2024 U-23 Baseball World Cup

The 2024 U-23 Baseball World Cup, officially V U-23 Baseball World Cup, is the fifth edition of the U-23 Baseball World Cup tournament, sixth since the tournament's inception in 2014 as the 21U Baseball World Cup. The tournament will be held at Shaoxing Baseball and Softball Sports Culture Center in Shaoxing, China.^[1]

2024 U-23 Baseball World Cup

Tournament details
Country	China
Dates	September 6 – 15
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Japan (3rd title)
Runners-up	Puerto Rico
Third place	Nicaragua
Fourth place	China
Tournament statistics
Games played	50
Attendance	26,823 (536 per game)
←  2022 2026  →

Venues

The tournament will be held at Shaoxing Baseball and Softball Sports Culture Center Field No.1 and No.2. The field No.1 will host the Super Round, the Bronze Medal Game and the Championship Game while the field No.2 will host the Placement Round.

Teams

The WBSC World Rankings as of the time of the competition is specified in parentheses.^[2]

Africa

 South Africa (31)

Americas

 Venezuela (5)

 Puerto Rico (10)

 Colombia (11)

 Nicaragua (17)

Asia

 Japan (1)

 Chinese Taipei (3)

 South Korea (6)

 China (24)

Europe

 Netherlands (7)

 Great Britain (18)

Oceania

 Australia (15)

First round

• The top three teams in each pool will qualify for the second round.

	Qualified for the Super Round
	Qualified for the Placement Round

Group A

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
Puerto Rico	4	1	.800	-	29	15
Japan	4	1	.800	0.0	18	9
China (H)	3	2	.600	1.0	17	17
Australia	3	2	.600	1.0	24	26
Colombia	1	4	.200	3.0	14	22
Great Britain	0	5	.000	4.0	23	36

H: Host

• All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
Sep 6, 2024	10:00	Australia	4 – 2	Colombia	F/7	Field No.1	2:20	1,096	Boxscore
Sep 6, 2024	19:00	China	5 – 3	Great Britain	F/8	Field No.1	2:24	1,761	Boxscore
Sep 6, 2024	19:00	Puerto Rico	6 – 1	Japan	F/7	Field No.2	2:11	120	Boxscore
Sep 7, 2024	14:30	China	0 – 2	Japan	F/7	Field No.1	1:29	3,312	Boxscore
Sep 7, 2024	14:30	Great Britain	4 – 6	Colombia	F/7	Field No.2	2:36	780	Boxscore
Sep 7, 2024	19:00	Puerto Rico	4 – 5	Australia	F/9	Field No.2	3:07	225	Boxscore
Sep 8, 2024	10:00	Colombia	3 – 4	China	F/7	Field No.1	2:15	1,513	Boxscore
Sep 8, 2024	14:30	Great Britain	3 – 8	Puerto Rico	F/7	Field No.2	2:15	140	Boxscore
Sep 8, 2024	19:00	Japan	4 – 1	Australia	F/7	Field No.1	2:21	1,898	Boxscore
Sep 9, 2024	10:00	China	4 – 8	Puerto Rico	F/7	Field No.1	2:32	165	Boxscore
Sep 9, 2024	14:30	Great Britain	12 – 13	Australia	F/7	Field No.2	2:46	106	Boxscore
Sep 9, 2024	19:00	Colombia	1 – 7	Japan	F/7	Field No.1	1:51	110	Boxscore
Sep 10, 2024	10:00	Australia	1 – 4	China	F/7	Field No.1	1:44	263	Boxscore
Sep 10, 2024	14:30	Puerto Rico	3 – 2	Colombia	F/7	Field No.1	2:05	290	Boxscore
Sep 10, 2024	19:00	Japan	4 – 1	Great Britain	F/5	Field No.2	1:35	70	Boxscore

Group B

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
Nicaragua	5	0	1.000	-	23	7
Venezuela	3	2	.600	2.0	30	19
South Korea	3	2	.600	2.0	18	18
Netherlands	2	3	.400	3.0	28	22
Chinese Taipei	2	3	.400	3.0	23	14
South Africa	0	5	.000	5.0	4	46

• All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
Sep 6, 2024	10:00	South Africa	1 – 8	Nicaragua	F/7	Field No.2	2:03	46	Boxscore
Sep 6, 2024	14:30	South Korea	3 – 1	Chinese Taipei	F/7	Field No.1	2:18	1,000	Boxscore
Sep 6, 2024	14:30	Netherlands	9 – 10	Venezuela	F/7	Field No.2	2:39	137	Boxscore
Sep 7, 2024	10:00	Venezuela	2 – 3	Nicaragua	F/7	Field No.1	2:12	719	Boxscore
Sep 7, 2024	10:00	South Korea	6 – 1	South Africa	F/7	Field No.2	2:17	200	Boxscore
Sep 7, 2024	19:00	Netherlands	7 – 5	Chinese Taipei	F/7	Field No.1	3:06	3,087	Boxscore
Sep 8, 2024	10:00	South Africa	0 – 10	Venezuela	F/6	Field No.2	2:10	41	Boxscore
Sep 8, 2024	14:30	Netherlands	1 – 4	South Korea	F/7	Field No.1	2:40	1,842	Boxscore
Sep 8, 2024	19:00	Nicaragua	4 – 3	Chinese Taipei	F/7	Field No.2	2:42	185	Boxscore
Sep 9, 2024	10:00	Venezuela	8 – 4	South Korea	F/7	Field No.2	3:07	25	Boxscore
Sep 9, 2024	14:30	Nicaragua	1 – 0	Netherlands	F/7	Field No.1	1:54	151	Boxscore
Sep 9, 2024	19:00	Chinese Taipei	11 – 0	South Africa	F/5	Field No.2	1:37	228	Boxscore
Sep 10, 2024	10:00	Nicaragua	7 – 1	South Korea	F/7	Field No.2	2:31	78	Boxscore
Sep 10, 2024	14:30	South Africa	2 – 11	Netherlands	F/7	Field No.2	2:29	51	Boxscore
Sep 10, 2024	19:00	Chinese Taipei	3 – 0	Venezuela	F/7	Field No.1	2:15	271	Boxscore

