WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup 2019 amongst top five most popular sports events in TPE

WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup 2019 amongst top five most popular sports events in TPE
23/12/2021
The U-12 Baseball World Cup was played for the first time in 2011 with the city of Tainan building a 130 million USD multi-stadium complex in 2019 to host the biennial WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup through to 2027.

The Chinese Taipei Baseball Association announced that the WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup 2019 finished fifth amongst the top sporting events in a Fun Sports contest promoted by the Ministry of Sports.

The Fun Sports contest, where the public could vote from 1-31 August this year for the most fun and entertaining sports event from 2018-2020, saw over 300,000 votes tallied with the WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup 2019 receiving nearly 11,000 amongst other sports events across all age groups including marathons, tennis tournaments, dragon boat racing, roller skating and long distance swimming.

The WBSC is the first and only international sports federation to stage World Cups starting with the U-12 level in what represents one of the biggest youth sports movements in the world. The U-12 Baseball World Cup was played for the first time in 2011. Taiwan has hosted the global competition since its inception, with the city of Tainan building a 130 million USD multi-stadium complex in 2019 to host the biennial WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup through 2027.

After launching a programme for Optimizing the International Sports Exchange in 2015, the Ministry of Sport started in 2017 to organize onsite inspections to various international sports events.

The goal of the Fun Sports theme is to increase the quality of event organizing. Together with the annual vote, the Ministry organizes various activities and lectures to grow the level of basic competencies, event marketing planning and event brand operating skills.

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