Youth Baseball5 World Cup

Summary

The Youth Baseball5 World Cup (YBWSC) is a mixed-gender Baseball5 world championship consisting of 12 teams that will occur every two years, with the first edition starting in 2023. It is governed by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). The 2025 edition will act as a qualifier for the mixed-gender Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics Baseball5 event, which will be Baseball5's first appearance at the Youth Olympics, as well as the first appearance of a mixed-gender team sport at an Olympic event.[1][2]

Youth Baseball5 World Cup
Most recent season or competition:
2023 Youth Baseball5 World Cup
SportBaseball5
First season2023
No. of teams12
Most recent
champion(s)
Cuba Cuba (1st title)
(2022)
Most titlesCuba Cuba (1 title)
Related
competitions
Baseball5 World Cup
Official websitehttps://www.wbsc.org/en/organisation/wbsc-events/youth-baseball5-world-cup

History edit

The YB5WC was initially scheduled to occur in 2021, but was postponed to 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Qualification edit

France and Turkey qualified from the first-ever U-17 European Baseball5 Championship in 2022 to play in the 2023 YB5WC.[3]

Results edit

Year Host Final Third place game
Champions Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
2023
Details
 
Ankara
 
Cuba
2–0  
France
 
Mexico
2–1  
Turkey

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Cuba1001
2  France0101
3  Mexico0011
Totals (3 entries)1113

Participating nations edit

  • 1st — Champion
  • 2nd — Runner-up
  • 3rd — Third place
  • 4th — Fourth place
  • # — Position
  • × — Withdrew
  •     — Hosts
Teams 2023 Years
  Australia 12th 1
  China 5th 1
  Chinese Taipei 6th 1
  Cuba 1st 1
  France 2nd 1
  Ghana 7th 1
  Malaysia 10th 1
  Mexico 3rd 1
  South Korea 9th 1
  Tunisia 8th 1
  Turkey 4th 1
  Zambia 11th 1
No. of
Teams
12


See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Inaugural Baseball5 World Cup to take place in 2022". www.insidethegames.biz. 10 December 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-12-10. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
  2. ^ "High five: baseball5 hits the YOG". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
  3. ^ "France, Türkiye first National Teams to qualify for inaugural WBSC Youth Baseball5 World Cup". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 2022-11-19.