Baseball Canada | WBSC announces U18 Baseball World Cup schedule

July 02, 2019

WBSC announces U18 Baseball World Cup schedule

OTTAWA- Canada will open play at the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) U18 Baseball World Cup against China on August 30^th as the international federation today announced the schedule for the event that will take place in Gijang, South Korea from August 30-September 8.

Canada will compete in Group A and continue opening round competition on August 31^st against the Netherlands before taking on host South Korea (Sept. 1), Australia (Sept. 2) and Nicaragua (Sept. 3).

Group B features defending champion USA along with Chinese Taipei, Japan, Panama, South Africa and Spain.

The top three teams from Group A will play the top three teams from Group B in the Super Round from September 5-7, with the top two teams meeting For the title of World Champion on September 8.

Prior to the tournament, Canada will hold a selection camp in Lismore, Australia from August 21-26 that will include a six-game series against the Australian U18 National Team. The series will help determine Canada’s 20-player roster that will compete in the U18 Baseball World Cup in South Korea.

For more information on the WBSC U18 Baseball World Cup, visit the tournament website: https://u18bwc.wbsc.org.

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