LAUSANNE, Switzerland – The WBSC has awarded the hosting rights of next year’s III WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup® to Nicaragua and the IV WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup® to Panama.

The Samurai Japan U-15 National Team went undefeated (5-0) with four shutouts to win the Baseball Federation of Asia (BFA) U-15 Baseball Championship and WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup Asia qualifier.

The top youth players from six nations are set to compete and represent their countries in the IX Baseball Federation of Asia (BFA) U-15 Championship, which opens Wednesday, 1 November, at Izu City’s Shida Stadium.

CARTAGENA, Colombia – The Dominican Republic and United States were crowned co-champions of the Americas, after rain forced COPABE officials to call off the Final of the U-15 Pan American Baseball Championship.

CARTAGENA DE LAS INDIAS, Colombia-USA, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Panama and Brasil qualify for the U-15 Baseball World Cup 2018. USA-Dominican Republic the final of the Pan Am Championship

CARTAGENA DE LAS INDIAS, Colombia-Cuba, Dominican Republic, Brazil, USA, Colombia and Panama qualified for the Super Round of the U-15 Pan American Championship

CARTAGENA DE LAS INDIAS, Colombia-The third edition of the U-15 Pan American Championship is scheduled to happen from 11 August through 19 August

WIENER NEUSTADT, Austria-Germany beat (4-2) The Netherlands in the final and won the U-15 European Championship. It’s the third continental title in a row, after the 2015 U-15 and the 2016 U-12

WIENER NEUSTADT, Austria-Germany and The Netherlands beat Czech Republic and France in the semi finals, qualified for the final of the European Championship and earned their spot in the 2018 U-15 Baseball World Cup

MELBOURNE — The Baseball Confederation of Oceania, a continental arm of the WBSC, has announced its 2018 competition calendar.