Placement Round

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
Netherlands	4	1	0.800	-	29	14
Australia	3	2	0.600	1.0	31	23
Chinese Taipei	3	2	0.600	1.0	31	12
Colombia	2	3	0.400	2.0	23	28
Great Britain	2	3	0.400	2.0	26	29
South Africa	1	4	0.200	3.0	15	49

• All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
Sep 12, 2024	10:00	Great Britain	6 – 8	South Africa	F/7	Field No.2	2:40	25	Boxscore
Sep 12, 2024	14:30	Chinese Taipei	10 – 0	Colombia	F/7	Field No.2	2:28	70	Boxscore
Sep 12, 2024	14:30	Netherlands	3 – 2	Australia	F/7	Field No.1	2:15	271	Boxscore
Sep 13, 2024	10:00	Great Britain	2 – 1	Netherlands	F/7	Field No.2	2:10	33	Boxscore
Sep 13, 2024	10:00	South Africa	3 – 12	Colombia	F/7	Field No.1	2:23	63	Boxscore
Sep 13, 2024	14:30	Chinese Taipei	4 – 3	Australia	F/7	Field No.2	2:39	73	Boxscore
Sep 14, 2024	10:00	Colombia	3 – 7	Netherlands	F/7	Field No.2	2:18	65	Boxscore
Sep 14, 2024	10:00	South Africa	2 – 9	Australia	F/7	Field No.1	2:12	115	Boxscore
Sep 14, 2024	14:30	Great Britain	2 – 1	Chinese Taipei	F/7	Field No.2	2:11	155	Boxscore

Super Round

	Qualified for the Final
	Qualified for the Third-place game

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
Puerto Rico	5	0	1.000	-	21	6
Japan	4	1	0.800	1.0	19	9
China	2	3	0.400	3.0	16	22
Nicaragua	2	3	0.400	3.0	11	17
South Korea	1	4	0.200	4.0	14	22
Venezuela	1	4	0.200	4.0	16	21

• All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
Sep 12, 2024	10:00	China	2 – 7	South Korea	F/7	Field No.1	2:06	223	Boxscore
Sep 12, 2024	19:00	Puerto Rico	1 – 0	Nicaragua	F/7	Field No.2	1:44	59	Boxscore
Sep 12, 2024	19:00	Venezuela	1 – 5	Japan	F/7	Field No.1	2:14	356	Boxscore
Sep 13, 2024	14:30	Japan	9 – 1	Nicaragua	F/7	Field No.1	2:14	215	Boxscore
Sep 13, 2024	19:00	South Korea	1 – 3	Puerto Rico	F/7	Field No.2	1:44	27	Boxscore
Sep 13, 2024	19:00	China	6 – 5	Venezuela	F/7	Field No.1	2:11	499	Boxscore
Sep 14, 2024	14:30	Venezuela	0 – 3	Puerto Rico	F/7	Field No.1	1:58	244	Boxscore
Sep 14, 2024	19:00	South Korea	1 – 2	Japan	F/7	Field No.2	2:17	193	Boxscore
Sep 14, 2024	19:00	China	4 – 0	Nicaragua	F/7	Field No.1	2:23	1,404	Boxscore

Finals

Third place game

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
Sep 15, 2024	9:00	Nicaragua	3–1	China	F/7	Field No.2	2:20	1,550	Boxscore

Championship

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
Sep 15, 2024	9:00	Japan	5–0	Puerto Rico	F/7	Field No.1	2:04	1,273	Boxscore

Final standings

Rk Team W L  Japan 8 1 Lost in Final  Puerto Rico 7 2 Won in 3rd-place game  Nicaragua 6 3 Lost in 3rd-place game 4  China 5 4 Failed to qualify for the finals 5  South Korea 4 4 6  Venezuela 3 5 Failed to qualify for the super round 7  Netherlands 4 4 8  Chinese Taipei 4 4 9  Australia 4 4 10  Colombia 2 6 11  Great Britain 2 6 12  South Africa 1 7

2024 U-23 Baseball World Cup  Japan 3rd title

Awards

U23 All-World Team

All World Team nominated from this article. ^[3]

Position	Player
C	Siang Kim
1B	Ryo Imazato
2B	Odlany Matamoros Caceres
3B	Brainer Bonaci Marin
SS	Gedionne Michael Marlin
OF	Xudong Zhu
	Jean Pierre Henao Ortega
	Edgardo Villegas Rosado
DH	Godwin Bennett Cooper
P	Jorhan Laboy Melendez
	Hyunseok Choi