IZU CITY, Japan – 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.
The 15-game, round-robin tournament for the Asian title includes world No. 1 Japan, No. 3 Korea, No. 4 Chinese Taipei, No. 26 Pakistan, No. 35 Hong Kong and No. 47 Philippines.
The final standings will be based on each team’s overall win-loss record in group play, which ends on Sunday, 5 November.
The winner and 2nd Place finisher of the BFA U-15 continental championship will advance to play For the Title of World Champion at next year’s WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup.
Chinese Taipei is the three-time defending U-15 Asia champion and has won six of the last seven titles.
IX BFA U-15 Championship 2017 – Schedule
Opening Day – Wednesday, 1 Nov
- TPE vs PAK at 8:30a
- PHI vs KOR at 11:00a
- HKG vs JPN at 1:30p
Baseball Gate will live-stream all games of host nation Samurai Japan.
As a direct qualifier into a Baseball World Cup, the players in Izu will be earning points for their nations in the WBSC Baseball World Ranking Presented by ENEOS.
The IX BFA U-15 Championship is being hosted by the Baseball Federation of Japan.
WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup 2018
- Africa (1): TBD
- Asia (2): TBD
- Americas (5): Dominican Republic, United States, 2x defending U-15 Baseball World Cup champion Cuba, Panama, Brazil
- Europe (2): Germany, Netherlands
- Oceania (1): TBD
- Wild Card (1): TBD
