2014 15U Baseball World Cup

The 2014 U-15 Baseball World Cup was the second under-15 international baseball championship. It was held in Sinaloa, Mexico, from July 31 to August 10, 2014.

2014 15U Baseball World Cup

Tournament details
Country	Mexico
Dates	July 31 – August 10
Teams	18
Final positions
Champions	Cuba (1st title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Venezuela
Tournament statistics
Games played	83
Best BA	Shu Masuda (.556)
Most HRs	Carlos Soto (2)
Most SBs	Jarlin Tecu (11)
Best ERA	Angel Ortega (0.00)
Most Ks (as pitcher)	Javarn Woolston (10)
Awards
MVP	Adrián Morejón
← 2012 2016 →

Venues

On November 6, 2013, it was announced that La Paz, Baja California Sur would be hosting the tournament. The newly renovated Arturo C. Nahl Stadium was to be the centerpiece of the tournament.^[1] However, on June 10, 2014, it was announced that the event would be relocated across the Gulf of California to Mazatlán and Culiacán after La Paz was affected by Hurricane Amanda.^[2] When the schedules were announced, it was revealed that some games would also be played in Los Mochis.^[3] Ultimately, seven ballparks were used during the tournament.^[4] The final round, consisting of the championship and third-place game, were held at Estadio Teodoro Mariscal in Mazatlán.^[5]

Final Round
Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico
Estadio Teodoro Mariscal
Capacity: 16,000
Mazatlán Los Mochis Culiacán

Teams

On April 29, 2014, a sixteen-team field including unranked Tunisia was announced.^[6] When the groups and schedule were announced on July 24, 2014, however, it was also announced that Guatemala would be replacing Tunisia for undisclosed reasons.^[3]

Group A	Group B	Group C
Chinese Taipei	United States	Cuba
Mexico	Panama	Venezuela
Brazil	Japan	Australia
Italy	Germany	Argentina
Czech Republic	New Zealand	Hong Kong
Guatemala	South Africa	Lithuania

First round

Group A

Group A was contested in Culiacán.^[3][7]

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB
Chinese Taipei	5	0	1.000	–
Mexico (H)	4	1	.800	1
Brazil	3	2	.600	2
Italy	2	3	.400	3
Czech Republic	1	4	.200	4
Guatemala	0	5	.000	5

Group B

Group B was contested in Mazatlán.^[3][7]

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB
United States	5	0	1.000	–
Panama	4	1	.800	1
Japan	3	2	.600	2
Germany	2	3	.400	3
New Zealand	1	4	.200	4
South Africa	0	5	.000	5

Group C

Group C was contested in Los Mochis.^[3][7]

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB
Cuba	5	0	1.000	–
Venezuela	4	1	.800	1
Australia	3	2	.600	2
Argentina	2	3	.400	3
Hong Kong	1	4	.200	4
Lithuania	0	5	.000	5

Super round robin

Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB
United States	5	0	1.000	–
Cuba	3	2	.800	2
Venezuela	2	3	.400	3
Chinese Taipei	2	3	.400	3
Mexico (H)	2	3	.400	3
Panama	1	4	.200	4

Consolation rounds

7th–12th

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB
Japan	5	0	1.000	–
Brazil	4	1	.800	1
Australia	2	3	.400	3
Argentina	2	3	.400	3
Germany	2	3	.400	3
Italy	0	5	.000	5

13th–18th

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB
Czech Republic	5	0	1.000	–
Guatemala	4	1	.800	1
New Zealand	3	2	.600	2
South Africa	2	3	.400	3
Hong Kong	1	4	.200	4
Lithuania	0	5	.000	5

Finals

Third-place game

August 10, 2014	Chinese Taipei	3–13 (F/7)	Venezuela	Estadio Teodoro Mariscal Attendance: 650
	LP: Chao Ching Wan	Boxscore	WP: Angel Ortega

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chinese Taipei	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	–	–	3	6	5
Venezuela	0	0	0	5	1	1	6	–	–	13	15	2

Championship

August 10, 2014	Cuba	6–3	United States	Estadio Teodoro Mariscal Attendance: 7,500
	WP: Adrián Morejón	Boxscore	LP: Hunter Greene

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cuba	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	6	8	0
United States	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	7	1

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Tournament	Cuba[8] Leonides Aguilar Lázaro Armenteros Osvaldo Cárdenas Arthur Chapell Ángel Díaz Ariel Díaz Denzel Douglas Martínez Ernesto Fadraga Fadraga Angel Francia Jonathan Machado Luis Meneses Adrián Morejón Carlos Pérez Ramón Pérez Pedro Portuondo Yoris Rodríguez Taylor Sánchez Mailon Tomás Vargas Vargas	United States[9] Kristofer Armstrong Jacob Blas Justin Bullock Thomas Burbank Noah Campbell John Dearth Cordell Dunn Hugh Fisher Raymond Gil Hunter Greene Royce Lewis Austin Martin Doug Nikhazy Devin Ortiz Blake Paugh Alejandro Toral Brice Turang Mark Vientos Ryan Vilade Steven Williams	Venezuela[10] Gabriel Arias Oswaldo Cabrera Brayan Carpio Yoanny Carrizo Max Castillo Gustavo Gomez Albert Guaimaro Abraham Gutierrez Miguel Hernandez Angello Infante Jose Marcano Rafael Marchán Harvin Mendoza Daniel Montaño Jose Orta Angel Ortega Jefferson Perez Peterson Plaz Lenyn Sosa Jose Sulbaran

Final standings

The championship game featured a starting pitching matchup between Adrián Morejón (left) and Hunter Greene (right).

Rk	Team[7]	W	L
1	Cuba	8	2
Qualified for championship game
2	United States	9	1
Won third-place game
3	Venezuela	7	3
Qualified for third-place game
4	Chinese Taipei	6	4
Qualified for second round
5	Mexico (H)	6	3
6	Panama	5	4
Qualified for first consolation group
7	Japan	7	2
8	Brazil	6	3
9	Germany	4	5
10	Australia	4	5
11	Argentina	4	5
12	Italy	2	7
Qualified for second consolation group
13	Czech Republic	5	4
14	Guatemala	4	5
15	New Zealand	3	6
16	South Africa	2	7
17	Hong Kong	1	8
18	Lithuania	0	9