Current season, competition or edition: 2018 | |
Sport | Baseball |
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Founded | 2002 |
No. of teams | 8 (in 2018) |
Continent | International |
Most recent champion(s) | Japan (2018) |
Most titles | United States (3 titles) |
The World University Baseball Championship is an under-23 international college baseball competition sponsored by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) and was first held in 2002 in Italy. Until 2013, it was sanctioned by the then-International Baseball Federation (IBAF) and was one of several tournaments considered by the IBAF to be a minor world championship, and as such the results of the tournaments affected the IBAF World Rankings.[1] For its men's world rankings, the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) -- successor to the IBAF—now uses the results of WBSC's biennial 23U Baseball World Cup (instead of the World University Championship).
History
The fifth World University Baseball Championship was held from July 29 to August 8, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan and was organized by the All Japan University Baseball Federation.[2]
Results
Year | Final Host | Medalists | |||
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Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
2002 Details |
Messina |
Cuba |
United States |
Japan | |
2004 Details |
Tainan City |
United States |
Japan |
South Korea | |
2006 Details |
Havana |
United States |
Chinese Taipei |
Cuba | |
2008 Details |
Brno |
United States |
Japan |
Chinese Taipei | |
2010 Details |
Tokyo |
Cuba |
United States |
Japan | |
2012 |
Taoyuan |
FISU cancelled the tournament due to an insufficient number of teams participating.[3] | |||
2018 Details |
Chiayi |
Japan |
Chinese Taipei |
South Korea |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
2 | Cuba | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
3 | Japan | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
4 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
5 | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Totals (5 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
See also
References
- ↑ "IBAF World Ranking Notes" (PDF). IBAF. 13 January 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 9, 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
- ↑ "International university sports federation - summer winter universiades". www.fisu.net. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
- ↑ "Cancellation 2012 World University Baseball Championship". Retrieved 2016-08-16.