WBSC, CTBA reveal U-12 Baseball World Cup schedule

The Chinese Taipei Baseball Association (CTBA) and the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) held a press conference in Taipei City to reveal the official schedule of the WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup presented by RAXUS. CTBA will host the event from July 25 to August 3 at Asia Pacific International Baseball Stadium and Training Centres (ASPAC) in Tainan.

The WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup has the traditional WBSC Baseball World Cup format, with 12 teams split into two groups.

World No. 1 Japan, No. 2 Chinese Taipei, No. 4 Mexico, No. 10 Cuba, No. 12 Australia and No. 17 Germany will compete in Group A.

Group B includes No. 5 USA, No. 6 Korea, No. 8 Panama, No. 11 Dominican Republic, No. 15 Czechia and No. 31 South Africa.

The five-day Opening Round will include six games per day. The tournament will open on Friday, July 25. The ASPAC main field will host the Opening Ceremony at 17:40 (local time) before the Chinese Taipei and Cuba game.

At the end of the Opening Round, from Thursday, July 31, through Saturday, August 2, the top three finishers of each group will compete in the Super Round. The other six teams will play the Placement Round.

The medal games are scheduled for Sunday, August 3, at the ASPAC main field.. The first and second-place teams of the Super Round will compete for the U-12 World Title. The bronze medal game between the third and fourth-place finishers of the Super Round will precede the World Championship Final. The start times will be announced later.

The United States are the defending World Champions.