23/12/2023 1 Minute Read

Top-10 WBSC Baseball World Cup Plays of the Year: No. 8 Jan Reyes (Puerto Rico)

The No. 8 in the countdown is a magic play from Puerto Rico's left-handed pitcher Jan Reyes, at the WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup.

22/12/2023 1 Minute Read

Top-10 WBSC Baseball World Cup Plays of the Year: No. 9 Manny Marin (USA)

USA's shortstop Manuelle Marin backhands a ball in the hole at shortstop for an out at first base at the WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup. This is our No. 9 baseball play of the year.

21/12/2023 1 Minute Read

Top-10 WBSC Baseball World Cup Plays of the Year: No. 10 Miquel Willem (Netherlands)

The Netherlands U-18 National Baseball Team centre fielder Miquel Willem opens the list of baseball top plays with a superb diving catch in the WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup in Taiwan.

20/12/2023 1 Minute Read

WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup alum Jayden Kim signs for Pittsburgh Pirates

Born in 2006, Kim was Australia's starting shortstop at the XXX and XXXI U-18 Baseball World Cups.

18/12/2023 3 Minute Read

2023 Year in Review: A Year of Major Milestones for International Baseball

The year began with the most successful edition of the World Baseball Classic and finished with a historic Baseball Champions League Americas, the first-ever WBSC club competition.

15/09/2023 1 Minute Read

Six WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup bronze medallists selected in first round of KBO Draft

The core of the pitching staff, including All-World Team reliever Taekyeon Kim (pictured above) and shortstop Jihwan Lee, will sign professional contracts.

11/09/2023 2 Minute Read

XXXI WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup: The numbers tell the story why Japan and Chinese Taipei were the best teams

We analyzed the four medal round teams through the main statistics. The WBSC announced during the Closing Ceremony the recipients of the Individual Awards.

10/09/2023 1 Minute Read

WBSC announces XXXI U-18 Baseball World Cup MVP and All-World Team

Japan's second baseman (pictured above with Technical Commissioner George Santiago) was voted the best player of the tournament. Seven teams are represented in the All-World Team.

10/09/2023 3 Minute Read

World No. 1 Japan win XXXI WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup

It's their first World Title in the age bracket after losing four finals, the latest on home soil in Osaka in 2015. Left-hander Yugo Maeda pitched a complete game. The U-18 Samurai scored all the runs they needed in the top of the fourth.

10/09/2023 2 Minute Read

XXXI WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup Day 11: Korea shut out USA, earn bronze medal

Taekyeon Kim (pictured above) went the distance, allowing only two hits. "I felt great, so I decided to go after the hitters," he commented through an interpreter. Positions 3-12 are confirmed. Scroll to the end of the page to see box scores and game reports of today's Placement Round games.