World No. 11 Australia defeated unranked Guam, 18-0, in the final of the inaugural U-12 Oceania Baseball Championship to become the first-ever U-12 champion of Oceania and qualify for the WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup® 2017 in Tainan, Taiwan.

HAGATNA, Guam – World No. 11 Australia scored an exciting 10-9 extra-inning, walk-off win over previously undefeated Guam to force a winner-take-all Final rematch on Sunday (13:00 local time).

Unranked Guam and world No. 11 Australia are set to collide Saturday in the Finals of the inaugural U-12 Oceania Baseball Championship at Haganta’s Guerrero Field.

The youth National Team of Guam defeated world No. 11 Australia, 11-5, on the opening day of the inaugural U-12 Oceania Baseball Championship at Haganta’s Guerrero Field.

The first-ever U-12 Oceania Baseball Championship is set to open this Thursday (11 January) at Guerrero Field in the capital of Guam.

The president of the Nicaraguan Baseball Federation (Feniba), Nemesio Porras, is eyeing 2017 as potentially the biggest year on record for baseball in the nation and its National Baseball Teams.

Top-ranked Japan defeated world No. 3 Republic of Korea, 4-1, in the final of the IX Asia U-12 Baseball Championship 2016 today, while No. 4 Chinese Taipei defeated host/No. 18 China, 4-0, to capture the bronze medal.

Korea took down defending champion Chinese Taipei, 6-4, in extra-innings, and Japan shut out host China, 9-0, in Monday’s semi-finals of the IX Baseball Federation of Asia (BFA) U-12 Championship 2016.

After 12 games of Opening Round action, the IX Baseball Federation of Asia (BFA) U-12 Championship 2016 has been narrowed down to four nations.

A no-hitter from world No. 1 Japan’s Joji Uchihara highlighted Day 1 of competition of the U-12 Asia 2016, which serves as a qualifier for the WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup 2017.