2012_18U_Baseball_World_Championship
The 2012 IBAF 18U Baseball World Championship was an international baseball competition held in Seoul, South Korea from August 30 to September 8, 2012.[1]
Quick Facts Tournament details, Country ...
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | South Korea |
| Dates | August 30 - September 8 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  United States (6th title) |
| Runner-up |  Canada |
| Third place |  Chinese Taipei |
| Fourth place |  Colombia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 43 |
| Attendance | 15,640 (364 per game) |
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More information Event, Gold ...
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tournament | United States[2] Willie Abreu Christian Arroyo Cavan Biggio Ryan Boldt Bryson Brigman Ian Clarkin Kevin Davis Stephen Gonsalves Connor Heady John Kilichowski Jeremy Martinez Reese McGuire Andy McGuire Dom Núñez Chris Okey Ryan Olson Carson Sands Dominic Taccolini Keegan Thompson Garrett Williams |
Canada[3] Christian Botnick Dayton Dawe Nathan DeSouza Brock Dykxhoorn Kyle Hann Jesse Hodges Ryan Kellogg Jake Marks Gareth Morgan Josh Naylor Daniel Pinero Cal Quantrill Jacob Robson Travis Seabrooke Logan Seifrit Christopher Shaw Brett Siddall Owen Spiwak Mitchell Triolo Myles Vincent |
Chinese Taipei[4] Chan Chun-Hsiang Chen Yu-Ming Chen Yueh-Se Huang Tzu-Peng Hung Hsin-Chi Lee Tsung-Hsien Tzu-Wei Lin Lin Yi-Che Lin Cheng-Hsien Liu Chia-Kai Liu Sheng-Hung Sen Yu-Pin Sen Jung-Hung Su Chih-Chieh Tsai I-Hsuan Tsao Yu-Ning Jen-Ho Tseng Wang Cheng-Tang Yang Chia-Wei Yang Hsiang-Hao |
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The following 12 teams qualified for the tournament.
More information Pool A, Pool B ...
| Pool A | Pool B |
|---|---|
 Australia |
 Canada |
 Colombia |
 Chinese Taipei1 |
 Netherlands |
 Czech Republic |
 South Korea |
 Italy |
 United States |
 Japan |
 Venezuela |
 Panama |
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^1 Chinese Taipei is the official IBAF designation for the team representing the state officially referred to as the Republic of China, more commonly known as Taiwan. (See also political status of Taiwan for details.)
Group A
Standings
More information Teams, W ...
| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1 | .800 | – | 39 | 13 |
 South Korea | 3 | 1 | .750 | ½ | 18 | 7 |
| Colombia | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1 | 24 | 27 |
 Venezuela | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2 | 19 | 18 |
 Australia | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2 | 21 | 24 |
 Netherlands | 0 | 4 | .000 | 3½ | 10 | 42 |
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Schedule
| August 31, 2012 | Colombia |
4 – 7 | Australia |
Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 100 |
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| August 31, 2012 | South Korea |
2 – 1 | Venezuela |
Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 230 |
| Boxscore |
| August 31, 2012 | Netherlands |
0 – 17 (F/7) | United States |
Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 145 |
| Boxscore |
| September 1, 2012 | Australia |
3 – 6 (F/10) | Venezuela |
Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 100 |
| Boxscore |
| September 1, 2012 | Colombia |
9 – 6 | Netherlands |
Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 100 |
| Boxscore |
| September 1, 2012 | South Korea |
8 – 2 | United States |
Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 4,000 |
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| September 2, 2012 | United States |
11 – 1 (F/7) | Colombia |
Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 50 |
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| September 2, 2012 | Venezuela |
8 – 3 | Netherlands |
Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 85 |
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| September 2, 2012 | Australia |
1 – 7 | South Korea |
Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 1,000 |
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| September 3, 2012 | Netherlands |
1 – 8 | Australia |
Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 65 |
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| September 3, 2012 | South Korea |
1 – 3 | Colombia |
Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 800 |
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| September 3, 2012 | United States |
3 – 2 | Venezuela |
Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 143 |
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| September 4, 2012 | Venezuela |
2 – 7 | Colombia |
Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 50 |
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| September 4, 2012 | Netherlands |
Rainout | South Korea |
Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul |
| September 5, 2012 | United States |
6 – 2 | Australia |
Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 150 |
| Boxscore |
Group B
Standings
More information Teams, W ...
| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA |
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| Canada | 4 | 1 | .800 | – | 28 | 17 |
 Japan | 4 | 1 | .800 | – | 29 | 7 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | .750 | ½ | 16 | 10 |
 Panama | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2 | 12 | 24 |
 Italy | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2½ | 16 | 14 |
 Czech Republic | 0 | 5 | .000 | 4 | 5 | 34 |
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Schedule
| August 31, 2012 | Panama |
2 – 0 | Italy |
Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 70 |
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| August 31, 2012 | Canada |
6 – 5 (F/10) | Japan |
Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 125 |
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| August 31, 2012 | Czech Republic |
0 – 6 | Chinese Taipei |
Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 100 |
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| September 1, 2012 | Canada |
4 – 3 | Italy |
Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 85 |
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| September 1, 2012 | Chinese Taipei |
0 – 2 | Japan |
Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 500 |
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| September 1, 2012 | Czech Republic |
2 – 6 | Panama |
Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 95 |
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| September 2, 2012 | Italy |
12 – 1 (F/7) | Czech Republic |
Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 72 |
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| September 2, 2012 | Chinese Taipei |
6 – 5 | Canada |
Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 200 |
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| September 2, 2012 | Japan |
8 – 0 | Panama |
Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 224 |
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| September 3, 2012 | Canada |
3 – 2 | Czech Republic |
Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 73 |
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| September 3, 2012 | Chinese Taipei |
4 – 3 | Panama |
Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 103 |
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| September 3, 2012 | Japan |
7 – 1 | Italy |
Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 85 |
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| September 4, 2012 | Japan |
7 – 0 (F/5) | Czech Republic |
Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 45 |
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| September 4, 2012 | Italy |
Rainout | Chinese Taipei |
Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul |
| September 5, 2012 | Panama |
1 – 10 | Canada |
Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 78 |
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Group C
Standings
More information Teams, W ...
| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 2 | .600 | – | 28 | 16 | 1–1, 0.173 TQB |
| Canada | 3 | 2 | .600 | – | 25 | 26 | 1–1, -0.006 TQB |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 2 | .600 | – | 17 | 16 | 1–1, -0.192 TQB |
| Colombia | 2 | 3 | .400 | 1 | 14 | 25 | 2–0 |
| Japan | 2 | 3 | .400 | 1 | 16 | 21 | 1–1 |
| South Korea | 2 | 3 | .400 | 1 | 23 | 19 | 0–2 |
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Schedule
| September 5, 2012 | South Korea |
3 – 7 (F/10) | Chinese Taipei |
Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 520 |
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| September 5, 2012 | Japan |
0 – 3 | Colombia |
Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 118 |
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| September 5, 2012 | United States |
0 – 1 (F/10) | Canada |
Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 120 |
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| September 6, 2012 | Canada |
10 – 6 | Colombia |
Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 84 |
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| September 6, 2012 | United States |
5 – 1 | Chinese Taipei |
Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 113 |
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| September 6, 2012 | South Korea |
2 – 4 | Japan |
Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 3,500 |
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| September 7, 2012 | Chinese Taipei |
3 – 1 | Colombia |
Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 85 |
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| September 7, 2012 | Canada |
3 – 9 | South Korea |
Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 210 |
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| September 7, 2012 | United States |
10 – 5 | Japan |
Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 200 |
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11th place game
| September 5, 2012 | Czech Republic |
4 – 7 | Netherlands |
Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 87 |
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9th place game
| September 6, 2012 | Australia |
11 – 2 | Italy |
Guei Ballpark, Seoul Attendance: 45 |
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7th place game
| September 6, 2012 | Panama |
5 – 4 | Venezuela |
Guei Ballpark, Seoul Attendance: 65 |
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5th place game
| September 8, 2012 | Japan |
0 – 3 | South Korea |
Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 1,100 |
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Bronze medal game
| September 8, 2012 | Chinese Taipei |
4 – 1 | Colombia |
Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 120 |
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Gold medal game
| September 8, 2012 | United States |
6 – 2 | Canada |
Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 400 |
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Technical Commissioners
Chairman:
Jim Baba (CAN)
Members:
- Brett Pickett (AUS)
- Koji Aso (JPN)
- Lin, Hua Wei (TPE)
- George Santiago (PUR)
- Lee, Kyu-Seok (KOR)
- Kang, Moon-Kil (KOR)
- Kim, Byung-Il (KOR)
- Park, Ro-Jun (KOR)
- Son, Hyuk (KOR)
Umpires
Umpire Director:
Gustavo Rodriguez (USA)
Members:
- Gregory Howard (AUS)
- Jon Oko (CAN)
- Bin Shun Chen (TPE)
- David Kulhanek (CZE)
- Marco Taurelli (ITA)
- Tomohisa Yamaguchi (JPN)
- Hi Young Park (KOR)
- Osmel Pimentel (VEN)
- Kou Wakabayashi (JPN)
- David Condon (USA)
- Kevin Sweeney (USA)
- Batista Fermin (PAN)
- Do Hyung Kim (KOR)
- Yang, Jae Man (KOR)
- Jae Hoon Lim (KOR)
- Seong Jun Park (KOR)
- Suk Man Hwang (KOR)
- Won Jung Park (KOR)
Scorers
Scoring Director:
Marco Battistella (ITA)
Members:
- Takuya Sumi (JPN)
- Feiko Drost (NED)
- Jennie Moloney (AUS)
- An, Woo Jun (KOR)
- Oh, Ik Hwan (KOR)
- Hwang, Sung Jun (KOR)
- Han, In Hii (KOR)
- Kim Young Sung (KOR)
Jury of Appeal
Chairman:
Gustavo Rodriguez (USA)
Members:
- Sang Hyung Lee (KOR)
- Gianni Fabrizi (ITA)
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- "XXV U-18 Baseball World Cup 2012". wbsc.org. World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- "The Official Site of the International Baseball Federation". www.ibaf.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-02.