (F/10)  Japan Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 125
Boxscore
August 31, 2012 Czech Republic  0 – 6  Chinese Taipei Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 100
Boxscore
September 1, 2012 Canada  4 – 3  Italy Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 85
Boxscore
September 1, 2012 Chinese Taipei  0 – 2  Japan Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 500
Boxscore
September 1, 2012 Czech Republic  2 – 6  Panama Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 95
Boxscore
September 2, 2012 Italy  12 – 1 (F/7)  Czech Republic Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 72
Boxscore
September 2, 2012 Chinese Taipei  6 – 5  Canada Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 200
Boxscore
September 2, 2012 Japan  8 – 0  Panama Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 224
Boxscore
September 3, 2012 Canada  3 – 2  Czech Republic Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 73
Boxscore
September 3, 2012 Chinese Taipei  4 – 3  Panama Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 103
Boxscore
September 3, 2012 Japan  7 – 1  Italy Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 85
Boxscore
September 4, 2012 Japan  7 – 0 (F/5)  Czech Republic Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 45
Boxscore
September 4, 2012 Italy  Rainout  Chinese Taipei Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul
September 5, 2012 Panama  1 – 10  Canada Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 78
Boxscore

Round 2

Group C

Standings

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA Tiebreaker
 United States 3 2 .600 – 28 16 1–1, 0.173 TQB
 Canada 3 2 .600 – 25 26 1–1, -0.006 TQB
 Chinese Taipei 3 2 .600 – 17 16 1–1, -0.192 TQB
 Colombia 2 3 .400 1 14 25 2–0
 Japan 2 3 .400 1 16 21 1–1
 South Korea 2 3 .400 1 23 19 0–2

Schedule

September 5, 2012 South Korea  3 – 7 (F/10)  Chinese Taipei Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 520
Boxscore
September 5, 2012 Japan  0 – 3  Colombia Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 118
Boxscore
September 5, 2012 United States  0 – 1 (F/10)  Canada Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 120
Boxscore
September 6, 2012 Canada  10 – 6  Colombia Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 84
Boxscore
September 6, 2012 United States  5 – 1  Chinese Taipei Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 113
Boxscore
September 6, 2012 South Korea  2 – 4  Japan Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 3,500
Boxscore
September 7, 2012 Chinese Taipei  3 – 1  Colombia Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 85
Boxscore
September 7, 2012 Canada  3 – 9  South Korea Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 210
Boxscore
September 7, 2012 United States  10 – 5  Japan Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 200
Boxscore

Round 3

11th place game

September 5, 2012 Czech Republic  4 – 7  Netherlands Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 87
Boxscore

9th place game

September 6, 2012 Australia  11 – 2  Italy Guei Ballpark, Seoul
Attendance: 45
Boxscore

7th place game

September 6, 2012 Panama  5 – 4  Venezuela Guei Ballpark, Seoul
Attendance: 65
Boxscore

5th place game

September 8, 2012 Japan  0 – 3  South Korea Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 1,100
Boxscore

Bronze medal game

September 8, 2012 Chinese Taipei  4 – 1  Colombia Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 120
Boxscore

Gold medal game

September 8, 2012 United States  6 – 2  Canada Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 400
Boxscore

Final standings

Rk Team W L
1st  United States 72
Lost in Gold medal game
2nd  Canada 63
Failed to qualify for Gold medal game
3rd  Chinese Taipei 62
4  Colombia 45
Failed to qualify for Bronze medal game
5  South Korea 53
6  Japan 54
Failed to qualify for Round 2
7  Panama 33
8  Venezuela 24
Failed to qualify for the 7th place game
9  Australia 33
10  Italy 14
Failed to qualify for the 9th place game
11  Netherlands 14
12  Czech Republic 06
 2012 18U Baseball World Champions 

United States
6th title

Officials[2]

Technical Commissioners

Chairman:

Jim Baba (CAN)

Members:

Umpires

Umpire Director:

Gustavo Rodriguez (USA)

Members:

Scorers

Scoring Director:

Marco Battistella (ITA)

Members:

Jury of Appeal

Chairman:

Gustavo Rodriguez (USA)

Members:

References

  1. ↑ International Baseball Federation Organizer
  2. ↑ http://www.ibaf.org/en/infopage-detail.aspx?id=701fb872-02e2-4baf-8d22-e530a740793f
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