Mexico, Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela qualify, complete 12-team lineup for U-23 Baseball World Cup
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<p>Mexico, Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela qualified for the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup (opens in a new tab)" href="https://www.wbsc.org/en/events/2022-iv-u-23-baseball-world-cup/home" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup</strong></span></a> having advanced to the semifinals of the Pan American U-23 Baseball Championship which finished in Aguascalientes, Mexico on Sunday.</p>
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<p>México ended the 10-day tournament at home undefeated as they shutout Cuba 4-0 in the final to earn the championship. </p>
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<p>In the bronze medal game, Nicaragua just beat Venezuela 4-3 to complete the podium.</p>
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<p>On Saturday, Cuba beat Nicaragua 6-5 in the first semifinal before Mexico reversed the result of the <a href="https://www.wbsc.org/en/news/venezuela-wins-wbsc-u-23-baseball-world-cup"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">final of last year's edition of the WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup</span></strong></a> by beating Venezuela 5-0 in the second semifinal. </p>
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<p>A total of seven teams participated in the event. Puerto Rico (fifth), Argentina (sixth) and Guatemala (seventh) closed the standings. </p>
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<p><strong><a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="More on WBSC Americas website (opens in a new tab)" href="https://www.wbscamericas.org/en/events/2022-u-23-mens-baseball-world-cup-qualifier-u-23-mens-pan-american-championship/schedule-and-results" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">More on the WBSC Americas website</span></a></strong></p>
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<p>The 12 participating teams in the <a href="https://www.wbsc.org/en/events/2022-iv-u-23-baseball-world-cup/home"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup</span></strong></a> are now confirmed:</p>
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<p><strong>Africa (1)</strong> No. 26 South Africa<br><strong>Americas (4)</strong> No. 4 Mexico, No. 6 Venezuela, No. 9 Cuba, No. 15 Nicaragua <br><strong>Asia (4)</strong> No. 1 Japan, No. 2 Chinese Taipei, No. 3 Korea (<strong><a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="wild card (opens in a new tab)" href="https://www.wbsc.org/en/news/world-no-3-korea-earns-wild-card-for-wbsc-u-23-baseball-world-cup" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">wild card</span></a></strong>), No. 21 China <br><strong>Europe (2)</strong> No. 8 Netherlands, No. 18 Germany<br><strong>Oceania (1)</strong> No. 10 Australia</p>
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<p>The IV WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup is scheduled from 14 to 23 October in Taipei City, TPE. Venezuela is the <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.wbsc.org/en/events/2021-u23-baseball-world-cup/home">defending world champion</a></span></strong> in the category.</p>
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