Japan national under-18 baseball team

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Japan Baseball U-18
Information
Country Japan
FederationBaseball Federation of Japan
ConfederationBaseball Federation of Asia
WBSC ranking
Current 1 Steady (18 December 2023)[1]

The Japan national under-18 baseball team is the national under-18 team representing Japan in international baseball competitions. The organization is currently ranked 1st in the world by the World Baseball Softball Confederation.[2] They compete in the bi-annual U-18 Baseball World Cup. They have finished 2nd in the tournament four times.[3]

Competitive record[edit]

U-18 Baseball World Cup record
Year Round Position W L RS RA
1982 Final 2nd
1999 5th
2004 Final 2nd
2012 Round 2 6th 5 4 38 25
2013 Final 2nd 7 2 70 19
2015 Final 2nd 8 1 81 5
2017 Super Round 3rd 6 3 52 24
2019 Super Round 5th 5 3 55 23
Total

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Rankings". WBSC. Archived from the original on 28 October 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  3. ^ "U-18 Baseball World Cup". www.wbsc.org. WBSC. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.