Inaugural 15U Baseball World Championship set to commence on Thursday

16/08/2012

The inaugural IBAF 15U Baseball World Championship starts on Thursday, August 16 in Chihuahua, Mexico. It will be played through Sunday, August 26. 16 teams have traveled to Mexico to compete in the new tournament, created by the International Baseball Federation, replacing the 16U age category.

The inaugural IBAF 15U Baseball World Championship starts on Thursday, August 16 in Chihuahua, Mexico. It will be played through Sunday, August 26. 16 teams have traveled to Mexico to compete in the new tournament, created by the International Baseball Federation, replacing the 16U age category.

Games in the first round will be played at three different stadiums in Chihuahua, Parral and Cuauhtémoc. The participating teams are split into three groups. After the preliminary round robin, the top two from each pool advance to the second round trying to qualify for the gold medal game.

Group A (Chihuahua) Group B (Parral) Group C (Cuauhtémoc)
Mexico Cuba Venezuela
Chinese Taipei Brazil Aruba
Bahamas Indonesia Ukraine
Honduras Hong Kong Nicaragua
Lithuania Argentina Germany
Italy

On day one on Thursday six games will be played, starting at 9am local time. As for all IBAF tournaments, games can be followed live via Gametracker on www.ibaf.org. Game reports will be published on the website in timely manner.

Schedule

Thursday, August 16, 2012

09:00 Indonesia – Brazil (Parral)
09:00 Ukraine – Nicaragua (Cuauhtémoc)
12:00 Cuba – Hong Kong (Parral)
12:00 Germany – Aruba (Cuauhtémoc)
14:00 Honduras – Lithuania (Chihuahua)
20:00 Opening Ceremony
21:00 Mexico – Chinese Taipei (Chihuahua)