The 2022 U-23 Baseball World Cup, officially IV U-23 Baseball World Cup, is the fourth edition of the

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tournament. It was held in

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, and

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. Players born between 1999 and 2004 are eligible to play the tournament.

Venues

Tianmu Baseball Stadium The Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium () is a baseball stadium located in Tianmu Sport Park in Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan. It was built in 1999, and mostly hosts baseball games. Originally designed as a community ballpark, Tianmu Stadium is loc ...

hosted the opening ceremony and is scheduled to host all of the Group B games and medal games.

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and

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were scheduled to host all of the Group A games.

Teams

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and

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were replaced in the tournament by

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and

Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...

due to

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restrictions in those countries. 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 ...

as of the time of the competition is specified in parentheses. Africa : (26) Americas : (4) : (6) : (9) : (11) : (16) Asia : (1) : (2) : (3) Europe : (8) : (18) Oceania : (10)

First round

*The top three teams in each pool will qualify for the second round.

Group A

H: Host * All times are Taipei Standard Time ( UTC+08:00).

Group B

* All times are Taipei Standard Time ( UTC+08:00).

Placement round

* All times are Taipei Standard Time ( UTC+08:00).

Super Round

H: Host * All times are Taipei Standard Time ( UTC+08:00).

Finals

Third-place game

Championships

Final standings

Awards

U23 All-World Team

Individual Award

References

{{International Baseball U-23 Baseball World Cup U-23 World Cup International baseball competitions hosted by Taiwan Baseball U23 World Cup

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