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The 2017
U-12 Baseball World Cup The U-12 Baseball World Cup is the under-12 baseball world championship sanctioned by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) and its predecessor the International Baseball Federation (IBAF), and is the most elite and highest level of c ...
is an under 12 international baseball tournament held from July 28 to August 6 in Tainan, Taiwan. It is the fourth edition of the tournament.


Format

First round: The 12 participating teams were drawn into two groups of 6 for round robin. The top 3 teams from each pool advance to the Super Round while the bottom 3 teams play in the consolation round. Consolation round: The bottom 3 teams from each pool play each of the other bottom 3 teams from the other pool (ex. The 4th place team from Group A plays the 4th, 5th, and 6th place teams from Pool B). The results of the previous round robin carry over for teams originally in the same pool (ex. The 4th place team from Group A beats both the 5th and 6th place teams from Group A in pool play and starts the consolation round with a 2-0 record.). Teams don't advance to play any more games after the consolation round. Super Round: The top 3 teams from each pool play each of the other top 3 teams from the other pool (ex. The 1st place team from Group A plays the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place teams from Group B). The results of the previous round robin carry over for teams originally in the same pool (ex. If the 1st place team from Group A beats both the 2nd and 3rd place teams from Group A in pool play and starts the Super Round with a 2-0 record. The 3rd and 4th place finishers advance to the Bronze Medal Game, and the 1st and 2nd place finishers advance to the Gold Medal Game. Medal Round: The Medal Round consists of the Bronze Medal Game, contested by the 3rd and 4th place finishers from the Super Round, and the Gold Medal Game, contested by the 1st and 2nd place finishers.


Teams

Twelve teams qualified for the tournament. The number in parentheses is their nations ranking in the
WBSC World Rankings The WBSC World Rankings is a ranking system for national teams in baseball, softball, and baseball5. The teams of the member nations of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), the world governing body for both sports, are ranked based o ...
prior to the start of the tournament.


First round


Group A

Due to WBSC tie-breaking procedures, Japan was awarded 1st in the group followed by Chinese Taipei and Mexico respectively. All 3 teams advanced to the Super Round.


Group B

Due to WBSC tie-breaking procedures, South Korea was awarded 2nd in the group followed by Nicaragua and Panama respectively. South Korea and Nicaragua advanced to the Super Round while Panama was eliminated and sent to the consolation round.


2nd Round


Super Round

In the super round, if a team played another team that qualified for the super round, the result from the 1st round carried over to the super round. Therefore, each team played 3 games in the super round and 2 games that carried over from the first round. Due to WBSC tie-breaking procedures, Chinese Taipei was awarded 1st in the group over the United States who was seeded 2nd, both teams advanced to the gold medal game. Also due to tie-breaking procedures, South Korea was ranked 5th and Nicaragua was ranked 6th, however both teams were still eliminated.


Consolation round

In the consolation round, if a team played another team that qualified for the consolation round, the result from the 1st round carried over to the consolation round. Therefore, each team played 3 games in the consolation round and 2 games that carried over from the first round. Due to WBSC tie-breaking procedures, Czech Republic was finished 2nd in the consolation round over Brazil who finished 3rd. Also due to the tie-breaking procedures, South Africa was finished 5th and Germany finished 6th.


Medal Rounds

Both the Gold and Bronze medal game were played at Tainan Municipal Stadium in Tainan.


Bronze-medal game


Gold-medal game


Final rankings


See also

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References

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