World University Baseball Championship
The World University Baseball Championship is an under-23 international college baseball competition sponsored by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) and was first held in 2002 in Italy. Until 2013, it was sanctioned by the then-International Baseball Federation (IBAF) and was one of several tournaments considered by the IBAF to be a minor world championship, and as such the results of the tournaments affected the IBAF World Rankings.[1] For its men's world rankings, the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) -- successor to the IBAF—now uses the results of WBSC's biennial 23U Baseball World Cup (instead of the World University Championship).
| Current season, competition or edition: 2018 | |
| Sport | Baseball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2002 |
| No. of teams | 8 (in 2018) |
| Continent | International |
| Most recent champion(s) | Japan (2018) |
| Most titles | United States (3 titles) |
History edit
The fifth World University Baseball Championship was held from July 29 to August 8, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan and was organized by the All Japan University Baseball Federation.[2]
Results edit
| Year | Final Host | Medalists | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 2002 Details | Messina | Cuba | United States | Japan | |
| 2004 Details | Tainan City | United States | Japan | South Korea | |
| 2006 Details | Havana | United States | Chinese Taipei | Cuba | |
| 2008 Details | Brno | United States | Japan | Chinese Taipei | |
| 2010 Details | Tokyo | Cuba | United States | Japan | |
| 2012 | Taoyuan | FISU cancelled the tournament due to an insufficient number of teams participating.[3] | |||
| 2018 Details | Chiayi | Japan | Chinese Taipei | South Korea | |
Medal table edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Cuba | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Japan | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ (PDF). IBAF. 13 January 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 9, 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
- ^ "International university sports federation - summer winter universiades". www.fisu.net. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
- ^ "Cancellation 2012 World University Baseball Championship". Retrieved 2016-08-16.
External links edit
- FISU Baseball World University Championships