Korea, Chinese Taipei and Japan have been granted berths into the WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup 2021 following the Baseball Federation of Asia's cancellation today of the XIII BFA U-18 Asia Baseball Championship, a qualifier for the U-18 youth world championship.
BFA stated: "As the COVID-19 pandemic continues...BFA had no choice but to take this hard and painful decision."
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As per tournament protocols, Korea, Chinese Taipei and Japan will represent Asia in the next WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup, as the three squads finished atop the standings of the previous U-18 Asian Baseball Championship in 2018.
Chinese Taipei are the defending U-18 world champions, having knocked off then-defending title holders USA in the final of the WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup 2019.
