August 14, 2013
The schedule for the XXVI 18U Baseball World Cup, which will played from August 30 to September 8 in Taichung, has been released. 12 teams will participate in the tournament, which is expected to be the most competitive in event history.
The 18U Baseball World Cup starts on August 30 with the preliminary round robin, which will get concluded on Tuesday, September 3. The top three teams of each pool advance to the semi-final round which again will be played in a round-robin format and starts on September 5. The top two teams of the semi-final round will play for the world title in the Gold Medal Game on September 8.
Teams are split into two first-round pools. Group A consists of host Chinese Taipei, last year’s silver medalist Canada, Czech Republic, Mexico, Venezuela and Japan. In Group B defending champion USA, record title holder Cuba, Australia, Colombia, Italy and Korea are playing. Games will be played at Intercontinental Stadium (Photo), Taichung Baseball Stadium and Dou-Liou Stadium.
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