Sport Baseball No. of teams 12 (Finals) Most recent
champion(s) United States | Founded 1981 Continent International Most titles Cuba (11) | |
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The 18U Baseball World Cup is the 18-and-under baseball world championship sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation (IBAF), and was first held in 1981 in United States. Because it is a world championship, the results of the 18U Baseball World Cup affect the IBAF World Rankings.
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Several players who have participated in the 18U Baseball World Cup have gone on to stardom at the professional level, including Japan's Yu Darvish, USA's Clayton Kershaw and Buster Posey, and Cuba's Yasiel Puig and Aroldis Chapman, among many others.
Prior to 2010, the IBAF organized the World Junior Baseball Championship.
Results
Medal table
1Chinese Taipei is the official IBAF designation for the team representing the state officially referred to as the Republic of China, more commonly known as Taiwan. (See also political status of Taiwan for details.)