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U-23 Baseball World Cup The U-23 Baseball World Cup is a biennial, professional-level, National Team, baseball world championship of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), replacing Baseball World Cup. The inaugural tournament was held in November 2014, in T ...

tournament, third since the tournament's inception in 2014 as the 21U Baseball World Cup. The tournament was held at Edgar Rentería Baseball Stadium in

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and 18 de Junio Baseball Stadium in

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, Colombia. Originally the host to the tournament was awarded to

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and would be held in

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, but due to 2018–2020 Nicaraguan protests, WBSC subsequently decided to move the tournament to Colombia. Mexico defeated Japan with a score of 2:1 in the championship game to win the gold medal. Venezuela won the bronze medal by defeating Korea in the third-place game with a score of 4:5.

Teams

Africa : Asia : : : Europe : : Americas : : : : Oceania : Wild Card :

First round

Group A

Group B

Consolation round

Super round

Finals

Third place game

Championship

Final standings

U-23 All-World Team

External links

Event Official Website at WBSC

References

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21st century in Barranquilla Montería