Uganda qualifies for XXXI WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup

World No. 41 Uganda swept No. 54 Kenya in a best-of-five playoff and qualified for the XXXI WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup. Uganda outscored Kenya 24-1, 25-1, and 32-1.

Uganda's Musa Bogere earned MVP honours.

Kenya hosted the first-ever WBSC Africa U-18 World Cup Qualifier in Gilgil, a city in southwestern Nakuru County which recently also hosted the U-12 Baseball World Cup Qualifier.

The Baseball Federation of Kenya and the Nakuru County government co-organised the event.

Uganda became the eighth team to qualify for the U-18 Baseball World Cup after Spain and Netherlands qualified through the U-18 European Championship; USA, Panama, Mexico, and Venezuela were the top four finishers of the Americas Qualifier, and Australia won the Oceania Qualifier.

Four participants are yet to be determined.

• Africa (1): No. 41 Uganda
• Asia (3):
• Americas (4): No. 3 USA , No. 5 Mexico, No. 6 Venezuela, No. 12 Panama
• Europe (2): No.7 Netherlands, No. 19 Spain
• Oceania (1): No. 10 Australia
• Wild Card (1):

The United States are the defending champions.

The award hosting rights and exact dates of the XXXI U-18 Baseball World Cup are due to be announced shortly.